At the colony, swarms of worker caste SCP-267 emerge to transport 
the victim inside. Workers remove foreign aromas, carefully check 
for parasites, and physically dismantle the organism's means of 
locomotion to prevent escape. By this time, tissues directly exposed 
to venom have begun to exhibit abnormal cell division. Within 24 
hours, undifferentiated masses of tissue are visible at every bite 
location. The tumors arise spontaneously but seem to target skin 
and fatty tissues, as growths they are less likely to threaten vital 
organ systems. This has the added benefit to SCP-267 of producing 
a high concentration of energy-rich lipids for consumption. The 
tumors grow continuously until a few days after the larder animal's 
death. 


Because of the rapid tumorigenesis, larders have massive caloric 
needs. Workers masticate and regurgitate root pulp to provide the 
larders with nutrition. They seem to distinguish cancerous from 
healthy tissue by its scent, and remove tumors for consumption 
once they have "ripened" to a desirable size. Workers have been 
observed licking and tending to larder animals to keep them clean 
and healthy. Larder animals last between 12 weeks and years, 
depending on the species, and supply all of the colony’s food. Many 
months typically elapse between SCP-267’s forays to the surface. 


Members of SCP-267 are violently territorial and respond with 
overwhelming force to any intrusion into their caves. With sufficient 
food they are capable of extremely rapid reproduction, a fact that 
has become particularly threatening since the extinction of their 
primary predator, : 


Addendum 267-1: Bones from human beings have been uncovered 
in multiple waste areas within the caves, dating back several 
thousand years. Because of the difficulties in operating inside the 
nest, a full forensic survey of these leavings is unfeasible. Nineteen 
months after containment was first established, larder A-26 was 
discovered to be human, possibly , who disappeared along 
with his parents on a family trip in 19 , atthe age of . The lack of 


journal and do not intend to without 
permission. If you acquire another like it | can 
promise not to affect it in a similar way. In the 
future, | will supply all necessary means of 
communication myself. 


Notes: Subsequently to this, Bjartur almost immediately 
agreed to the terms given by SCP-2436-1, after a 
request that SCP-2436-1 "please be very careful with 
[his] horses," mentioning that they were difficult to 
acquire. SCP-2436-1 responded with an emphatic 
assurance that it intended to do so. 


+ 1791-08-12 
Entry written by SCP-2436-1. 


| have received news that the reverend in 

has passed away. This grieves 
me greatly, and | wish to extend my 
condolences. If every village had a reverend 
like him, | might be able to leave this place. 
Unfortunately, | do not think his like will be 
seen again for some time. | would appreciate it 
if you would inform his widow that |, too, mourn 
his loss the next time you visit 


Notes: A week later, Bjartur claimed to have informed the 
reverend's widow, , of SCP-2436-1's 
message. Bjartur makes no further claims within former 
SCP-2436-2 instances of communicating to any 
individuals outside of his wife and children regarding the 
existence of SCP-2436-1, and it is indeterminate to what 
degree any individuals not living in close proximity to 
SCP-2436-1 were aware of it at this time. 


+ 1831-02-27 to 1831-03-01 


1831-02-27. Entry written by Asmundur 
Bjartursson and SCP-2436-1. 


Asmundur: |, Asmundur Bjartursson, have 
always heard from my father that you, the elf 
living under my home, have promised to 
protect my father and his heirs so long as we 
live here and stay out of your hole. | have read 
my father's journals and | have witnessed your 
promises. | write to you now to tell you that you 
have not kept your promises. My sister, Lara 
Bjartursdottir, has disappeared while cleaning 
the stables. She has not taken food with her. 
She has not taken a blanket. | have been out 
all night looking for her and found nothing. My 
sister has disappeared from the home you 
have promised to protect. | demand that you 
find her. | demand that you make her safe. 


SCP-2436-1: | intend to. 


1831-03-01. Entry written by Asmundur 
Bjartursson and SCP-2436-1. 


Asmundur: Thank you for the recovery of my 
sister, Lara. We have been worried sick here 
these past few days. Lara has told me that you 
found her hungry and bleeding and lost and 
did not leave her until she was sated and 
whole and home. |, Asmundur Bjartursson, 
apologize for writing that you did not keep your 
promise. 


SCP-2436-1: You are very welcome. In the 
future, please do not hesitate to inform me of 
problems like this. | am busy down here, but | 
know that your sister is beset by terrors, and | 
take my promises very seriously. Her safety, 
and that of all your father's heirs, is very 
important to me. 


Notes: This is the first known occurrence of usage of an 
SCP-2436-2 instance to communicate with SCP-2436-1 
by an individual other than Bjartur Eirikursson. More 
significantly, this is the only recorded mention throughout 
the former SCP-2436-2 instances of SCP-2436-1 leaving 
its tunnel for any period of time. Judging by previous 
entries in SCP-2436-2 instances by Bjartur and 
subsequent entries by Asmundur, the 'terrors' that Lara 
Bjartursdottir was beset by appear to be hallucinations 
caused by a non-anomalous schizophrenia spectrum 
disorder. 


+ 1949-06-05 


Entry determined to be written by Armann 
Olvirsson and SCP-2436-1. 


Armann: Hjértur drove down to 

yesterday to visit the girl he's sweet on. When 
he got back, he told me that the closer he got 
to , the worse the roads got, and even the 
road going west towards looked like it 
was in worse repair than the one going home. 
You know, our road isn't paved properly, right? 
It's just dirt. Driving back and forth from 

like we do, it should be torn to hell by now. Is 
that your doing? 


SCP-2436-1: | have always tried to help make 
life on this farm easier for your family, where | 
can. 


Notes: Following discovery of this entry, Site 431 
personnel dug a trench inside the road leading to the 
village of , about a kilometer outside of Site 
431 in order to test if SCP-2436-1 would repair it. After a 
period of one month, no anomalous change to the trench 
was detected and it was filled in by Site 431 personnel. It 
is uncertain if SCP-2436-1's ability to affect the soil 
further than two kilometers from its location is inhibited, 


or if it was unwilling to produce a similar effect for the 
benefit of Foundation personnel as it was for Site 431's 
previous inhabitants. SCP-2436-1 was unresponsive to 
questioning on the subject. 


However, following this event, a soil survey of Site 431 
was carried out and it was noted that the area of Site 431 
contains an abnormally (though not necessarily 
anomalously) high level of nutrients suitable to the 
growth of grass suitable for horse feed. 


+ 1987-12-10 
Written by SCP-2436-1. 


There is another heir of Hjértur Armannsson | 
will have to insist you begin including as a 
recipient of the monthly stipend we have 
agreed on. Her name is Emilia Heimirsdottir 
and although she is only 16 and not agreed to 
be an adult by either the laws of the Republic 
of Iceland, where she was born, or the 
Kingdom of Denmark, where she currently 
resides, she is currently living independently 
with no income in the city of Aarhus. This is 
unacceptable. It is a moral necessity that she 
be included as a recipient of the agreed 
stipend. She has no access to a bank account 
and no fixed address, and so transferring 
funds to her may be more complicated than to 
the other heirs, but | have confidence in your 
organization's ability to fulfill its obligations. 


Notes: Emilia Heimirsdottir was located by Foundation 
agents in Aarhus following a brief investigation and an 
arrangement to distribute a portion of the stipend 
associated with the profits of the farm located at Site 431 
were made. In the course of investigation, many 
questioned individuals in Aarhus did not recognize the 
name Emilia Heimirsdottir but gave and responded to a 
description of her as 'the girl with the old diary.’ Given 


that the active SCP-2436-2 instance immediately prior to 
Foundation seizure of the location of Site 431 has yet to 
be recovered, an investigation was initiated to discover if 
it was in Emilia's possession. For a period of three 
weeks, no Foundation agent reported witnessing her 
carrying any item that could plausibly be described as an 
old diary. 23 days into the investigation, Emilia was seen 
carrying a leatherbound journal of dissimilar proportions 
and composition to all known SCP-2436-2 instances. On 
recovery of this item by Foundation agents, it was 
analyzed and determined to have no anomalous 
properties, then returned to Emilia. Attempts to locate 
the missing SCP-2436-2 instance are ongoing. 


Addendum 2: SCP-2436-1's exact location underground is difficult 
to ascertain. Use of sonar and other imaging technologies invariably 
results in pictures of completely solid ground throughout the 
projected area of the tunnel SCP-2436-1 inhabits. Additionally, 
because personnel sent to investigate the tunnel invariably return to 
the surface either claiming to have found the tunnel impossible to 
navigate, or having become SCP-2436-3 instances, attempts to 
explore the tunnel manually have been halted indefinitely. Following 
experiment series B, attempts to explore the tunnel through use of 
drones, or to penetrate the tunnel from another location have been 
halted indefinitely. 


+ Experiment Series B Log 


Experiment B-1, 1973-06-08: Six camera-mounted 
drones were sent into the tunnel in four hour intervals 
over the course of one day. 


Result: All drones sent into the tunnel immediately shut 
down upon going deeper than five meters past the 
entrance. Five of the drones were recovered outside the 
tunnel a week later. A message was found in 
SCP-2436-2 shortly beforehand, stating, "You may have 
most of these back, but | will need to keep one for 
examination." All five drones resumed normal operation 
once removed from Site 431. 


Experiment B-2, 1973-06-11: Excavation equipment was 
brought to dig into the tunnel from the side, attempting to 
bypass SCP-2436-1's ability to control what is able to 
reach it through the tunnel. 


Result: All excavation equipment shut down after digging 
further than one meter into the ground near the tunnel. 
No cause for shut-down could be ascertained. When 
removed from Site 431, all equipment resumed normal 
function. No new messages found in SCP-2436-2 


Experiment B-3, 1973-06-13: Manual excavation was 
attempted through use of simple hand tools. 


Result: The digging end of each hand tool was invariably 
broken off from the handle shortly after excavation 
began, irrespective of the tool's material composition. No 
method of avoiding this result evident. No new messages 
found in SCP-2436-2. 


Experiment B-4, 1974-06-13: D-Class personnel were 
instructed to excavate the area manually, without the 
assistance of tools. 


Result: SCP-2436-2 began to shake violently eleven 
minutes after the experiment began, and continued to 
shake for another three minutes until a researcher 
opened it. Inside, a new message stating "Please do not 
make me do this." was found written. Experiment 
aborted. 


Footnotes 
1. Icelandic and Faroese term meaning "hidden people." 


2. Original founder of the farm upon which Site 431 is now located 


and direct ancestor of Hjértur Armannsson, owner of the farm 
immediately prior to its seizure by the Foundation. 


« SCP-2435 | SCP-2436 | SCP-2437 » 


SCP-2437: The Man in the Box 


Item #: SCP-2437 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2437 is to be kept in 
containment vault Tophat-3. Tophat-3 and the interior of SCP-2437 
are to be video monitored at all times for potential changes to the 
environment. No personnel are to enter SCP-2437 under any given 
circumstance. 


Description: SCP-2437 appears to be a wooden crate measuring 2 
meters tall by 2 meters wide by 8 meters long which usually contains 
one wood table, one wax candle, one wood stool, and one sapient 
humanoid (designated SCP-2437-1). Tests involving this crate and 
its contents have indicated a resistance to damage not in line with 
their apparent wooden construction. 


SCP-2437-1 appears as an overweight human male of advanced 
age with long hair and a distinctly high number of liver spots. A long 
scar traces along the left side of the subject's head, originating in an 
empty eye socket, extending over a bald spot on the left side of the 
head, and terminating at the rear of the scalp. This entity exhibits 
symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and has been observed to talk to 
people who are not present, or to personnel assuming they are 
acquaintances from its past, making interviews difficult. 


SCP-2437-1 has displayed the ability to freely manipulate its 
appearance and reality inside SCP-2437, creating and destroying 
matter and warping the interior of SCP-2437 into various shapes 
and sizes, even creating interiors that the exterior of SCP-2437 
should not be able to contain. However, SCP-2437-1 has proven to 
be unaware and completely unable to affect the world outside of 
SCP-2437. 


It has been noted that, while SCP-2437-1 has proven able to create 


objects of organic matter, and these objects can also be ambulatory, 
none have, to date, displayed life signs. It is suspected that 
SCP-2437-1 puppets them with its reality manipulating abilities, 
despite his belief that they are fully real people. 


SCP-2437 was recovered from SCP-2423 on / /20 . 


Addendum A: Attached are abridged video logs including initial 
interview of SCP-2437-1 and several reconstruction events. For 
more complete video logs, refer to Tophat-3 Logs in hard drives 
ROO6 and ROO7. 


Interview 2437-A 
Interviewed: SCP-2437-1. 
Interviewer: Dr. 


Foreword: Initial access into SCP-2437 had 
been established shortly before beginning of 
interview. A small video recorder was set up 
just outside of SCP-2437 and a microphone 
brought into the crate. Purpose of interview is 
to establish nature of SCP-2437-1. 


<Begin Log, 11:20 AM> 


[SCP-2437-1 seems mildly confused, looking 
up and blinking as interviewer enters. ] 


Dr. : Hello? Can you understand me? 


SCP-2437-1: [Subject smiles.] Of course | can 
understand you, General. What are you doing 
here? Aren't you usually down at your home 
on Lake Arview this time of year? 


Dr. : |... what? I'm sorry, my name is Dr. 
. We have never met be— 


SCP-2437-1: [Interrupting.] Nonsense, 
General! I've known you since | was a young 


boy! It's grand to see you! [Subject rises and 
embraces Dr. .] Now, please, have a seat! 
At ease! [Subject gestures jovially anda 
wooden chair appears. | 


Dr. : [Interviewer considers the chair for a 
moment, giving it an experimental tap before 
taking a seat.] Well, uh, it's been some time 
hasn't it? | thought it would be good to come 
up and visit. How have you been? 


SCP-2437-1: [Subject laughs loudly.] Oh, I've 
been well, but you know how it is! When you're 
running the entire world you don't have much 
time to do anything! But Mary and the boy are 
doing well! | bet you will want to see them! 
MARY! Come here, General Bagroan has 
come to visit! [Subject waits for a moment.] 
Mary?! [Subject turns in seat and observes 
wall of SCP-2437.] Oh... she's not... where... 
[Subject's face goes lax as he looks about 
SCP-2437 for a few moments before 
beginning to stare at his hands in his lap.] 


Dr. : [Interviewer waits for a few seconds 
before speaking again.] Sir?