SCP-8122 Venus de Flytrap

SCP Explained - Story & Animation

SCP-8122 is an entity that has replaced the Venus de Milo statue inside the Louvre. It exerts a compulsive cognitohazard within a two-meter radius, drawing victims close before ruthlessly consuming their organic matter—specifically targeting body parts that mirror the statue's missing attributes—while leaving victims entranced and completely unresponsive to pain or loss of mass.  LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to SCP Explained - Story & Animation  Follow us on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scpexplainedofficial  Join our Discord, share your SCP art, submit video feedback, chat with other fans...: https://discord.gg/scpexplained   Please let us know in the comments which SCP's we should cover next   Narrated by https://www.youtube.com/c/hitherehunter  Content relating to the SCP Foundation, including the SCP Foundation logo, is licensed under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0 and all concepts originate from http://www.scp-wiki.net and its authors.   SCP-8122 Venus de Flytrap is based on "SCP-8122" by Harry F: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8122  #scpexplained #scp #animation

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00:00It was a strange time for Philip, one of the janitors at the Louvre in Paris.

00:05Just a few days ago, he'd lived in a world that, to some degree, made sense.

00:10He got up at the same time every day, drove to his favorite place in the world,

00:14and mopped and swept for several hours.

00:16And now, all the news was talking about was something called

00:19the SCP Foundation stepping out of the shadows,

00:23and apparently monsters and magic and ghosts are real, too?

00:27He'd had a hard time wrapping his head around the whole thing.

00:30It at least helped to subscribe to SCP Explained on YouTube,

00:34which explained many of the so-called anomalies that this Foundation

00:37had apparently spent the last two or so centuries defending the world from in secret.

00:41Had life always been so stressful?

00:44Philip found solace in the familiar rhythms of his job, at least.

00:48The paintings and sculptures all seemed like old friends,

00:51comforting him with the knowledge that these turbulent times

00:53were all really just little more than a speck in the scope of history.

00:57He said hello to Mr. Isnard, that peculiar security guard,

01:01and continued to go about his daily duties.

01:03That was, until he came across the Venus de Milo.

01:07He always thought of it as one of the most beautiful statues ever carved,

01:11an effigy of the Goddess of Love.

01:13It was perfect, save for the loss of the statue's arms.

01:17He'd seen it so many times before today.

01:19It was such a part of his routine, but today it seemed to have some extra shine to it.

01:25He needed to get a little closer, and get a look from a new angle.

01:29He approached the statue, almost trance-like.

01:32He barely even winced when he felt a sharp, biting pain in his wrists.

01:36But if he looked down, he'd see that his hands had vanished.

01:40Soon enough, the rest of him would too.

01:43If you, as an art enthusiast, decided to visit the world today in this post-Foundation disclosure world,

01:48you'd see an incredibly strange sign in front of the Venus de Milo,

01:53flanked by a pair of armed guards.

01:55That sign reads,

01:56Caution! Do not cross this two-meter barrier.

01:59You will be severely injured or killed by an anomaly if you proceed.

02:03An entity of unknown origin has replaced the Venus de Milo.

02:06This entity is under jurisdiction of the Foundation.

02:10If you show up early enough,

02:11you might also see the security guards wheeling roughly 200 pounds of raw meat

02:15into the glass box that surrounds the statue.

02:18You can take some comfort in knowing that as the meat vanishes chunk by chunk,

02:23it becomes a little less likely that you're going to die a horrible death today.

02:27Isn't that heartwarming?

02:29These are just a few of the key containment measures

02:31for keeping the art-loving public safe from SCP-8122,

02:35nicknamed Venus de Flytrap,

02:38around the halls of Site-06-03.

02:41And it makes sense,

02:42given that due to means currently unknown to research on the case,

02:46this iconic statue has been replaced by some kind of ambush predator

02:49with a taste for human beings.

02:51And given that the Lourve receives around 30,000 visitors per day,

02:56it's got one hell of a buffet to choose from.

02:58If someone gets within a two-meter range of the statue,

03:02it will begin to devour them through means not fully understood at this time.

03:05What we do know is that it starts with the arms,

03:08going from the tips of the fingers to the shoulders, flesh, bone, and even clothes.

03:14They disappear segment by segment in a manner that is seemingly extremely painful.

03:19And if nobody intervenes,

03:21a person's whole body is likely to vanish,

03:23as though they were never even there.

03:26The anomaly was discovered by accident.

03:28Thanks to a career security guard at the Lourve named Jean Isnard.

03:32The unfortunate Isnard suddenly collapsed

03:34and began screaming in the middle of a work shift,

03:37leading co-workers and museum guests to grab him and call the emergency services.

03:42The Foundation got involved when the hospital found

03:44that a chunk of his palmer longus muscle had seemingly vanished from both arms.

03:49And while you might think of this as gruesome,

03:52it's actually one of the more minor outcomes of dealing with SCP-8122.

03:56You see, in addition to being vicious and predatory,

03:59the Venus de Flight Trap has a powerful cognitohazardous effect,

04:03which can draw in bystanders to get a closer look at it.

04:06In an ideal hunting scenario for SCP-8122,

04:10it will lure in a whole crowd before it begins eating them.

04:14Even when the excruciatingly painful experience begins,

04:17anyone under the statue's thrall will find themselves unable to back away

04:21as they disappear, inch by inch.

04:24Despite all of this, the statue is still an extremely popular exhibit at the Lourve,

04:28despite the Foundation's warnings about its dangerous and predatory effects.

04:32Though, for all we know,

04:34it's just as likely that the warnings have made the statue an alluring draw

04:37for thrill-seekers and dark tourists

04:39who wouldn't have been interested when the statue didn't eat people.

04:44You're probably thinking,

04:45this is insane!

04:46Why on earth does the Foundation leave this thing open to the public

04:49when it actively wants to eat people?

04:51Naturally, the Foundation's first instinct was to remove the statue from the Lourve entirely

04:56in order to keep the public safe from it.

04:58This went horribly.

05:00Four D-classes were put to the task,

05:03which shows you the level of confidence that the Foundation had

05:06that this would be a clean operation with no fatalities.

05:09This lack of confidence was soon proved to be warranted.

05:13The four D-classes, all of whom had experience in furniture removal

05:16before losing all their human rights and becoming Foundation cannon fodder,

05:20were given instructions to cover the anomaly with a tarpaulin.

05:23Then they began jacking it up

05:25and removing it from the museum with a forklift.

05:27Things seemed to be going well at first.

05:30Until D-14788 physically touched the statue in order to properly operate the jack.

05:35The second he did so, all the fingers disappeared from his hand,

05:39followed by muscles inside his legs.

05:41He collapsed to the ground, shrieking in pain,

05:44commando crawling away from the statue on his knees and elbows.

05:47The other D-classes weren't so lucky.

05:49Those three were caught up in the anomaly's spell

05:51and stumbled over into the statue's presence.

05:54They were helpless as their bodies disappeared,

05:56devoured by the Venus-to-flytrap and completely unable to resist.

06:00All three were gone by the time the Foundation extraction team arrived.

06:04All things considered, especially with the public scrutiny

06:06the Foundation was also receiving for, well, everything.

06:10It just made more sense to keep the statue in the Louvre.

06:13The next challenge was trying to keep people safe from it there,

06:16despite the proximity issues.

06:18Dr. Sophie Moreau, head of European Containment Protocols,

06:22was eager to interview the surviving D-class after this colossal disaster,

06:26D-14788.

06:28When he was patched up and brought into the interview chamber,

06:31he was, needless to say, not in the best of moods.

06:34Moreau asked him,

06:36Sir, how are you feeling?

06:37It felt almost like a sick joke at his expense.

06:40He furrowed his brow and said,

06:42How do you think?

06:43Neither of my hands have fingers and my legs are screwed.

06:46He lifted up his digitless palms for emphasis.

06:49Dr. Moreau had never been great at engaging with people in a state of high emotion.

06:53She was the kind of person who would take a shift supervising SCP-106 over sustained eye contact,

06:59and so she stuck to the interview script.

07:01She asked,

07:02Sir, could you describe what it felt like when you were attacked?

07:05The D-class couldn't help but think,

07:07Is this chick for real?

07:09But still, he answered,

07:11It hurt a lot.

07:12I lost my fingers, so of course it would hurt.

07:15Can you try to recall how it felt when your fingers were attacked?

07:18D-14788 shrugged.

07:21That's tricky.

07:21My closest point of reference is when someone bites into an apple.

07:25It felt like someone had bitten off my fingers.

07:27I could feel the flat edges of human teeth.

07:30Dr. Moreau nodded and took notes.

07:32Can you tell me about the other three you worked with?

07:35The D-class shuddered.

07:37They're dead.

07:38It was surreal.

07:39I watched them.

07:40They disappeared before me, little bits at a time, then their clothes fell to the floor and they were eaten

07:45too.

07:46They were good guys.

07:48Thank you, sir.

07:49That will be all for now.

07:50Dr. Moreau said as she got up and started to leave.

07:52The D-class gave a frantic, fingerless gesture.

07:55Wait, will I get my fingers back?

07:58Another one of those awkward questions.

08:00Dr. Moreau forced a smile.

08:01Well, unfortunately, your fingers couldn't be retrieved, but we'll provide you with prosthetics.

08:06The recorded log ended here, but suffice to say, D-14788 wasn't happy, and frankly, neither was Dr. Moreau.

08:14They were dealing with an incredibly dangerous entity here, and one in such a public view that they needed to

08:20keep it in a place where it could still cause harm.

08:23Interviewing a stone statue was like trying to get blood out of a, well, you know.

08:28So, they were left grilling witnesses and persons of interest in hopes of somehow getting closer to the strange and

08:35ineffable truth.

08:36That's what led Dr. Moreau back to the first recorded victim of SCP-8122 to survive his encounter, Career Louvre's

08:43security guard, Jean Isnard.

08:45He was known to his colleagues as somewhat of an opinionated eccentric, even before exhibits started devouring guests.

08:51Whether or not Isnard had any valuable answers, Moreau knew one thing for certain, that he'd at least be willing

08:58to speak to her.

08:59Once the twitchy Parisian was seated in the interview room, Dr. Moreau approached him carefully as a subject, saying,

09:05Mr. Isnard, I won't keep you for too long, but this is about the Venus de Milo.

09:10Am I correct in assuming that this is the first time it has acted this way?

09:15Isnard nodded.

09:15Correct. The day I lost muscle tissue in my arms for the first time.

09:21Do you have any idea why it attacked you?

09:23He tutted and rolled his eyes, as though the answer to that question was the most plain and simple thing

09:28in the world.

09:29It's obvious.

09:30The patrons make jokes and mocks of Venus because it does not have arms.

09:34That's why it attacked my arms.

09:36He became jealous.

09:38Dr. Moreau raised an eyebrow at this.

09:40It was rare for a civilian to be that, well, confident in his assertions about the nature of an anomaly.

09:46A statue being jealous, is that not a bit far-fetched?

09:50No, no.

09:51I had bettered the idea, walked back and forth, and here's the most childish and frankly annoying thing said to

09:56Venus.

09:57I guess we should be lucky it wasn't missing its head.

10:00A strange thing to say, Dr. Moreau noted, especially given that Venus had already killed several people at this point.

10:06She thanked Isnard for his participation and allowed him to go.

10:10Now that everything was public, the Foundation couldn't work with the same impunity that they used to.

10:15Even the use of D-Class personnel had to be kept to a minimum,

10:18knowing that if the public ever found out about the Foundation's use of human guinea pigs farmed from the world's

10:23justice systems,

10:25there'd no doubt be a public outcry.

10:27The solution, then, was to just carry on as they had before with SCP-8122,

10:32maintaining the same containment procedures, the same warnings, the same guards, the same glass case,

10:39the same hope that the anomaly's meat stipend would be enough to keep it well-fed and uninterested in hunting

10:45prey among the scholars and tourists.

10:47It would never exactly be fine, but it would be good enough.

10:51And sometimes, that was the best you could hope for.

10:54And then, another statue killed somebody.

10:57An American tourist named Peter Yarvin was viewing the winged victory of Semothrace

11:03when he made the mistake of leaning over to tie his shoe.

11:06This statue from ancient Greece depicts Nike, the goddess of victory, standing atop the stone prow of a boat.

11:13In the millennia since the statue's construction, it somehow lost its head,

11:17leaving it a headless feminine figure extending a single winged arm.

11:21When Yarvin's head entered the two-meter radius around the majestic creation,

11:25his head vanished from his neck as though crunched off his body in a single bite,

11:30and his corpse crumpled to the ground.

11:32It was a rough day for everyone at the museum,

11:35particularly a procession of young children on a school trip from Nice,

11:39who happened to be standing near Yarvin when he was supernaturally decapitated.

11:44The Foundation will be subsidizing therapy for all thirty children.

11:47This traumatic incident led to the Foundation expanding their containment procedures

11:51to every statue in the Louvre, with the same plan of guards,

11:55velvet ropes on stanchions, glass cases, and man-sized portions of raw meat delivered weekly.

12:00All the containment specialists could really do was hope and pray that this would all be enough.

12:05All except Dr. Moreau, who remembered what Mr. Isnard had told her in their interview.

12:11I guess we should be lucky it was in missing its head.

12:14What a strangely specific thing to say.

12:17Either Isnard was blessed with a gift of prophecy,

12:19the cosmos had a sick sense of humor,

12:22or he knew more than he was saying.

12:24Moreau immediately had him brought back in for another interview.

12:27Something changed about his whole demeanor this time.

12:30None of that boisterousness remained from before.

12:32His body language was closed and guarded.

12:35His speech quiet and tacturned.

12:37Why had a switch flipped like this?

12:39Dr. Moreau asked,

12:41Mr. Isnard?

12:42He stayed silent for a long moment before shaking his head and said,

12:45No, I am not saying anything else.

12:48And true to his word, he did not.

12:50At the time of this video's production,

12:52Mr. Isnard is still in Foundation custody,

12:54and will likely remain so until he gives a good reason for why he suddenly clammed up

12:58after the phenomenon expanded museum-wide.

13:00But for now, the knowledge of what role Isnard played in all of this

13:04is as much a mystery to us as it is to you.

13:08But that's often the way it is with art.

13:11Even when that art eats people alive,

13:13it's all open to interpretation.

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