Item #: SCP-?
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: A simple chain link fence encompasses The area where SCP-? may hear someone. Entry to this area requires the clearance of the head of site 38. All personnel must refrain from overtly harsh language and actions when within the area of SCP-? unless given special permission. Details on acceptable behavior are located with archived experiments conducted on SCP-?.
A crew of up to 10 D-class personnel will be assigned as grounds keepers for SCP-?. They will be given specifications for the upkeep of the property and any necessary tools to achieve these requirements. Any D-class on this crew not maintaining an openly positive attitude or failing to follow procedures, must be reassigned and not return to SCP-?.
Discription: SCP-?, located in ████████ Tennessee, is the observed effect in an area that used to be a privately owned golf course. Due to the static nature of SCP-? Site 38 was built around it's observed effects. Previously named ██████ ███████████, The location has been the source of local rumors and ghost stories since colonial days. The public interest in this location grew greatly during 1977 when multiple accounts by separate individuals began circulating that their speech and demeanor on the course could affect the quality of their golf rounds. Agents conducted multiple interviews and experiments and confirmed the anomalous properties. The foundation acquired the property, had it publicly shut down and altered the existing records.
When an individual present in the area affected by SCP-? speaks or preforms certain actions, the air within the area may respond in a variety of ways. Observed effects include; The wind currents changing, cloud coverage being altered, scents manifesting, disembodied voices/sounds, and on rare occasions electrical currents without a source. A manifestation of any of these is designated SCP-?-1. SCP-? is not merely an environmental anomaly, it appears to have something resembling an individual personality. Though the anomalous effects only extend to the air, SCP-? appears to consider the entire area as its 'body' including the ground, water, and plants within the area. Insults, harassment, and damage to the area result in negative instances of SCP-?-1. Compliments, grounds keeping, and humor within the area result in positive instances of SCP-?-1. (See experiment log for specific details)
Despite SCP-? having some form of free will and the potential for violence, it retains a safe classification as it is both predictable in its responses and unable to move. SCP-? appears to especially enjoy; being a golf course, having people admire it, crude jokes, and conversations on weather. SCP-? reacts negatively to damage to the property, any mean spirited comments, and having the grounds not maintained properly.
Anyone wishing to conduct research on SCP-? should first consult the open letter printed below to determine if the letter is representative of their intentions.
Subject D-490662: Subject instructed to play a round of golf on SCP-? while cursing loudly, complaining about the quality of the course, and damaging the ground plants using the provided clubs.
Hole 1-2: No observations
Hole 3: Immediately after declaring "This is the worst f█████ golf course I have ever played on." An enormous gust of wind caused D-490662 to fall on his back. After which, dark clouds began covering the entire course until D-490662 was removed.
Hole 4-7: Continuous unpredictable shits in wind currents forced D-490662 to take maximum strokes on every hole.
Hole 8: After D-490662's ball was blown into a water hazard every time he teed off. D-490662 began cursing while malicious laughter could be heard. D-490662 began digging large divots into the ground and struck several nearby bushes until an electric charge manifested and knocked D-490662 unconscious. A large storm began raging but immediately began dissipating upon extraction of D-490662.
There is no other recording of a reaction this strong. From now on all personnel should avoid antagonization of SCP-?.
Subject research assistant Jacob ██████: Jacob spent time over the course of a week trying to directly communicate with SCP-?. SCP-? was mostly unresponsive to these attempts. The most complete responses came when Jacob was playing a round of golf and not making direct reference to SCP-?.
The following are notable excerpts of communication attempts by Jacob ██████.
Jacob: "This course is so beautiful, I wonder if it enjoys birds nesting here or finds them annoying."
SCP-?-1: The sound of many different species of bird including birds not native to the continental united states manifested for the rest of the day.
Jacob: "Those two knolls seriously look like an a██." (Jacob laughs while clutching his stomach.)
SCP-?-1: Jacob reported smelling a strong scent of human flatulence. When he clutched his nose, faint laughter was recorded which Jacob later reported he did not hear.
Jacob: Jacob whistled the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" purposely out of tune
SCP-?-1: After approximately two minutes Jacob was unable to produce a sound when trying to whistle. The sound of a grand piano could be heard faintly around the course producing the proper tune. When Jacob whistled along with the sound, he was able to produce a whistle once again.
Jacob: "? I know you are there could you please tell me what you are? I have had a great time with you, but the people in charge here won't let me keep visiting you if I can not produce more…" (Jacob freezes and stays very still before relaxing and continuing with regular operations.)
SCP-?-1: Jacob reported a calm voice that was not clearly picked up with recording equipment. Jacob stated the voice sounded like an old person of indeterminate gender and told him "They won't understand, I barely understand, let us just enjoy the present. Tell them I have been here as long as there has been life here."
To date the last log is the most direct contact any personnel have had with the personality associated with SCP-?.
There was no specific subject for this test. SCP-? was left alone with no grounds maintenance and no human contact over the course of a 3 month period. After one month, 3 days, and 3 hours the sky over SCP-? began to become overcast. For the rest of the period of isolation, the cloud coverage increased and steady rain began to fall. At the end, grounds keeping resumed with grounds keepers instructed to be cautions and complimentary. SCP-? took 5 days to begin clearing up the sky again. SCP-? was less responsive to positive stimuli and more readily displayed negative instances of SCP-?-1 until approximately 1 month and 3 days after the year anniversary of the beginning of Experiment 11.
This exercise was deemed unnecessarily cruel as SCP-? is mostly compliant and harmless. Proper respect will be afforded to SCP-? in all aspects unless behavioral changes are observed.
Subject Dr. Kevin ████████: Dr. Kevin is an on site psychologist and complied a full analysis of the observable personality traits of SCP-?. This is a summary of Dr. Kevin's report compiled from 6 years of observation. SCP-? appears to have an attitudinal disposition to a young child. SCP-?-1 tend to be playful in nature, however it does not take exceptional provocation to cause negative instances of SCP-?-1. Though SCP-? is predictable, its behavior has been shown to change. The most obvious changes came after the period of neglect. SCP-? now reacts very poorly to practical jokes that had previously elicited positive results. Moving forward, Dr. Kevin suggests we treat SCP-? similarly to hominid SCPs and continuously monitor for changes in mood and behavior.
There was no specific subject for this test. Researchers attempted to communicate with SCP-? through a wide variety of communication channels while no humans were present on SCP-?. These methods included recordings, live telephone conversation, written words, and telegraph. SCP-? was totally unresponsive to any method of communications that did not involve a human being present on SCP-?.
It seems that SCP-? may not have any sort of senses as we understand them and requires a host to interpret what is going on, as it has also been discovered that SCP-? is able to understand any language, as long as there is an individual present who is able to understand.
An open letter to any personnel wanting to conduct 'experiments' with SCP-?:
From the desk of the site 38 Director,
Enough. I have had enough with these requests. We understand that SCP-? is a seemingly sentient section of air over a golf course and the appropriate measures to contain it are in effect. Many are now trying to use the excuse of tests to relax at a golf course that will improve your game if you ply it with jokes and compliments. I am sick of this unprofessional behavior and effective immediately, all pending requests for testing SCP-? are automatically rejected until 01/01/2005. For all future requests, you will not be the one conducting the experiment if it is determined that your request is valid. There have already been so many redundant tests, only a few logs that truly demonstrate the effects of SCP-? are included in this document. The rest are archived and I expect everyone to behave with professionalism from now on. This matter is closed, please refer anyone expressing interest in SCP-? to this letter.