SCP-096, also known as "The Shy Guy," is a deadly entity that attacks anyone who sees its face, including images and videos. The creature was first detected in the Yukon mountains, and Mobile Task Force Zulu-9 was sent to contain it. However, the team was slaughtered after seeing its face, with only the captain surviving.
The Foundation later captured the creature and developed special containment procedures to prevent anyone from seeing its face. Researchers discovered that artistic representations of the creature's face were harmless, but direct viewing of its face, even through images or videos, would trigger an attack.
The creature eventually breached containment after a photograph of its face was unknowingly viewed by a mountaineer. A Mobile Task Force was sent to recapture it, but a new technology designed to scramble the creature's facial features failed, resulting in a massacre.
The incident led to the approval of a plan to neutralize SCP-096, but at a cost: the researcher responsible, Dr. Dan, would be terminated by the Foundation for his role in the containment breach and resulting deaths. The Foundation continues to search for a way to kill the creature, as the risk of it being seen by a large population or broadcast worldwide remains a significant threat.
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1. SCP-096, also known as "The Shy Guy," is a creature that can be deadly if its face is seen.
2. The creature was first detected in the Yukon mountains, sparking the interest of the SCP Foundation.
3. Two retrieval teams, Zulu 9-A and Zulu 9-B, were dispatched to secure and contain the entity.
4. Zulu 9-A took the lead, but the team was slaughtered by SCP-096 after they saw its face.
5. The only survivor, the captain, was lucky enough to be looking away when the creature turned towards his team.
6. SCP-096 was eventually subdued by Zulu 9-B, and a bag was placed over its face to calm it down.
7. The creature was taken to a Foundation facility for research and containment.
8. Dr. Dan, a senior researcher, was put in charge of studying SCP-096 and developing containment procedures.
9. The creature's face is capable of triggering a deadly response, even if it's just a picture or video of its face.
10. The creature's skeletal structure remains intact even after it's been shot with high-caliber rounds.
11. SCP-096 can sense when someone is looking at its face, even if it's just a picture or video.
12. The creature's face has a gaunt appearance with totally white eyes, possibly indicating blindness, and a grossly extended jaw.
13. Artistic representations of SCP-096's face are harmless and do not trigger a deadly response.
14. A device called SCRAMBLE was developed to detect and scramble the features of SCP-096's face, but it was not effective in preventing a deadly response.
15. SCP-096 breached containment and killed several people, including civilians and a task force, after a picture of its face was unknowingly viewed.
16. Dr. Dan and Dr. Oleksei facilitated the containment breach in order to motivate the Foundation to allow them to destroy SCP-096.
17. The Foundation eventually approved Dr. Dan's request to neutralize SCP-096, but at a personal cost: Dr. Dan will be terminated for his crimes against humanity once he figures out a way to kill the creature.