Įmerging instances of SCP-6087-b's are horribly disfigured, are incapable of coherent speech, and extremely hostile. Upon closer inspection, it became apparent that. Walls are to surround the faults in a radius of 2 kilometres from the. But this discovery was made more eerie by the thousands of human-shaped holes scattered among the rock face, each of which seemingly continues for miles within the mountain. Special Containment Procedures: The Amigara mountain is to be quarantined from the public. All shapes have been observed to be 5 branches. After a devastating earthquake near Amigara mountain, a several-kilometer-long fault emerged. Said fault was covered in holes, with twisted unnatural shapes. Persons who have entered their tunnels are to be considered instances of SCP-6087-a's, and are non-recoverable.Īddendum: 4 months after the discovery of SCP-6087, a second fault was discovered on the other side of the mountain. Whats going down in Amigara Fault, and whats coming back up from all those mysterious, human-shaped holes Junji Itos horror masterpiece manga, the extremely weird and existentially shocking. SCP-6087's influence seems to overpower every method the foundation has.

Treatment with powerful amnestics are futile. Any and all attempts to dissuade or restrain the person are met with failure. Humans who are subjected to seeing, either in person or via photo or video, what is referred to as 'their' hole, are compelled by unknown means to enter the tunnel which perfectly fits their body shapes. One of these faults revealed a large wall with thousands of human-shaped tunnels carved in its surface. On 20XX, a 9.7 scale earthquake caused parts of the mountain to fall apart and shift. No amnestics have been proven effective with treating SCP-6087's memetic effects.ĭescription: SCP-6087 is an area in the Amigara Mountain, Japan. Gyo.You may not recognize the names immediately, but no doubt you’ve seen the haunting works of Junji Ito plastered all over the internet. Armed personnel are to patrol the borders of the quarantine zone to prevent infiltration.įurther armed personnel are to be stationed on the other end of the Amigara fault, and are instructed to eliminate any and all instances of SCP-6087-B's that emerge.Īny and all persons who are subjected to SCP-6087's influence are to be considered lost. Walls are to surround the faults in a radius of 2 kilometres from the base of the mountain. Following an earthquake in an unnamed prefecture of Japan, a fault is discovered on Amigara Mountain, very close to the epicenter of the quake. It’s impossible not to be fascinated by the mystery of the fault as we’re lured into a disturbing finale that you won’t forget for a very long time.Special Containment Procedures: The Amigara mountain is to be quarantined from the public. Ito immediately establishes an air-tight sense of claustrophobia, allowing the readers imagination to conjure an unexplained and obscure power that’s sadistically pulling these depressed people towards their inescapable and lonely fate. All rescue attempts fail after 5 metres and given the perfect shape of each hole, it’s completely impossible to turn around, so despite being overcome with a palpable sense of anxiety, confinement and enclosure, the organic victims can only hobble forwards, onwards into the twisting Amigara Fault, as its shaped caverns ever-so gradually distort, shrink and stretch into deformed positions.Īs if you couldn’t tell by reading the above summary, “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” is a striking and bizarre short story, regularly playing on our aversion to and fascination with the unknown. Nervous people from all over Japan are inexplicably drawn to the landmark, haunted by nightmares and convinced they have recognized individual caverns that perfectly match their own unique body shapes.Īmidst the anxious crowds are curious scientists trying to explain away this baffling enigma, as one by one, and despite their obvious panic, the attracted people can’t help but enter their caves and eventually, completely disappear into the darkness.

The ambiguous story begins as an earthquake scythes open the titular Amigara Fault a gigantic rock riddled with human shaped caves. This time I’m talking about the claustrophobic “Enigma of Amigara Fault” a remarkable 30-page short that has abducted my thoughts since falling victim to its spell last night. Sadly, it’s not a genre that translates well to anime and manga, but having recently discovered the abnormal works of manga-ka Junji Ito, there may well be hope for us yet. Halloween is fast approaching and it’s time to indulge in some frightful Japanese horror.

The enigma of amigara fault