Addendum: Some selected examples of SCP-1442-1, once 
decrypted: 


hello i like your logo 

i'm est. 1984/$324 per share/Boston HQ you? 
you bought 2.6% of me why 

do you like me? 


« SCP-1441 | SCP-1442 | SCP-1443 » 


SCP-1443: Avernus Vine 


Item #: SCP-1443 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-1443 are to 
be contained in a designated greenhouse in Sector-28. Watering 
and fertilizing are to be done regularly by Level 2 personnel. 
Humidity, temperature, and light exposure are to be monitored and 
maintained accordingly. Level 3 authorization is required prior to any 
testing involving SCP-1443; results are to be documented and 
reported immediately. 


The containment unit is to be monitored by video surveillance at all 
times. Any personnel within the containment unit when instances of 
SCP-1443-1 appear are to be promptly evacuated. 


Description: SCP-1443 is an unknown variation of Campsis x 
tagliabuana, a trumpet vine hybrid. Though SCP-1443 blooms 
perennially, it has not been observed to produce seeds. While 
SCP-1443 possesses no other visual abnormalities, certain 
branching vines of the plant have been noted to exhibit leaves that 
grow in a specific arrangement of four leaves, which resemble the 
forewings and hindwings of Lepidoptera. 


Roughly every 24 hours, SCP-1443 will generate iridescent 
projections of butterflies (designated SCP-1443-1) from the similarly- 
shaped groups of leaves on its vines. Any human who observes 
these projections from a close enough distance will experience 
immediate drowsiness, and will fall asleep if not removed from 
SCP-1443’s immediate proximity. 


Based on observation, instances of SCP-1443-1 remain visible for 
up to fifteen minutes after being generated by SCP-1443. Though 
SCP-1443-1 individuals have been noticed to hover over sleeping 
humans, they will remain within 1 meter of the host plant. 


Though an affected individual will awaken hours after encountering 
SCP-1443-1, initial exposure will result in the individual experiencing 
apparently innocuous dreams involving butterflies. Over a period of 
roughly two weeks (14 days), an affected individual will undergo 
increasing bouts of fatigue and sleepiness, and butterflies will be the 
sole subject of any dreams they experience. 


After two weeks, when the affected individual is next able to sleep, 
instances (usually 3 to 7 individuals) of SCP-1443-1 will materialize 
over the head of the sleeping subject. These projections are first 
seen originating from the forehead of the sleeping human; no 
changes in sleep mannerism have been recorded during this 
process. As a group, the SCP-1443-1 seek out a suitable location 
for rest, usually a patch of open soil. Should the SCP-1443-1 find a 
place of rest within fifteen minutes, they will cluster together and 
form a new individual of SCP-1443. If no such place is available, the 
SCP-1443-1 disappear when fifteen minutes have elapsed. Juvenile 
instances of SCP-1443 “planted” in this manner do not appear 
immediately capable of generating SCP-1443-1. The length of time 
required for these new plants to fully mature is currently unknown. 1 


Human hosts to SCP-1443-1 have reported no pain related to 
having “harbored” SCP-1443-1 individuals. Exposure to SCP-1443 
is believed to result in no lasting side effects. Refer to Incident Log. 


Addendum 1443-1: During the - - test involving D-Class 
personnel D-26423, an estimated 70 instances of SCP-1443-1 
projections were recorded to have emerged following the usual 14 
day “development” period (see Incident Log). Testing was 
temporarily suspended; however, when experiments were 
reinstated, the number of projections dropped to normal and 
remained consistent from then on. 


Excerpt from Incident Log 1443-1: D-26423 was noted to have 
suffered a fractured skull following the testing period, and entered a 
comatose state. The swarm of 1448-1, according to video 
surveillance, entered a pre-prepared Foundation greenhouse and 
proceeded to coalesce into an instance of SCP-1443 measuring 
roughly 3 meters tall. In the interest of eliminating potential threat 
should the instance grow too large for efficient containment, highly 
concentrated herbicides were applied to the soil surrounding the 


SCP-1443 instance. Upon initial introduction of the herbicides, the 
SCP-1443 instance began to emit vocalizations (see audio log). 


Audio Log 1443-2 [roughly translated from Greek] 


[unintelligible] ...wandering above not below... ferryman 
promised [unintelligible] hundred years before crossing... 
didn’t want to stay [unintelligible] river shore so 
crowded... why is the gateway collapsing? [unintelligible] 


Subsequent investigation revealed that the incident coincided with 
the — earthquake in ; which had resulted in deaths. 


Footnotes 

1. Similarities between this symbiotic relationship and that observed 
inSCP-667have been noted. Investigation into a correlation of the 
two anomalies is ongoing. 


« SCP-1442 | SCP-1443 | SCP-1444 » 


SCP-1444: A Gravedigger for the Forgotten 


Item Number: SCP-1444 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: After the successful 
implementation of Containment Strategy 1444-7, the only current 
containment procedure necessary for the containment of SCP-1444 
is the maintenance of Area-1444, located on the grounds of Site-11. 
All tombstones in Area-1444 are to be routinely cleaned, and the 
surrounding area is to be kept clear of debris. 


The Department of Analytics is to monitor world media sources for 
stories concerning the disappearance of bodies.! If an instance of 
SCP-1444 gains notable notoriety, a suitable cover story is to be 
created. 


@ Containment Strategy 1444-7 Summary 


Containment Strategy 1444-7: 
Author: Researcher Taylor Hunt 


1. The bodies of individuals who have died 
without having been buried are to be 
interred at a new burial ground, 
henceforth referred to as Area-1444. 
This explicit purpose of this burial 
ground is to be for the burial of 
individuals who would not otherwise be 
buried. 

2. Once the burial ground has reached 
sufficient burials as to be defined as a 
space for the burial of individuals who 
would not otherwise be buried, MTF 
Theta-Thirteen ("Bring Out Your Dead") 
is to locate instances of SCP-1444, 


recover the bodies and reinter them at 
Area-1444. This process must be 
completed within 24 hours of removal 
from the grave, to ensure that a Creon 
Event does not occur. 

3. The same process is to be 
simultaneously performed for cremated 
ashes, interring such remains at a 
mausoleum built on the grounds of 
Area-1444. 

4. The burial ground and mausoleum of 
Area-1444 are to be monitored for the 
presence of new SCP-1444 instances. 

5. If new burials are noted as occurring 
within Area-1444 and confirmed as 
SCP-1444 activity, this Containment 
Strategy will have been successful. 


Description: SCP-1444 is an anomalous phenomenon affecting 
human corpses (designated SCP-1444-1) that would otherwise not 
undergo any form of burial or interment. SCP-1444 is associated 
with three kinds of anomalous activity, which are designated as 
Antigone Events, Creon Events, and Pharoah Events. A description 
of each follows: 


Antigone Events: Twenty four hours after death, an 
SCP-1444-1 instance will disappear. Simultaneously, a new 
interment location appropriate for the SCP-1444-1 instance will 
manifest, with the SCP-1444-1 inside. 


The nature of this interment varies between SCP-1444-1, but 
tends to be a form of interment appropriate for the presumed 
culture and beliefs of the SCP-1444-1 instance in life. For 
instance, SCP-1444-1 instances who were strongly opposed to 
burial will instead be cremated. 


SCP-1444-1 instances tend to be interred in locations that are 
appropriate for the individual in question. These have included 
familial burial plots, locations the individual had expressed 
interest in while alive or cemeteries containing acquaintances of 
the individual.2 


These events are typically accompanied by an epitaph, that 
describes the SCP-1444-1 instance in question. 


Creon Events: When an SCP-1444-1 instance which has 
previously undergone an Antigone Event is removed from the 
location where it was interred, a Creon Event may occur twenty- 
four hours later. 


In a Creon Event, the SCP-1444-1 instance will disappear, and 
be reinterred at the location it was previously interred within. 
The existing location will undergo anomalous modifications that 
form obstructions that prevent future attempts at retrieving the 
SCP-1444-1 instance in question. 


These modifications have varied in form, but have included the 
spontaneous appearance of rocky matter and vegetation 
around an SCP-1444-1 instance, or increased security 
measures on a building containing SCP-1444-1. 


Creon Events occur selectively based on the nature and reason 
behind an SCP-1444-1 instance being removed. If an 
SCP-1444-1 instance is being removed so that it can be 
reinterred at a new appropriate location, no Creon Event will 
occur. 


Pharaoh Events: Immediately following a Creon Event, a 
Pharaoh Event will occur targeting any individuals involved in 
the removal of the SCP-1444-1 instance from the SCP-1444 
designated burial place. All targeted individuals will suffer 
immediate cessation of heart function. 


History: Prior to 2016 and the implementation of Containment 
Strategy 1444-7, SCP-1444 was classified as a Keter class anomaly 
due to the ubiquity of Antigone Events and their inability to be 
impeded. Due to the moral complications of the heavy amnestic 
usage that prior iterations of the SCP-1444 containment profile 
required, the Ethics Committee began to look into alternative 
containment methodology. 


Researcher Taylor Hunt submitted Containment Strategy 1444-7 in 
response to this search, putting forth an alternative containment 


profile that would direct SCP-1444's attention to a specific area, and 
then encourage it to bury more bodies there. This was successfully 
implemented. 


Addendum: SCP-1444 Epitaph Examples 


1945 - 1999 


You never had enough money to travel to Paris. | hope 
being buried there can make up for it. 


2001-2005 


| am sorry that you never got to see the tropics. Your 
future was bright. 


1901 - 2008 


To outlive your friends and family is as much a curse as 
it is a blessing. May you be with your children again. 


1963 - 2016 


You'd like it here. It's nice and peaceful, just what you 
wanted. A good place for everyone | take care of. 


1982 - 2018 


You were taken too soon. 
Thank you for helping me. | couldn't have done it without 
you. 


Footnotes 

1. The Department of Analytics already monitors for these 
occurrences, however, due to the nature of the bodies interred by 
SCP-1444, it is unlikely any will receive media attention. 
2.UPDATE 06/01/16:Outdated. All Antigone events since 


06/01/2016 have interred SCP-1444-1 at Area-1444. 
« SCP-1443 | SCP-1444 | SCP-1445 » 


SCP-1445: An Antique Spacecraft 


Item #: SCP-1445 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1445 is to be kept in a 
standard storage chamber inside Storage Site-23, with standard 
humidity control mechanisms for purposes of antique preservation. 
The object is to be kept sterile and examined biweekly. Other 
additional antique preservation measures may be employed as 
necessary under the direction of the curator Mr.C _, an expert in 
Ming Dynasty antiques from the Antiquities Department. Guards 
posted at the entrance of the chamber are to search for and 
confiscate matches, lighters, or any other incendiary tools from 
visitors. 


Because public knowledge of SCP-1445 existed prior to its 
containment in various degrees due to its history, information 
countermeasures have been deployed by the Foundation in order to 
prevent the spread of knowledge of its anomalous properties. In the 
Western world, where references to the object have been found in 
texts back to 19 CE, the history of SCP-1445 is to be branded as a 
myth. References to the object as such have been disseminated into 
the media, discrediting the actual accounts of the object. In the 
People's Republic of China, the aid of the Chinese government has 
been enlisted to restrict access to contemporary accounts of 
SCP-1445 and to suppress the rumors of SCP-1445 in Chinese 
internet circles. Specifically, the government internet commentators 
colloquially known as the "5 Mao Party" have been instructed on the 
Foundation's behalf to disparage any users who allege the existence 
of the object, past or present, on the basis of the history of 
SCP-1445 being entirely made up of "superstitious beliefs". They 
were further instructed to redirect the attention to modern Chinese 
spacefaring achievements and divert the topic completely, using 
Chinese nationalism as a catalyst. 


Description: SCP-1445 is a wooden chair approximately 0.75 
meters tall, resting on top of a square base of 1.5 meters with a 
height of 3 centimeters. The base suffers minor burn damage, 
presumably from its first usage. All of the wood material used in 
SCP-1445 has been identified to be from Dalbergia odorifa!. When 
carbon dated, the object was to determined to be about 5 years old 
and to have been made around 14 CE, or during the early portion 
of the Ming Dynasty. Eleven rockets are attached both to the left and 
right faces of the base, for a total of twenty-two rockets. The rockets 
have fuses that are suspected to regenerate after use; however, no 
other parts of the object display such regenerative properties and 
can be damaged as expected. Mr.C noted the furniture as a 
whole to be extremely well maintained for its age, attributable to the 
time the object spent in the vacuum of space. However, it has 
suffered minor damage from what have been determined to be 
micrometeoroid impacts, though the object was repaired and 
restored to the greatest extent possible after acquisition, under the 
coordination of Mr. C 


SCP-1445 first entered the Foundation's attention in 20 CE, when 
Foundation web crawlers noted persistent rumors in the popular 
Chinese web portals and of the chair of the Ming Dynasty 
official Wan Hu being found in low Earth orbit. The rumors were 
detailed to the point of providing apparent coordinates of 
[REDACTED] and low-resolution pictures of the object. Using the 
Foundation telescope located at [REDACTED], researchers were 
able to see the object along with what appeared to be a seated 
cadaver. Additionally, after a search of Foundation historical 
databases, contemporary records of the Ming Dynasty dating from 
14 CE were found that confirmed the historical nature of the 
launch. After the verifications of the rumors, the Chinese 
government was contacted, and the offending material was 
immediately removed, with information countermeasures then 
developed and deployed as per the Special Containment 
Procedures. 


Extraterrestrial Retrieval Team - was dispatched to the site and 
removed both SCP-1445 and the cadaver for examination upon 
arrival at Storage Site-23. After SCP-1445 was brought to Storage 
Site-23, the cadaver was taken away and brought to the medical 


wing for an autopsy. At the same time, a request for an expert to the 
Antiquities Department was made, which resulted in Mr. C being 
brought to Storage Site-23 to examine the object. He had inferred 
correctly that the piece dated from the Ming Dynasty and noted the 
damage the object had received, then suggested measures to store 
and preserve the object. He offered to perform said measures to 
demonstrate their effectiveness, and after review he was inducted 
as a curator for SCP-1445.