Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 are to be kept together in a standard indoor containment terrarium measuring no less than 80m x 80m in area. Currently, they reside in Containment Site-37. Handling and groundskeeping staff are to keep a moderate distance if possible, and avoid interaction with any of the associated entities. The grazing habits of SCP-XXXX-1 and -2 are to be recorded and observed for any changes in behavior.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to a group of three similar humanoid beings. Each is roughly 2.5m tall, gaunt, and genderless with no distinguishing bodily marks. All three possess no nails or hair. Notably, the entities do not seem to possess any sort of digestive or respiratory system; it is currently understood that SCP-XXXX themselves do not need to feed or breathe. X-ray imaging has revealed ordinary, if elongated, bodily systems.
In place of a head, SCP-XXXX-1, -2, and -3 possess a crude representation of a chicken coop, pig pen, and shack, respectively. These each appear generally the same: a four-sided wood model with a slanted roof and hinged door on the front. How each is able to perceive their surroundings while lacking any major sensory organs is unknown.
SCP-XXXX have been observed performing a limited number of actions, and their consistent behaviors have been divided into the following phases:
- Wandering: Within the early hours of each day (between 06:00 and 09:00), each SCP-XXXX instance will traverse its environment in no recognizable pattern.
- Grazing: At an indeterminate time during the wandering phase, SCP-XXXX-1 and -2 perform grazing behaviors (see below), which persist for the majority of each day. Following this, SCP-XXXX transition to the resting phase.
- Resting: Following the grazing phase, (between 20:00 and 06:00) each instance will congregate and refrain from extraneous movement. Occasionally, each will intermittently sit and lie down. This is not believed to reflect a sleep state, yet due to the nature of each instance, EEG and MRI testing has been deemed unfeasible.
Detailed Grazing Behaviors of SCP-XXXX Entities: Once per day, SCP-XXXX-1 and -2 will squat, lowering their heads to the ground. Each will then operate the door on their faces, allowing the entities within (hereafter referred to as "livestock") to emerge and begin grazing. At the end of this phase, released livestock return to and enter their respective SCP-XXXX instance. Livestock is unique to each: SCP-XXXX-1 has only ever been observed releasing chickens, and SCP-XXXX-2 has only ever been observed releasing pigs. To date, SCP-XXXX-3 has not been observed reciprocating this behavior. It is unknown how livestock materializes from, or returns to the space within each instance.
While similar to their respective species, the livestock released from SCP-XXXX-1 and -2 differ in two major ways. Firstly, all instances lack any facial features: while grazing, they have been observed fruitlessly pecking and nosing at the ground. Secondly, removed specimens exhibit an abundance of tumorous growths and malformations normally harmful to bodily functions. Despite this, when handled by SCP-XXXX, they show no sign of debilitation or impairment. If removed from their care, livestock instances inevitably begin showing signs of illness coinciding with their impairments, before quickly expiring. Testing has revealed no genetic abnormalities present in any removed livestock.
None of SCP-XXXX have shown any signs of aggression when approached or during interaction with their livestock. All other attempts at interaction have failed to elicit responses from SCP-XXXX. However, they have rarely been observed staring directly upwards during a resting phase. Researchers have noted that in each of these occurrences, their formation has formed a perfect right triangle.
Addendum 06/18/197█: At roughly 01:00, attending staff observed SCP-XXXX-3 producing a small parchment from the gap underneath its door. No reaction was offered from -3, and no other change in behavior has occurred since. Immediate analysis revealed the parchment to be ordinary paper; the text was composed of a dried carbon-water solution with no apparent message. This document has been deemed unintelligible, though crude but recognizable letters and shapes have been identified appearing in random overlapping patterns.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained within a standard electronics storage case, in turn sealed within a soundproof container. When stored, the device should be disconnected from all electronic cables and devices, and ensured the protection from any electronic or radio interference (See Addendum XXXX-1). Access is available to Level 3 or higher staff upon request to Site-23's acoustics research lab.
Researchers intending to utilize SCP-XXXX for experimentation should refer to Requisition Form XXXX and signify their request through the nearest administrative post.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a brand car radio presumably from a 1982 __. The radio itself has been removed from its housing vehicle, and shows moderate wear typical of devices from its era. No physically anomalous features are present on or within the device, and the serial number present links it to production batch number-32-A██-█ of its vehicle model. Currently, 23 of these ██ have been located, and none exhibit any similar anomalous properties.
If provided with a suitable power source and connected to a compatible output device and antenna, SCP-XXXX functions as its model normally should. However, if disconnected from a proper antenna, the radio instead receives nearby sounds that mimic an identifiable musical pattern. The criteria for this is specifically unknown, but has been narrowed to patterns louder than 35 dB and consisting of enough of a musical piece to be easily identified. In some cases, a single "bar" of a musical piece is sufficient (see Test Log XXXX-3). (Same five notes vs Bohemian Rhapsody's first bar —> is there any other music with this pattern? Maybe they write a song that starts like it, but is different?)
Once exposed to an identifiable song, SCP-XXXX
Personnel: Researcher C. Andrews
Date: 04/15/2010
Input: Researcher Andrews sung the first line of lyrics to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Result: SCP-XXXX played the aforementioned song, beginning immediately after the point where Researcher Andrews stopped singing.
Personnel: Researcher C. Andrews
Date: 04/15/2010
Input: Instead of singing the beginning of the song, Researcher Andrews instead spoke the first line of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Result: No response from SCP-XXXX.
Personnel: Researcher C. Andrews
Date: 04/15/2010
Input: Researcher Andrews was provided a portable keyboard, and played the first musical bar to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Result: Same as first test.
Personnel: Researcher C. Andrews
Date: 04/15/2010
Input: Same as previous test, but Researcher Andrews instead played the same notes in quick succession, not to the proper musical time.
Result: No response from SCP-XXXX.
Note: I think this sets a good groundwork for what this thing can do. - Researcher Andrews
Personnel: Assistant Researcher Barnes
Date: 4/22/2010
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Addendum 06/23/13:
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Play music
Speak into it
Sing into it
etc
Animal music
Original music?
Trash metal, scat jazz
Venetian Snares, John Zorn?
Addendum XXXX-1:
First Southern Ipsist
The Spider in the Teapot (tale)
The Sideward Staircase
Albino Moonlight
Island in the Dark, Oil on canvas
While similar to typical Gallus gallus domesticus and Sus scrofa domesticus, the livestock released from SCP-XXXX-1 and -2 differ in two major ways. Firstly, all instances lack any facial features: while grazing, they have been observed fruitlessly pecking and nosing at the ground. Secondly, analysis of removed specimens has revealed an abundance of tumorous growths and malformations normally harmful to bodily functions. Despite this, when handled by SCP-XXXX, these animals show no sign of debilitation or impairment. If removed from their care, livestock instances inevitably begin showing signs of illness coinciding with their impairments, before quickly expiring. Testing has revealed no genetic abnormalities present in any SCP-XXXX-1 or -2 subjects.
Addendum 08/24/197█: Detailed analysis of SCP-XXXX grazing phases has revealed that while livestock instances do not physically affect grazed grounds, each type keeps to a square area. When compared to the triangle formed after a specific phase, it has been discovered that these areas are equal to the square of sides formed by the triangle SCP-XXXX form (see diagram).
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SCP-XXXX were encountered in late 196█ after reports from █████, Virginia of "faceless animals" roaming local fields. A discovery team located each on the then-uninhabited Jameson-███████ farmstead. Each entity was captured without resistance, and the events were written off as attributable to genetic mutations resulting from a local polluted reservoir.
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