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Item#: 3790-J

Containment Class: safe

Secondary Class: none

Disruption Class: dark

Risk Class: notice

Entrance to SCP-3790-J.

Special Containment Procedures: An armed guard is to be stationed outside the entrance at all times, with orders to terminate any individual attempting to enter SCP-3790-J. Once a day, this guard is to enter SCP-3790-J and maintain all contained entities, with orders to terminate any entity approaching the door.

Description: SCP-3790-J is the Colonial Shopping Plaza PetSmart in Miami, Florida, now abandoned. It is accessible through the large automatic doors at the front of the store1. A paper sign is taped to the inside of the door, reading "SEALED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ABNORMALITIES".

The remainder of this file has been locked by O5 order.

Lock Overriden

The interior of SCP-3790-J is structured similar to a standard PetSmart2. The store is divided into several aisles and walkways, with four checkouts at the front. Only one of these checkouts is open at a time; it is unclear whether this is also an anomalous effect.

The vast majority of SCP-3790-J is empty, excluding four aisles near the back of the store. Each of these aisles contains four animal habitats, excluding Aisle Four. Each habitat contains an entity, is marked with a phrase written in Sharpie permanent marker, and has all openings sealed shut.

Addendum 3790J.1: Chamber Contents

Aisle One: Common Pets

Habitat One

Marking: "This feels like the obvious solution…"

Description: A small glass tank containing a concrete figurine. The tank also contains a large amount of brown waste, which appears to be piling out of a makeshift litterbox. The figurine is unmoving.

Habitat Two

Marking: "Will try to sell you 'cures', just say no"

Description: A large glass tank containing a common mallard, wearing a porcelain mask fitted to its bill. The habitat also contains several surgical implements, which the duck uses to threaten personnel while quacking.

Habitat Three

Marking: "He has self-esteem issues"

Description: A small wooden crate, nailed shut on all sides. A soft sobbing can be heard from inside.

Habitat Four

Marking: "Must be antimemetic or something"

Description: Reptile tank, contains a common chameleon.

Aisle Two: Aquatic

Habitat One

Marking: "So that's why you can't touch it anymore"

Habitat: A dry fishtank containing a small shark. The shark swims around in the empty air, and has several bruises on its snout.

Habitat Two

Marking: "Don't forget to feed the eel this time!"

Description: A large fishbowl. No personnel could recall the contents of this habitat.

Habitat Three

Marking: "pretty big tank for a sea slug"

Description: A massive glass fishtank containing the bloated corpse of an adult male, dressed in 18th century formalwear.

Habitat Four

Marking: "Mrs. Fish"

Description: A small fishbowl containing a VHS tape of Disney's The Little Mermaid. The tape is unspooled.

Aisle Three: Exotic

Habitat One

Marking: No marking.

Description: Small "Pet Rock" carton containing one rock. Appears to be dead.

Habitat Two

Marking: "DO NOT EAT"

Description: Glass tank containing a black snail, which secretes a corrosive black slime. Extremely hostile.

Habitat Three

Marking: "Reads too much theory, no praxis"

Description: A reptile habitat containing a boa constrictor. A severed doll arm is haphazardly glued to the snake's head.

Habitat Four

Marking: "Fat Fucking Lizard"

Description: A small tank containing several shed lizard scales.

Aisle Four

Aisle Four contains only one habitat, placed behind a large triple-padlocked steel door with a sliding viewport.

Habitat One

Marking: "There she is!"

Description: A cat carrier containing the rear half of a common tabby cat.

Footnotes

1. Research regarding how to disable these doors is ongoing.

2. A comparison to a truly baseline PetSmart is impossible due to the latent anomalous properties of all PetSmarts.