Harriot

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a 4 cubic meter agricultural containment enclosure at Site 286. SCP-XXXX is to be given water and light required for an average raspberry bush, and its berries to be offered for consumption in the Site 286 mess hall.

Any testing with SCP-XXXX using D-Class subjects is to be done only with total approval of the Ethics Committee. Any researchers found carrying out unauthorized tests using D-Class subjects will be penalized with either termination or loss of rank.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a large specimen of a raspberry bush measuring two and a half (2.5) meters tall with a general width of two (2) meters. SCP-XXXX does not require water, light or other material typically required for a plant to sustain itself, although raspberries will not grow on the bush without nutrition required of a typical bush of its species. The berries grown on SCP-XXXX are identical to that of a typical raspberry and are safe for human consumption. SCP-XXXX's vines and thorns, when pruned, will grow at a much faster rate than a standard raspberry bush but will not grow past its previously stated measurements.

SCP-XXXX's main anomalous properties are seen when a majority of a human's body makes contact with the bush, usually through intentionally making contact with the bush or being forced through via shoving or pushing. Upon contact, an unseen force will pull the person's body through the bush and leave them on the opposite end of the bush that they entered from. While passing through, the person will receive damage to their body in the form of lacerations via the thorns of the bush. The severity of these injuries is tied to a person's amount of unconfessed sins according to the teachings of the catholic church. Injuries received are heavily polarized; sins regarded as minor result in only light cuts and slashes away from vulnerable parts of the body. Persons who have committed more major sins such as murder or adultery will suffer from much more severe injuries such as deep lacerations to the throat, chest and complete severing of one or more limbs.

Addendum XXXX-1: SCP-XXXX was discovered in 6/3/19██ in the back of Sardis Baptist Church in Union Springs, Alabama. The Foundation was first notified of the object when Jared █████████, a local man suspected in a string of homicides, was lynched by a group of members of the church. The group had forced him to enter SCP-XXXX in order to test his innocence. Upon passing through, the man died immediately after exiting the bush from blood loss due to both arms and legs instantly being severed and suffering deep wounds to the chest and neck.

Members of the church who were involved in the death refused to speak about the incident. Inspection of the members, however, revealed scarring ranging from light to severe all around their bodies. Further investigation of the church, it's members and its history revealed that at some point SCP-XXXX had become a central piece of the church's activities. Members would frequently go through the bush in order to atone for their sins, or would be forced through by other members as punishment or to test their innocence. Testing of SCP-XXXX has revealed no effects, memetic or otherwise, that would compel someone to use the object in a such manner, leading researchers to believe that the church's fixation and use of SCP-XXXX was completely voluntary. All members of the church were given class-A amnesiacs following the removal and acquisition of SCP-XXXX by the foundation.