WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.049 There's nothing like winding down for the evening with some lighthearted television! 00:00:04.049 --> 00:00:09.800 Just grab an ice cold drink, kick up your feet, and get ready to relax and laugh! 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:12.049 Wait...what's happening? 00:00:12.049 --> 00:00:14.929 Your eyes are starting to feel...wrong. 00:00:14.929 --> 00:00:16.590 Too large for your skull. 00:00:16.590 --> 00:00:20.970 They widen and bulge, as your body warps and shifts. 00:00:20.970 --> 00:00:27.070 As it turns out, when you apply cartoon logic to the human body, it gets...ugly. 00:00:27.070 --> 00:00:29.550 But what could have caused this?! 00:00:29.550 --> 00:00:32.320 Just watching TV can't hurt you… 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:33.510 Right? 00:00:33.510 --> 00:00:38.430 After a long week at the office, all the businessman wants to do with his Friday night is sit back 00:00:38.430 --> 00:00:41.800 and indulge in a bit of good old-fashioned channel surfing. 00:00:41.800 --> 00:00:45.440 It's been his close-of-the-week ritual as long as he's lived in his current apartment 00:00:45.440 --> 00:00:46.440 building. 00:00:46.440 --> 00:00:50.770 The building isn't much to look at, and sure the pipes leak from time to time, and he spots 00:00:50.770 --> 00:00:55.590 the occasional roach scuttling across the bathroom floor, but all of that is worth it 00:00:55.590 --> 00:00:59.320 for the love of his life: cable television. 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:03.879 This building has something no other building in the neighborhood does: cable, included 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:05.860 in the building's utilities. 00:01:05.860 --> 00:01:10.190 Most of his peers have turned their backs on cable in this era dominated by streaming 00:01:10.190 --> 00:01:15.860 services, but nothing beats the pure dopamine rush of switching from his slacks to his sweatpants, 00:01:15.860 --> 00:01:20.730 ordering a pizza, and clicking from channel to channel the old-fashioned way. 00:01:20.730 --> 00:01:24.729 But when he hauls his body up the stairs and reaches the door to his apartment, he spots 00:01:24.729 --> 00:01:26.689 a slip of paper taped to the door. 00:01:26.689 --> 00:01:28.030 What's this? 00:01:28.030 --> 00:01:32.280 He inspects the paper, and finds a notice from the landlord. 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:38.120 No...it can't be...the cable service to the building has been suspended, effective immediately?! 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.930 He rushes inside and turns on the TV, and his stomach drops. 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:46.540 The channels, where are his beloved channels?! 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:51.680 They're all gone, replaced with the same devastating static on each and every one. 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:53.719 Why would they do this? 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:55.140 And with no warning? 00:01:55.140 --> 00:01:57.360 No, surely there's something he can do. 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.500 He'll approach this obstacle the same way he solves all of his problems: with a quick 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:02.780 Google search. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:06.880 "How to access tv channels without cable?" 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:10.800 He scrolls through the advertisements, until he finds a forum post that might actually 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:11.800 be useful. 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:16.230 He can reconnect the wires in the cable box in a specific configuration, then carve a 00:02:16.230 --> 00:02:21.220 symbol into the side of the box with a knife, and it should allow him to access his channels 00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.220 again! 00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:26.250 It sounds silly, sure, but he's willing to do just about anything that doesn't involve 00:02:26.250 --> 00:02:27.550 spending any money. 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:33.940 So, he unplugs the box, opens it up, rearranges some wires, seals it back up, and carves in 00:02:33.940 --> 00:02:35.750 the arcane symbol. 00:02:35.750 --> 00:02:37.750 All in all, it takes about twenty minutes. 00:02:37.750 --> 00:02:40.650 He finishes up just as the pizza arrives! 00:02:40.650 --> 00:02:41.650 Perfect timing! 00:02:41.650 --> 00:02:44.480 But...will it work? 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:47.310 Probably not, but again, it's worth a shot, right? 00:02:47.310 --> 00:02:51.080 He picks up the remote, and switches the television back on. 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.060 Much to his surprise, and immediate delight, it works! 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:56.550 He has picture again! 00:02:56.550 --> 00:03:00.860 The channels look a bit different, but that's to be expected. 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:03.500 He's just relieved he has anything to watch at all. 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:07.909 With that fire sufficiently extinguished, he changes into his sweatpants, sets the pizza 00:03:07.909 --> 00:03:12.430 down on the coffee table, and gets ready for some premium relaxation. 00:03:12.430 --> 00:03:17.220 He clicks from channel to channel, watching the images flicker from show to show. 00:03:17.220 --> 00:03:21.069 Round and round the channels go, where they stop, nobody knows! 00:03:21.069 --> 00:03:22.709 But where will he land? 00:03:22.709 --> 00:03:25.049 What will be tonight's entertainment? 00:03:25.049 --> 00:03:29.939 As if in direct answer to his unspoken question, he flips to a channel with a number he doesn't 00:03:29.939 --> 00:03:30.939 recognize. 00:03:30.939 --> 00:03:33.670 In fact, there isn't a number at all. 00:03:33.670 --> 00:03:37.780 In the top right corner of the screen, where the number would be, there is just the letter 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:39.060 X. 00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:44.810 Unfamiliar channel aside, the image on screen is not just recognizeable, but welcome. 00:03:44.810 --> 00:03:49.549 He managed to flip to Channel X just in time to watch his favorite cartoon family pile 00:03:49.549 --> 00:03:51.170 onto the couch together. 00:03:51.170 --> 00:03:52.170 Perfect! 00:03:52.170 --> 00:03:53.420 It's an episode of The Simpsons! 00:03:53.420 --> 00:03:58.410 This is the most satisfying part of channel surfing, the moment where he stumbles on a 00:03:58.410 --> 00:04:00.610 favorite show at just the right moment. 00:04:00.610 --> 00:04:05.000 Now, to enjoy the fruits of his channel flipping, and find out which episode of his number one 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.270 favorite show this is. 00:04:07.270 --> 00:04:12.030 As the story begins to unfold, the man realizes that he doesn't recognize anything that's 00:04:12.030 --> 00:04:13.030 happening. 00:04:13.030 --> 00:04:14.750 It must be a new episode! 00:04:14.750 --> 00:04:16.070 Even better! 00:04:16.070 --> 00:04:20.080 But as the episode continues, something begins to cause his hair to stand to attention. 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:23.100 A shiver runs down his back. 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:29.780 He can't quite explain it, but something about this episode feels...wrong. 00:04:29.780 --> 00:04:32.699 But before we go any further, I have a question for you - 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together. 00:06:22.490 --> 00:06:27.160 And of course, Maggie is a baby who displays much more cleverness than a baby ought to. 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:28.710 Standard Simpsons fare. 00:06:28.710 --> 00:06:33.360 But every so often, the man can swear that he sees the characters' eyes flick to the 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.240 side, staring right down the barrel of the camera. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.640 Except, of course, there is no camera. 00:06:38.640 --> 00:06:39.640 This is a cartoon. 00:06:39.640 --> 00:06:45.169 It must be some sort of deliberate stylistic choice, a joke that's flying over his head. 00:06:45.169 --> 00:06:46.990 But he's not laughing. 00:06:46.990 --> 00:06:51.430 Something about the sudden panic in the character's eyes as their gaze momentarily locks with 00:06:51.430 --> 00:06:54.620 his, makes his heart race with dread. 00:06:54.620 --> 00:06:58.870 As the episode continues, the man begins to recognize several of the storylines. 00:06:58.870 --> 00:07:00.640 Marge is working as a police officer. 00:07:00.640 --> 00:07:04.090 The kids are persuading Homer to buy a swimming pool for the house. 00:07:04.090 --> 00:07:07.889 But none of these storylines happened in the same episode...what's going on? 00:07:07.889 --> 00:07:13.370 It's as if someone cut a bunch of season six episodes of the show together, and added this 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:16.069 bizarre effect with the eyes. 00:07:16.069 --> 00:07:20.860 The man considers flipping to another channel, but he can't quite bring himself to look away. 00:07:20.860 --> 00:07:25.270 He watches, helplessly glued to the couch, as the remainder of the episode plays out 00:07:25.270 --> 00:07:26.590 before him. 00:07:26.590 --> 00:07:32.380 The pizza grows cold, untouched, as his eyes stay locked on the screen. 00:07:32.380 --> 00:07:37.930 Ned Flanders walks over to the Simpson home to deliver a standard "Hi-diddly-ho, Neigborino!" 00:07:37.930 --> 00:07:39.819 much to Homer's dismay. 00:07:39.819 --> 00:07:42.430 But he doesn't respond the usual Homer way. 00:07:42.430 --> 00:07:45.840 He grabs Ned by the collar of his sweater, hauling him into the pool. 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:51.370 That's fine enough, but as Ned thrashes in the water, struggling to pull himself back 00:07:51.370 --> 00:07:56.389 out, Homer presses a head down on the top of his neighbor's head, forcing him back under. 00:07:56.389 --> 00:08:00.370 He holds the man under the surface, watching the bubbles of his neighbor's screams with 00:08:00.370 --> 00:08:03.860 a dispassionate look in his cartoon eyes. 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:08.740 Eventually, the bubbles stop, and Homer retrieves his hand. 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:11.300 A body floats there in the water, face down. 00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:15.821 A pair of round glasses sink to the bottom of the pool. 00:08:15.821 --> 00:08:20.669 The camera pans to the rest of the Simpson family, who look on in abject horror. 00:08:20.669 --> 00:08:24.289 Maggie's jaw drops, and her pacifier falls to the ground. 00:08:24.289 --> 00:08:28.789 Marge, still in her policewoman garb, reaches for the weapon in her holster. 00:08:28.789 --> 00:08:32.150 Homer's serious face breaks, and he begins to laugh. 00:08:32.150 --> 00:08:37.169 His eyes roll wildly, his mouth stretches until it warps his entire face, and the blood 00:08:37.169 --> 00:08:39.970 vessels in his eyes begin to burst. 00:08:39.970 --> 00:08:42.320 Then, he laughs some more. 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:47.920 Flashing red and blue lights illuminate his face, and then the episode cuts to black. 00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:49.500 No credits. 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:53.710 The man realizes for the first time since the episode began that there hasn't been one 00:08:53.710 --> 00:08:55.350 single commercial break. 00:08:55.350 --> 00:09:00.880 Now, the episode is over, leaving the man alone with nothing but a dark screen and troubled 00:09:00.880 --> 00:09:01.880 thoughts. 00:09:01.880 --> 00:09:06.950 Ordinarily, he'd stay awake and keep watching television until his eyes begin to hurt. 00:09:06.950 --> 00:09:08.600 But not tonight. 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.810 He's had enough tv for tonight. 00:09:10.810 --> 00:09:12.670 Maybe for a lifetime. 00:09:12.670 --> 00:09:17.450 He puts the uneaten pizza in the fridge, switches off the television, and heads to bed. 00:09:17.450 --> 00:09:19.209 The man doesn't sleep, though. 00:09:19.209 --> 00:09:21.180 At least, he doesn't sleep well. 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:27.250 He tosses and turns, soaking the sheets with cold, anxious sweat as his mind replays the 00:09:27.250 --> 00:09:29.660 bizarre episode over and over again. 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:32.519 He can't get it out of his head. 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:36.790 When morning comes and his alarm goes off, he feels as though he hasn't gotten a moment's 00:09:36.790 --> 00:09:37.790 rest. 00:09:37.790 --> 00:09:41.910 Thankfully, it's the weekend, so he can hit the snooze and get some more sleep. 00:09:41.910 --> 00:09:47.250 Wait a second...as he reaches for the snooze button, something catches his eye. 00:09:47.250 --> 00:09:51.610 His hand looks quite a bit more yellow than it did the night before. 00:09:51.610 --> 00:09:53.550 A trick of the light? 00:09:53.550 --> 00:09:56.240 He sits up, and switches on his bedside lamp. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.690 No, his skin has definitely taken on a yellow tint. 00:09:59.690 --> 00:10:01.490 Could he be sick? 00:10:01.490 --> 00:10:06.000 He feels perfectly fine, aside from the exhaustion of a somewhat sleepless night. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:10.450 No fever, no nausea...in fact, he feels hungry. 00:10:10.450 --> 00:10:12.399 Starving, even. 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:15.390 He remembers the pizza in the fridge, waiting for him. 00:10:15.390 --> 00:10:17.800 Sounds like the breakfast of champions to him! 00:10:17.800 --> 00:10:21.170 He grabs the box and plants himself in front of the television again. 00:10:21.170 --> 00:10:26.660 Wait...if he turns it on, what horrors will be waiting for him? 00:10:26.660 --> 00:10:30.230 He decides to try his luck and switch it on. 00:10:30.230 --> 00:10:34.720 Thankfully, the Simpsons episode playing this morning seems to be a perfectly normal one. 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.560 He polishes off the pizza and enjoys the show. 00:10:37.560 --> 00:10:42.230 By the time the weekend is over, the man feels quite different. 00:10:42.230 --> 00:10:46.639 He's always been a diligent worker during business hours, but now he can't bring himself 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:48.450 to care about his job. 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:53.630 He calls in sick on Monday morning, faking a cough so he can stay in and watch more tv. 00:10:53.630 --> 00:10:57.279 Thankfully there's no wife or kids to bother him and try to get him off the couch. 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:02.209 He spends the week like that, snacks and television and calling out of work. 00:11:02.209 --> 00:11:07.530 One week turns into two, and as the days pass, the man's transformation continues. 00:11:07.530 --> 00:11:11.110 He is not just changing on the inside. 00:11:11.110 --> 00:11:13.450 The outside is shifting to match. 00:11:13.450 --> 00:11:17.730 His hair begins to come out in pieces, covering his pillowcase in the morning, clogging the 00:11:17.730 --> 00:11:19.209 drain of his shower. 00:11:19.209 --> 00:11:21.839 Before long, he is completely bald. 00:11:21.839 --> 00:11:27.050 The yellowish tinge of his skin intensifies too, until he is the same shade of yellow 00:11:27.050 --> 00:11:29.790 as the cartoon family on the tv screen. 00:11:29.790 --> 00:11:32.320 He doesn't notice the similarities, however. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.700 Just as a fish doesn't notice the water it swims in. 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:37.310 He can't observe the effects from the inside. 00:11:37.310 --> 00:11:39.190 At least, not yet. 00:11:39.190 --> 00:11:44.790 As two weeks become three, the changes become uncomfortable, even painful. 00:11:44.790 --> 00:11:49.300 His job calls to let him know that he's been fired for his unexcused absences, but that 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:51.399 is the least of the man's problems. 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:53.450 Suddenly, he can't sleep. 00:11:53.450 --> 00:11:58.430 Well, he could sleep, if he could just get his eyes to close, but he can't. 00:11:58.430 --> 00:12:01.779 For some reason, his eyelids won't cover them the way they used to. 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:05.740 For the first time in weeks, he stumbles to his bathroom mirror to take a look. 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:09.950 When he sees his reflection, he cries out in shock. 00:12:09.950 --> 00:12:13.360 His eyes would go wide, but they can't go any wider. 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.550 The eyeballs have grown so large that they jut out, protruding from his face dramatically. 00:12:18.550 --> 00:12:23.320 He can't close them because they've extended out too far for the lids to close anymore. 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.829 Something is terribly wrong, clearly. 00:12:25.829 --> 00:12:30.300 He's been putting it off, ignoring the problem, but he can't deny it any longer. 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:35.029 He needs to go to the doctor and find out what mysterious illness is doing this to him. 00:12:35.029 --> 00:12:38.600 But first, he should stop for some donuts on the way. 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:42.690 He's got the strongest craving for a donut with pink frosting and sprinkles. 00:12:42.690 --> 00:12:44.639 Or how about a dozen donuts? 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.680 Maybe with a beer to wash it all down. 00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:49.360 Then he'll go to the doctor after. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:53.050 As he descends the stairs of the apartment building, the man becomes suddenly aware of 00:12:53.050 --> 00:12:56.190 how heavy and cumbersome his legs feel beneath him. 00:12:56.190 --> 00:13:01.399 He never struggled with walking before, but now it feels like a nearly impossible task. 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:06.149 His body feels as if it won't listen to his commands, his muscles feel sluggish, and his 00:13:06.149 --> 00:13:08.720 bones...softer, somehow. 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:14.630 Then, he makes one wrong step, and his ankle gives out, rolling to the side with a snap. 00:13:14.630 --> 00:13:19.410 He loses his balance, pain shooting fireworks across his field of vision. 00:13:19.410 --> 00:13:24.460 His enlarged eyes roll in their sockets, wide with terror at the sudden realization that 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:25.480 he is falling. 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:30.769 And he keeps falling, tumbling down one stair after another in a horrific pratfall that 00:13:30.769 --> 00:13:36.260 carries him down two flights of stairs until he lands at the bottom with a sickening crack. 00:13:36.260 --> 00:13:41.990 His dying words, just before his head collides with the pavement, are few and simple. 00:13:41.990 --> 00:13:49.290 He cries out, in pain, in fear, in resignation, one word: "D'oh!" 00:13:49.290 --> 00:13:52.770 When the police find the body, they aren't sure what to make of it. 00:13:52.770 --> 00:13:57.600 None of them, even the most seasoned officers, have ever seen something quite so bizarre. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.600 It would almost be funny, if it weren't so terrible. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:06.029 But it is terrible, and they can't let anyone else see it, so they carry the poor yellow 00:14:06.029 --> 00:14:10.589 son of a gun out of sight, and call their contacts at an organization that specializes 00:14:10.589 --> 00:14:12.170 in this sort of thing. 00:14:12.170 --> 00:14:16.490 When the SCP Foundation comes to examine the body, they have no idea what to make of it 00:14:16.490 --> 00:14:17.490 either. 00:14:17.490 --> 00:14:21.750 They take the body back to a Foundation morgue, where it will sit on ice for decades until 00:14:21.750 --> 00:14:24.430 the Foundation eventually discovers some context. 00:14:24.430 --> 00:14:30.009 Until an obscure Foundation initiative uncovers the secrets of SCP-7066. 00:14:30.009 --> 00:14:36.170 The SCP Foundation's Department of Metaphysics developed an initiative tasked with containing 00:14:36.170 --> 00:14:40.830 dangerous anomalies in parallel realities without SCP Foundations. 00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:45.350 Whether these parallel foundations became defunct, or simply never existed in the first 00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:49.529 place, the lack of Foundation presence in these other realities presented a problem 00:14:49.529 --> 00:14:51.750 that this initiative hoped to correct. 00:14:51.750 --> 00:15:00.699 And so, on August 7, 2047, Parallel Universe ASX#623 was investigated for potential dangers. 00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:06.040 I should note that, prior to its discovery, this particular universe is believed to have 00:15:06.040 --> 00:15:10.120 undergone a large-scale XK-Class End of the World scenario. 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:14.210 The specific details of this are unknown, but significant damage to the surface of the 00:15:14.210 --> 00:15:19.660 planet as well as a dramatically decreased human population point to some manner of apocalyptic 00:15:19.660 --> 00:15:20.970 disaster. 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:26.829 This fact casts the findings of this particular expedition in an even stranger, more disconcerting 00:15:26.829 --> 00:15:27.910 light. 00:15:27.910 --> 00:15:33.069 In the ruins of Los Angeles, California, in an abandoned FOX recording studio, the expedition 00:15:33.069 --> 00:15:35.330 team found signs of recent habitation. 00:15:35.330 --> 00:15:39.870 Food was left out, and had not yet begun to visibly spoil. 00:15:39.870 --> 00:15:42.310 Surfaces were remarkably free of dust. 00:15:42.310 --> 00:15:46.970 Human remains found in the building were determined to be only a few days old. 00:15:46.970 --> 00:15:51.490 Down in a hidden sub-basement of the building, over a dozen bodies were found, displaying 00:15:51.490 --> 00:15:53.620 anomalous conditions. 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:58.250 On a television hooked up to a DVD player, something was playing. 00:15:58.250 --> 00:16:01.779 The bright colors, familiar soundtrack, and instantly recognizable characters made the 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:05.449 show unmistakable: it was The Simpsons. 00:16:05.449 --> 00:16:09.910 The DVD was removed from the player, and placed back in its corresponding case. 00:16:09.910 --> 00:16:15.630 Then, it was transported to the SCP Foundation back in the universe that we all know, occupy, 00:16:15.630 --> 00:16:20.889 and occasionally love, where it was designated SCP-7066. 00:16:20.889 --> 00:16:28.600 SCP-7066 is an anomalous Blu-ray DVD copy of the sixth season of beloved animated sitcom 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:33.790 The Simpsons, created by American cartoonist Matt Groening in the late 1980s. 00:16:33.790 --> 00:16:39.060 As you might have already surmised, this is no ordinary Simpsons DVD. 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:44.519 Anyone who views the contents of SCP-7066 will find themselves the unfortunate subject 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:49.779 of a variety of unpleasant and unusual anomalous phenomena shortly after watching. 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:55.500 Though it varies a bit from subject to subject, the anomalous effects tend to follow a specific 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.870 timeline. 00:16:56.870 --> 00:17:01.120 Between three and five days after the DVD is first viewed, the subject will begin to 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.690 show severe behavioral changes. 00:17:03.690 --> 00:17:07.620 Specifically, regardless of their initial personality or prior habits, they will show 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:13.140 an increased tendency toward indolence, alcoholism, and ineptitude at their chosen profession 00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:15.630 as well as ordinary daily tasks. 00:17:15.630 --> 00:17:21.540 Between five and ten days after exposure to SCP-7066, physical abnormalities will begin 00:17:21.540 --> 00:17:22.740 to manifest. 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:27.829 First, there is rapid hair loss, hair falling out in chunks until the subject is almost 00:17:27.829 --> 00:17:29.429 completely bald. 00:17:29.429 --> 00:17:35.460 Next, their skin will begin to discolor, taking on a jaundiced, yellowish tone. 00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:40.820 Tumors will begin to form throughout their body, made up of excess fat similar to a lipoma. 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:45.590 After 10 to 15 days, the subject's legs will begin to atrophy due to the weight of these 00:17:45.590 --> 00:17:47.250 tumoral growths. 00:17:47.250 --> 00:17:51.880 At some point between the 15 and 20 day mark, the subject's eyes will begin to protrude 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:57.240 from their face, bulging out in a severe form of exophthalmos, or proptosis. 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:02.340 This causes discomfort, distress, and difficulty closing their eyes, resulting in a disruption 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:04.320 of ordinary sleep patterns. 00:18:04.320 --> 00:18:07.940 All the while, the yellowish tint of the skin becomes more pronounced. 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:12.640 Eventually, after one month has passed, the fatty tumors will spread throughout the subject's 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:14.179 entire body. 00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:18.409 Their voice will begin to deepen, and new oral cavities will form in the subject's neck 00:18:18.409 --> 00:18:22.050 and torso to accommodate the presence of these additional tumors. 00:18:22.050 --> 00:18:27.500 At this point, the anomalous effects cease, leaving the subject transformed. 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:33.870 They are now a rotund, clumsy, cartoonishly-yellow, bald person with a tendency toward alcoholism 00:18:33.870 --> 00:18:34.870 and incompetence. 00:18:34.870 --> 00:18:40.200 If you're beginning to think that sounds a bit familiar, well, you'd be correct. 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:44.260 Testing logs for this particular anomaly have been sealed, and I'm afraid that I lack the 00:18:44.260 --> 00:18:46.850 adequate security clearance to access them. 00:18:46.850 --> 00:18:52.100 However, I have a feeling that these anomalous effects may present differently in different 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:53.220 subjects. 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:58.130 If male test subjects begin to resemble Homer Simpson, might other demographics take on 00:18:58.130 --> 00:19:00.990 the appearance of other members of the Simpson family? 00:19:00.990 --> 00:19:05.610 Perhaps a woman over a certain age would find her hair changing color and texture until 00:19:05.610 --> 00:19:08.780 it becomes a thick, blue beehive hairdo. 00:19:08.780 --> 00:19:13.510 Perhaps children would be affected, their hair spiking and transforming into the same 00:19:13.510 --> 00:19:15.150 shade of yellow as their skin. 00:19:15.150 --> 00:19:18.780 I shudder to think what this anomaly might do to a baby. 00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:22.590 Of course, these musings are purely hypothetical. 00:19:22.590 --> 00:19:26.500 It would be unethical to subject any human being to these effects, let alone children. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:32.110 Though I am always in pursuit of the truth, some questions are best left unanswered when 00:19:32.110 --> 00:19:35.710 the alternative relies on more human suffering. 00:19:35.710 --> 00:19:39.850 Remember those bodies I mentioned, the ones found at the abandoned FOX studio? 00:19:39.850 --> 00:19:45.201 All of them displayed these anomalous properties, transformed into disturbing, live-action Homer 00:19:45.201 --> 00:19:46.750 Simpson-esque beings. 00:19:46.750 --> 00:19:51.809 It is uncertain whether the transformations themselves resulted in these deaths, or whether 00:19:51.809 --> 00:19:54.400 their deaths were caused by something else. 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:59.640 Perhaps they experienced acute liver failure related to the anomaly-induced alcoholism. 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.419 Perhaps they were eliminated in a deliberate attempt to cover the tracks of whoever made 00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:04.419 the DVD. 00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:08.960 Either way, it is not a fate I would wish on anyone. 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:14.400 SCP-7066 is currently stored in a standard low-priority anomalous item locker at Foundation 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.080 Site-19. 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:19.820 After a decision by the Ethics Committee, who reached a majority vote on the matter, 00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:23.080 all testing with the anomaly has been discontinued indefinitely. 00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:25.220 Oh, and I almost forgot. 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:30.120 There was one detail that I omitted in my previous discussion of the anomaly's discovery. 00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:36.280 When SCP-7066 was first found in that concealed sub-basement, there was a worn Post-it note 00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:38.600 attached to the VCR display. 00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:41.309 The writing, though faded, was still legible. 00:20:41.309 --> 00:20:42.940 It read as follows: 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:48.040 "Need to iron out a few kinks, but this should be enough to hold us off — for now. 00:20:48.040 --> 00:20:51.659 It’s been a rough sixty years, Matt, but we’ll weather this. 00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.929 We always do. 00:20:52.929 --> 00:20:54.330 I promise. 00:20:54.330 --> 00:20:55.750 Call me when you’re ready. 00:20:55.750 --> 00:20:58.250 The show must go on." 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:02.789 What exactly that ominous post-it note means, remains to be seen. 00:21:02.789 --> 00:21:09.390 The origins of SCP-7066 are still being investigated, but it seems as if a parallel universe's version 00:21:09.390 --> 00:21:14.159 of Matt Groening was involved in something strange and unsavory. 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:17.650 It's difficult to say for certain, but we should all be glad that this version of the 00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:19.740 show is being kept off of the airwaves. 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:23.640 Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to leave the research behind for now. 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:28.779 I don't know about you, 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