AI Record - Matt80

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AI Record - Matt80

Kufat 14 Jun 2025 16:12

Noting that site member Matt80 (account age 1378 days, site membership similar) recently posted a page that contains indicators of AI-generation: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8936

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**Item #: SCP-8936**

[[image https://i.imgur.com/eNA3o7d.png]]
//Image of SCP-8936 recovered from (███ █████). Confirmed safe for viewing.//

**Object Class: Euclid**

**Special Containment Procedures:**
SCP-8936 is to be stored in a sealed, reinforced containment unit at Site-77's Anomalous Artifacts Garage. Access is restricted to personnel with Level 3 clearance or higher and requires written authorization from both the Site Director and the Head of Paranormal Engineering Research.

Any personnel working within 10 meters of SCP-8936 must undergo weekly psychological evaluation and are prohibited from engaging in any automotive restoration activities for the duration of the assignment.

Under no circumstances is SCP-8936 to be installed into a functional vehicle. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate disciplinary action and psychological quarantine.

**Description:**
SCP-8936 is a heavily rusted Ford flathead V8 engine (circa 1949), designated as a “59AB” block by its casting marks. Despite its appearance, SCP-8936 shows no measurable signs of corrosion damage internally and is fully operable when installed into a vehicle.

When visually observed for more than ~12 minutes, human subjects begin to experience a progressively intensifying compulsion to restore and install SCP-8936 into a functioning automobile. This compulsion overrides subjects' prior skillsets, phobias, and even physical limitations; individuals who have never worked with vehicles have demonstrated rapid acquisition of mechanical skills sufficient to complete a custom installation.

Affected individuals often refer to the engine as "perfect," "calling to me," or "needing to run again," and will display signs of agitation if separated from SCP-8936 during the compulsion phase.

Once installed, the host vehicle—hereafter referred to as SCP-8936-1—exhibits multiple anomalous behaviors, including:

Spontaneous engine startup with no key or ignition system connected

Uncommanded acceleration and braking

Interior temperature fluctuations exceeding ±40°C from ambient conditions

Playback of unknown radio broadcasts, often including low-frequency chanting or distorted crying sounds

Movement of the vehicle without driver input, including off-road navigation and brief levitation events

SCP-8936-1 instances will invariably cause the operator to experience intense paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and a belief that the car "hungers" or "isn't done yet." Within 2–8 days, the subject will remove SCP-8936 from the host vehicle and abandon it—often at scrapyards, junk piles, or rural roadsides. The subject then experiences total amnesia regarding the events.

SCP-8936 is consistently recovered and re-enters the cycle, often discovered by unrelated individuals who report an “urge to check it out” despite no previous automotive interest.

**Addendum 8936-1:**
SCP-8936 was first recovered in 1972 from a Kansas salvage yard after a series of vehicular disappearances and a locally-circulated urban legend regarding “The Devil's Flathead.” After installation into a 1951 Ford Custom by an amateur restorer (███ █████), the vehicle vanished for 17 days before being discovered idling in a cornfield 80 km away, its interior coated in bovine blood of unknown origin. SCP-8936 was intact and removed by local authorities.

**Addendum 8936-2 – Recovered Audio Transcript:**

> Recording found within SCP-8936-1 instance (1983 Chevrolet C10) post-incident.

[static]
“...she keeps pulling me back to the road…”
“It’s not just an engine. It remembers the road. It needs it.”
[unintelligible]
“I swear I heard it whisper when I bolted it down. It said: drive.”
[loud metallic screech]
“It’s not rust. It’s not even metal anymore. It’s something pretending.”

**Note from Dr. Harrow:**
SCP-8936 appears to prey on obsession, mechanical curiosity, and the human tendency to anthropomorphize machines. It doesn’t just want to be driven—it wants to be followed.

Excerpts of note:

Any personnel working within 10 meters of SCP-8936 must undergo weekly psychological evaluation and are prohibited from engaging in any automotive restoration activities for the duration of the assignment.

SCP-8936-1 instances will invariably cause the operator to experience intense paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and a belief that the car "hungers" or "isn't done yet."

SCP-8936 appears to prey on obsession, mechanical curiosity, and the human tendency to anthropomorphize machines. It doesn’t just want to be driven—it wants to be followed.

Re: AI Record - Matt80

Zyn 15 Jun 2025 05:04

Membership revoked, PM sent. Kufat, afto, Zoobeeny supporting.