SCP 3812.

A voice behind me.

What is the most powerful SCP?

Some among you might say the Unkillable Lizard, or the Deer, or 343, or one of the 001s,

but the answer, as you might have figured, is SCP 3812.

In fact, SCP 3812 is likely the most powerful fictional entity ever written.

And while that might sound like an incredibly lame subject for an SCP on the surface, the

document for 3812 takes us on a very interesting ride.

Unlike entities such as the Scarlet King, or the Deer, or the Broken God, 3812 is not an unfathomily

old creature from the center of the universe or the abyss or similar

beginnings, but instead was just a man.

3812 was once a man named Sam Howell, raised in Louisiana, and died in 1996.

After his death, the entity known as 3812 rose out of his grave and proceeded to disappear.

Unfortunately, that's all we know of its origins. It's certainly possible that this is indeed

some ancient entity that was just living in this ordinary man until he died for some reason, but

since 3812 only seems to be a very recent problem, it's hard to say.

Alternatively, if 3812 didn't really come into existence until his death, we don't know

what caused that either.

Regardless, 3812 was first discovered by the foundation 20 years ago, when its presence resulted in the destruction of an apartment building in Poland.

3812 was originally relatively human in appearance when the foundation first discovered it, but over time its appearance has shifted and altered,

and is now only vaguely humanoid.

3812 suffers from extreme paranoia, depression, mania, inability to properly perceive their

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