Dr. Cassidy: I’m sorry Harold. | can’t do that. 
SCP-2860 hangs up the receiver. 
<End Log> 

« SCP-2859 | SCP-2860 | SCP-2861 » 


SCP-2861: Cozy Cemetery 


Item #: SCP-2861 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-2861-1 are to 
remain on the premises of the cemetery. A perimeter has been 
established around said premises and is to be patrolled hourly by 
Foundation security personnel on rotating 8-hour shifts. Any 
unauthorized individuals attempting to enter the cemetery are to be 
turned away and given the explanation of an ongoing grounds 
refurbishment project. 


The groundskeeper's cottage and visitor center on the cemetery 
premises have been re-purposed for Foundation use. At least three 
Level-3 containment specialists are to remain on the cemetery 
grounds; additional personnel and heavy equipment vehicle support 
may be requested from any nearby Foundation sites. All personnel 
assigned to SCP-2861 must have prior training for administering 
emergency treatment of psychological trauma. 


Asof //_ ,allinterred coffins on the cemetery premises have 
been equipped with digital pressure sensors and are under 
observation via an infrared camera network. Upon either of these 
systems indicating atypical activity below-ground, personnel are to 
immediately exhume the coffin at the corresponding location. Any 
individuals, alive or dead, recovered as a result are to be 
transported to the medical section of the Foundation-modified visitor 
center for further inspection and care. 


Description: SCP-2861 is a phenomenon affecting the 
Cemetery located in , the Netherlands, involving living human 
individuals spontaneously appearing in coffins buried at the 
graveyard. Affected coffins are designated as instances of 
SCP-2861-1, and are noted to cease exhibiting SCP-2861 effects 
upon removal from their corresponding gravesite. 1 


Carbon dating indicates that SCP-2861-1 instances were created 
during the 18th and 19th centuries. The coffins are plainly-crafted 
from oak and pine wood, and possess no external ornamentation; 
the interior of the coffins are similarly plain and have no cushioning 
material. All SCP-2861-1 instances have been noted to be stamped 
with icons imitating existing commercial leisure travel agency logos. 
None of the agency names present on these icons are consistent 
with any known travel companies. 


The first five SCP-2861-1 instances were initially retrieved after a 
cemetery caretaker contacted local police authorities to report 
hearing "yelling and banging" from certain gravesites. In the 
following Foundation intervention, containment specialists 
discovered an extremely distressed, though medically stable, 
woman within one of the coffins. The remaining reported gravesites 
were searched, and four bodies of recently-deceased individuals 
were recovered from coffins also containing partially-decomposed 
remains of those originally interred. To determine the extent of the 
anomaly manifestation, additional gravesites were exhumed, but 
the coffins removed possessed no remarkable contents. 


Since the Foundation's initial observation of the SCP-2861 anomaly 
in 1980, human individuals have continued to spontaneously appear 
within instances of SCP-2861-1, often exhibiting various levels of 
mental distress. All of the individuals involved report having no 
memory of the circumstances preceding their appearing in 
SCP-2861-1, though in nearly every recorded case, the individuals 
involved were clothed in sleepwear or similarly light garments. 
Additionally, in some instances, small objects similar to free hotel 
amenity items? have been discovered tucked into SCP-2861 victims’ 
clothing. Attempts to trace these products to a supplier are ongoing. 


Addendum 2861-1: Of all current survivors4, Mr. Jacob Van Dijk (34 
years old at time of recovery) has been deemed the most lucid. Mr. 
Van Dijk was recovered from the seventh instance of SCP-2861-1 to 
manifest, and was noted to have possessed an unusually calm 
demeanor during the initial extraction from the SCP-2861 -1 

instance, despite his having been transported into a coffin already 
occupied by a newly-buried corpse. 


Dr. de Graaf, the medical personnel member assigned to oversee 


different frequencies. These broadcasts maintain the same signal 
strength, no matter the physical location of SCP-338. Each 
broadcast appears to originate from a greatly different reality. With 
the exception of the one at 100.2 MHz, all broadcasts appear to be 
live and transmitted at the same date and time that they are 
received by SCP-338, as indicated by references to known natural 
disasters. The broadcast frequencies and a brief description of their 


Frequency Contents Primary Language(s) 

88.7 MHz orchestral music, Tagalog 
pieces unknown 

89.1 MHz talk radio, primarily | mixture of French and 
focused on politics & Mandarin 
sports 

91.8 MHz religious hymns and| Urdu 
chants, primarily 
Hindu 

94.5 MHz rap and tejano music, mixture of English and 
pieces unknown Zuni 

97.0 MHz heavy static, faint unknown 
voices heard, content 
unknown 

99.3 MHz smooth jazz, pieces | heavily distorted 
unknown Korean 

100.2 MHz emergency broadcast Latin 

101.7 MHz electronic/dance unknown/unidentified 
music, pieces 
unknown 

103.4 MHz minor static, country) Swahili 
music, pieces 
unknown 

104.9 MHz education programs Arabic 

107.9 MHz [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 


Although the music broadcasts are interesting from a cultural 
viewpoint, the talk-based broadcasts are the primary focus of 
analysis. The broadcast at 89.1 MHz references political scenarios 
extremely similar to those found in the United States of America, but 
describe actions and events 4-6 weeks before they occur in the 
Foundation's reality. Although the political situations appear 


Mr. Van Dijk's therapy sessions, is currently researching Mr. Van 
Dijk's atypical restraint in relation to other case studies involving 
SCP-2861. 


Addendum 2861-2: Currently, all known survivors of SCP-2861 
anomaly manifestations have exhibited behaviors believed to be 
consistent with DSM-5 diagnoses of Schizotypal personality 
disorder®. While attempted regularly, interviews with survivors 
capable of coherent speech do not often yield actionable data. (See 
Interview Log 2861- - for acase excerpt.) 


Interview Log 2861- - 


Note: This interview was conducted in Dutch and has 
been translated into English. 


Interviewer: Dr. Martijn de Graaf 
Interviewee: Mr. Jacob Van Dijk, retrieved from 
SCP-2861- on // 


Dr. de Graaf: Is the level of light to your preference, Mr. 
Jacobs? 


Mr. Van Dijk: It is a little too bright. 


Dr. de Graaf: If the lights are any dimmer you will not be 
able to see anything. 


Mr. Van Dijk: Yes. | miss that, truthfully. Closing my 
eyes helps me remember, but it is not quite the same. 


Dr. de Graaf: The same as what? 


Mr. Van Dijk: The same as sleeping like the dead. It was 
an experience. Like the most expensive spa. 


Dr. de Graaf: What do you think about when you close 
your eyes? 


Mr. Van Dijk: The graveyard.§ 


Dr. de Graaf: You wish to return there? 


Mr. Van Dijk: It is the most peaceful place that | know of. 
| am not surprised they were upset if some people did 
not like it. Maybe I will return on the next holiday. 


Dr. de Graaf: | understand. We will do our best to 
accommodate you. 


Mr. Van Dijk: Please put me back there sometime. It 
was so comfortable and quiet. 


+ Authorized personnel only. 


When the cemetery premises’ basement used for 
embalming no longer offered sufficient space for the 
number of individuals affected by SCP-2861, a new 
facility was constructed to serve as a space for 
psychiatric treatment. To the public, this building is 
explained as being a private crematorium for members of 
an undisclosed family. 


Thus far, no common or Foundation-developed 
treatments have permanently improved the mental health 
of SCP-2861 victims. Currently, the method that has 
received the most consistently positive reaction involves 
allowing the patients to sleep in specially-designed wall 
cavities lined with dirt. 


Note from Dr. de Graaf: The patients seem to 
respond best to someone else (or an 
automated system) letting them out after they 
are done sleeping. They prefer not to rely on 
themselves to choose when to get up. 


Addendum 2861-3: Trace samples of DNA, most commonly 
bloodstains and fragments of human fingernails, have been 
recovered from the woodwork of SCP-2861-1 instances. Carbon 
dating of these remains reveals that the oldest samples are 
estimated to be nearly 200 years old, while the most recent are 
dated at approximately 1970. In cases, genetic material from more 
than one individual was recovered from a single instance of 
SCP-2861-1. 


Asof //_ ,the Foundation has recovered _ individuals, living and 
newly-deceased, from SCP-2861-1 instances. It has been noted that 
consistently throughout these cases, those who suffered 
asphyxiation had panicked and damaged the corresponding coffin, 
while the survivors left the contents of their coffins undisturbed. 


Words carved into the coffin wood by victims of SCP-2861 have, as 
recently as // ,been accompanied by text etched into the wood 
reading, "Uw zorgen zijn genoteerd."” 


Footnotes 

1. Experimental data indicates that re-interring formerly-exhumed 
SCP-2861-1 instances does not cause the anomalous effects to re- 
manifest. Discussion is ongoing regarding the feasibility of removing 
all coffins from the cemetery. 

2. Later confirmed to be 21-year-old Lily . Further information 
on the individual's psychological state is currently unavailable, 
pending psychiatric treatment atthe clinic and Ms. 

regaining her ability to communicate verbally. 

3. Examples include small bottles of garlic-scented liquid soap, 
packets of unbranded tea mixed with leek stems, and cellophane- 
wrapped mints containing pieces of fennel. 

4. In the majority of recorded cases, victims of SCP-2861 expired 
from asphyxiation before Foundation personnel were able to reach 
them, despite all efforts to exhume graves quickly. 

5. Characterized by, among other symptoms, strange beliefs or 
magical thinking and abnormal perceptual experiences. 

6. Translated from "De begraafplaats", though the semantic 
equivalent is, "the place in which people are put underground". 

7. Rough translation from Dutch, "Your concerns are noted." 


« SCP-2860 | SCP-2861 | SCP-2862 » 


SCP-2862: Beholder 


Item #: SCP-2862 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2862 is blindfolded at all 
times. SCP-2862 is contained in an empty and featureless 15 sq m 
room. The area is painted black and contains a small, translucent 
perch and feeding bowl. The area is monitored at all times for visual 
aberrations. The feeding system is automated and deposits a live rat 
every five hours. 


In the case of containment breach, SCP-2862 is to be tranquilized 
and blindfolded immediately. Mobile task forces are instructed to 
approach the entity and obstruct its view as best as possible, taking 
priority to obstruct the view of objects that could prove especially 
hazardous if transmogrified. 


Description: SCP-2862 is an entity resembling a Northern White- 
faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis). |t is 25 cm in length and weighs 

3.4 kg. The entity behaves in a manner similar to the animal it 
resembles, showcasing typical cognition and problem solving skills. 
SCP-2862's behaviors might suggest that it has experienced its 
primary anomalous effects since hatching. 


Anomalous properties of SCP-2862 present themselves when 
SCP-2862 interacts with an object. SCP-2862 will interact with an 
object in a way that would suggest that it is further or closer from the 
object in question, not respective of the Euclidean location of the 
object. This effect does not always propagate, and SCP-2862 
commonly interacts with physical objects in a non-anomalous 
manner. This effect is believed to be triggered by SCP-2862's 
perception of its surroundings. 


SCP-2862 will "pull" objects toward it, causing them to become 
smaller relative to SCP-2862's perspective of said object. When this 


happens, an outside observer may see the affected object "scaling 
toward SCP-2862. In all cases, the transmogrified objects have 
increased radioactive activity, assumed to be due to the shift in 
molecular structure. Further testing is currently underway. 


SCP-2862's control over the effect is active and instinctive. 
Likelihood of predation in subjects is more likely the farther away 
from SCP-2862 that they are and whether or not SCP-2862 has 
been fed. 


A smell similar to ozone is discernible in SCP-2862's presence. 
Reasons for this anomaly are unknown. 


Addendum A: 


Event-002-A: D-0550 is instructed to maintain as much distance as 
possible between himself and SCP-2862. 


D-0550 enters the room and looks at SCP-2862. He 
slowly edges into the corner of the room. 


SCP-2862 watches D-0550, turning its head left and 
right. 


D-0550 slumps down on the floor against the wall, 
putting his hands over his eyes. Subject is mumbling to 
himself. 


SCP-2862 screeches, distancing itself from D-0550. 


D-0550, upon hearing the noise, jerks to his feet and 
retreats to another corner. 


No abnormal activity for fifteen minutes, although 
SCP-2862 is observing D-0550 closely for the duration. 


D-0550 scales toward SCP-2862's talons, and is now 
roughly 7 cm in length. SCP-2862 perches and begins 
feeding on the translocated D-0550 before researchers 
can intervene. D-0550 makes vocalizations, but the 
words are indiscernible. 


Event-002-B: D-0551 is instructed to approach SCP-2862. 
D-0551: Hey, Bird. 
D-0551 approaches SCP-2862. SCP-2862 retreats. 
D-0551: (laughing) Hey, come back. 


SCP-2862 assumes a defensive posture, spreading its 
wings. SCP-2862 begins bobbing and twisting its head. 


D-0551: Big little guy! 


D-0551 moves to touch SCP-2862. SCP-2862 screeches 
and contracts its body. 


SCP-2862 squints. 
D-0551: This fucker is cute! 


D-0551 begins screaming. D-0551's body appears to be 
slowly crushed vertically. 


D-0551 appears to be frozen in place, and is lifted 
slightly off of the ground. SCP-2862's head and eye 
movements reflect this. 


SCP-2862 twists its head 180 degrees. D-0551 revolves 
around SCP-2862, hammering into a wall. SCP-2862 
sharply twists its head clockwise and counterclockwise 
several more times. 


SCP-2862 cleans its feathers. 


« SCP-2861 | SCP-2862 | SCP-2863 » 


SCP-2863: ALP ECS 


Item #: SCP-2863 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the impermanent nature 
of SCP-2863 instances, long-term containment is functionally 
impossible. Should an instance of SCP-2863 be sighted in the field, 
Mobile Task Force Omicron-3 is to move in and neutralize the entity 
by the use of ultra-bright floodlights. Any civilians exposed to 
SCP-2863 are to be given Class-A amnestics and released. 


Description: SCP-2863 refers to a population of spectral entities 
resembling giant (approximately 30 meters tall) animated human 
skeletons that manifest within the borders of Japan. The exact 
number of SCP-2863 instances is not known, but at least 206 
separate individuals have been catalogued!. 


Instances of SCP-2863 will only appear after sunset, as they lose 
corporeal form if exposed to light brighter than approximately 1.1 
lux. The exact process by which this occurs is currently not 
understood. Disappearance in this manner is temporary, as 
instances have been sighted on nights following their neutralization. 
A possible side-effect of this phenomenon is SCP-2863’s inability to 
be photographed by any known means. Research into the nature 
and relationship between these phenomena is ongoing.