Special Containment Procedures: All documentation regarding 
anomalies affected by SCP-3309 is to be preserved in a rewritten 
format and kept within the RAISA archive database. Following the 
containment of an instance, all personnel assigned to the affected 
item must undergo amnestic treatment and transfer to unrelated 
projects. 


Description: SCP-3309 is a phenomenon in which catalogued 
anomalies spontaneously disappear. Items affected by SCP-3309 
have included anomalous objects, entities, locations, and conceptual 
structures. Anomalies affected by this phenomenon do not appear to 
be directly related; SCP-3309 activity is indicated by a note 
(designated SCP-3309-1) of unknown origin. 


48 hours before the disappearance of an anomaly, SCP-3309-1 will 
appear appended to the end of the object's document. Documents 
undergoing SCP-3309 become wiped from all known file systems, 
including Protected Site-01 and RAISA archives. After this, the 
anomaly itself becomes effectively neutralized, or otherwise 
disappears entirely. The contents of SCP-3309-1 are as follows: 


If you are not the author and you want to rewrite this 
article, you may reply to this post asking for the 
opportunity to do so. Please obtain permission from the 
author. 


SCP-3309 affects back-ups created for disappearing documents. 
SCP-3309 also affects documents of anomalous items coming into 
contact with SCP-3309—approximately 71% of disappearing 
documents are connected to other non-affected anomalies. This 
leads to a weakening in the Foundation's anomaly containment 
network, potentially escalating to an ADK-Class Full Anomalous 
Destabilization scenario. 


Addendum 3309.1: 


> TS/3309/ 
EYES ONLY — ETHICS COMMITTEE TRIBUNAL 


Since its prime emergence, SCP-3309 has affected an 
average of forty anomalies per month. Researchers 


assigned to SCP-3309 have identified an emerging 
pattern and developed the following list of criteria: 


¢ Affected objects are documented as being 
contained with excessive containment procedures 
(such as chambers constructed from heavy-duty 
titanium alloy). This indicates either a 
misunderstanding of the anomaly's nature or an 
unprofessional level of care taken to contain it. 
The object itself is powerful enough to threaten a 
K-class end-of-the-world scenario. Documentation 
fails to outline the true consequences of this 
anomaly and containment procedures typically 
align with that of the first criteria. 

The object's documentation, which includes any 
written supplements, is poorly written, improperly 
formatted, and filled with grammar and logic errors. 


Based on these new observations, PROJECT: 
TAPERED SPEAR has been proposed. TAPERED 
SPEAR outlines the adaptation of the aforementioned 
criteria for use against dangerous anomalies in an 
attempt to neutralize them. As this contravenes the 
mission of the Foundation, the execution of TAPERED 
SPEAR has been contested by an Ethics Committee 
special tribunal. The results of this tribunal are as 
follows: 


PROJECT: TAPERED SPEAR — Tribunal 
Results 


For: 21 
Against: 20 
Abstain: 2 


Outcome: PROJECT: TAPERED SPEAR has 
been authorized. SCP-3309 is pending 
Thaumiel reclassification. 


Addendum 3309.2: 


> TS/3309/ 
EYES ONLY — DOCUMENT TAPERED SPEAR 


Preliminary testing of SCP-3309 to determine the 
suitability of a Thaumiel reclassification has officially 
commenced. Attached is a preliminary testing log, the 
results of which will determine a final decision. 


Proposal excerpt 


Proposal of SCP-3309 use: Use 
SCP-3309 to neutralize 
SCP-4463, a complex water- 
based spatial anomaly capable of 
flooding North America within 50 
years. 


Description: SCP-4463 is a 
water-based anomaly affecting 
parts of the Chihuahuan desert in 
the state of Arizona. SCP-4463 
describes the slow transformation 
of a large area of desert into an 
equivalent area of wetlands. 


Since 1990, desertification of 
southeastern Arizona began to 
occur at a rate of roughly 2 km2 
per month. This desertification 
increased at a rate of 0.5% per 
year until 2008, when 
approximately 1,200 km2 of 
previously arable land had been 
rendered incapable of bearing 
healthy vegetation. At this point, 
the government of Arizona 
considered this phenomenon an 
ecological disaster and enacted 
plans to attempt to reverse the 
spread of desertification. This 
occurred as a response to the 


mass protest by members of the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe in the nearby 
Tucson region beginning in 
November of 2006. 


In August of 2008, approximately 
60% of desiccated topsoil per 
square meter began to transform 
into water by an unknown 
anomalous effect. By 2017, 45% 
of the previously desertified area 
had been transformed into 
wetlands, which prevented any 
native animal or human 
development in this territory. 


Actions taken: SCP-4463's file 
was updated to contain heavy 
grammatical errors and major 
inconsistencies with the related 
functions of the anomaly. Multiple 
fabricated addenda and an 
unrelated image depicting a large 
ocean wave were also added. 


Result: SCP-4463 was 
completely erased from all 
Foundation databases within 48 
hours by SCP-3309. After further 
research and an observation into 
the former location of SCP-4463, 
it was determined that the threat 
posed by SCP-4463 had been 
neutralized, and the area had 
become desertified once more. 


After continued debate and preliminary testing involving 
19 different anomalies, SCP-3309 has passed the 
second stage of voting among the Ethics Committee 
special tribunal. SCP-3309 has been reclassified as 
Thaumiel and authorized for use in TAPERED SPEAR. 


The first round of post-reclassification research involving 
49 anomalies is underway. 


Researcher Note: | don't 
understand how one round of 
testing can burden a man with so 
much stress. | think | even saw 
my first grey hair this morning, or 
an entire patch of grey hairs? No, 
surely that's unnatural? | don't 
feel natural right now. | don't feel 
alright. But so early on in my 
tenure? 


Fading to dust, what does that 
feel like? Would it burden my 
senses in the same way an illness 
might? Or might it leave me 
numb? | think, if | was to go out, | 
would want to continue to feel, 
even into my final moment. To 
know that I'm still here, as 
everything else fades away. 


I'm not alright. 


I've locked myself in my office. I'm 
going numb. This isn't what | 
would have wanted. But the end 
doesn't care about one man's 
wants and needs, does it? There 
is nothing, nothing. 


Did we ever find out where those 
neutralized anomalies went? 
Surely it can't be so easy, to do 
what we did, to feel justice without 
any repercussions. That's unlike 
us. But it feels like everyone, 
everyone except me, forgot what 
happened to those anomalies. Is 


it that simple? Have we simply 
forgotten? 


| don't want to be forgotten. 


— Researcher Adamo Smalls 


Addendum 3309.3: 
His heart is a crater, and we have filled it. 


Researcher Smalls did not show up during the 
latter parts of our testing this evening. He no 
longer appears on any of our itineraries and 
his name has been expunged from my project 
files. If there has been an immediate project 
alteration or a change in schedule that | was 
not informed of, please notify me immediately. 


— Researcher John Calzaroli 


Researcher Calzaroli, are you alright? Yes, 
there was indeed a 3-hour schedule change, 
but a "Researcher Smalls" has never been 
involved with this project. Further, | assure you 
that someone named Researcher Smalls does 
not work with us. Please, John, take a break, 
the stress must be getting to you. Testing has 
been absolutely rigorous these past few 
weeks. | feel it, too. 


— Researcher Robert Woods 


I'm sorry, you're mistaken. You must know the 
man. He's the most exceptional memeticist we 
have. 


But, if you truly claim that there is no 
Researcher Smalls, well, there must be 
something more to this. SCP-3309 erases 
anomalies and the files associated with them. 


We haven't discussed where exactly these 
anomalies go, and I'm sure we've all had our 
questions. As far as | can remember, Smalls 
was assigned to investigate SCP-4463 when it 
was first discovered. 


Are we sure personnel aren't also being 
deleted? 


— [DELETED] 

What the hell? 

— Researcher Robert Woods 
[FROM: ACCOUNT DELETED]: 
[MESSAGE DELETED] 


ARCHIVE C-424: FILES 1~10 


CAPTURE REPORT, LOG 424-B: FILE #424-1 


SCP-424 was discovered accidentally in early 2004 at a Mohawk 
gas station in Campbell River, British Columbia, where it had 
assumed the shape of an on-shift employee, donned a reflective 
vest, and had begun operating the gas pumps. After allowing it to do 
so for approximately four hours, the manager of the station placed a 
call to local authorities, and the case was forwarded to covert 
operatives [INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE] and 
Cornwell. 


OPERATIVE [INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CLEARANCE] 
DEBRIEFING [EXCERPT]: FILE #424-2 


"We chased it down this alley, and it just disappeared into thin air. | 
look over at Cornwell to ask him if he saw anything, and he's white 
as a sheet. | ask him if he's okay, and he points back the way we 
came. | figured that he’s pointing which way he saw it go, so | make 
tracks out of the place, and then out of nowhere | run headlong into 
Cornwell, who's apparently surprised that | am where | am, as | had 
somehow just pointed him in the direction of the thing's escape. 
Long story short; yes, we did have some difficulty ‘procuring the 
object of interest." 


TRANSPORT MATERIALS REQUISITION RECORD: FILE #424-3 
Storage van; cleaning company decals 
Aquarium, 56 litre (sealed), 1 


Portable DVD player, 1 


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SCP-3310: The Old Man of the Lake 


Item #: SCP-3310 
Object Class: Hiemal 
Threat Level: Yellow © 


Special Containment Procedures: As a result of the inability to 
remove SCP-3310 from Crater Lake, containment must be focused 
on the prevention of activation events caused by the impediment of 
SCP-3310's movement. SCP-3310 is never to be removed from the 
lake, and if its movement ever becomes restricted, it is to be 
released or returned to Crater Lake immediately. 


Embedded Foundation agents in the United States Parks 
Department are to operate the functions of Crater Lake National 
Park. They are to discourage any physical interference with 
SCP-3310, and prevent or mitigate any activation events. Such 
personnel may be recruited directly from Parks Department 
employees already working at Crater Lake National Park. 


Submarine expeditions into Crater Lake are to be prevented by 
embedded personnel using their bureaucratic abilities. If personnel 
are unable to completely prevent a submarine expedition, they are 
to prevent such expeditions from tying SCP-3310, and instead 
encourage other methods of controlling SCP-3310's location. 


Should anomalous or unusual weather patterns occur around Crater 
Lake, the embedded personnel are to immediately confirm the 
status of SCP-3310 as free floating and unrestricted in movement. If 
SCP-3310 is restricted in movement, embedded personnel are to 
free SCP-3310. 


In the event of an activation event, embedded personnel are to 
locate any resultant SCP-3310-I instances and prevent them from 
reaching Crater Lake by any means necessary, including 


termination. 


Description: SCP-3310 is a nine meter tall tree stump floating in 
Crater Lake.! SCP-3310 is anomalously able to float upright, with 
approximately 1.2 meters of the top remaining above the water at 
any given time. If removed from the water and returned, SCP-3310 
will return to this position. 


SCP-3310 floats around Crater Lake as a result of nonanomalous 
weather patterns. The restriction of this movement causes two 
distinct and possibly linked anomalous phenomenon referred to as 
SCP-3310-2 and SCP-3310-I. Previously, activation events were 
caused by the removal of SCP-3310 from Crater Lake, but recent 
activation events have occurred while SCP-3310 remained in Crater 
Lake (See Addendum-A). Both of these phenomenon demanifest 
after the triggering cause for the manifestation is ended. 


Seven SCP-3310 activation events have been recorded by the 
Foundation and the American Secure Containment Initiative since 
1894. 


SCP-3310-2 is the manifestation of anomalous weather patterns 
around Crater Lake. The nature and intensity of these weather 
manipulation patterns has varied between different activation events 
(See Addendum-A), but generally appear to target or especially 
impede SCP-3310-I instances. 


SCP-3310-F is the manifestation of several unknown entities in the 
area surrounding Crater Lake. After manifestation, all SCP-3310-[ 
instances will proceed to Crater Lake. No SCP-3310-I has managed 
reached Crater Lake during any recorded activation event. The 
reason behind this action, as well as the effect of an instance 
reaching Crater Lake, is currently unknown. (See Addendum-C for 
a theorized explanation.) 


The exact nature of SCP-3310-I instances has varied with each 
activation event of SCP-3310, but have generally been described as 
dark gray, translucent forms. SCP-3310-I instances have varied in 
form between activation events, but each activation event has only 
been associated with one type of SCP-3310-F instance. 


History: SCP-3310 was discovered by the American Secure 
Containment Initiative in 1894, during an attempt to confirm possible 
reports of a "phantom airship" in the surrounding area of Crater 
Lake.2 ASCI personnel noted SCP-3310 as being unusual, and 
inadvertently triggered the first activation event. 


Two years later, in 1896, SCP-3310 was discovered by civilian 
geologist Joseph Diller. He made note of the object, and mentioned 
it to several other members of the surveying team he was traveling 
with. In 1902, the results of his survey were released, and included 
mention of SCP-3310. 


In response, the ASCI joined the lobbying efforts to establish Crater 
Lake and the surrounding area as a national park, as the increased 
security and protections of national park status would make 
containment of SCP-3310 easier. This action was successful, and 
Crater Lake National Park was formed. 


Currently, the existence of SCP-3310 is public knowledge. Due to an 
incident in 1988, knowledge that SCP-3310 was linked to an 
SCP-3310-2 event is known, but believed to be superstition or 
coincidence. The Foundation has been able to introduce 
misinformation concerning SCP-3310 to explain its anomalous 
property of continuously floating upright, as well as attempt to 
discourage any serious scientific inquiry into the relation between 
SCP-3310 and SCP-3310-2. 


In the civilian community, SCP-3310 is known as "The Old Man of 
the Lake" and is a minor tourist attraction of Crater Lake National 
Park. SCP-3310 has been featured in several news and 
entertainment media, and has a slight degree of fame. 


‘on Events 
September 6th, 1894 Activation 


Cause SCP-3310 was removed from 
Crater Lake by the ASCI under 
the belief that the only anomalous 
property possessed was the 
“ating in an upright position. 

= Event Fog immediately manifested upon 


T Event 


Recontainment 


= Event 


T Event