 Item number SCP-639 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-639 is to be kept in a standard containment cell, measuring 3 meters by 3 meters, and furnished with whatever the subject requires, so long as the items do not threaten security. SCP-639 should not leave containment area without an escort of at least one security guard, and should not be allowed to mingle with sight personnel. Description SCP-639 is a Caucasian male, approximately 1.6 meters in height, and weighing 78 kilograms, age 24. SCP-639 is viewed simultaneously on all angles, regardless of viewer's position. Being in front of the figure will have a view of his front, back, sides, and so forth. Attempts to capture the subject in any sort of photographic medium yields a heavily distorted figure. Exposure to SCP-639 causes extreme eye strain, and mild paranoia, with subjects reporting not knowing if he was coming or going, or what he was even looking at. Effects do not persist once SCP-639 is removed. It should be noted that SCP-639 observes the whole of the world in the same fashion that it observes him. That is, all objects are apparently seen from all angles at once, which seems to have caused extreme paranoia, as well as a host of associated mental illnesses. SCP-639 was recovered in Rue, Texas, from the Rue County Mental Hospital. Subject was under the care of Dr. Rue, who alerted the Foundation May 12, 2000. SCP-639 was picked up by agents Rue and Rue, under the guise of a medical transfer. Class C amnestics were administered to staff. SCP-639 was transferred to Site Rue, where he is currently being kept. Addendum, following interviews by Dr. Rue, interview log 639A. Interviewed, SCP-639. Interviewer, Dr. Rue. Forward, initial interview with SCP-639. Dr. Rue interacted with SCP-639 via use of an external speaker system to reduce visual stress. Begin log 0849. Dr. Hello, 639. I am Dr. Rue. SCP-639. Unintelligible muttering. Dr. 639. 639. SCP-639. They think to see me, to see that which I am was will be, that is all, all of me to see, to see, to see. Dr. Subject 639. I am Dr. Rue. Do you understand? SCP-639. 15-second pause. Where are you not above, not below, front, or behind, neither to the left nor the right, but straight along the path of righteousness? Where are you? Where? Where? Where? Dr. 639. I'd like to ask you some questions. SCP-639. 8-second pause. You are not real. Dr. What do you... SCP-639. I see all. All the world, the things that which is there, all sides, all that is, and was, and will be there. I see you not know you, not therefore, you are not, are you not another voice? A new voice to hear with mortal ears and no godly eyes. Dr. 639. Which direction are you currently facing? SCP-639. Laughing, points. Due to effect, this is less than helpful. Dr. You are facing every direction simultaneously. SCP-639. I see all that is and was and will be from all sides and angles and points and... Dr. Yeah, I think we're done here. Final notes. Definite signs of serious mental illness. Thinks that the interviewer is not real unless physically present to be seen. But as that causes serious visual and mental stress to the interviewer, I do not recommend it. Note. I was wrong. Just facing away from it seems to negate the visual stress. Although, interviewing someone while facing away from them is... awkward. Still, preferable to the alternative. Interview log 639B. Interviewed. D-Class Personnel, D-639-9. Interviewer. Dr. Forward. Initial interview to establish the effect of SCP-639 on D-Class Personnel. Begin log, 1321. Dr. Hello. D-639-9. I am Dr. D-639-9. Fidgeting. Ah, hello. Dr. If you would, please describe your encounter with the subject. D-639-9. You mean that, that, I don't even know what to call that, Doc. Man, that thing was like, it was like, you know when you're in a fun house and they got all the mirrors around you? Dr. Indeed. D-639-9. It was like someone took all the reflections from all the different mirrors and stacked them one on top of the other, but I don't know. I don't know how to... Dr. Please try. D-639-9. All right? Could I get some aspirin or something? Give me a killer headache. Dr. Please. D-639-9. Fine, whatever. Like, if you stacked all the reflections, but you could see them all by themselves, like one by one, but you saw them all at the same time, that's the best I can do, Doc. Dr. I see. Was there anything else? Any sort of emotional response you felt? Sudden compulsions. Anything like that? D-639-9. Uh, well, I guess so. I mean, he was looking at me, right? But he wasn't looking at me because he was facing the other way. But both ways at once... I just felt paranoid as... Doc, I didn't know if he was coming or going. I didn't even know if he noticed me or what he was looking at. And he hurt to see. Gave me a headache, right? Please, could I get a glass of water or something? Dr. Certainly, I have everything I need. The guard will see you back to your cell. D-639-9. Begins to leave, but pauses. Ah, there was one other thing. Dr. Yes? D-639-9. I'm not sure, but I think he was crying. End log. Closing statement. D-639-9 kept in solitary confinement to determine whether SCP-639 caused any sort of memetic or mental effect. None surfaced over the course of the quarantine, and the subject was terminated on schedule. Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-638, the 1914 Chicago Federal Reserve Heist, right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.