Item#: 9265
Level4
Containment Class:
keter
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
ekhi
Risk Class:
critical
Special Containment Procedures
SCP-9265 is contained in a reinforced humanoid chamber at Site-██ measuring 9 m × 9 m × 4 m. Personnel entering the chamber must wear opaque facial visors equipped with indirect visual relay systems. Direct eye contact with any embedded eye attached to SCP-9265 for longer than five consecutive seconds is prohibited.
All biological material recovered from SCP-9265 incidents is to be incinerated immediately. Human ocular tissue may not be stored at Site-██ without Level 4 authorization.
Discussion involving POI-9265-1 (“Evelyn Marrow”) is restricted to approved interview sessions due to increased agitation and anomalous activity.
Personnel assigned to SCP-9265 for periods exceeding thirty consecutive days are required to undergo psychiatric evaluation and memetic screening.
If SCP-9265 acquires additional human eyes, personnel are authorized to initiate Protocol ASHVEIL:
- Immediate containment lockdown.
- Aerosolized sedative deployment.
- Surgical removal of newly assimilated tissue before integration completes.
- Purge of active visual recording systems within affected sectors.
Following Incident 9265-31, repeated exposure to SCP-9265 documentation has been associated with progressive perceptual contamination. Reported symptoms include recurring dreams, auditory hallucinations, involuntary sketching of ocular imagery, and distorted memory formation.
Personnel assigned to SCP-9265 are prohibited from reviewing raw breach footage more than once within a seventy-two-hour period.
Blind personnel assigned to SCP-9265 have reported auditory contamination despite confirmed absence of visual exposure.
Three personnel assigned to long-term containment requested reassignment. Two later withdrew the request after claiming SCP-9265 would “notice.”
Foundation consensus currently identifies observation itself as the primary vector of SCP-9265 propagation.
A maintenance request submitted after Incident 9265-19 notes that thermal imaging equipment used near SCP-9265 “causes migraines after prolonged exposure.” The request remains unresolved.
Description
SCP-9265 is a humanoid male approximately 1.88 meters in height. Its body is covered in human eyes embedded beneath scar tissue and exposed musculature. Ocular concentrations are densest along the chest, throat, jawline, arms, and spinal column.
The eyes remain biologically active despite lacking recognizable vascular or neurological support. Most move independently of SCP-9265’s primary visual focus.
One embedded eye positioned directly above the sternum remained closed throughout the first three years of containment.
During interviews, SCP-9265 has repeatedly positioned its arms across the sealed tissue when approached by personnel.
The total number of eyes attached to SCP-9265 has differed between recorded observations on at least nine occasions. No corresponding tissue growth or removal events were documented.
A Level-2 archivist assigned to image cataloguing filed three separate discrepancies regarding eye counts across identical photographs. The archivist was later reassigned after insisting the differences were “subtle but intentional.”
SCP-9265 acquires additional eyes through ritualized mutilation of living victims.
Recovered evidence indicates the entity physically stitches removed eyes into exposed tissue using black surgical thread and curved needles while victims remain conscious.
Symbols carved into both the victim and SCP-9265 appear necessary for successful integration. Assimilation typically completes within several minutes.
Documented anomalous effects include:
- Enhanced spatial awareness.
- Detection of emotional distress.
- Catatonic immobility during sustained visual exposure.
- Shared sensory perception between assimilated organs.
- Progressive perceptual contamination through indirect exposure.
SCP-9265 speaks through multiple overlapping voices. Audio analysis has identified vocal similarities to deceased individuals associated with SCP-9265 incidents, though no conclusive correlation has been established.
During containment events, isolated statements are occasionally distinguishable:
“Don’t let him take yours too.”
“It keeps looking.”
Foundation researchers have proposed that assimilated eyes may preserve partial continuity of identity or perception originating from previous owners. The extent and nature of this effect remain undetermined.
As assimilation progresses, SCP-9265 exhibits worsening dissociation, fragmented autobiographical memory, and increasing religious ideation.
Recent audio analysis has failed to consistently isolate SCP-9265’s original voice from surrounding vocal manifestations.
One junior researcher assigned to transcript review later remarked that SCP-9265 “sounds tired” during low-volume recordings. The comment was removed from the official file during revision.
Addendum 9265-1 — Background Investigation
Foundation records identify SCP-9265 as ███████ ██████, born in ███████ County within an isolated religious community.
Prior to manifestation of anomalous behavior, witnesses described the subject as withdrawn but psychologically stable.
In early adulthood, SCP-9265 entered a relationship with a woman identified as Evelyn Marrow, designated POI-9265-1. Marrow was locally known for her interest in occult folklore and esoteric literature.
Recovered journals indicate the pair discovered an unidentified manuscript concealed beneath the ruins of an abandoned chapel approximately ██ km from their residence.
The text, later designated The Gospel of Open Sight, described rituals allegedly capable of granting “higher perception” through the assimilation of human eyes.
Repeated passages include:
“To witness heaven, one must become a witness beyond singular flesh.”
“Those nearest to God are condemned to see everything.”
Foundation analysis of the manuscript produced inconsistent results.
Documented anomalies include:
- Variations in page structure between readings.
- References to future incidents involving SCP-9265.
- Failed digitization attempts due to spontaneous corruption.
Carbon dating of recovered fragments produced contradictory results ranging from approximately 2,000 BCE to the late 14th century CE.
Linguistic analysis identified structural patterns predating organized Abrahamic religious texts.
Current Foundation consensus suggests the manuscript documents an existing anomalous phenomenon rather than originating it.
One recovered journal entry written by Marrow states:
“Noah asked me if I thought Heaven gets tired of watching us.
I told him maybe that’s why angels look afraid.”
Eight months later, POI-9265-1 was discovered deceased. Official police reports classified the death as a home invasion with no identified suspects.
Witness testimony and recovered correspondence strongly suggested SCP-9265’s parents believed Marrow was corrupting their son through occult influence.
Authorities declined to pursue charges due to insufficient evidence.
Three weeks later, SCP-9265 disappeared.
On ██/██/20██, local authorities discovered the bodies of SCP-9265’s parents inside their residence. Both victims had undergone precise ocular removal while still alive.
Symbols matching diagrams recovered from The Gospel of Open Sight had been carved into surrounding walls and floors.
The first responding officer later stated:
“Every photograph in the house had the eyes scratched out.”
A responding deputy initially refused to enter the residence after claiming someone inside was blinking “out of rhythm.” The statement was omitted from the original police report.
Over the following four years, SCP-9265 became linked to ██ disappearances and homicides across multiple states.
Recurring patterns included:
- Victims disappearing while isolated or alone.
- Precise ocular removal.
- Witnesses hearing overlapping voices immediately prior to losing consciousness.
Several victims possessed no criminal history or known connection to SCP-9265.
Foundation analysts later concluded SCP-9265’s victim selection became increasingly indiscriminate as assimilation progressed.
Foundation surveillance escalated following Incident 9265-12, during which an entire police precinct reported simultaneous auditory hallucinations originating from walls and ventilation systems.
Request for replacement pens in Observation Chamber-4 was denied after three separate incidents involving self-inflicted ocular trauma.
SCP-9265 was ultimately apprehended inside a condemned apartment complex in ████████ following reports of disappearances and unexplained power failures.
Foundation agents discovered SCP-9265 seated beside the body of the latest victim, identified as █████ █████, a local delivery driver reported missing approximately six hours earlier.
The victim’s eyes had already been partially assimilated into SCP-9265’s forearms at the time of containment.
During initial processing, SCP-9265 corrected a Foundation agent who misidentified a song recovered from Marrow’s apartment.
The entity stated:
“She hated that version.
The piano was too loud.”
Upon capture, SCP-9265 later asked:
“If Heaven sees everything, why does it stay silent?”
Addendum 9265-2 — Interview Log
Interviewer: Dr. Elian Voss
Subject: SCP-9265
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Dr. Voss: Why the eyes?
SCP-9265: Because the things closest to Heaven are covered in them.
Dr. Voss: The angels?
(Several embedded eyes orient toward Dr. Voss simultaneously.)
SCP-9265: Angels were never meant to comfort people. They were meant to witness.
(Pause.)
SCP-9265: Everything.
Dr. Voss: The voices we hear during containment events. Are they the victims?
(Audio analysis later identified multiple whispers beneath ambient room noise.)
“Please.”
“Where did my face go?”
Dr. Voss: Are they conscious?
(Extended silence.)
SCP-9265: Sometimes.
Dr. Voss: Do they suffer?
(SCP-9265 closes its primary eyes. Attached eyes remain open.)
SCP-9265: Good.
Dr. Voss: And Evelyn? Is that what this is all for?
(No response.)
Dr. Voss: You believe you can bring her back.
SCP-9265: I know I can.
Dr. Voss: If she saw what you became… do you think she would want this?
(All distortion sensors inside Interview Chamber-4 activate simultaneously.)
(Every embedded eye attached to SCP-9265 dilates before emitting intense white luminescence.)
(Security footage becomes partially corrupted during the assault.)
(SCP-9265 seizes Dr. Voss by the throat.)
(Multiple voices become audible simultaneously.)
“DON’T SAY HER NAME.”
SCP-9265: You do not speak for her.
(Additional eyes begin opening beneath scar tissue along SCP-9265’s neck and jawline.)
SCP-9265: You did not see what they did to her.
(Security personnel enter chamber.)
(SCP-9265 releases Dr. Voss seconds before armed response personnel establish contact.)
A partial transcript fragment recovered from corrupted chamber audio appears to contain Dr. Voss repeatedly asking personnel whether the room lights had “always been that dim.” No corresponding verbalization is audible in surviving footage.
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Incident 9265-19 Aftermath Report
Dr. Voss survived the encounter with severe tracheal trauma and temporary blindness lasting six hours.
All four responding security personnel requested psychiatric leave within forty-eight hours.
Reported symptoms included:
- Persistent sensations of observation.
- Auditory hallucinations near reflective surfaces.
- Recurring dreams involving crowded rooms filled with staring individuals.
Within two weeks of the interview, three archivists assigned to transcription review reported hearing whispering while reading unrelated documentation.
One staff member later produced thirty-seven drawings of human eyes during psychiatric evaluation despite no memory of creating them.
Discussion involving POI-9265-1 during SCP-9265 interviews now requires direct approval from Site Command.
Addendum 9265-3 — D-Class Exposure Experiment
Following Incident 9265-19, Site Command approved a controlled exposure experiment intended to observe perceptual effects occurring during ocular assimilation.
One Class-D subject (D-9914), convicted of multiple counts of aggravated assault and homicide, was selected for the procedure.
Procedure
D-9914 was restrained inside Observation Chamber-2 while SCP-9265 remained secured behind reinforced restraints.
At 14:15, D-9914 began displaying acute distress despite no physical interaction occurring.
D-9914: Why are there so many people in here?
No additional individuals were present inside the chamber.
Audio systems subsequently detected low-level whispering not perceived by observation staff in real time.
SCP-9265 approached D-9914 and placed one hand over the subject’s left eye.
D-9914: Somebody’s crying.
(Pause.)
D-9914: I know that voice.
SCP-9265 remained motionless for several seconds before beginning extraction.
Several observers later disagreed on where SCP-9265 had been standing during portions of the procedure.
During removal of the first ocular structure, D-9914 repeatedly identified locations later confirmed to correspond to unrelated SCP-9265 homicide sites.
D-9914: Why can I still see him?
(Whispering becomes audible through chamber audio.)
“Don’t look.”
Audio analysis later detected vocal similarities to D-9914 approximately eleven seconds before subject expiration, though contamination of recording equipment could not be ruled out.
At 14:16, containment personnel initiated Protocol ASHVEIL.
Before losing consciousness, SCP-9265 reportedly stated:
“No one ever does.”
Partial integration was interrupted shortly afterward.
One eye had already fused into tissue along SCP-9265’s throat before removal.
D-9914 expired from traumatic blood loss at 14:21.
Post-incident psychiatric evaluations determined two observing technicians later reported dreams involving unfamiliar childhood environments loosely consistent with details from D-9914’s background file.
One technician later requested confirmation that D-9914 had “actually existed before the experiment.” The request was forwarded to Site psychology staff without response.
Addendum 9265-4 — Containment Breach Incident 9265-31
On ██/██/20██, SCP-9265 was involved in a multi-sector containment failure linked to escalating perceptual contamination effects observed after Incident 9265-23.
Timeline of Events
02:14–02:15 — Surveillance staff report lighting fluctuations inside SCP-9265’s containment chamber.
All attached eyes simultaneously orient toward the primary observation window.
Security recordings capture SCP-9265 whispering:
“I’ll take her back. I need her.”
Moments later, chamber lighting fails briefly.
When power returns, one observation technician is discovered attempting to remove his own eye using a broken pen.
Simultaneously, personnel monitoring SCP-9265 report the sealed embedded eye above its sternum opening for the first time since containment.
Witnesses describe the interior as “completely white.”
Subsequent analysis identified no retinal structure consistent with known human anatomy.
Multiple viewers later reported difficulty estimating apparent focal distance within the structure.
02:15–02:17 — Personnel begin displaying escalating paranoia and disorientation.
Primary containment doors open prematurely after Security Officer Dane Mercer incorrectly authorizes emergency corridor access while experiencing severe perceptual distortion.
SCP-9265 exits containment.
02:17–02:21 — Site-██ experiences widespread psychological destabilization.
Documented incidents include:
- Security personnel opening fire after repeated misidentification events.
- Catatonic states following direct visual exposure.
- Continuous whispering recovered from affected audio channels.
During this period, several vocal patterns previously associated with separate incidents began speaking in synchronized cadence.
Audio analysis could no longer consistently isolate SCP-9265’s original voice.
One hallway camera captured four personnel aiming weapons at an empty maintenance corridor for approximately thirty seconds before realizing SCP-9265 was elsewhere.
02:21 — Mobile Task Force Psi-7 (“Home Improvement”) enters containment sectors equipped with indirect-vision helmets and thermal imaging systems after standard visual equipment proved unreliable.
MTF reports confirm thermal imaging was the only reliable method for tracking SCP-9265’s actual position.
One operator later stated:
“The thermal feed showed one body.
Everything else showed more.”
02:22–02:24 — SCP-9265 reaches Transit Corridor-3 leading toward upper access elevators.
Security footage shows the entity moving through the corridor while surrounding personnel exhibit escalating panic responses.
02:26 — Aerosolized sedative saturation reaches effective concentration within Transit Corridor-3.
Witnesses report multiple assimilated organs rupturing simultaneously.
During containment efforts, SCP-9265 repeatedly states:
“She’s still waiting.”
02:27 — SCP-9265 collapses following combined sedative exposure and blunt-force trauma sustained during emergency containment procedures.
The entity is successfully restrained beneath reinforced security bulkheads.
As containment teams approach, surviving personnel report the previously sealed tissue on SCP-9265’s chest slowly closing.
Casualties
Incident 9265-31 resulted in:
- 11 Foundation personnel fatalities.
- 23 severe psychological trauma cases.
- 5 confirmed incidents of self-inflicted ocular mutilation.
- 2 permanent cases of stress-induced blindness.
Subsequent review determined most casualties resulted from panic responses or perceptual contamination rather than direct physical aggression by SCP-9265.
Following Incident 9265-31, twelve personnel with no confirmed visual exposure to SCP-9265 reported recurring dreams involving unfamiliar memories observed from a first-person perspective.
Three affected personnel later identified locations from those dreams corresponding to confirmed SCP-9265 homicide sites never released to Foundation staff.
One MTF operative later complained that the smell of aerosol sedatives reminded him of “wet hospital carpet.” The remark was retained in the psychological transcript after accidental omission during editing.
Addendum 9265-5 — Manuscript Correlation Report
Six months after Incident 9265-31, Foundation researchers began cross-referencing archived copies of The Gospel of Open Sight against containment records associated with SCP-9265.
No two surviving copies of the manuscript were found to contain identical page counts or paragraph structures.
Several diagrams recovered from archived scans appeared to depict containment sectors constructed decades after the manuscript’s estimated creation date.
One illustration matched the layout of Transit Corridor-3 during Incident 9265-31 with 98.4% structural accuracy.
The corresponding page contained a single translated line:
“The final witness opens when grief learns to look back.”
Repeated analysis of the sternum tissue produced inconsistent biological data. Composition could not be conclusively identified as human.
No retinal structure matching known anatomy was observed.
Personnel exposed to footage of the opened eye consistently described perceiving impossible spatial depth within the structure.
Internal discussion regarding the manuscript’s “angelic” terminology remains unresolved.
Three researchers later reported dreams involving unfamiliar individuals pleading not to be “seen again.”
All three individuals disappeared within two months.
Subsequent investigations confirmed each missing researcher had independently begun sketching the same circular symbol recovered from The Gospel of Open Sight.
The symbol was later discovered carved into the wall behind SCP-9265’s containment bed despite no recorded containment breach.
On ██/██/20██, archived security footage from a homicide site linked to SCP-9265 was digitally enhanced during routine evidence review.
The recording appeared to briefly show additional human figures standing near the victim approximately seventeen seconds before SCP-9265 entered frame.
Facial analysis produced partial matches to multiple deceased individuals previously associated with SCP-9265 incidents.
No corresponding figures existed in the original evidence log.
During final review of the footage, one analyst paused the recording on a frame containing SCP-9265’s closed sternum eye.
The analyst later reported the eye appeared open for “less than a second.”
Audio recovered from the workstation captured the analyst whispering:
“That isn’t looking at us.”
(Pause.)
“It’s looking through us.”
The analyst attempted self-enucleation approximately four hours later.
Current Foundation consensus suggests SCP-9265 is not the source of the associated anomaly, but a progressively deteriorating human host shaped by prolonged exposure to the phenomenon documented within The Gospel of Open Sight.
Whether SCP-9265 itself remains the primary anomaly is currently under review.