WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.320 The crowbar, bearing a bloody handprint,  clatters to the soft earth below. Not long ago,   00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:10.800 this same crowbar had been striking against  the side of an unassuming house, but it would   00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.480 not get the chance to unleash another blow. The two Vandals, wielding a spray can and a   00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:22.280 hammer, respectively, stare on in horror at  the terrible fate befalling their friend.  00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:27.840 The third Vandal, who had been holding the crowbar  until moments ago, is seizing and spasming,   00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:33.880 his feet suspended a foot above the ground. A  large, organic tendril is impaling him through   00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.720 the chest, rendering him a human shish  kebab, his shirt soaking through with   00:00:38.720 --> 00:00:43.640 blood. The tendril is emerging like some  organic appendage from the outer wall of a   00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:50.480 nearby home. The ultimate security system. But the horror isn’t over. As though in a   00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:56.880 nightmare, they find themselves frozen to the  floor, but it isn’t just fear. They look down and   00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:02.480 see that roots are growing up through their shoes.  Up through their feet. They are quite literally   00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:07.880 rooted to the floor. But this is nothing compared  to what’s happening to their skewered friend  00:01:07.880 --> 00:01:11.280 But before we go any further,  I have a question for you -  00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:14.520 Are you feeling like something’s  off? Is something getting in the   00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:18.880 way of your happiness or your goals? You don’t need a clinical mental health   00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:24.400 issue to benefit from therapy—sometimes life’s  challenges are enough. 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As the Vandal is absorbed,   00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.240 the cracks he’d made in the wall with his  crowbar seem to repair themselves like a   00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:51.480 healing wound. His matter, perhaps even his  very soul, has become one with the village   00:02:51.480 --> 00:02:58.000 that he had once aimed to desecrate. The vandals  had never expected the village to fight back.  00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.040 With the former crowbar wielder dispatched,  the village turns its attention to the other   00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:07.040 two vandals. The one holding the spray paint  can is the first one to go: The ground puckers   00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:12.480 around his feet, the roots gripping tight and  dragging him into the earth like quicksand. He   00:03:12.480 --> 00:03:18.000 screams for his friend to help him, but the  dirt soon chokes out his words. Even if the   00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:22.000 only surviving vandal wasn’t also rooted  to the floor, there was nothing he could   00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:28.120 have done to save his rapidly sinking friend. As the spray can vandal is consumed by the earth,   00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.880 the vandal with the hammer feels a surge  of adrenaline coursing through his vital   00:03:31.880 --> 00:03:37.600 systems. With tremendous force, ignoring the  terrible pain it causes him, he yanks his feet   00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:43.720 away from the roots - some roots being pulled  from the earth, others yanked out of his feet.  00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:48.240 His shoes filling with blood, he turns and  runs towards the edge of the village. Even   00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:53.320 though he’s lost his friends, if he gets out,  he can tell people. He can stop all this. But he   00:03:53.320 --> 00:04:00.000 doesn’t count on the houses around him developing  another modification: Strange, organic sphincters   00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:06.400 that spit out small, bone-like darts at high  speeds, sticking into the vandal’s back. Some   00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.880 unknowable chemical leaches from the darts  into the vandal’s muscles, paralyzing him.  00:04:11.880 --> 00:04:16.920 He collapses to the ground, foaming at the  mouth, as another long tendril reaches out,   00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:21.760 grabs him by his wounded feet,  and drags him back to the village.  00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:27.560 There’s a price that needs to be paid. Since its discovery, the SCP Foundation   00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:33.360 has assigned the designation of SCP-1135 to  an anomaly located in an unnamed village in   00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:39.720 India. Any name historically associated with the  isolated village, as well as its exact location,   00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.640 have been stricken from all public records  and redacted even within the Foundation’s   00:04:43.640 --> 00:04:48.520 own database. All previous residents living  within the area prior to its acquisition by   00:04:48.520 --> 00:04:53.800 the Foundation have since been expelled from the  area, relocated and rehomed, as well as provided   00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:59.320 with sufficient doses of amnestics to prevent  knowledge about SCP-1135 reaching the public.  00:04:59.320 --> 00:05:05.000 The area surrounding SCP-1135 is noted as  having a few irregularities for a village   00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:09.760 in this particular region of India. The houses  of the village are built around a Hindu temple   00:05:09.760 --> 00:05:14.600 as well as local places of commerce, however  researchers have noted the usual structure   00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:20.200 of the buildings as being inconsistent with  other Indian architecture. For one, the roads   00:05:20.200 --> 00:05:25.040 leading into and through the village, and for  two kilometers around it, are fully paved with   00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:30.360 asphalt concrete. In addition, the houses are much  larger than those found elsewhere in the region,   00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:35.000 and show signs of being constructed using far more  technologically advanced methods and materials   00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.200 than are seen even in neighboring townships. Each building in the vicinity of SCP-1135   00:05:40.200 --> 00:05:44.800 is furnished with running hot and cold  water, working electricity and sewerage,   00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:49.600 all of which are considered uncommon in the area.  Though the Foundation has conducted extensive   00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:54.720 research in and around the village, personnel  have been unable to determine exactly how the   00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:59.720 electricity is able to reach these buildings.  There is no functional infrastructure as is seen   00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:04.760 in places that are provided power via electrical  grids, nor is there any form of rudimentary   00:06:04.760 --> 00:06:09.280 system in the area generating electricity.  Researchers have been unable to locate any   00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:13.800 form of generator that could be powering the  village’s homes, and it has been surmised that   00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:20.760 they instead receive electricity as a direct  result of SCP-1135’s anomalous properties.  00:06:20.760 --> 00:06:24.520 After conducting further investigations into  the structure of the buildings in the area,   00:06:24.520 --> 00:06:29.120 Foundation personnel have discovered that the  materials used in construction are not only unique   00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:34.640 to the village, but are also seemingly organic  in nature. Each structure in the area affected   00:06:34.640 --> 00:06:41.360 by SCP-1135 is made from what appear to be strands  of organic fibre that run through each and every   00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:46.440 building. In fact, and of the permanent fixtures  within the village, excluding anything brought in   00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:52.320 and placed by the Foundation, consists of these  same fibres. These strands never affect nor   00:06:52.320 --> 00:06:56.680 threaten the structural integrity of any of the  buildings, and extend into the ground, for about   00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:02.200 three meters down, like the roots of a plant. Extensive spectral analysis and excavation   00:07:02.200 --> 00:07:08.560 of selected areas surrounding SCP-1135 have  unearthed that these organic fibers are connected,   00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:14.200 forming a network underneath the village itself.  They are able to grow and perform self repair   00:07:14.200 --> 00:07:18.760 at an impressive rate, as well as absorbing  nutrients from the soil, again functioning as   00:07:18.760 --> 00:07:25.640 the roots of many flowers and trees would. You see, SCP-1135 isn’t a village.  00:07:25.640 --> 00:07:29.760 It’s just something that looks  like it… something alive.  00:07:29.760 --> 00:07:36.240 SCP-1135 is a one big living organism.  This has led to those working among the   00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:41.360 research team to colloquially refer to  the anomaly as the ‘Living Village’.  00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:47.200 Researchers have noted that SCP-1135 shares  similarities with certain strains of fungi,   00:07:47.200 --> 00:07:52.040 albeit much larger and seeming to not require  the same low light conditions that many fungi   00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:58.960 thrive in. The fibres that SCP-1135 consists  of have been seen, during testing, generating a   00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:04.840 wide variety of organic and non organic materials  around themselves. This, according to Foundation   00:08:04.840 --> 00:08:09.720 researchers, has been what has allowed the fibres  to form the structures found within the village,   00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:15.200 as almost a form of active camouflage. A Research Assistant working on site even   00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:21.240 likened it to the defence mechanisms of certain  insects, such as stick bugs or Caligo eurilochus,   00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:25.920 commonly known as the Owl Butterfly for the  distinctive markings on its wings that resemble   00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:31.880 the face of an owl in order to ward off predators. However, one anomalous entomology expert assigned   00:08:31.880 --> 00:08:37.400 to the SCP-1135 took particular offence to  this observation, expressing incredulity at   00:08:37.400 --> 00:08:42.960 the notion that a creature would disguise itself  as a village in order to hide itself. This was   00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:49.160 already known to have drawn human beings into the  area as SCP-1135 had even been an active community   00:08:49.160 --> 00:08:54.200 prior to the village being acquired by the  Foundation. The entomologist, in a fit of rage,   00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:59.000 hurled obscenities at the Research Assistant  and forbade him from ever speaking again.  00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:04.920 The fibers that SCP-1135 consists of are known  to be able to repair themselves, and can thus   00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:09.880 repair the structures found within the village.  Periodically, new instances of these organically   00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:14.600 grown buildings will start to emerge from the  soil, maintaining their structural integrity at   00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:19.920 all times during this process. Thanks to the use  of hydrochloric acid to prevent expansion of the   00:09:19.920 --> 00:09:27.120 affected area, SCP-1135 remains confined within  the perimeter established by the SCP Foundation.   00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:31.840 As what seems to be a direct result, when space  is limited, older structures within the village   00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:36.000 will appear to collapse and disintegrate,  before making way for new ones to grow   00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:41.200 in their place. When this occurs, the fibres  within these older structures atrophy as the   00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:47.920 building – for lack of a better term – ‘dies’. In order to survive, like all living organisms,   00:09:47.920 --> 00:09:54.040 SCP-1135 requires some form of sustenance.  Initially, the research team stationed there   00:09:54.040 --> 00:09:59.560 assumed that this was done entirely by the fibres  absorbing water and nutrients from the soil.   00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:04.640 However, this alone is not a substantive  enough food source to allow SCP-1135 to   00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:09.760 continue living… the anomaly’s main source of  sustenance wasn’t initially discovered until an   00:10:09.760 --> 00:10:14.880 incident involving the aforementioned Research  Assistant and anomalous entomology expert.  00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:19.680 Clearly still highly offended by the Research  Assistant’s statement about SCP-1135’s   00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:24.640 ‘camouflage’, the Entomologist took a jeep down  one of the asphalt roads leading out of and away   00:10:24.640 --> 00:10:29.440 from the village. Unbeknownst to the rest of  the research team, the Entomologist followed   00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:34.960 the road to its end, arriving at some isolated  scrublands; an area that stays dry and hot during   00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:40.800 the summer months, but avoids becoming a desert  in the winter thanks to cooler, wetter weather.  00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:46.440 While alone in the area, the anomalous entomology  expert overheard a sound, almost like a sizzling   00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:51.840 noise. Identifying it quickly, he recognised it  as the warning sound produced by a certain variety   00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:57.800 of snake as a warning to ward off threats. He  investigated further and encountered a wild Echis,   00:10:57.800 --> 00:11:03.240 known locally as the Saw Scaled Viper or the  Carpet Viper. Aware that these were venomous,   00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.120 and responsible for causing the most  snake bite related deaths in the world,   00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:12.200 the Entomologist was able to capture and secure  the wild snake; an action he would later describe   00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:16.960 as being ‘not very well thought out.’ Returning to the Living Village,   00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.920 it had already gotten dark by the time the  Entomologist arrived back at the Foundation’s   00:11:20.920 --> 00:11:25.240 field headquarters with the Saw Scaled Viper  in tow. The rest of the research team had   00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:30.120 retired to their quarters for the evening, and  were all asleep. Under the cover of darkness,   00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:34.520 the Entomologist released the captured Saw  Scaled Viper into the Research Assistant’s bunk   00:11:34.520 --> 00:11:40.520 as the man slept, as retribution for his earlier  statement. Surely enough, the Saw Scaled Viper   00:11:40.520 --> 00:11:45.600 bit the sleeping Research Assistant and injected  him with a lethal dose of its venom, killing him.  00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.960 In a panic, the severity of his actions setting  in, the Entomologist hurriedly dragged the   00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:54.600 assistant’s body to the outskirts of the village  and hid it in one of the buildings. The next   00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.720 morning, it didn’t take long for the remainder  of the researchers to notice their assistant   00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:04.760 was missing. While nobody suspected foul play, a  sweep of the area was conducted, and the Research   00:12:04.760 --> 00:12:11.120 Assistant’s body was discovered… or rather,  what was left of it was. Seemingly overnight,   00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:15.720 the body had decomposed at an extremely  accelerated rate, almost withered beyond   00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:21.320 all recognition, as if it had been drained. The deterioration of the body, strangely,   00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:25.240 had produced no noticeable odour as the  breakdown of gases involved in human   00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:30.840 decomposition usually do, leading a portion of  the research team to examine the remains closer.  00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:37.360 Through doing so, they discovered how SCP-1135  feeds. The fibers from the building the Research   00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:42.200 Assistant’s body had been left in had latched  onto the corpse and were using the dead tissue,   00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:47.080 cells and other organic matter as a  source of sustenance. It turned out that,   00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:51.560 in addition to pulling water and nutrients  from the soil, any biological waste left   00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:56.320 in the boundaries of the village became a  food source for the Living Village itself.  00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.680 This applied to any variety of waste  present in the area; it was because of this,   00:13:00.680 --> 00:13:05.720 one researcher realized, that nobody had seen  any animal carcasses or excrement anywhere within   00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:12.280 the village. SCP-1135 had been absorbing and  ‘eating’ it, as it was now doing to the Research   00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:17.880 Assistant’s body. Upon hearing not only that the  dead Research Assistant had been found, but that   00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:24.760 his remains were being decomposed and consumed by  SCP-1135, the Entomologist vomited – waste that   00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:29.200 was also absorbed by the Living Village  – and later confessed to the murder.  00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:32.600 He was placed on probation and given  a two year ban from field work,   00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:37.560 including expeditions to anomalous areas. Initially concerned that they would be next   00:13:37.560 --> 00:13:43.200 on the organism’s menu, the surviving remainder  of the research team investigated SCP-1135’s   00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:49.040 consumption process further. Testing themselves  for any potential deficiencies or unnoticed losses   00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:54.560 of tissue, they found no sign that the organism  had been secretly using them as food too. It   00:13:54.560 --> 00:13:59.920 seemed to only affect dead organic tissue, or  anything that was no longer serving a biological   00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:05.720 use to anyone within the Living Village. All the  waste matter in the area was decomposed quickly,   00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:10.840 with no telling signs like smells, and  typically left little trace afterwards.  00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:15.240 Researchers concluded that the organism later  converted this waste into nutrients for itself   00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:21.960 through some unknown anomalous process. What they  were unable to determine was how SCP-1135 was able   00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:27.080 to differentiate between waste matter and other,  still living matter, the first suggestion to the   00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:31.240 research team that the Living Village wasn’t  quite so similar to an organism like a plant   00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:37.200 as first thought, but could potentially possess  some form of sentience or even intelligence.  00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.880 It was then noted that certain structures within  the boundaries of the village that began to   00:14:40.880 --> 00:14:47.680 disintegrate usually did so if SCP-1135 had gone a  significant amount of time without feeding. It was   00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:52.920 able to use the buildings constructed from its own  fibers as an alternative food source. Inversely,   00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:56.880 as was seen after the Living Village ‘ate’  what was left of the Research Assistant,   00:14:56.880 --> 00:15:00.560 consuming a larger amount of waste  triggered the growth of new buildings,   00:15:00.560 --> 00:15:06.000 or the evolution of improvements in existing ones. Noticing the rapid growths of new buildings post   00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:10.680 feeding, members of the research team proposed  a series of invasive tests to the affected area   00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:16.640 of SCP-1135; they’d seen the Living Village  deconstruct its own mass for use as food,   00:15:16.640 --> 00:15:20.840 and wanted to determine how the anomalous  organism to react when the fibrous structures   00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:26.680 were damaged by external factors. Based on the  way the fibers had behaved so far, it seemed to   00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:30.920 be a logical assumption that any damage inflicted  to buildings within the Living Village would just   00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:35.360 regenerate. However, the way in which the  organism responded to the research team’s   00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:41.080 experiments was far from being so predictable… Inflicting minor damage to any of the Living   00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:47.120 Village’s structures was, as had been anticipated,  soon corrected by the fibers. However, repeated   00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:52.600 or substantial enough damage caused the anomalous  organism to create new constructs with its fibers,   00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:57.760 in the form of elaborate traps that it used  to injure, drive away or, in extreme cases,   00:15:57.760 --> 00:16:03.600 kill its attackers. Multiple members of the  research team examining SCP-1135’s defensive   00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:08.120 responses suddenly found themselves tumbling  into pitfalls that seemed to form right under   00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:14.200 their feet in seconds. Others weren’t so lucky. During an experiment that involved striking at one   00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:19.800 of SCP-1135’s buildings with a sledgehammer, the  researcher wielding said implement was witnessed   00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:25.600 suddenly stopping mid swing of the hammer. Upon  closer inspection, it appeared his heart had been   00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.800 pierced by a number of spiked caltrops that had  burst out of the wall and impaled his body as   00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:35.560 he struck at the organic fibrous building.  Attempts were made to treat his injuries,   00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:40.240 however the trauma to his major arteries was  too severe. Before the rest of the research   00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:46.600 team could begin to start making preparations for  a burial, SCP-1135 had already started its process   00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:53.840 of decomposing and consuming his body, identifying  it as more waste to be broken down for nutrients.  00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:59.240 Thanks to an autopsy conducted by researchers on  site, the caltrops and other deadly contraptions   00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:04.720 made by SCP-1135 to deter attackers were  determined to be far more complex than   00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:09.840 any other naturally evolved defence mechanism.  Far from possessing poison to kill predators,   00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:13.840 or a camouflage to hide from them, more  and more of the research team began to   00:17:13.840 --> 00:17:20.240 suspect that SCP-1135 possessed some form  of intelligence. The traps it could produce   00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:24.840 were the kind that would take a human with a  high degree of intelligence and skill to make.  00:17:24.840 --> 00:17:29.240 Further examination determined that, if they  remained untampered with, traps produced by   00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:35.160 the organic fibres of SCP-1135 would disintegrate  within a time frame of between twenty and thirty   00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:40.680 days, unless being triggered. Unless damaged  repeatedly or substantially enough however,   00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:46.520 SCP-1135 displayed no active hostility  towards human life. On one occasion,   00:17:46.520 --> 00:17:51.840 during preparations for confining SCP-1135 to  the area within the security fence, a measure   00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:56.280 of diluted hydrochloric acid was accidentally  spilled on one of the structures, causing a   00:17:56.280 --> 00:18:01.960 temporary panic among researchers that the Living  Village would retaliate with more traps. However,   00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:06.680 again signalling a degree of intelligence, the  organism seemed to be capable of differentiating   00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.320 between damage that was caused indirectly and  intentionally, as well as damage inflicted   00:18:11.320 --> 00:18:17.000 by living organisms or by other natural forces. While all the findings of the research team have   00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:24.440 heavily suggested that SCP-1135 possesses a degree  of human-like intelligence, this remains unproven.  00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:29.440 Discovery of SCP-1135 had taken place some  undisclosed date prior to the Foundation’s   00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:34.040 arrival in the area. A Reporter who had been  investigating aid efforts in the region of India   00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:39.600 where SCP-1135 is situated overheard rumours  from local residents that described a place   00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:44.680 where buildings had seemed to grow overnight.  Various interviews with eyewitnesses pointed   00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:49.080 the Reporter to the Living Village, wherein  a small population had gathered and were now   00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:54.960 living. Before information about SCP-1135 was  able to be made public, operatives working for   00:18:54.960 --> 00:19:00.040 the Foundation intervened and were able to keep  the village’s discovery a classified secret.  00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:05.440 When conducting their intervention at SCP-1135,  the Foundation’s operatives conducted interviews   00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:09.280 with local residents, who reported that the  village had possessed anomalous properties   00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:14.120 for only a few years. The Reporter, who had  been detained for further questioning by the   00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:18.640 Foundation, had been following a story relating  to a sustainable housing development scheme that   00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:24.120 had been conducted in the area. According to the  information unearthed by the Reporter, this scheme   00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:30.720 had been responsible for the creation of SCP-1135,  and had been conducted by an organisation known   00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:36.440 as the Manna Charitable Foundation. However, as  far as the SCP Foundation were able to ascertain,   00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:41.240 there existed no such charitable organisation,  and any attempt to identify people involved   00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.800 in the scheme were unsuccessful. Unbeknownst to the SCP Foundation,   00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:51.120 the Manna Charitable Foundation was far from a  fictitious organisation. Although their existence   00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:55.600 has been kept from the Foundation through  cognito hazardous means, the truth is that the   00:19:55.600 --> 00:20:00.720 Manna Charitable Foundation is a non profit and  non government organisation that intends to use   00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:06.040 anomalies in order to provide humanitarian aid and  emergency relief to various underdeveloped areas   00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:11.320 around the world. As the largest international  paranormal charity in existence, Manna Charitable   00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:16.160 Foundation have been responsible for the creation  of numerous useful SCPs that have been contained   00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:22.680 by the Foundation, SCP-1135 being among them. One strange occurrence was recorded some time   00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.840 after the Foundation acquired control of  the area. This took place during one of the   00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:31.320 routine observational; checks carried out  by research teams. A number of the Living   00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:35.480 Village’s buildings had grown what appeared  to be security cameras on their outer walls,   00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:40.520 and in certain indoor areas as well. These  cameras have been observed watching the waste   00:20:40.520 --> 00:20:46.800 disposal teams as they move through the village to  deposit SCP-1135’s ‘food’. Beyond tracking their   00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:54.200 movements, the cameras have done little to disturb  Foundation personnel inside SCP-1135. Requests to   00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:58.240 dismantle and examine the internal workings of  these cameras are currently pending approval   00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:03.600 from Site 43’s Administrator, Doctor Rioghail. Every three days, a research team assigned to   00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:09.520 SCP-1135 will perform a series of checks of the  area within the security fence. All research   00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:13.800 personnel on site are reassured that they are not  to take any precautions that would otherwise be   00:21:13.800 --> 00:21:18.680 necessary for entering a hostile environment.  Researchers are dissuaded from carrying weapons   00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:23.440 on their person while checking the area within the  security fence, however they are required to be in   00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:28.560 possession of a two way radio communicator  at all times. Additionally, each member of   00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:33.880 Foundation staff is advised to maintain constant  visual contact with another fellow researcher…  00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:38.520 Just in case the Living Village  feels like having a late night snack.  00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:42.920 Check out the Doctor Bob Patreon and become  a junior researcher today! Now go and watch   00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:49.680 another entry from the files of Doctor  Bob, like SCP-5853 Ticky Taffy Town!