Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6003 - The Beacon
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I think we should designate Rosa as an SCP. The only person in this universe who’s ever possessed a functioning brain cell
An anomaly, for certain.
"I want to be transferred off this assignment." "For what reason?" "Basic self-preservation instinct."
Rosa can wait! Right now we need to designate Claire Bright as the SCP 1st 🤣
@@silverfawkes1219 e hipe
do I get to eat you too
When they o-5 council kept denying Swaines request for back up I could picture them being like "Uhh don't send anybody else...those guys are screwed." Lol
they were like nah man shhit sounds sus
Radios back “uh yeah we will see what we can do” turns to the radio operator. Whispers “they’re all dead”
Wow you’re so funny
The way I read that I thought they would also say “lol” at the end
SCP-6003: *JOIN US* Rosa: No. I want out. SCP-6003: Oh okay. Rosa:... SCP-6003: You can leave now.
* Quietly opens the door and leaves *
Rosa - ADIOS
SCP-6003: So...? Wanna turn the lights on? SCP-6003: I started talking to myself again didnt I? (Sighs in agitated agreement)
Rawr
A fragment this far out of where it normally resides is strange indeed lol, also rip TTS :(
"the higher ups never were revered for their communication skills" damn that should be on a mug
It doesn't need any context either lmao It's perfect for nearly every situation
"People who obsessed over something they couldn't understand" Low blow
Lmao
Me when kpop stan
@@Lymborium lmfao
I whole heartedly believe the next thousand episodes are just going to be all the scp proposals from 6000-7000 in number order.
I wish. They're mostly above-average.
We do be countin tho
6004 is pretty cool
@ The Pack Rat "Stahp gatekeeping!!1!1" The siren call of the truly mediocre.
@ The Pack Rat Meritocracy is dying everywhere. Democracy is truly is a mistake.
For how little the MTF teams get actual coverage on their training, tactics, recruitment, and gear. Proposals sure do make their team name sound cool.
Yeah, am jealous on how they do it.
Background on MTF Recruitment and training would be a good addition.
RED RIGHT HAND SEE NO EVIL HAMMER DOWN I am HYPED Just reading them out
@@oracle8192 MTF-“Wait We Get To Name These?”
My favorite is the anti-android specialists… “Asimov’s Lawbringers”.
Naming an ocean site ‘NULL’ to study an island hidden in a dimensional pocket must absolutely be a reference to null island and I love it.
Not necessarily; it could just be called that because it hasn’t any coordinates in our space-time continuum. That’s why I’d call it that.
@DEEPFOXJUDE Null island is a fictional island in our reality that supposedly exists at 0 latitude and 0 longitude, which is in the deep ocean off the coast of Africa. When an entry in a database needs a location, but the user has none, it typically is filled in with 0,0. This location is jokingly referred to as Null island, because everything without a location is supposedly located there. The word null is used to imply that the data does not exist. You can read up more on the wikipedia page for 'Null island'.
Nulla nulla island
@@FfejTball Nutella Island
@@DavidTriphon LMAO
just "the beacon"is a bit intimidating but not as much as i,the scariesest of all toasters
Indeed
Me? I’m a toaster..
I know I'm scary
Oh, come on, I'm not that scary. Just keep me locked away out of view and I'm virtually harmless.
@@StrangerForever85 yeah but the fact i have to refer to myself only in first person affects everyone and there is no way to counter my tromendous power so thats a bit intimidaitng
I would like, just once, to have an ancient prophecy or explanatory myth which only rhymes in its original language, not in English. I'd love to hear the SCP Foundation Translator try to find a good English rhyme for the first couple of words, and then give up because their job is to provide a working translation, not a work of art.
This is standard in scientifically accurate linguistic translations of, for example, texts from the Middle Ages: due to graphematic and phonetic standardization and other changes of that nature, attempting to preserve rhymes often leads to contextually/semantically inaccurate expressions. I can see the SCP-Foundation, however, use several versions, side by side: since anomalous objects and phrases are...weird, I could see the preservation of rhetorical tools used in those texts become more important than rhymes are, in linguistic translations, nowadays. Language is also power, in the SCP-universe.
@@rogaldorn4759 a very well constructed response
@@jakekimmerly1461 of course it's well constructed it's Rogal Dorn
@@dominut_is_art604 Hey! Don't draw attention to him, or Perturabo will show up and tear down his comment!
@@GuukanKitsune Perturabo the petulant manchild he is
“In other words... it’s a pretty weird island..” made me chuckle. 🤣
I find it funny that even though foundation is supposed to contain “anomalies”, yet casually brush off people having strange behavior and mental behavior around new found scps.
Occupational risks
The Foundation is both incredibly bright and incredibly stupid sometimes.
You’re grammar is anomalously terrible please learn to type in English
Out of the series 6000 SCPs you've covered, this is the one I like the most so far. It doesn't feel like it fell into the other issues some of the other ones fell into,this feels like a more "normal" SCP. The Foundation doesn't act dumb, the people involved act more or less what I expect out of SCP personnel, and it's a bit creepy. Lovely.
And the researches petitioned for it to be nuked right from the get go.
"Have we tried nuking it?" "We did. Last week. Didn't work." "Well, have we tried throwing D Class at it?" "Who do you think carried the nuke?"
I… don’t think ‘Exploring’ has covered all 6000+ SCPs, mate; though they do a killer job on those they do cover!
@@riphopfer5816 Didn't imply he did, I said "out of the ones he's covered" so the like...6 or so
@@thydzz2180 Which is smart
I said to my friend less than an hour ago, “an new exploring series is being uploaded soon, I can feel it in my bones.”
it's every Monday morning so...
@@fly8641 yup ads up lol I wasn’t aware tho so lmao
Maybe you were DRAWN to it, or it SENT for you.
Nostradamus in here..
@@BRUIN1821 I wasn't either ,I just figured he uploaded every few days .
Theory: the stone drawings show the nightfolk and later Adam El Asem (gray crown) and the lighthouse was the apple tree. The island is Eden (a "paradise" but abandoned). Would also make sense as the lighthouse (which I believe is the apple tree from Eden) is compared to the shelves of the wanderers library, associated with the serpent, another Eden tie in. And "the garden is the serpent's place" So if the island is Eden, the Tower could contain the serpent as it can't understood (again a reference to the serpent's association with knowledge). So basically it could be a kaktusverse tie in
The serpent is "is" and this is more like an "is not" thing as it takes the "essence" of "is" and breaks it down to nothing.
could be, but Eden has 2 trees, life and knowledge, yet we only have 1 tree, the light house. and if anything this tree resembles more of a tree of life than a tree of knowledge
@@bleddynwolf8463 the tree of knowledge is hidden extra dimensionally in the wanderers library right?
@@ace_atomic3023 i mean, thats 1 possible interpretation, but 6003 is less Eden-like if it only has 1 tree in it, though other references to the kaktusverse still stand
@@bleddynwolf8463 fair enough I do feel like the roots and vines tie in to the children of the night somehow
I’m honestly just more confused as to why the complete loss of an MTF squad didn’t galvanize the Foundation to OVER-man the site 😅 MTF’s aren’t D-class, they can’t afford to lose those so casually so losing one should’ve thrown them into overdrive.
They throw away MTF with slightly more hesitation than they do D-Class, I don't think the Foundation is that pressed over the loss of field agents...or anyone, for that matter. I'm just glad it wasn't the Naked Mole Rats MTF, I feel like they've been through WAAAAY too much.
MTF Lead: We're understaffed and overworked! My people are losing it out here! O5: Historic labor shortage. Oh well.
The Foundation are just like the Federation and every other large bureaucratic organization, they are violently allergic to Common Sense.
Researcher: We lost another MTF squad Foundation: congratulate the D class personnel that have survived this far, they are now the the MTF squad. Researcher: I'll let them know. Foundation: You will over see the new MTF squad. Researcher:.... Foundation: Or did you prefer a demotion to D class? Researcher: Thank you for the opportunity. Where are we going now? Foundation: Redacted
@@Fizzbann OK an MTF made up of D class that managed to survive longer than usual does sound like a neat concept.
I’m really enjoying the 6000 series so far
Same
And?
@@heretotroll1813 ?
This was an intriguing SCP. "Unsettling" is a good way to describe it; there was almost never any obvious danger/threat, yet something always kept you (both the characters and the audience) uneasy. By the end I still had a lot of questions and didn't know what to make of it, but I appreciate the uniqueness of this SCP.
I mean there was the dude that got his nervous system replaced with wiggling roots...
This and 6001 share a lot in common with Annihilation, the novel in particular. If you like dimensional pockets and lighthouses that may not exist, you'll like Annihilation!
Vandermeer is for sure fuel for some of these entries.
Was looking for this comment
Literally the only connection is that there’s a lighthouse, you’re reaching
I will never watch that fucking movie again. It gave me the Willy's.
While the chances of living a long life will most-likely be around 0, being part of an MTF/exploration team must be the best thing you could ever do. Just the thought of getting sent to something like that, a mysterious place that no one knows anything at all about, being one of the first persons to set foot there and explore it. That must be such a great feeling and experience, while also having a constant bit of unease.
All fun in games, exploring the unexplored til monsters in the fog start screaming your secrets, your one friend stops existing, town has a damned god shaped hole, and another friend gets turned to slurry by a non-existent(?) monster. Brought to you, by SCP-2480
"Living things age and dead things decay, while this does neither" Me talking about the microplastics coursing through my body
SCP-6003: You're imprisoned forever in my clutches! Researcher Rosa: aight imma head out SCP-6003: Understandable have a nice day, exit's right this way
lol most polite hive mind ever.
It isn't hostile. It wants to help. But this is an entity that is alien. So not everyone is gonna want to accept its help. So they can leave at anytime. But staying means it will continue to try pull you in until it succeeds. It isn't some mustache twirling villain. Just something so alien and weird that it's ideas on what is considered help can be kinda...dubious.
This is probably the best SCP I've heard in a while. It reminds me of Uzumaki. None of this "my abstract cosmic being can beat up your abstract cosmic being!" garbage.
The most interesting part of this one is that you can leave that last chamber if you want. The lighthouse doesn't seem to force people to join it's weird collective.
I interpreted the foundation not providing backup as them having forgotten the island exists and forgetting everyone on it.
Interesting idea, though wouldn't this be undermined by them responding "Pending" to the last request, indicating that they were aware of their existence? (in fact, why would they even respond at all to a request from people they supposedly no longer remember?)
@@saeedbaig4249 my thought is that it as forgotten for the very last part, thus why it is pending
So he's covering the 6000 contest submissions huh? Can't wait for the 6140 coverage
6820 is gonna be fun ;)
THAT IS THE MOST ANTICLIMATIC STORY DEVELOPMENT BUT DAMN IT IS SO GOOD
I can’t wait to see him cover SCP-6789. That one is a HUGE nature themed entry as it involves the very embodiment of nature itself!
He just uploaded it cheers
The cluster in the lighthouse reminds me of the corpses around the tower inside the red Sea object
I got a more "World of two artists" flesh mound around the tower feel
This looks like the place The Penitent One can explore.
"I, Crisanta in penance, excommunicate you, expel you, execrate you, with the blessing of Our Miracle of the Greatest Pain."
The addition of an "smoke monster" would have been nice
😆 Ah, ya kill me, mate; you really do.
Just came in to say A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!
Theme of nature and natural is really fitting for this thousand.
The Lighthouse of Oblivion. The leader was probably bringing people there to sacrifice them to a gigantic man o war looking entity. The Lighthouse was never truly there, on the island, it resides in Oblivion. Maybe some interdimensional anomaly made it appear on the island and served as a gateway. The symbol they found is most like an octagonal crest with snake a Nagina symbol in the middle. I think that is the symbol of Oblivion.
It really reminds me "Shadow over Innsmouth" or "Colour out of space" of H.P. Lovecraft.
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!
ASCIAN
We all know there was some tension over Director Swain's lobster preparation.
Just finished the dark tower....life’s a trip
Good for you. Haven't read the last three books of the septology yet.
Ka’s a wheel, friend
Ka-ka.
A new hand touches the Beacon. Listen! Hear me, and Obey. A foul Darkness has seeped into my temple...
I’d like to think when I have kids they can come to this channel and relive the world of SCP for themselves 🙏
Respect
I might just do the same thing!
Hopefully by then we’ll have a movie or 2, maybe a show :)
@@CeizoBro 📈 Movies would be dope of done right, could spawn an entire Netflix lineage 🙏
@@stevus23 back atchu👑
6:44 - I don't know why I expected you to say, "with a kodak."
I’m actually surprised you haven’t done a video alone on the MTFs. Your videos are always good and you explain the scps so well and detailed. Which is awesome. Hopefully one day we can get a video on them and the ethics committee. I feel like there is some good stories there too.
43 minutes of joy can't wait!
Hell yeah
This story maybe unsettles me the most due to its invoking of certain emotions and parallels in my own life, especially in regards to work history. All I can say is, I think its so much better to get off the damn island. A+ for Awe inspiring.
These stories are so detailed that it sounds like it's a true story.
made my day
I only discovered this channel a month ago and I've had it playing in the background almost every waking (and some sleeping) moments that I am home. This is just SO GOOD. Thank you thank you thank you
Mangg uploading 20 minutes late had me worried for his life 😂😂 I know you just moved and you've been sounding so tired in your narrations I was actually concerned 😅
thought one of the scps was gonna get to him for snitchin
I think he's tired of just doing scp vids tbh he's done hundreds of them
OK, MTF Zeta 67 "Anchors Away" might have to be my new favourite MTF, just because of the name.
‘Anchors Aweigh’, is the expression.
@@riphopfer5816 noted.
If you liked this scp, I highly recommend the game "no one lives under the lighthouse." The game has some similar vibes.
Came out right as I was about to go to sleep! Every night I put on one of your videos to help me sleep and I was just about to scroll through to find one I haven’t already watched. Thank you for helping me sleep at night!!!
Same for me lol
Hmm, won't be long before TES tries out the Daevastan SCP... I can feel it.
*_Something's [REDACTED] I can feel it..._*
@@Hugh_Amungus *Its just a feeling i've got like something is about to happen but i don't know what*
You mean SCP-6140? I’m sure he’ll cover it too. After all…I can feel the empire’s presence approaching
Daevastan? I wanna guess what kind of scp is... Is like the modern version of the Daeva?
@@MrTigracho You won't like it trust me its one of those "meta commentary" ones and its pretty shallow
This is my favorite scp. A close 2nd is 5005(lamplight).
Oh goody, another long one! Loving the long ones! I always keep them until bedtime so I can fall asleep in SCP Dreamland.
I mean, at least my dude could rest a little and let his stress behind, a relatively happy ending, for the spc standards.
Am I the only one that loves the Dark Souls and Dark Souls-Esq background pics. ✊🏾
Nope... and this story was a bit Dark Souls-y at times as well... i mean...the scenery and at least...the light of lighthouse ( fire ) keeping them alive unnaturally like hollows basically... They were litteraly turned into some Dark Souls body horror thing... It gives me a bit of Aldia from Dark Souls 2 vibes...
The ash made me think of DS3 just a little
Making 3 am garlic naan to this. Thanks!
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
Soooo… does this… NOT have anything to do with SCP-1000? Cause I sure got a good whiff of something that smelled fishy… err… hairy. Between the ape motifs and the concept of a dying tree a la Titania…. I mean heck, this might be a stretch, but the idea of a the dude with the gray crown had shadows The First Man even if it wasn’t a 1:1 comparison.
Im thinking the same ,maybe this is a kaktusverse tie in .
I came to say the same! Hairy humanoid. Glowing man with iron crown. Who summoned it though as the maybe Asem got to it after the 1000 had died?
Man, why do all the 6000-and-up entries you’ve covered so far make me want to cry? Awesome narration as always though!
Love these longer videos
Always nice to see some of the more obscure scp's getting some attention.
"Researchers are getting injured and becoming a feral burnt out creature that work 100 hours a week and drink more espresso than water" Sounds familiar...
So I listen to these when I’m at work I work night shift at a grocer and this one kinda creeped me out
I think 6000 is my favourite series thus far.
*Site staff:* "We're burnt out, stressed, and going insane. At this rate we're going to either mutiny, desert, or kill each other. Please for the love of God can't you spare even one extra fucking person?" *Foundation:* Sorry man, economy's bad, you know how it is... D E N I E D
Your videos may not cure my depression, but damn do they give me something pleasant to do when I’m sad
Stay strong Ari
[Amnestics administered]
@@nathanxxvii mnestics would be a bettet choice I think :p
@@arionerron4273 who wants to remember their depression? 🤡
Why do I always decide to listen to these things before going to bed. I dont like to torture myself, honest I dont. But this happens every single week and I havent learned.
SCP-6003, “Rosa. You wanna leave? You don’t have to join us, but we’d like it if you did… it’s ok, you can go. No forgiveness or sorry’s Rosa, it’s just what you want to do, so do it. No hard feelings.”
i love your channel so much man. i literally havnt even finished half of this video, because i often put your videos on to go to sleep, and ive dozed off so quickly so many times to just this one. keep up the good work, i appreciate you and how much effort you put into these videos.
34:10 Ok so at this point, here's been my feelings about this SCP. *At first:* Ooooh interesting. *Early - mid:* Ok, getting a bit artsy fartsy... *Mid - late:* Actually brought me back and got me intrigued again. Props, for real. Rarely when something loses me does it get me back. But there's just so much intrigue here. *Toward the end of the story:* Holy crap, did this SCP have a subtle message of, "Yo, overworking employees and crunch time is absolute butt cancer. Stop over-working your employees and giving them disrespect and TURD pay in return." Props, I really enjoyed this one! 16:00 This part is still frustrating though... This is one of the artsy fartsy moments I was referring too. Like ok Rosa, chill, the tower is very clearly THERE. If it scares you fine, but don't hit me with the r/im14AndDeep talk.
i love u😁 i love drifting away into a story every time one of these longer videos goes up.
Kept refreshing each minute for this. Can finally sleep.
Same
Great narration every clip super good
nothing like watching this guys vids are very relaxing
Also why do I feel like the entity related to the lighthouse is interested in creating an Immortal world of a hive mind of immortal bodies and gestalt consciousness. I definitely love this island lighthouse anomalous as it's extremely mysterious.
this sounds like it's the island that the first o5 they killed in the ouroboros cycle was on
🤯🤯🤯
That was my first thought the moment a grey lighthouse was mentioned!
It's one in the morning over here and You just gave me the perfect thing to hear, thanks dude!
Every week boyo
Loved this one. Had shades of Dagon, Last Part of Call of Cthulhu, and the Temple. Fun and spooky!
Well, guess I won't be sleeping for the next 3/4th of an hour! Thanks for the video, I always love these.
They decided to nuke the lighthouse. Well, that escalated quickly.
Great work as always! I'd love if you were to make a series on arg style content, things like I am Sophie or this house has people in it would be a perfect fit.
This island sounds epic
Boy, this reminded me of the Weirwoods from A song of Ice and Fire. The collective takes in anybody who wants in. The only question I have is, is the Beacon the cause of the never-ending storm? Is the lighthouse a genuine refuge, or is the whole island a trap to feed the Beacon?
6kon Organizers: Ok, so the theme this time is going to be nature! Wiki Authors: Sorry, what, I heard *BIG*
Love the SCP content. I have played Warhammer a couple of times, but the SCP Foundation has some pretty crazy, scary stuff that feels a little closer to home. I just love it, and all the work you do. Thank you
Great start to the day (just after midnight)
I was getting ready for a colossus showing up to crush MTFs like insects. But at the end it was the complete oposite: a land of eternal nap time.
Fantastic work bro
You know the poem or story whatever that was kind of reminds me of the inscription on the stone in the story a quiet madness made.
A lot of 6000s recently, Gota say I love it!
Dude, I want to know that you’re reading this, the ambient wind sounds were an AMAZING touch, I sat outside on my deck in the afternoon sun listening to this and I’m telling you right now, this is some of your best work yet, I’m not even finished listening yet and the only thing that could improve it is you actually role playing like in that detective story a while back. Just stunning work, really enjoyed it
reminds me of an SCP version of LOST
Rosa must be a fae or of the fair folk or has them in her ancestry for her to be the only one to have both the Instinct and intuition to come to the idea of leaving said island. I'm especially convinced because she made mention that she did not want to dissappear like the previous inhabitants.
Last time I thought you misspelled quesadilla now I thought it's called bacon 😆, next time it's Taco Tuesday!
Man I love these keep up the great work!
Just got out of work so perfect for the ride home
love you for these videos. this stuff is my latest fixation and these types of videos are exactly what im looking for. awrsome stuff! tysm :)!
Thank you for the video. Always a pleasure.
My lawd I need a new one. I’m addicted to this channel man! I can’t sleep if I don’t have an amazing story to fall into slumber to. It’s your voice… it’s so, so, fuckin soothing!
Appreciate your work man, keep it up!
I liked how the background images in the video started off in colour but were more muted and black and white later on. Nice artistic parallel with the lighthouse taking the colour out of everything. :)