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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX poses no intrinsic threat but must be kept in a locked storage container to prevent unauthorized access. Two copies of SCP-XXXX are to be retained, stored at geographically separate sites, with any additional copies destroyed immediately on discovery.

Staff or test subjects viewing the video data contained on SCP-XXXX must first complete the SCP Foundation training course "HIPAA: Special Containment Procedures for Private Health Information"1.

SCP-XXXX-CW must not be approached by any Foundation employees. No direct video surveillance of SCP-XXXX-CW is to be permitted, with any surveillance done only by third-party contractors hired through a minimum of two levels of non-Foundation intermediaries.

Once per day, SCP-XXXX should be checked for any new "blooper" or "deleted scenes" content.

Internet video and file sharing sites should be monitored for copies of the SCP-XXXX video data.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the data contained on a DVD entitled "The Story of Chip Wehmiller", being a full video record of the life of Christopher Wehmiller2 (designated SCP-XXXX-CW), beginning with the subject's birth and continuing until roughly the present moment. Given the amount of video data, the disc contains far more than the 4.8GB nominal capacity of a standard DVD. The data can be copied as an ISO image to other digital media (e.g., Blu-Ray discs; flash storage; 3.5" floppy diskettes)3, and any full duplicates retain the anomalous properties of the original. The DVD carries an NC-17 rating for Language, Nudity, and Sexual Content, and is encoded for Region 14.

Video appears to be recorded from a variety of sources of wildly varying image quality, including but not limited to: 8mm film, handheld video cameras, cellular telephones, traffic cameras, and a Microsoft XBox Live Vision webcam. The video is divided into named chapters, with lengths varying from just a few minutes to several weeks. In addition to the chapter selection, the menu includes a section of "Special Features":

1. Director commentary featuring cast and crew
2. Blooper Reel
3. Deleted scenes
4. The Story of the Story: Behind the Scenes featurettes
5. Shooting Script

The director of the video is credited as Alan Smithee5 (Designated SCP-XXXX-AS) and can be heard when any of the videos on the disc are played with audio set to "Director Commentary" mode. It is unclear at this time whether "Alan Smithee" is a distinct entity or simply a feature of SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX-CW is a male human of Western-European descent living in Otsego township, MI and employed in the billing department at Allegan General Hospital. Independent investigation indicates that the SCP-XXXX video is a complete and accurate recording of SCP-XXXX-CW's life. SCP-XXXX-CW claims to have no knowledge of the video and reacted with distress when shown excerpts. Other than having been within the field of view of a video recording device for every moment of his life, SCP-XXXX-CW appears to have no anomalous properties6.

The main danger posed by SCP-XXXX is to Foundation security. When Foundation agents have come into contact with SCP-XXXX-CW, both in direct interactions and indirect surveillance, there is a chance that that agent's voice will appear on the commentary track, sometimes divulging classified Foundation information and operational procedures. As all copies of SCP-XXXX appear to be identical and update in real time, and as there may still be extant copies outside of Foundation control, this could pose a serious risk to operational security.

Addendum 1, Blooper Reel and Deleted Scenes: The "Blooper Reel" and "Deleted Scenes" special features of SCP-XXXX are notable in that they contain scenes which do not correspond to actual experiences in SCP-XXXX-CW's life. In particular, the deleted scenes frequently feature events resulting in the untimely death of SCP-XXXX-CW. The blooper reel features SCP-XXXX-CW "breaking character" after making "mistakes" (i.e., deviating from the events depicted in the main video), and often film crew and equipment can be seen, despite no evidence of such when compared to independent observation of the incidents.

Addendum 2, Behind The Scenes featurettes: See documents SCP-XXXX-BTS-1 through SCP-XXXX-BTS-317 for more information on current Behind The Scenes featurettes.

Please note that featurette #1, titled "A Star is Born: The Making of Chip Wehmiller", may not be viewed without prior authorization by a supervisor with Level 4 clearance or higher or by any staff or subjects below the age of 18.

Addendum 3, Shooting Script: Like the main video, the "Shooting Script" special feature corresponds to the events in SCP-XXXX-CW's life, although the text occasionally displays slight variations not present in the video.

Addendum 4, Interview log with SCP-XXXX-CW:

Note: interview was conducted in a secure room. Dr. Blankenship and SCP-XXXX-CW were in the interview room with a copy of SCP-XXXX and video display device; secondary research team was in the adjacent room behind a one-way mirror with multiple copies of SCP-XXXX to monitor changes.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Blankenship: Hello, Christopher.

SCP-XXXX-CW: Um, hi. What is this all about?

Dr. Blankenship: Have you ever done any acting, Christopher?

SCP-XXXX-CW: No. I mean, like, school plays back in grade school, but nothing since then. Am I under arrest or something? Do I need to get a lawyer?

Dr. Blankenship: No, you're not in any trouble. I'd like to show you something.

Dr. Blankenship turns on the display, showing the current video of SCP-XXXX. Video source appears to be from surveillance camera in the room

Dr. Blankenship: Are you familiar with this?

SCP-XXXX-CW: What, like, surveillance cameras?

Dr. Blankenship: This isn't a surveillance camera feed. This is on a DVD.

SCP-XXXX-CW: What are you talking about? It's obviously a live feed. I can see the camera right there in the corner.

Dr. Blankenship stops playback and navigates to chapter selection screen

SCP-XXXX-CW: What the hell? Have you people been spying on me?

Dr. Blankenship: Calm down, Chip, we haven't been spying on you. We'd like to—

SCP-XXXX-CW: Did you just call me Chip? No one's called me that for years. How long have you assholes been spying on me?

Note: Appearance of a new deleted scene entitled "Chip flips out, steals a gun, and kills a dozen researchers" is observed at this point

SCP-XXXX-CW: Give me that fucking remote

SCP-XXXX-CW takes the DVD remote out of Dr. Blankenship's hand and begins looking through the DVD menus

SCP-XXXX-CW: What the fuck. How the fuck. What the fuck is going on?

SCP-XXXX-CW navigates to "Bloopers" special feature, then plays the most recent video, titled "Chip drops the remote"

Dr. Blankenship: We were hoping you could shed some light on that, actually.

On video screen, SCP-XXXX-CW can be seen in multiple "takes" repeatedly attempting to acquire the DVD remote control from Dr. Blankenship but dropping it. Both SCP-XXXX-CW and Dr. Blankenship can be heard laughing and joking about the events

SCP-XXXX-CW: What the fuck

SCP-XXXX-CW begins apparently hyperventilating and sits down against the wall of the interview room

SCP-XXXX-CW: What the fuck, what the fuck, what the fuck, what, what, what, fuck, what the, fuck

Dr. Blankenship signals the secondary research team to end the interview. SCP-XXXX-CW is treated with class A amnestics and returned to his apartment

<End Log>

Note: During the interview, secondary monitoring team reported that Dr. Blankenship was featured as a "special guest" on the commentary track. Despite there having been no opportunity for him to record said commentary track, during debriefing immediately following the interview, Dr. Blankenship reported clear memories of having done so, including all of his "out of character" dialog. Dr. Blankenship was unable to provide a clear description of the "director", SCP-XXXX-AS, despite claiming to remember recording and interacting with him, nor was he able to reconcile the experience with observed reality other than to say the "both seemed entirely natural".

Addendum 5, Incident SCP-XXXX/████: On 2006-01-26, a deleted scene was discovered on SCP-XXXX titled "Chip Destroys the World". The scene featured SCP-XXXX-CW discovering an anomaly that lead directly to an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario. Director commentary track explained that this scene had been cut "because surely someone would have discovered that [REDACTED] and properly secured, contained, and protected it, so it's a bit unrealistic that Chip would've just happened to have stumbled across it while visiting the abandoned subway tunnels in Rochester, New York." Mobile Task Force Gamma-103 ("Radium Girls") was dispatched and successfully retrieved the anomaly (now classified SCP-████).