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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The components of SCP-XXXX can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers when not being tested. Due to the range of their anomalous effects, active testing must be conducted off-site; consult Document XXXX-9 for a list of approved testing locations.
Description: SCP-XXXX consists of a collection of anomalous electrical equipment found in and around the home of Mark P█████ on 2001/05/05. Objects of note are detailed below.
SCP-XXXX-1: A hand-made electrical device measuring 1.4m long, and superficially resembling a bipolar Tesla coil. The device has wiring consistent with operation at 120V AC, but conforms to no known electrical theory. On the base of the device is a toggle switch labeled "ON/OFF" and a pair of dials of unknown construction labeled "RANGE" and "SPEED". Material analysis of select components reveals the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds consisting of uniform fragments of DNA. These fragments have been matched to genetic markers unique to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea.
SCP-XXXX-1 can be activated by providing it with a standard North American 120V AC power supply and flipping the toggle switch to “ON”. When active, anomalous effects can be observed in any viable genetic material belonging to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. At close range, this effect consists of a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that will pull the material towards the object until it comes to rest against the surface or other attracted material. At longer range, affected subjects exhibit an attraction to the location of the device similar to homing behavior but with aggressive tendencies that increase with proximity; see Test Log XXXX-1-B for details. The “RANGE” dial can adjust the effective range of homing behavior from between 10 to 40 kilometers, while the “SPEED” dial can manipulate the force density of the attraction within the proximate area of effect to between 2,500Gs and 17,000Gs. Note that for nearly all affected subjects, the strength of this force has demonstrated to be lethal. At low force density, severe trauma such as fractures are common, but death can occur from asphyxiation, embolisms, or circulatory collapse. At high force density, dismemberment and pulverization of the skeleton has been observed.
SCP-XXXX-2: A variety of objects displaying similar anomalous properties to SCP-XXXX-1. Analysis is ongoing. Examples include a smaller version of SCP-XXXX-1 containing complete DNA from a single Rattus norvegicus and a variety of loose components containing embedded DNA fragments from multiple species.
SCP-XXXX-3: A smaller version of SCP-XXXX-1 designed to run on a single AAA battery. The toggle switch is replaced by a wired remote with a 20 meter long cord. Analysis of embedded organic material shows complete strands of DNA from a single human donor, designated as SCP-XXXX-3-prime. The donor has been identified as homeowner Mark P█████. Hair samples were used to verify the device is functional, although notably weaker.
SCP-XXXX-4 and -5: The remains of two devices of similar design to SCP-XXXX-1. Both were non-functional at the time of recovery, and displayed evidence of assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. Embedded organic material shows complete DNA from two different human donors, designated SCP-XXXX-4-prime and SCP-XXXX-5-prime. See Addenda 1 and 2 below for more information.
Recovery: SCP-XXXX was recovered in and around the home of Mark P█████ of H█████, Indiana on 05/17/2001. A postal delivery worker reported to local authorities that portions of the exterior of the home had collapsed and noted a strong odor of decay, prompting an investigation. The cause of the collapse was determined to be damage due to a severe rodent infestation. Local authorities discovered SCP-XXXX-1 in the basement of the structure in an active state, and alerted Foundation operatives. SCP-XXXX-1 was covered in a mass of dead organic material measuring five meters in diameter as well as an estimated 400 affected subjects, mostly Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, and Microtus ochrogaster. SCP-XXXX-2 components and SCP-XXXX-3 were found scattered around the surrounding basement workshop. SCP-XXXX-4 and 5 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the home. The remains of SCP-XXXX-3-prime were found in the master bedroom. Although most of the body had been consumed by local wildlife, cause of death was identified as a gunshot wound to the cranium, apparently self-inflicted.
Addendum 1: Following genetic testing of SCP-XXXX-4 and -5, Foundation operatives began obtaining DNA samples from local residents in an effort to identify SCP-XXXX-4-prime and -5-prime. SCP-XXXX-4-prime was identified as Gloria R████, a local librarian and member of the town council. The subject was interviewed in an attempt to determine what, if any, effects SCP-XXXX-4 may have produced.
Interviewer: Agent Carlson
Interviewee: SCP-XXXX-4-prime, Gloria R████.Agent Carlson: I'd like you to elaborate on your relationship with Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: We were friends in middle school, but we moved in different circles in high school, and we lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P█████ was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P█████ took ill, Mark began dropping him off and picking him up, and when things got worse towards the end, Mark would bring him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P█████ passed away, I rarely saw Mark. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.
Agent Carlson: So there was nothing more? Ms. R████, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever… involved with Mark.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.
Agent Carlson: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …Mark and I… dated briefly last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.
Agent Carlson: I need to get a an approximate date. This was in 2000?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. It was April, I think the second and third week in April.
Agent Carlson: Did Mark initiate the relationship, or did you?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I did. Mark was always shy. He didn't really do that sort of thing.
Agent Carlson: Can you describe how the relationship began?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I hadn't really thought of Mark much at all since Mr. P█████ passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P█████ at first. The two of us never had very much in common.
Agent Carlson: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for them, I let one of the assistants order tapes for the library, but Mark loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about the movies. We saw ██████████, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club meeting the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.
Agent Carlson: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No, Mark suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, Mark cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at ████ █████ in town. Mark's house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.
Agent Carlson: And after that it was the book club meeting?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: The book club meeting… I don't think Mark read the book. He tried to participate, but… well, later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation. Mark got embarrassed and angry, and decided to leave early, but the library was hosting the event so I had to stay. I called him afterwards, but he was still upset, and we argued. I kind of thought that would be the end of it.
Agent Carlson: And was it? (silence for 5 seconds) Ms. R████?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: This is all very embarrassing. I… I don't do things like this.
Agent Carlson: I promise you, nothing you say here will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I… went over, and Mark was waiting for me on the porch. We started talking… well, we tried, but I was very upset. I didn't even realize how upset I'd been, I mean, I don't ever remember feeling like that in my life. Mark didn't invite me in, and I just started screaming at him… (silence for 9 seconds)
Agent Carlson: It's all right. Take your time.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Mark suddenly got this look on his face, he went white as a sheet, and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face and yelled at me to stay out, and I… started pounding on the door, and then I picked up an old rocking chair off the porch, and I-I threw it through his front window. (silence for 5 seconds) I can't believe I did that. I just stood there staring at the frame, and it was like all that adrenaline just… drained out of me. Then Mark came running out of the house and grabbed me in a big bear hug and started saying how sorry he was.
Addendum 2: During experiments involving SCP-XXXX-4, researchers noted that applying a weak electric current to small samples taken from the device would produce a torque effect that would cause the samples to align in a common direction, similar to the behavior of a compass needle in a magnetic field. Testing demonstrated that the fragments aligned to indicate the direction of nearby genetic samples taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime and functioned out to a distance of 3 km. An instrument using this principle was constructed using fragments of SCP-XXXX-5 for the purpose of locating SCP-XXXX-5-prime. Field agents used the instrument to conduct a grid search of the county and located the subject's remains in an unmarked grave on the edge of town. Dental records were used to identify her as Trudy D██████, a local real estate agent who had been reported missing on 07/22/2000. An autopsy determined that she had been dead for a period of ██ months, consistent with the time of her reported disappearance. Numerous fractures were identified throughout the skeletal structure which appear to have occurred simultaneously and immediately prior to death. Although many of these fractures were similar to those that might occur during a serious fall, several were inconsistent with that diagnosis and cannot be explained. Cause of death remains unknown.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The components of SCP-XXXX can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers when not being tested. Due to the range of their anomalous effects, active testing must be conducted off-site; consult Document XXXX-9 for a list of approved testing locations.
Description: SCP-XXXX consists of a collection of anomalous electrical equipment found in and around the home of Mark P█████ on 2001/05/05. Objects of note are detailed below.
SCP-XXXX-1: A hand-made electrical device measuring 1.4m long, and superficially resembling a bipolar Tesla coil. The device has wiring consistent with operation at 120V AC, but conforms to no known electrical theory. On the base of the device is a toggle switch labeled "ON/OFF" and a pair of dials of unknown construction labeled "RANGE" and "SPEED". Material analysis of select components reveals the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds consisting of uniform fragments of DNA. These fragments have been matched to genetic markers unique to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea.
SCP-XXXX-1 can be activated by providing it with a standard North American 120V AC power supply and flipping the toggle switch to “ON”. When active, anomalous effects can be observed in any viable genetic material belonging to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. At close range, this effect consists of a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that will pull the material towards the object until it comes to rest against the surface or other attracted material. At longer range, affected subjects exhibit an attraction to the location of the device similar to homing behavior but with aggressive tendencies that increase with proximity; see Test Log XXXX-1-B for details. The “RANGE” dial can adjust the effective range of homing behavior from between 10 to 40 kilometers, while the “SPEED” dial can manipulate the force density of the attraction within the proximate area of effect to between 2,500Gs and 17,000Gs. Note that for nearly all affected subjects, the strength of this force has demonstrated to be lethal. At low force density, severe trauma such as fractures are common, but death can occur from asphyxiation, embolisms, or circulatory collapse. At high force density, dismemberment and pulverization of the skeleton has been observed.
SCP-XXXX-2: the designation given to a variety of objects found in and around the workshop and home where SCP-XXXX-1 was discovered. Analysis is ongoing. Objects include a small device of similar design to that of SCP-XXXX-1 containing complete DNA from a single Rattus norvegicus (the donor could not be located, but has been provisionally designated SCP-XXXX-2.1-prime) and a variety of components containing DNA fragments of inconsistent length or DNA fragments from multiple species.
SCP-XXXX-3: a small device of similar design to SCP-XXXX-1 with wiring and internal compartment consistent with operation using 1 AAA battery. The toggle switch is replaced by a wired remote with a 20 meter long cord. SCP-XXXX-3 was initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic components showed complete strands of DNA from a single human donor, at which time the item was given its current designation. The donor was designated as SCP-XXXX-3-prime, and has been identified as homeowner Mark P█████. The object was tested using viable hair and skin samples from SCP-XXXX-3-prime and verified to be functional, although notably weaker due to its reduced size and power.
SCP-XXXX-4 and -5: the remains of two devices of similar design to SCP-XXXX-1. Both were non-functional at the time of recovery, and displayed evidence of assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. The devices were initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic material showed complete DNA from two different human donors, at which time both items were given their current designations. The donors have been designated SCP-XXXX-4-prime and SCP-XXXX-5-prime. See Addenda 1 and 2 below for more information.
Recovery: SCP-XXXX was recovered in and around the home of Mark P█████ (SCP-XXXX-A) of H█████, IN on 05/17/2001. A postal delivery worker reported to local authorities that portions of the exterior of the home had collapsed and noted a strong odor of decay, prompting an investigation. The cause of the collapse was determined to be damage due to a severe rodent infestation. Local authorities discovered SCP-XXXX-1 in the basement of the structure in an active state, and alerted Foundation operatives. SCP-XXXX-1 was covered in a mass of dead organic material measuring five meters in diameter as well as an estimated 400 affected subjects, mostly Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, and Microtus ochrogaster. SCP-XXXX-2 components and SCP-XXXX-3 were found scattered around the surrounding basement workshop. SCP-XXXX-4 and 5 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the home. The remains of SCP-XXXX-3-prime were found in the master bedroom. Although most of the body had been consumed by local wildlife, cause of death was identified as a gunshot wound to the cranium, apparently self-inflicted.
Addendum 1: Following the reclassification of SCP-XXXX-4 and -5, Foundation operatives began obtaining DNA samples from local residents in an effort to identify SCP-XXXX-4-prime and -5-prime. SCP-XXXX-4-prime was identified as Gloria R████, a local librarian and member of the town council. SCP-XXXX-4-prime was interviewed in an attempt to determine what, if any, effects SCP-XXXX-4 may have produced.
Interviewer: Agent Carlson
Interviewee: SCP-XXXX-4-prime, Gloria R████.Agent Carlson: I'd like you to elaborate on your relationship with Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: We were friends in middle school, but we moved in different circles in high school, and we lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P█████ was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P█████ took ill, Mark began dropping him off and picking him up from the library, and when things got worse towards the end, Mark would bring him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P█████ passed away, I rarely saw Mark. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.
Agent Carlson: So there was nothing more? Ms. R████, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever… involved with Mark.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.
Agent Carlson: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …Mark and I… dated briefly last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.
Agent Carlson: I need to get a an approximate date. This was in 2000?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. It was April, I think the second and third week in April.
Agent Carlson: Did Mark initiate the relationship, or did you?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I did. Mark was always shy. He didn't really do that sort of thing.
Agent Carlson: Can you describe how the relationship began?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I hadn't really thought of Mark much at all since Mr. P█████ passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P█████ at first. The two of us never had very much in common.
Agent Carlson: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for them, I let one of the assistants order tapes for the library, but Mark loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about the movies. We saw ██████████, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club meeting the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.
Agent Carlson: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No, Mark suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, Mark cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at ████ █████ in town. Mark's house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.
Agent Carlson: And after that it was the book club meeting?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: The book club meeting… I don't think Mark read the book. He tried to participate, but… well, later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation. Mark got embarrassed and angry, and decided to leave early, but the library was hosting the event so I had to stay. I called him afterwards, but he was still upset, and we argued. I kind of thought that would be the end of it.
Agent Carlson: And was it? (silence for 5 seconds) Ms. R████?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: This is all very embarrassing. I… I don't do things like this.
Agent Carlson: I promise you, nothing you say here will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I… went over, and Mark was waiting for me on the porch. We started talking… well, we tried, but I was very upset. I didn't even realize how upset I'd been, I mean, I don't ever remember feeling like that in my life. Mark didn't invite me in, and I just started screaming at him… (silence for 9 seconds)
Agent Carlson: It's all right. Take your time.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Mark suddenly got this look on his face, he went white as a sheet, and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face and yelled at me to stay out, and I… started pounding on the door, and then I picked up an old rocking chair off the porch, and I-I threw it through his front window. (silence for 5 seconds) I can't believe I did that. I just stood there staring at the frame, and it was like all that adrenaline just… drained out of me. Then Mark came running out of the house and grabbed me in a big bear hug and started saying how sorry he was.
Addendum 2: During experiments involving SCP-XXXX-4, researchers noted that applying a weak electric current to small samples taken from the device would produce a torque effect that would cause the samples to align in a common direction similar to the behavior of a compass needle in a magnetic field. Testing demonstrated that the fragments aligned to indicate the direction of nearby genetic samples taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime and functioned out to a distance of 3 km. An instrument using this principle was constructed using fragments of SCP-XXXX-5 for the purpose of locating SCP-XXXX-5-prime. Field agents used the instrument to conduct a grid search of the county and located SCP-XXXX-5-prime's remains in an unmarked grave on the edge of town. Dental records were used to identify her as Trudy D██████, a local real estate agent who had been reported missing on 07/22/2000. An autopsy determined that she had been dead for a period of ██ months, consistent with the time of her reported disappearance. Numerous fractures were identified throughout the skeletal structure which appear to have occurred simultaneously and immediately prior to death. Although many of these fractures were similar to those that might occur during a serious fall, several were inconsistent with that diagnosis and cannot be explained. Cause of death remains unknown.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: When not being tested, the components of SCP-XXXX can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers. Due to the range of their anomalous effects, active testing must be conducted off-site; consult Document XXXX-9 for a list of approved testing locations.
Description: SCP-XXXX consists of a variety of objects found in and around the home of Mark P█████ on 2001/05/05. Mr. P█████ has been posthumously designated SCP-XXXX-A
SCP-XXXX-1 consists of a device superficially resembling a hand-made bipolar Tesla coil measuring 1.3 meters x 0.9 meters x 1.4 meters with wiring consistent was operation at 120V AC. Despite its appearance, the device conforms to no known electrical theory. Material analysis of select components reveals the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds consisting of uniform fragments of DNA. These fragments have been matched to genetic markers unique to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea. On the base of the device is a toggle switch labeled "ON/OFF" and a pair of dials of unknown construction labeled "RANGE" and "SPEED".
When SCP-XXXX-1 is activated anomalous effects can be observed in any mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. At close range, this effect consists of a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that will pull any viable genetic material towards the object until it comes to rest against the surface or other attracted material. At longer distances this presents as a "lure" effect consisting of an apparent fascination with the location of the device; affected subjects have been observed clawing at their enclosures or attacking other subjects in an effort to approach it. The “RANGE” dial can adjust the range of the lure effect from between 10 to 40 kilometers. The “SPEED” dial can manipulate the force density of the attraction within the proximate area of effect to between 2,500Gs and 17,000Gs. Note that for nearly all affected subjects, the strength of this force has been demonstrated to be lethal.
SCP-XXXX-2 is the designation given to a variety of objects found in and around the workshop and home where SCP-XXXX-1 was discovered. Analysis of these objects is ongoing. Examples include a smaller instance of SCP-XXXX-1 containing complete DNA from a single Rattus norvegicus and assortments of loose components containing DNA fragments of inconsistent length or from multiple species.
SCP-XXXX-3 is a miniature instance of SCP-XXXX-1 with an external compartment and wiring consistent with operation using 1 AAA battery. The toggle switch is replaced by a wired remote with a 20 meter long cord. SCP-XXXX-3 was initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic components showed complete strands of DNA from a single human donor, at which time the item was given its current designation. The donor has since been identified as SCP-XXXX-A. The object was tested using viable hair and skin samples from SCP-XXXX-A, and verified to be functional. A journal kept by SCP-XXXX-A indicates this device was used to study the cognitive effects of SCP-XXXX instances at range. See Document XXXX-3-7.
SCP-XXXX-4 and -5 are the remains of two devices thought to have been completed instances of SCP-XXXX-1. Both were non-functional at the time of recovery, and displayed evidence of assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. SCP-XXXX-4 measures 12 cm x 8 cm x 13 cm, while SCP-XXXX-5 measures 8 cm x 6 cm x 9 cm. The devices were initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic material showed complete DNA from two different human donors, at which time both items were given their current designations. The donors have been designated SCP-XXXX-4-prime and SCP-XXXX-5-prime. See Addendum 1 below for more information.
Recovery: SCP-XXXX was recovered in and around the home of Mark P█████ (SCP-XXXX-A) of H█████, IN on 05/17/2001. A postal delivery worker reported to local authorities that portions of the exterior of the home had collapsed and noted a strong odor of decay, prompting an investigation. The cause of the collapse was determined to be damage due to a severe rodent infestation. Local authorities discovered SCP-XXXX-1 in the basement of the structure in an active state, and alerted Foundation operatives. SCP-XXXX-1 was found covered in a five meter diameter mass of live and dead organic material surrounded by several tons of decayed material. SCP-XXXX-2 components and SCP-XXXX-3 were found scattered around the surrounding basement workshop. SCP-XXXX-4 and 5 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the home. SCP-XXXX-A was found dead in the master bedroom of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Addendum 1: Following the reclassification of SCP-XXXX-4 and -5, Foundation operatives began obtaining DNA samples from local residents in an effort to identify SCP-XXXX-4-prime and -5-prime. SCP-XXXX-4-prime was identified as Gloria R████, a local librarian and member of the town council. Several interviews were conducted with SCP-XXXX-4-prime; see Interview Logs XXXX-4-A through -C for transcripts. Interview Log XXXX-4-B indicates the possibility that SCP-XXXX-4 was previously functional and was able to exert an anomalous effect on SCP-XXXX-4-prime.
Interviewer: Agent Carlson
Interviewee: SCP-XXXX-4-prime, Gloria R████.Agent Carlson: We're trying to find additional information about Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Mr. P█████ has been a resident of this town for most of his life. We were in the same class at ██████ Public School, then I think he attended ███████ ██████ Tech and obtained a master electrician's license. Then he was working for █████████ for a while, then ████ ███████ ███, but they laid him off in 19██. His father grew ill around that time, and he moved back home to take care of him; his mother had died in 19██ in an automobile accident, so his father was all alone. His father passed away in 19██, and Mark started freelancing as an electrician to local contractors.
Agent Carlson: I see. You sound like you knew him fairly well.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Not that well. Back in high school I had something of a crush on him, but I came to believe that he did not feel the same way. We lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P█████ was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P█████ took ill, Mark began dropping him off and picking him up from the library, and when things got worse towards the end, Mark would bring him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P█████ passed away, I rarely saw Mark. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.
Agent Carlson: So there was nothing more? Ms. R████, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever involved with Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.
Agent Carlson: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …Mark and I had a brief relationship last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.
Agent Carlson: I need to get a an approximate date. This was in 2000?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. It was January, I think the second and third week in January.
Agent Carlson: Did Mark initiate the relationship, or did you?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I did. Mark was always shy. He didn't really do that sort of thing.
Agent Carlson: Can you describe how the relationship began?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I hadn't really thought of Mark much at all since Mr. P█████ passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P█████ at first. The two of us never had very much in common.
Agent Carlson: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for them, I let one of the assistants order tapes for the library, but Mark loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about the movies. We saw ██████████, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club meeting the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.
Agent Carlson: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No, Mark suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, Mark cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at ████ █████ in town. Mark's house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.
Agent Carlson: And after that it was the book club meeting?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: The book club meeting… Mark hadn't read the book. Later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation of the novel. I'm afraid that things got a little… heated, and Mark decided to leave early, but I was hosting the event at the library and I had to stay. He didn't call me afterwards, and I thought maybe I should go up to his place and see him, but I didn't, not at first. After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I went over, and Mark was waiting for me out front. We started talking, but… things got out of control very quickly. I'm afraid it was my fault, at first Mark was trying to explain how he didn't like books, and then I think I must have had some sort of anxiety attack. I have never felt that way before, it was very strange, very strange, I just started screaming at him, I was screaming and screaming and Mark suddenly got this look on his face and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face and yelled at me to stay out. I… started pounding on the door, and then I… picked up an old rocking chair off the porch and threw it through his front window. I can't believe I did that, I was so startled that I just stood there, and then Mark unlocked the door and I started trying to apologize and he just grabbed me in a big bear hug and then he started saying how sorry he was, that it was all his fault. We… well we're both adults, and nature took its course after that. Then afterwards we both had a long talk, I think maybe the first real talk the two of us ever had together, and we decided we just weren't right for each other, that we just didn't have enough in common. And that was that. I helped clean up and offered to pay for the window, but he said it was easy enough for him to fix. I can't believe I did that.
Following the interview, SCP-XXXX-4-prime was treated with Class-C amnestics.
Addendum 2: During cross testing of SCP-XXXX-4 with genetic samples taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime, Foundation researchers were able to use fragments of the object to create a device similar in function to a magnetic compass that would indicate the direction of genetic material from SCP-XXXX-4-prime. Another device was constructed from SCP-XXXX-5 and used to locate the remains of SCP-XXXX-5-prime, who was identified as Trudy D██████, a local real estate agent who had been reported missing on 07/22/2000. An autopsy determined that she has been dead for a period of ██ months, consistent with the time of her reported disappearance. Numerous fractures were identified throughout her skeletal structure which appear to have occurred simultaneously and immediately prior to death. Although many of these fractures were similar to those that might occur during a serious fall, several were inconsistent with that diagnosis and cannot be explained. Cause of death remains unknown.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: When not being tested, the components of SCP-XXXX can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers. Due to the range of their anomalous effects, active testing must be conducted off-site; consult Document XXXX-9 for a list of approved testing locations.
Description: SCP-XXXX consists of a variety of objects found in and around the home of Mark P█████ on 2001/05/05. Mr. P█████ has been posthumously designated SCP-XXXX-A
SCP-XXXX-1 consists of a device superficially resembling a hand-made bipolar Tesla coil measuring 1.3 meters x 0.9 meters x 1.4 meters. Despite its appearance, the device conforms to no known electrical theory. Material analysis of select components reveals the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds consisting of uniform fragments of DNA. These fragments have been matched to genetic markers unique to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea. The method by which these components were fabricated is unknown, as no equipment found on location has been shown to serve this purpose. Although the device has internal wiring and connectors consistent with the attachment of a direct current power source of up to 48 volts, it can be activated simply by closing the circuit, producing neither heat nor measurable current. On the base of the device is a toggle switch labeled "ON/OFF" and a pair of dials of unknown construction labeled "RANGE" and "SPEED".
When SCP-XXXX-1 is activated anomalous effects can be observed in any mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. At close range, this effect consists of a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that will pull any viable genetic material towards the object until it comes to rest against the surface or other attracted material. At longer distances this presents as a "lure" effect consisting of an apparent fascination with the location of the device, causing affected test subjects to stare in its direction or attempt to make their way towards it. At extreme distances this appears to be a simple attraction, while at close range test subjects have been described as manic; affected subjects have been observed clawing at their enclosures or attacking other subjects in order to get closer to the device. The range of the anomalous effects can be directly affected by manipulating the "RANGE" dial on the device, however results are inconsistent over multiple tests; on average, the force effect has a range of 2 meters, with a minimum recorded range of 0.3 meters and a maximum of 3.5 meters, while the lure effect has an average range of 10 kilometers, with a minimum recorded range of 3 kilometers and a maximum of 40 kilometers. The "SPEED" dial on the device manipulates the force density; results are inconsistent, but average guass is measured at 9000Gs with a minimum recorded value of 2,500Gs and a maximum of 17,000Gs. Force density and range are unaffected by the accumulation of attracted material on the device.
SCP-XXXX-2 is the designation given to a variety of objects found in and around the workshop and home where SCP-XXXX-1 was discovered. Analysis of these objects is been ongoing, however the consensus of opinion is that these objects represent the stages of development of SCP-XXXX-1. A list of notable objects is included below; for a complete inventory, see Inventory Log XXXX-2-B
- SCP-XXXX-2.1: a near complete instance of SCP-XXXX-1, measuring 15 cm x 11 cm x 14 cm, lacking dials or an on/off switch, with wiring consistent with operation at 6 to 9 volts and connections consisting of black and red coated spring clips. Complete strands of DNA from a specific instance of Rattus norvegicus can be found embedded in select components. The donor could not be located. The object appears to be functional, as it will attract scrapings of DNA-laced material taken from itself when in an active state. A proposal to create a genetic duplicate of the original donor from DNA harvested from the device is currently under consideration. Note that SCP-XXXX-1 in an active state will exert an anomalous force on SCP-XXXX-2.1.
- SCP-XXXX-2.3-15: a collection of loose components resembling the organic-laced components of SCP-XXXX-1. Analysis of embedded organic material shows DNA fragments of inconsistent size in each. Found in two metal garbage cans.
- SCP-XXXX-2.16-2.21: a collection of loose components resembling the organic-laced components of SCP-XXXX-1. Analysis of embedded organic material shows consistent fragments of DNA featuring genetic markers unique to the superfamily Muroidea as well as a second set of markers unique to the order Blattodea. Found sealed in a plastic storage tub.
SCP-XXXX-3 is a complete instance of SCP-XXXX-1, measuring 5 cm x 4 cm x 6 cm, with wiring consistent with operation in the 3 to 4 volt range and an external battery compartment suitable for 2 AAA batteries. The toggle switch is replaced by a wired remote with a momentary switch and a 20 meter long cord, and the dials are taped to the lowest range and speed setting using electrical tape. SCP-XXXX-3 was initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic components showed complete strands of DNA from a single human donor, at which time the item was given its current designation. The donor has since been identified as SCP-XXXX-A. The object was tested using viable hair and skin samples from SCP-XXXX-A, and verified to be functional.
SCP-XXXX-4 and -5 are the remains of two devices thought to have been completed instances of SCP-XXXX-1. Both were non-functional at the time of recovery, and displayed evidence of assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. SCP-XXXX-4 measures 12 cm x 8 cm x 13 cm, while SCP-XXXX-5 measures 8 cm x 6 cm x 9 cm. The devices were initially catalogued as part of SCP-XXXX-2 until analysis of embedded organic material showed complete DNA from two different human donors, at which time both items were given their current designations. The donors have been designated SCP-XXXX-4-prime and SCP-XXXX-5-prime. See Addendum 1 below for more information.
SCP-XXXX-1-EX-1 and -EX-2 are experimental devices created by Foundation researchers to test the viability of harnessing energy produced by SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1-EX consists of an actuator designed to toggle SCP-XXXX-1 on and off rapidly, and a manual generator incorporating viable organic material (typically a deceased and vacuum-sealed freeze-dried Rattus norvegicus) and a flywheel. When attached to SCP-XXXX-1 and activated, the device uses the alternating force of SCP-XXXX-1's anomalous attraction of the organic material along with the momentum of the flywheel to turn the generator, producing upwards of 12 volts of direct current. SCP-XXXX-2-EX is a similar device that bypasses the original toggle switch with a less fallible externally powered digital switch and incorporates a modular viable-material/flywheel design that allows for multiple subjects to be attached. See Test Log XXXX-1-C below. As the effect of long term use of SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2 is unknown, its use requires permission from the current Site Director.
SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 and -5-EX-1 are experimental devices created by the Foundation to study additional properties of SCP-XXXX instances. Both devices consist of [REDACTED]. See Test Logs XXXX-4-A and XXXX-5-A below.
Recovery: SCP-XXXX was recovered in and around the home of Mark P█████ (SCP-XXXX-A) of H█████, IN on 05/17/2001. A postal delivery worker reported to local authorities that portions of the exterior of the home had collapsed and noted a strong odor of decay, prompting an investigation. The cause of the collapse was determined to be damage due to a severe rodent infestation. Local authorities discovered SCP-XXXX-1 in the basement of the structure in an active state, and alerted Foundation operatives. SCP-XXXX-1 was found covered in a five meter diameter mass of live and dead organic material surrounded by several tons of decayed material. SCP-XXXX-2 components were found scattered around the surrounding basement workshop. SCP-XXXX-3 and 4 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the home. SCP-XXXX-A was found dead in the master bedroom of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Document XXXX-A-1 was found next to the body.
(Note that the document was partially destroyed due to rodent infestation)
…n't mean to kill her. I just wanted her to notice me. I'm so sor…
Addendum 1: Identifying SCP-XXXX-4-prime and -5-prime: Working with Foundation genetics researchers, investigating agents developed limited profiles of both individuals and began a review of local missing persons cases. DNA samples were obtained from the effects of missing individuals or from blood relatives and tested against extracted samples from both devices. SCP-XXXX-5-prime was identified as Trudy D██████, a local resident who had been reported missing on 07/22/2000. Agents conducted a background check of Ms. D██████ and learned she attended the same high school at the same period of time as Mark P█████. Her family also provided a laptop computer that she had owned at the time of her disappearance. A web log the subject had been maintaining indicated that in the 72 hours prior to her last known sighting she appeared to suffer the rapid onset of severe anxiety and paranoia. SCP-XXXX-A and his residence were mentioned several times across multiple postings. Her final post stated an intent to visit SCP-XXXX-A's residence at a time when she knew he would be away.
Based on the revelation that Mark P█████ and Trudy D██████ attended the same high school, agents tasked with identifying SCP-XXXX-4-prime begin taking DNA samples from other female students from their class. SCP-XXXX-4-prime was identified as former classmate Gloria R████, who resided in the town. Several interviews were conducted with Ms. R████; see Interview Logs XXXX-4-A through C for transcripts. Interview Log XXXX-4-B indicates the possibility that SCP-XXXX-4 was previously functional and was able to exert an anomalous effect on SCP-XXXX-4-prime, however this cannot reasonably be verified at this time.
Interviewer: Agent Carlson
Interviewee: SCP-XXXX-4-prime, Gloria R████.Agent Carlson: We're trying to find additional information about Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Mr. P█████ has been a resident of this town for most of his life. We were in the same class at ██████ Public School, then I think he attended ███████ ██████ Tech and obtained a master electrician's license. Then he was working for █████████ for a while, then ████ ███████ ███, but they laid him off in 19██. His father grew ill around that time, and he moved back home to take care of him; his mother had died in 19██ in an automobile accident, so his father was all alone. His father passed away in 19██, and Mark started freelancing as an electrician to local contractors.
Agent Carlson: I see. You sound like you knew him fairly well.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Not that well. Back in high school I had something of a crush on him, but I came to believe that he did not feel the same way. We lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P█████ was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P█████ took ill, Mark began dropping him off and picking him up from the library, and when things got worse towards the end, Mark would bring him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P█████ passed away, I rarely saw Mark. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.
Agent Carlson: So there was nothing more? Ms. R████, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever involved with Mark P█████.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …I'm sorry, Agent Carlson, was it? I'm afraid I don't see how that could possibly be relevant to any investigation. What exactly is the purpose of this line of inquiry?
Agent Carlson: Mark P█████ is a person of interest in the disappearance of Trudy D██████. We found DNA evidence showing that she had been in his home, which we linked to the time of her disappearance.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Mark wouldn't… I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation for that.
Agent Carlson: I agree. Mark P█████ is a person of interest at this time, not a suspect. The more we know about him and his relationships, the faster we'll be able to rule him out. I can assure you, any information you give us will only help to shed light on this situation.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.
Agent Carlson: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: …Mark and I had a brief relationship last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.
Agent Carlson: I need to get a an approximate date. This was early 2000?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. It was January, I think the second and third week in January.
Agent Carlson: Did Mark initiate the relationship, or did you?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I did. Mark was always shy. He didn't really do that sort of thing.
Agent Carlson: Can you describe how the relationship began?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: I hadn't really thought of Mark much at all since Mr. P█████ passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P█████ at first. The two of us never had very much in common.
Agent Carlson: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for them, I let one of the assistants order tapes for the library, but Mark loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about the movies. We saw ██████████, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club meeting the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.
Agent Carlson: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No, Mark suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, Mark cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at ████ █████ in town. Mark's house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.
Agent Carlson: And after that it was the book club meeting?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: The book club meeting… Mark hadn't read the book. Later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation of the novel. I'm afraid that things got a little… heated, and Mark decided to leave early, but I was hosting the event at the library and I had to stay. He didn't call me afterwards, and I thought maybe I should go up to his place and see him, but I didn't, not at first. After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I went over, and Mark was waiting for me out front. We started talking, but… things got out of control very quickly. I'm afraid it was my fault, at first Mark was trying to explain how he didn't like books, and then I think I must have had some sort of anxiety attack. I have never felt that way before, it was very strange, very strange, I just started screaming at him, I was screaming and screaming and Mark suddenly got this look on his face and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face and yelled at me to stay out. I… started pounding on the door, and then I… picked up an old rocking chair off the porch and threw it through his front window. I can't believe I did that, I was so startled that I just stood there, and then Mark unlocked the door and I started trying to apologize and he just grabbed me in a big bear hug and then he started saying how sorry he was, that it was all his fault. We… well we're both adults, and nature took its course after that. Then afterwards we both had a long talk, I think maybe the first real talk the two of us ever had together, and we decided we just weren't right for each other, that we just didn't have enough in common. And that was that. I helped clean up and offered to pay for the window, but he said it was easy enough for him to fix. I can't believe I did that.
Agent Carlson: Thank you, Ms. R████. I just have a few more questions, and then I think we can wrap this up. Do you need a minute?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No, no, I'm fine. Thank you though.
Agent Carlson: The first date you two had, the picnic. You decided to drive up to his house. Have you done that sort of thing before?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Well… no. I mean, I visit houses when I'm campaigning, but… well…
Agent Carlson: But you're not usually that forward.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: No. Not… not deep down. I quiet like being the one being courted, to tell you the truth.
Agent Carlson: I won't tell if you don't. Now, when you arrived at Mark's house, do you recall exactly where he was and what he was doing when you first saw him?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: He was sitting on the porch as I drove up. He seemed startled to see me, and he ducked into the house real fast, but he came out to meet me as I was getting out of the car. He seemed out of breath, I think.
Agent Carlson: And the second time you went to see him, you say he seemed surprised as well?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. You know, now that you mention it, it's funny, but he did the exact same thing.
Agent Carlson: And the last time, when you had the fight, he was already waiting for you out front?
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: Yes. We started getting into it right away. I'm still kind of embarrassed about the whole thing. I wish he would have let me pay for the window.
Agent Carlson: But he didn't immediately go back inside the house, not until the middle of the fight when he went inside and locked the door.
SCP-XXXX-4-prime: That's right. I gave no quarter, as it were. Now that you mention it, though, why did he apologize about the window? What did he have to apologize for?
Agent Carlson: I think we're done here. Thank you for your time.
Following the interview, SCP-XXXX-4-prime was treated with Class-C amnestics.
Test Log XXXX-1-A: Short range, short term tests
Test XXXX-1-A-0
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus
Procedure: Subjects placed in an empty 10m x 10m x 5m observation room, designated "OB-1".
Results: No abnormal behavior was observed.
Analysis: Control test.
Test XXXX-1-A-1
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus
Procedure: Subjects placed in OB-1 with SCP-XXXX-1 at the center in an inactive state. Both dials are set to full counterclockwise.
Results: No abnormal behavior was observed.
Analysis: Baseline test for inactive state.
Test XXXX-1-A-2
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus
Procedure: Subjects placed in OB-1 with SCP-XXXX-1 at the center in an inactive state. Both dials set to full counterclockwise. SCP-XXXX-1 is activated using a remote actuator and deactivated after five minutes.
Results: Immediately upon activation, the 3 subjects within 0.5 meters are pulled towards the surface of SCP-XXXX-1. The remaining 7 subjects simultaneously turned to face the device and began moving towards it until they approached within 0.5 meters and are pulled towards the surface. All subjects were examined post-experiment; the nearest instance (0.1m) at time of activation had suffered minor bruises, but had died of suffocation during contact with the device despite not coming into contact with other subjects; the second nearest (0.3m) had received multiple non-fatal fractures, but had died of suffocation during contact; the remaining 8 instances (0.4m to 4.8m) died of severe trauma upon impact with the device, exhibiting multiple fractures.
Analysis: The active effect of SCP-XXXX-1 appears to be powerful enough to collapse a live rat's lungs. Analysis of video shows the rats that initially survived struggled for breath for several seconds before becoming still in a manor consistent with being strangled by a constrictor.
Test XXXX-1-A-3
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus
Procedure: Subjects placed in OB-1 with SCP-XXXX-1 at the center in an inactive state. "RANGE" dial set to full clockwise, "SPEED" dial set to full counterclockwise. SCP-XXXX-1 is activated using a remote actuator and deactivated after five minutes.
Results: Immediately upon activation, the 8 subjects within 3.7 meters were pulled towards the surface of SCP-XXXX-1. The remaining 2 subjects simultaneously turned to face the device and began moving towards it until they approached within 3.7 meters and were pulled towards the surface. All subjects died of severe trauma upon impact with the device, exhibiting multiple fractures.
Analysis: The counterclockwise setting appears to represent the "minimum" setting of the device, while the clockwise setting the maximum. Confirmation pending further testing.
Test XXXX-1-A-4
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus
Procedure: Subjects placed in OB-1 with SCP-XXXX-1 at the center in an inactive state. "RANGE" dial set to full counterclockwise, "SPEED" dial set to full clockwise. SCP-XXXX-1 is activated using a remote actuator and deactivated after five minutes.
Results: Immediately upon activation, the 4 subjects within 0.6 meters are pulled towards the surface of SCP-XXXX-1. The remaining 6 subjects simultaneously turned to face the device and began moving towards it until they approached within 0.6 meters and were pulled towards the surface. All subjects died of catastrophic trauma upon impact with the device, exhibiting multiple fractures and partial dismemberment.
Analysis: The counterclockwise settings are confirmed to represent the minimum, and the clockwise the maximum. Minimum settings have been confirmed lethal to current subjects even in short range tests; test #4 and all future short-range tests will procede with deceased subjects unless required by procedures.
Test XXXX-1-A-5
Subject: 10 Rattus norvegicus, freeze-dried
Procedure: Subjects placed within OB-1 with SCP-XXXX-1 at the center in an inactive state; subjects placed at 0.5m increments from the device. Both dials set to full clockwise. SCP-XXXX-1 is activated using a remote actuator and deactivated after five minutes.
Results: Immediately upon activation, subjects within 3.0 meters are pulled towards the surface of the device. The subject at 3.5 meters is pulled at first slowly, then rapidly towards the device. The remaining subjects are unaffected. Affected subjects suffer catastrophic damage.
Analysis: As observed in previous tests, deceased subjects are vulnerable to SCP-XXXX-1's effect. Note that the exterior of SCP-XXXX-1 received moderate damage during testing. It is recommended future short-range tests use a low speed setting and incorporate an impact-resistent shield over the surface of the device.
Test Log XXXX-1-A Addendum: Site Director Jernigan was notified of multiple anomalies occurring in experiments conducted throughout the site on 2001/10/25. All testing was temporarily suspended pending an investigation, which concluded SCP-XXXX-1 was responsible. Procedures amended to require off-site testing in suitably isolated environments, and to included provisional testing of D-class personnel. Relocation to a site with lower probability of impact on other research and the environment was proposed and approved. SCP-XXXX was relocated to Site-██ on 2002/01/12. A list of suitable test environments was submitted and approved on 2002/03/29.
Test Log XXXX-1-B: Long Range, Long Term Tests
Test XXXX-1-B-1
Location: Temporary Research Site XXXX-3, a mobile observation station constructed on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Subject: 224 Rattus norvegicus, live. 6 D-class personnel.
Procedure: SCP-XXXX-1 is placed in the center of the station. Both dials are set to full counterclockwise (minimum). D-class personnel are placed in pairs in standard mobile humanoid observation cells at distances of 20m, 1km, and 10km from SCP-XXXX-1. Rattus norvegicus are placed in groups of 4 in standard mobile live animal observation stations at interval distances of 10m within the first 100m, 100m within the first 1km, and 1km out to 40km. All subjects are provided with standard amenities for their species and monitored remotely via video and audio surveillance. SCP-XXXX-1 is left inactive for 10 days to establish baseline behavior, then activated remotely and left active for the duration of the experiment.
Results: Experiment terminated after 18 days (8 days after SCP-XXXX-1 is activated) when local wildlife breaches the research station and begins to accumulate on SCP-XXXX-1. No abnormal behavior noted in D-class personnel. Rattus norvegicus within 14km observed to pay unusual attention to the direction of SCP-XXXX-1. Rattus norvegicus within 60m exhibit more extreme behavior resulting in the deaths of several test subjects due to cannibalism and self harm. For complete results, see Document XXXX-1-T7-C
Analysis: Effects of SCP-XXXX-1 appears to decrease with distance and exhibits an upper limit. Experimental conditions insufficient to prevent anomalous influence on local wildlife.
Addendum: List of suitable test environments is re-evaluated, and approved on 2002/04/02.
Test XXXX-1-B-4
Location: Temporary Research Site XXXX-12, an observation station build on a decommissioned offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Subject: 40 Rattus norvegicus, live. 2 D-class personnel
Procedure: As with Test XXXX-1-B-1, SCP-XXXX-1 is placed on site in an inactive state with both dials set to full counterclockwise(minimum). D-class personnel are placed in a standard humanoid containment cell on site. Rattus norvegicus are placed in groups of 10 in standard live animal observation cells on site (Group A) and on three research vessels (Groups B, C, and D) to be anchored at varying distances from the site. SCP-XXXX-1 is left inactive for 10 days to establish baseline behavior for subjects. SCP-XXXX-1 is then activated and subjects aboard ship are monitored to ensure anchoring of vessels at distances that promote desired behaviors. SCP-XXXX-1 is left active for the duration of the test. All subjects provided with standard amenities and monitored via video/audio surveillance.
Results: Experiment terminated after 375 days (365 days after SCP-XXXX-1 is activated). No abnormal behavior noted in D-class personnel. Group A shows intense interest in SCP-XXXX-1 and immediately exhibit aggressive tendencies resulting in cannibalistic behavior and self harm; all subjects deceased 6 days after activation. Group B initially anchored at 60m but relocates to 80m on day 1 of activation; subjects are noted displaying aggressive tendencies that worsen over time. By day 37 the first incident of cannibalism occurs, by day 49 four instances of cannibalism are noted. One last instance of cannibalism is observed at day 163, and all subjects throughout exhibit varying reductions in social behavior. Group C initially anchored at 14km but relocates to 19km; following relocation, baseline behavior resumes and no abnormal behavior is noted for the duration of the experiment.
Analysis: Experimental results are as expected following Test XXXX-1-B-1. Area of effect is noted to vary, as per earlier tests. It is deemed unlikely that SCP-XXXX-1 has any effect on humans; researchers may now be present within SCP-XXXX-1's area of effect under standard observation protocols.
Test Log XXXX-1-C: Experimental
Test XXXX-1-C-1
Location: Temporary Research Site XXXX-12
Subject: SCP-XXXX-1-EX-1
Procedure: Following the observation that SCP-XXXX-1 operates in an active state without requiring energy yet produces a measurable force, SCP-XXXX-1-EX was developed in an attempt to harness this force.
Results: SCP-XXXX-1-EX operated with expected efficiency, generating a consistent 12V of electricity for a period of 2 minutes while requiring minimal expenditure of energy. Experiment terminated to prevent damage to components of SCP-XXXX-1.
Analysis: Experiment successful. Plans for SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2 are submitted and approved on 2003/04/06
Test XXXX-1-C-5
Location: Temporary Research Site XXXX-12
Subject: SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2
Procedure: SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2 is attached to SCP-XXXX-1. A total of ██ flywheel units are attached. SCP-XXXX-1 is activated and permitted to run for a period of 5 minutes.
Results: SXP-XXXX-1-EX-2 generates ██████ megawatts of electricity.
Analysis: Although SCP-XXXX-1 sustained minimal wear consistent with ordinary testing, it has been decided that the unique nature of the object makes continued use of SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2 an unnecessary risk not in keeping with the goals of the Foundation. SCP-XXXX-1-EX-2 will be placed in storage for use in conjunction with SCP-XXXX-1 as an emergency generator, but is not to be made available for general use.
Test Log XXXX-4-A: Experimental
Test XXXX-4-A-1
Subject: SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1, 30ml of blood taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime (designated Sample-1)
Procedure: Sample-1 is placed in the center of the chamber. SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 is moved around the perimeter of the chamber and observed.
Results: Inconclusive. SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1's directional indicator will either point towards Sample-1 or waver and point towards a location between 256.2 and 258.7 degrees.
Analysis: Triangulation of the unknown directions revealed SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 indicated the refrigeration unit where additional blood and tissue samples taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime were stored approximately 70 meters away. Experiment declared a success.
Test XXXX-4-A-2
Subject: SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1, the collected blood and tissue samples taken from SCP-XXXX-4-prime (designated Sample-4-prime).
Procedure: Team Alpha is issued a refrigerated transport vehicle containing Sample-4-prime and instructed to drive to prearranged location Delta. Team Beta is issued a standard transport vehicle and SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 and instructed to drive to location Delta, then proceed due West, stopping every 1km to take a set of 10 headings using SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 and report them. When instructed, Teams Alpha and Beta are to proceed to prearranged location Epsilon and repeat procedures, then to prearranged location Gamma and repeat procedures.
Results: For all three locations, SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 successfully indicates the direction of Team Alpha out to a range of 11 kilometers. At 12 kilometers, headings become unreliable, and at 13 kilometers and farther no meaningful headings are indicated.
Analysis: SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 is declared a success.
Addendum: A proposal to refine SCP-XXXX-4-EX-1 for use in the field was submitted but denied. A proposal to create a similar device from SCP-XXXX-5 for special testing was submitted and approved.
Test Log XXXX-5-A: Experimental
Test XXXX-5-A-3
Location: H█████, IN
Subject: SCP-XXXX-5-EX-1
Procedure: Team Alpha is issued a standard transport vehicle and SCP-XXXX-5-EX-1. The town and surrounding area is divided into 5km grid squares. Beginning at the former residence of SCP-XXXX-A, Team Alpha is to take a set of three headings using SCP-XXXX-5-EX-1. If the set indicates a meaningful direction, Team Alpha is to proceed perpendicular to that direction for 100 meters and take a second set of headings in an attempt to triangulate the source of the heading. If no direction is indicated, Team Alpha is to proceed to the next grid and repeat procedures.
Results: Following experimental procedures, the body of SCP-XXXX-5-prime is located buried in a grave on the edge of town.
Analysis: An autopsy of SCP-XXXX-5-prime indicates that she has been dead for a period of ██ months, consistent with the time of her reported disappearance. Numerous fractures are identified throughout the skeletal structure which appear to have occurred simultaneously and immediately prior to death. Although many of these fractures are similar to those that might occur during a serious fall, several are inconsistent with that diagnosis and cannot be explained. Cause of death remains unknown.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: When not being tested, the components of SCP-XXXX can be stored in standard Safe-class item storage lockers.
Following incident XXXX-1, SCP-XXXX 1 through 9 should be stored in their assembled states and verified to be inactive at the time of storage. The components of SCP-XXXX should not be stored within 60 kilometers of any facility, Foundation or otherwise, that maintains or otherwise regularly observes live animals of the order Rodentia. A minimum of 4 Rattus norvegicus (or equivalent; see Document XXXX-1-C for confirmed alternatives) should be kept at distances of 5 meters and 20 meters from the storage lockers, and should be monitored 3 times daily for any anomalous behavior relating to SCP-XXXX (see Document XXXX-1-D for a list of associated anomalous behaviors). If anomalous behavior is confirmed, the components of SCP-XXXX should be non-destructively dismantled beginning with SCP-XXXX-1 and proceeding through SCP-XXXX-9 until all anomalous behavior has ceased for a period of not less than 300 seconds. Following an active state, SCP-XXXX-1 through 9 should be reassembled after a period of not less than 48 hours and not more than 144 hours, and should be verified to be inactive before being returned to storage. SCP-XXXX-1-A should be made available as needed during disassembly and assembly.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to a collection of anomalous objects and related documents found in and around the home of M███ P█████ (henceforth to be know as SCP-XXXX-A) of H█████, IN on 05/██/20██
SCP-XXXX-1 consists of a device superficially resembling a hand-made bipolar Tesla coil measuring 1.3 meters x 0.9 meters x 1.4 meters. Despite its appearance, the device conforms to no known electrical theory, and duplicates of the device constructed from commercially available components do not share the object's anomalous properties. Material analysis of select components has revealed the presence of unusual quantities of organic compounds; this appears to be intentional rather than a byproduct of the condition of the device at the time of recovery (see below). Analysis of the organic compounds shows uniform fragments of DNA with unique identifiers that link them to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea. Although the device has leads consistent with the attachment of a direct current power source, it functions without power simply by closing the circuit, producing neither heat nor arcing consistent with the operation of non-anomalous duplicates in a powered state. On the base of the device is a switch labeled "ON/OFF" and a series of three dials labeled "RANGE", "SPEED", and "??? Redundant? DO NOT BYPASS!!" using masking tape and permanent marker.
When SCP-XXXX-1 is activated, anomalous effects can be observed in any mammals of the superfamily Muroidea that are within range of the object. Range appears to be determined by the "RANGE" dial on the device, although results are inconsistent over multiple tests; on average, the object's primary anomalous effect has a range of 2 meters, and its secondary anomalous effect is estimated to have a range of 10 kilometers, with a maximum recorded primary range of 3.5 meters and maximum secondary range estimated to be 40 kilometers.
The object's primary anomalous effect is a force of indeterminate origin similar to magnetic attraction that acts on any organic material bearing DNA specific to mammals of the superfamily Muroidea. This effect will pull the material towards SCP-XXXX-1 until it is forced against the surface of the device or other attracted organic material. The force density is determined by the "SPEED" dial on the device, although results are inconsistent over multiple tests; average gauss has been recorded at 9,000Gs with a minimum of 2,500Gs and a maximum of 17,000Gs. Neither the force density nor the range appears to change with the accumulation of organic material on the device.
The object's secondary anomalous effect presents as an apparent fascination with the location of the device. Affected test subjects will often stare in the direction of the device or attempt to make their way towards it; at extreme ranges this appears to be a simple attraction, while at close range test subjects have been described as manic; affected subjects will claw at their enclosures or attack other subjects in order to get closer to the device. When affected test subjects approach close enough, they will invariably come under the influence of its primary anomalous effect.
SCP-XXXX-1-A is a three-ring binder containing over four hundred handwritten and printed documents that describe in detail how to assemble, operate, and repair SCP-XXXX-1, effectively constituting an informal manual. Although the initial analysis of the manual indicated that many of the instructions were nonsensical or actively counter-productive to the repair of the device, SCP-XXXX-1 has been successfully repaired using the manual on ██ separate occasions. Note that SCP-XXXX-1-A contains no useful information with regard to the fabrication of components.
SCP-XXXX-2 through 9 are a collection of non-functional devices of various sizes resembling SCP-XXXX-1. Several of the devices appear to be missing vital components, some of which correspond to components of SCP-XXXX-1. Tests of embedded organic compounds revealed DNA fragments similar to those found in SCP-XXXX-1-A, detailed below:
- SCP-XXXX-2: DNA from a specific instance of Rattus norvegicus. The donor could not be located, but has been designated as SCP-XXXX-2-prime.
- SCP-XXXX-3: inconsistent fragments of DNA believed to be from the family Rodentia.
- SCP-XXXX-4: inconsistent fragments of DNA believed to be from the superfamily Muroidea.
- SCP-XXXX-5: consistent fragments of DNA from the superfamily Muroidea.
- SCP-XXXX-6: consistent fragments of DNA from the superfamily Muroidea.
- SCP-XXXX-7: consistent fragments of DNA from the superfamily Muroidea.
- SCP-XXXX-8: 2 different varieties of consistent fragments of DNA from both the superfamily Muroidea and the order Blattodea.
- SCP-XXXX-9: consistent fragments of DNA from the superfamily Muroidea and complete DNA from a specific instance of Periplaneta americana. The donor was found preserved in a mason jar in a nearby refrigerator, and has been designated SCP-XXXX-9-prime.
SCP-XXXX-5, 6, and 7 were experimentally restored to functional states using components taken from SCP-XXXX-1 and by following instructions found in SCP-XXXX-1-A, but operated with severely reduced range, effect, and/or reliability. Several components from SCP-XXXX-2 through 9 have been used to successfully replace similar components of SCP-XXXX-1 with varying reductions in range, effect, and reliability. Currently, SCP-XXXX-5, 6, and 7 are being reserved for use as replacement parts for SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-3, 4, and 8 are available for further testing involving destructive methodology. SCP-XXXX-2 and 9 are reserved for future testing pending genetic replication of SCP-XXXX-2-prime and SCP-XXXX-9-prime.
SCP-XXXX-10, 11, 12, and 13 are the remains of four non-functional devices of various sizes resembling SCP-XXXX-1. All four devices were discovered in severely distressed condition, displaying evidence consistent with assaults from numerous tools and implements as well as having been partially incinerated using gasoline as an accelerant. All four devices appear to have been completed versions of SCP-XXXX-1. Analysis of organic contaminants revealed complete strands of human DNA, with each device containing DNA from a unique donor. DNA from SCP-XXXX-10 was matched to SCP-XXXX-A. DNA from SCP-XXXX-13 was identified via the U.S. National Missing and Unidentified Person System as belonging to T████ D██████ (henceforth to be known as SCP-XXXX-13-prime), a resident of H█████, IN who had been reported as missing on 07/██/20██. Based on this revelation, agents collected DNA samples from additional members of the town, and were able to identify the other two DNA donors as E███ V████████ (SCP-XXXX-11-prime), a waitress at the ████████ Diner, and G█████ R████ (SCP-XXXX-12-prime), a librarian and member of the town council. Both women were interviewed separately for possible connections to SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX. For complete transcripts of the interviews, see Interview Log XXXX-11-B and Interview Log XXXX-12-B.
Excerpt from Interview Log XXXX-11-B
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-11-prime, E███ V████████
Interviewer: Agent C█████
Agent C█████: Do you know a man named M███ P█████?
SCP-XXXX-11-prime: M███? He was a regular at the diner. I haven't seen him in over a year.
Agent C█████: Can you describe your relationship with Mr. P█████?
SCP-XXXX-11-prime: Oh, we went on a few dates, a couple of years ago. I just went up to his place and had dinner a few times. I don't know, we talked a bit whenever he came in, and he seemed like a nice guy, really smart but kind of wishy-washy, but I never really noticed him. Then one day, I don't know, I just started thinking about him a lot, and out of the blue he just asked me out. I was really excited to go up to his place that first time, but after a little while… I mean, dinner was nice, he's a decent cook, but there was just… no spark, you know? No chemistry. We had fun, he had all these movies, and we ended up watching a double feature, but that was it.
A few days later he asked me out again, and I said yes, but it was mostly just to be polite. We ate and watched another movie, and we called it a night. I think we both knew it wasn't going anywhere, and he didn't ask me out again. I didn't see him around the diner for a few months after that, and then he only came in every few weeks. I guess when he stopped showing up I didn't really notice.
Excerpt from Interview Log XXXX-12-B
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-12-prime, G█████ R████
Interviewer: Agent C█████
Agent C█████: We're trying to find additional information about M███ P█████.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: Mr. P█████ has been a resident of this town for most of his life. We were in the same class at ██████ Public School, then I think he attended ███████ ██████ Tech and obtained a master electrician's license. Then he was working for █████████ for a while, then ████ ███████ ███, but they laid him off in 19██. His father grew ill around that time, and he moved back home to take care of him; his mother had died in 19██ in an automobile accident, so his father was all alone. His father passed away in 19██, and M███ started freelancing as an electrician to local contractors.
Agent C█████: I see. You sound like you knew him fairly well.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: Not particularly. Back in high school I had something of a crush on him, but I came to believe that he did not feel the same way. We lost touch when I went to college. I returned to town about nine years ago to work for the library, and his father was a regular at that time. Mr. P█████ was retired, and he would spend hours at the library reading anything he could find, especially the daily papers and any new magazines we subscribed to, and often when it was slow we would talk. When Mr. P█████ took ill, M███ began dropping him off and picking him up from the library, and when things got worse towards the end, M███ would wheel him in in a wheelchair and fetch books for him, and read to him. After Mr. P█████ passed away, I rarely saw M███. Sometimes I saw him around town, and when the storms knocked out the phone lines up his way he would come down to the library to use the internet.
Agent C█████: So there was nothing more? Ms. R████, to be frank, we are asking if you were ever involved with M███ P█████.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: I'm sorry, Agent C█████, was it? I'm afraid I don't see how that could possibly be relevant to any investigation. What exactly is the purpose of this line of inquiry?
Agent C█████: M███ P█████ is a person of interest in the disappearance of T████ D██████. We found DNA evidence showing that she had been to his home, which we linked to the time of her disappearance.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: M███ wouldn't… I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation for that.
Agent C█████: I agree. M███ P█████ is a person of interest at this time, not a suspect. The more we know about him and his relationships, the faster we'll be able to rule him out. I can assure you, any information you give us will only help to shed light on this situation.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: [pauses] I need your absolute assurance that this will not be made public. I am an elected official, and this is a small town.
Agent C█████: I can guarantee you that nothing you say will be made public.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: [lengthy pause] M███ and I had a brief relationship last year. It didn't go on for very long, just a few weeks.
Agent C█████: Did M███ initiate the relationship, or did you?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: I did. M███… didn't do that sort of thing.
Agent C█████: Can you describe how the relationship began?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: I hadn't really thought of him much at all since Mr. P█████ passed, then suddenly I found myself thinking of him, alone in his parents' farm house, and I just felt like I had to see him. I think I just needed to settle some unfinished business. I made a lunch for the two of us and drove out to the house, and asked him out for a picnic. We talked, mostly about Mr. P█████ at first. The two of us never had very much in common.
Agent C█████: You say the relationship continued for two weeks?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: Yes. A few days later I went up to his house again. He was surprised to see me, and suggested we go and see a movie in town. I'm not much for films, I let one of the assistants order for the library, but M███ loved them. He always came to life when he was talking about movies. We saw ██████████, and afterwards I suggested that he come to a book club the library was hosting the next week, since a film version of the book had been released, and he agreed. We had dinner a few times in between that, and I loaned him my copy of the book, since I'd read it before.
Agent C█████: Sorry to interrupt. Did you also suggest the dinners?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: No, M███ suggested it. The first time we ate at his place, M███ cooked and I brought the wine. The second time we ate at ████ █████ in town. M███'s house had rats, and I'm afraid I got a bit startled when I saw one, so he suggested going out.
Agent C█████: And after that it was the book club meeting?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: The book club meeting… M███ hadn't read the book. Later I checked out the film, and it was a terrible interpretation of the novel. I'm afraid that things got a little… heated, and M███ decided to leave early, but I was hosting the event at the library and I had to stay. He didn't call me afterwards, and I thought maybe I should go up to his place and see him, but I didn't, not at first. After a few days I suddenly felt like I needed to see him, so I went over, and M███ was waiting for me out front. We started talking, but… things got out of control very quickly. I'm afraid it was my fault, at first M███ was trying to explain how he didn't like books, and then I think I must have had some sort of anxiety attack. I have never felt that way before, it was very strange, very strange, I was just screaming at him and M███ suddenly got this look on his face and in the middle of our fight he turned and went back into his house and locked the door in my face. I… started pounding on the door, and then I… picked up an old rocking chair off the porch and threw it through his front window. I can't believe I did that, I was so startled that I just stood there, and then M███ unlocked the door and I started trying to apologize and he just grabbed me in a big bear hug and then he started saying how sorry he was, that it was all his fault. We… well we're both adults, and nature took its course after that. Then afterwards we both had a long talk, I think maybe the first real talk the two of us ever had together, and we decided we just weren't right for each other, that we just didn't have enough in common. And that was that. I offered to pay for the window, but he said it was easy enough for him to fix. I can't believe I did that.
Agent C█████: Thank you, Ms. R████. I just have a few more questions, and then I think we can wrap this up. Do you need a minute?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: No, no, I'm fine. Thank you though.
Agent C█████: The first date you two had, the picnic. You decided to drive up to his house. Do you recall exactly what M███ was doing when you arrived?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: He was sitting on the porch as I drove up. He seemed startled to see me, and he ducked into the house real fast, but he came out to meet me as I was getting out of the car. He seemed out of breath.
Agent C█████: And the second time you went to see him, you say he seemed surprised as well?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: Yes. You know, now that you mention it, it's funny, but he did the exact same thing.
Agent C█████: And the last time, when you had the fight, he was already waiting for you out front?
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: Yes. We started getting into it right away. I'm still kind of embarrassed about the whole thing. I wish he would have let me pay for the window.
Agent C█████: But he didn't immediately go back inside the house, not until the middle of the fight when he went inside and locked the door.
SCP-XXXX-12-prime: That's right. I gave no quarter, as it were.
Agent C█████: Thank you, Ms. R████. I think we're done here.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Following the interview, SCP-XXXX-12-prime was treated with Class-C amnestics.
While interviewing the family of SCP-XXXX-13-prime, Foundation agents obtained the subject's laptop computer and learned she had been maintaining a web log on the social media site L██████████. Early entries indicated the subject had been using her blog to advertise and discuss houses being sold by the real estate agency with which she had been employed. The entries immediately prior to her disappearance, however, including several deleted drafts found on her hard drive, indicated the rapid onset of severe anxiety and paranoia. SCP-XXXX-A and his residence were mentioned multiple times in each of these later entries, with the final entry describing her intent to visit the residence during a period of time when she was aware SCP-XXXX-A would be away. For complete transcripts of all journal entries, see Document-XXXX-13-C.
We now have testimonials that indicate SCP-XXXX-13, SCP-XXXX-12 and possibly SCP-XXXX-11 produced a secondary effect similar to that of SCP-XXXX-1. We might infer that they shared the object's primary effect, as well. -Agent C█████
Recovery: SCP-XXXX was recovered as part of Operation Numbercrunch. Quarterly tax filings from local exterminator businesses charted over time led to the discovery of unusual rodent migrations in a roughly circular pattern surrounding the town of H█████, IN. Foundation agents conducted a house to house search spiraling outward from the center of the anomalous zone and discovered the abandoned home of SCP-XXXX-A. SCP-XXXX-1 was found in the basement covered in a five meter diameter sphere of live and dead organic material and surrounded by several tons of compost, along with SCP-XXXX-1-A and SCP-XXXX-2 through 9. SCP-XXXX-10 through 13 were discovered in the ashes of a fire pit behind the house. SCP-XXXX-A was found dead in the master bedroom of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. A suicide note was recovered next to the body, which made allusions to his being responsible for the death of an unnamed woman.
Addendum 1: On 10/26/20██, Researcher W██████ succeeded in using material from SCP-XXXX-11 to create an electromagnetic compass that would successfully indicate the position of genetic material from SCP-XXXX-11-prime within a 40 kilometer radius.
Although the supply of materials is limited, we can have a prototype for a working tracking device ready within a month. The device would home in on genetic material from SCP-XXXX-11 or 12. We place a hair or a drop of blood on the target and and we can follow without detection.
Additionally, we have the prospect of creating additional SCP-XXXX instances that could be used to target specific DNA profiles. We could track or even attract to us any SCP with a genetic code; I don't need to explain to you what an enormous benefit this would be to our containment efforts. Request additional funding for research into the fabrication of additional instances of SCP-XXXX. - Head Researcher M██████
Request for additional funding granted. Keep us apprised of your progress. -O5-4
Addendum 2: On 11/15/20██, Researcher W██████ traveled to H█████, IN to conduct a scheduled field test of a prototype tracking device that incorporated an electromagnetic compass constructed from parts of SCP-XXXX-13. During testing, Researcher W██████ located the remains of SCP-XXXX-13-prime buried in a field 200 meters behind the home of SCP-XXXX-A. The Foundation assumed custody of the body, and an autopsy was performed. Cause of death was determined to be massive physical trauma indicating a significant fall; it has been theorized that SCP-XXXX-13-prime approached within range SCP-XXXX-13's primary anomalous effect while it was in an active state, although this hypothesis can not reasonably be verified at this time.
It has been three years with no significant advances in replicating the effects of instances of SCP-XXXX. I have come to the conclusion that the true anomaly here was SCP-XXXX-A's ability to fabricate the components of these devices despite only having access to tools and equipment available at your local hardware store. Although we are willing to continue our research if requested, it is my firm belief that further attempts would represent a misuse of Foundation resources. We are formally requesting defunding of SCP-XXXX research, and the reassignment of select personal to other projects. - Head Researcher M██████
Request granted. We appreciate your candor, doctor. -O5-4
Details of Incident XXXX-1: On 06/19/20██, SCP-XXXX Researcher W██████ was informally notified by maintenance staff of a growing rodent problem at Site ██. Testing of SCP-XXXX had been discontinued for █ months, and the components had been placed in storage indefinitely. Acting on a hunch, Researcher W██████ obtained a deceased Rattus norvegicus from maintenance and opened SCP-XXXX's storage locker, discovering it to be in an active state. The device was rendered inactive, and testing for additional anomalous properties was scheduled.
If left deactivated, SCP-XXXX-1 will periodically activate itself, regardless of the state in which it is stored. Even dismantling it and scattering the pieces among multiple lockers does not prevent this from occurring, and in fact makes it more difficult to render inactive. Recommend upgrade to Euclid class and immediate transfer to Site-██. - Researcher W██████
Request to upgrade to Euclid class is denied; SCP-XXXX-1's effect does not warrant the extra expense. Stick a couple of rats around it, dismantle it if it acts up, and keep me updated on any potential escalation. Request to transfer SCP-XXXX denied; this site was already chosen based on minimizing impact on research and the environment, and there's no reason to ship them out to [REDACTED].- Director J██████
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