get to grips with office politics, and the senior  staff keep eating your pudding cups out of the  

office fridge – even though they were clearly  labelled with your name. And if you thing being  

a regular new guy is rough, then you can only  imagine the terror of being the greenest employee  

at The SCP Foundation. As a humble research  assistant, you feel like you're basically one  

rung above D-Class. You're itching for a chance  to prove your mettle and climb the ranks, and  

lucky for you, you're about to get that chance. Okay, well, lucky may be a funny way of putting  

it. You were so wrapped in mourning the pudding  cup that you're pretty sure you saw Dr. Dan eating  

earlier that day that you didn't even notice  the alarms for a containment breach going off.  

You also barely registered the faint hiss, like  a chemical burn, as a black scorch-mark begins  

to spread across the wall behind you. It's only  when you can smell the unmistakable stench of  

rotting human flesh that you put down your  empty pudding cup and turn to see something  

horrifying standing right behind you: It's  the yellow-toothed grin of a decaying old  

man oozing his way through the wall. That's  right – you're face to face with SCP – 106. 

One of two things can happen right now:  Uncle Larry here can grab you with his dirty,  

grey fingers and introduce you to the kind of pain  that would make Pinhead from Hellraiser blush. Or,  

you can think fast, remember your Foundation  training, survive the night, and perhaps even  

help your co-workers get this wall-walking  monster back into containment. Then, you  

might finally get the respect you deserve around  here. You swallow your fear, steel your nerves,  

and try to recall everything they taught  you about this creep during orientation.  

Keep your wits about you and keep your eyes on the  walls: This is You Vs SCP – 106, aka The Old Man. 

Theoretically, you have all the knowledge  you need to survive this containment breach,  

but while we were reading the intro, the Old Man  managed to fully seep in through the walls – and  

now he's heading right for you! Our first piece of  advice for you is to turn tail and run like hell,  

putting some major distance between you and him.  SCP – 106 has proven pretty much immune to all  

physical damage, so even if you're packing knives,  guns, and a Bruce Lee level of combat efficacy,  

it's better to just not engage. Despite  its appearance as a frail old man who'd  

been left dead in a ditch for two months, this  creature is incredibly strong. He's dealt out  

massive physical trauma to victims in a matter  of seconds once he's gotten his hands on them,  

and what comes after is even worse… But we'll get to that later. For now,  

you run out of the room and bolt around a corner.  You realise security has probably been deployed  

elsewhere, and just hope that they can get to you  in time. Though seeing as SCP – 106 can shrug off  

machinegun fire like spit balls, they're probably  more the illusion of security than the real thing.  

You don't even bother closing the doors  behind you as you run, because it's not  

like this thing even uses doors. There's almost  no physical barrier that can keep the Old Man  

from getting his hands on his favourite prey:  Terrified, running humans. For example, you. 

While you're putting the pedal to the metal  and trying to get away from this sadistic  

freak as quickly as possible, here's a little  background on what you're up against. SCP – 106  

is an extremely dangerous Keter-class anomaly  that's operated as far back as World War One,  

when he's believed to have been created. For the  uninitiated, the Keter class is reserved for the  

anomalies that are exceptionally hard to contain  and require complex and extensive methods to do  

so, and SCP – 106 earns that classification with  its truly exceptional skills as an escape artist.  

It's believed to be capable of, if given enough  time, passing through any form of solid matter. 

Doors? No problem. Walls? Forget about it. Think  even a ten-foot-thick brick of concrete can keep  

him away? You're in for a world of pain,  my friend. In terms of its ability to walk  

through solid matter, there are only three  things that may work to your advantage here.  

Tests on SCP – 106 have shown that it has a  certain aversion to lead. Lead won't hurt it, or  

entirely stop it, but it'll slow him down for long  enough to formulate a plan of action. SCP – 106  

also appears to become confused when it's required  to pass through more complex physical structures.  

For example, it would be far easier to pass  through a simple wall than, say, a car – where  

there's a variety of shapes and materials at play. The Old Man has also shown a pronounced aversion  

to liquids, which also cause it to become  confused. It's for all these reasons that its  

containment area is comprised of sixteen spherical  “cells”, each filled with various fluids and a  

random assembly of surfaces and supports, to keep  the capricious Old Man too confused to attempt  

regular containment breaches. 106 is an ambush  predator at heart, sometimes waiting completely  

motionless months at a time. But it only needs a  few key seconds to turn the tables on its captors.  

Its attacks are most likely to occur just after  the people observing it let their guard down… 

Again, we have to reiterate, there is no way  you can fight this creature. You have to play  

defensive, or you'll end up as a plaything to  one of the most sadistic creatures under the  

Foundation's lock and key. Despite its rotted  appearance, the Old Man is no mindless zombie.  

He's one of the more intelligent and cunning  creatures you'd be unlucky to run afoul of  

while working on a Foundation containment site.  There's a killer instinct behind those black,  

shark-like eyes and that toothy, lipless grin.  Before you're ready to survive this nightmare,  

you need to first understand all the  numerous ways the Old Man can murder you. 

As we mentioned before, while the Old Man  isn't exactly a martial artist in the agility  

department, he's freakishly strong. If the Old  Man catches you in his deathly tight grip, there's  

probably no saving you. He'll likely tenderise  your body and incapacitate you by attacking major  

organs, muscle groups, and tendons. We wouldn't  advise screaming for help as he does this,  

because you'll probably just excite him. After  all, SCP – 106 doesn't hunt out of hunger – we  

haven't even seen the creature eat. 106 hunts  because of desire, and that desire is to cause  

maximum pain and suffering in its victims. His entire body is also covered in a kind  

of powerful, corrosive mucus that can be  dangerous to both objects and organic tissue,  

and the burning caused by said acidic mucus won't  abate until around six hours after first contact.  

So even touching SCP – 106 is a huge no-no if you  want to get out of this containment breach intact. 

But the horror won't end there. No, once you're  in his clutches, it's just the beginning of your  

terrible ordeal. Once you've been sufficiently  incapacitated, you'll see that the Old Man is  

sinking back through the wall – and taking you  with him! And I'm sorry to say that where you're  

going isn't just the other side of the wall.  You're being dragged into the Old Man's pocket  

dimension. This is SCP – 106's lair, a little  universe of endless dark corridors where he has  

absolute control. If you're in there, and somehow  watching this video on otherworldly 5G, then I'm  

afraid it's probably already too late for you. In the pocket dimension, 106 has total mastery  

over spacetime. You can be trapped, hunted, and  tortured for what feels like centuries on end.  

If it's feeling particularly cruel or bored,  it might let you go for a little while, just to  

hunt you down and trap you again. People who have  finally been released from the pocket dimension  

are often dead or on the edge of death, heavily  mutilated, with their faces locked into a final,  

agonised scream. The only consolation for  any of these people is that they probably  

lost their minds long before they died. To SCP –  106, it's all just a sick, twisted little game. 

If you want to survive, you can't play his game.  The Old Man wants to be entertained by your fear  

and suffering, so if you scream and flail  and panic, you're just gonna encourage him.  

As hard as it is, you need to adopt a steely calm  if you want to maximise your chances of surviving  

the breach. As you run from him, try to stay in  the absolute middle of the hallway. When the Old  

Man enters his pocket dimension, which must always  be against a solid surface, he can re-emerge from  

any point connected to the initial entry point.  In other words, he can merge into the wall on one  

end of a long hallway, and instantaneously  appear on the other end, cutting you off. 

You're not even immune to attacks from above,  as SCP – 106 is able to walk across the ceiling  

for an indefinite period of time. Being 100%  aware of everything around you at all times  

is the only way to ensure your survival. If you can, get out of the narrow corridors  

of the Foundation's hallways and find your way  into a more open area with high ceilings as soon  

as possible. 106 is less likely to head you off  there, and if you can maintain vigilance, you'll  

be able to see him coming and get a head start.  Of course, you can't run forever, and the patient  

Old Man is positively counting on that. Your next  mission will be to rendezvous with your colleagues  

and commence the grisly containment procedures,  but that's not so easy with 106 on your tail. 

One proven method of buying time against the  monster is exposing it to extremely bright light.  

While, once again, this light cannot cause 106 any  actual harm, it may startle the creature and cause  

it to retreat back into its pocket dimension.  When the Old Man is hiding, that's when you  

have a golden opportunity to grab a member of  D-Class personnel and drag them into the vacant  

containment chamber. What comes next isn't pretty,  but it's the only tried and true method of getting  

this thing back into containment – so you may  need to leave your morals and empathy at the door. 

While 106 is still distracted, you'll need to  subdue the D-Class and set up a direct feed to  

the building's intercom. The Foundation has found  that the best way to lure the Old Man back into  

containment is with the prospect of causing more  suffering. In order to do this, you essentially  

need to torture the D-Class until they scream  into the microphone, showing a certain rotting,  

grinning sadist that there's fun to be  had back in the containment chamber.  

It's recommended that you mutilate the D-Class  at intervals of twenty minutes in order to give  

the Old Man enough time to hear the screams  and estimate the location of their source. 

Not a natural born torturer? Don't worry,  if you don't like the idea of slashing a  

man's tendons yourself, you can make use of  a special hydraulic press they keep on site,  

lovingly nicknamed “the femur breaker”, to wring  some screams out of your unfortunate D-Class.  

Once the screaming begins, it's time to  vacate the area and wait. When, inevitably,  

SCP – 106 returns to enjoy the little treat you  left for him, it's time to seal the containment  

behind him. The screams of the D-Class you  sacrificed may haunt you until your dying day,  

but at least your dying day won't be today, thanks  to the tips and techniques you've learned here. 

Thanks to your excellent handling of the latest  containment breach, you might be lucky enough  

to find yourself promoted from assistant  to junior researcher – meaning you'll be  

spending even more time with charming creatures  like SCP – 106. So just keep the things you've  

learned here in mind today. After all,  you may be needing them again real soon… 

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