SCP-2437-1: [Subject looks up, appearing 
confused again for a moment.] Oh, right, 
Kersan. Is it time for dinner already? | didn't 
hear the bells being rung. 


Dr. : [Interviewer thinks for a moment.] 
Uhm, no, sir, it's not time for dinner. | only 
heard... | heard you weren't feeling well, sir. | 
came at Miss Mary's request to see how you 
were. 


SCP-2437-1: [Subject smirks.] Oh, that was 
sweet of her. | haven't been feeling well 
though, not at all... I've been feeling alone... 


I've been feeling alone for quite a long time. 
[Subject is silent for a moment.] Where did 
everyone go, Kersan? 


Dr. : | don't know, sir. Maybe you could 
tell me where we are and we could try and 
work from there? 


SCP-2437-1: Where are we? [Subject looks 
around at interior of SCP-2437.] |... | don't 
know... [Subject's face goes lax again and he 
begins to stare at the table.] 


Dr. : [Interviewer nods slightly and looks 
to someone outside range of the camera.] This 
is going to be a difficult one, | think. 
[Interviewer stands and moves to exit 
SCP-2437.] 


SCP-2437-1: [Subject looks up.] Don't go, son! 


Dr. : [Interviewer stops in his tracks and 
stands there for a few minutes.] ...| can't seem 
to move my legs... 


<End Log, 12:03 PM> 


Closing Statement: Dr. could not be 
removed from SCP-2437. He survived for 
sixteen months, during which he conducted 
several additional interviews and eventually 
reported fondness for SCP-2437-1, before his 
death at the hands of SCP-2437-1 on / /20 
(Incident 2437-A). All future interviews are to 
be conducted via drone. 


Incident 2437-B 


/ 120 : SCP-2437-1 begins speaking in a subdued tone 
to a person named "Mary" (No one else is present in 
SCP-2437). After approximately twelve minutes, the 


appendages combined with rampant tumor growth is responsible for 
delaying the initial identification. Genetic tests are consistent with 
human DNA with massive deleterious mutations. Attempted 
interviews with the subject (SGCP-267-A26) have discovered only that 
his language faculties have atrophied over the course of his 
imprisonment. 


Addendum 267-2: SCP-267 shows a marked preference for 
acquiring humans as compared to other mammals. This is likely a 
result of humans' long life span and fast metabolism compared to 
other prey. Human subjects provide 33% more cancerous matter per 
month than a similarly sized pig, and can be kept as larder animals 
until the expiration of their natural lifespan.’ This helps to explain 
forensic and anthropological evidence of human predation even at a 
time before habitat intrusion made such behavior inevitable. 


Footnotes 

1. There is some evidence that animals (including humans) may live 
longer than normal individuals of their species, perhaps due to some 
effect of SCP-267's venom or due to abnormal tumor growth. 
Further observation is necessary to substantiate this observation. 


« SCP-266 | SCP-267 | SCP-268 » 


interior of SCP-2437 changes. Recording devices 
outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a black 
space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are moved 
around to various, newly created locations within 
SCP-2437. Attached is a video log from best positioned 
recording device. 


[Video captures back of a purple velvet love 
seat in front of a lit fireplace. Location is 
otherwise unlit. Two heads can be seen above 
the rim of the love seat. One is assumed to be 
a younger version of SCP-2437-1, estimated 
age of twenty two. The other is an unidentified 
woman with red hair, assumed to be the figure 
SCP-2437-1 was referring to as "Mary". The 
sounds of an infant can be heard. Several 
minutes of silence pass before any words are 
spoken.] 


Mary: I'm glad the war is over. You have no 
idea how much I've been worried about you. 


SCP-2437-1: [Laughing.] Oh, you didn't have 
to be worried about me. Not even a single 
weapon they dreamt up could do anything 
after | decided to show up. 


Mary: That's not what | meant... [Momentary 
silence.] ...1 hear stories of what happened out 
there. Things they say you did... Most of the 
rest of the world is gone; they say that it's your 
doing... [Momentary silence.] ...I'm afraid the 
war may have changed you. 


[The room remains quiet for a few moments.] 


SCP-2437-1: Well, have | changed? You 
would know better than anyone. Am | still the 
same boy who used to chase the Grinson's cat 
around the village with you? 


Mary: [Laughing.] Well, you're certainly not the 
same boy, and I'm not the same girl, you know 
that... We're living in a mansion the size of the 
entire village, and I'm learning how to treat 
with princesses and princes. We're not those 
children anymore. 


SCP-2437-1: Well... | think that's your answer. 
We've both changed, but change can be good. 


[The room remains quiet for a moment.] 
Mary: | suppose so... 


[A moment later, SCP-2437-1 and the interior 
of the crate return to their usual state. ] 


It is suspected that SCP-2437-1 was recreating a 
memory in this incident. 


Note: Recording devices inside SCP-2437 have been 
upgraded to mobile drones. 


Incident 2437-C 


/ 120 : SCP-2437-1 begins scowling at the table, 
mumbling indistinctly. This lasts for approximately thirty 
seconds before the interior of SCP-2437 changes ina 
way similar to Incident 2437-B. Recording devices 
outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a black 
space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are moved 
around to various, newly created locations within 
SCP-2437, mostly on snow covered hills. Mobile drones 
begin taking off and scouting surrounding area. Video 
reveals interior of SCP-2437 to have grown to contain 
excessive space, and it has been estimated that interior 
of SCP-2437 was larger than Earth. 


Terrain appears lifeless at all locations during 
exploration. After several hours, it is determined that the 
stars overhead are going out, and multiple instances of 


[DATA EXPUNGED] can be clearly seen, taking their 
place. Twenty-four hours into exploration, no sun has 
risen. 


After thirty hours, drone F locates object with 
appearance similar to SCP-2437. Object differs from 
SCP-2437 by being several kilometers tall, wide, and 
deep. One side of object is open, and a miniature sun 
can be seen illuminating green countryside within object. 
Crowds of people estimated to number in the millions are 
imaged rushing to get inside. 


On a nearby hill, two figures can be seen. One is 
believed to be SCP-2437-1 in his mid forties. (Note: 
SCP-2437-1 lacked facial scar.) The other is a red 
headed man in his early twenties, hypothesized to be the 
son of SCP-2437-1. (Note: This has been confirmed by 
Incident 2437-D.) The young man seems visibly afraid, 
staring across the crowds of people. Drone attempts to 
approach, but SCP-2437-1 looks up, noticing drone, and 
interior of SCP-2437 returns to its usual state. 


Incident 2437-D 


/ [20 : Asecond wooden seat appears within 
SCP-2437. A moment later, a balding man in his early 
fifties, an older version of the young man recorded in 
Incident 2437-C, materializes in seat. SCP-2437-1 is 
seen regressing to an age of approximately seventy, 
scar fading away. Attached is a video log from events 
that follow. 


SCP-2437-1: Where are we, son? 
Son: It's the ark, father. 


SCP-2437-1: [Looks around, blinking, 
confused.] No... | made the ark larger than 
this. Where are all the cities? The farms? 
Where are the people? 


Son: You destroyed the cities. You erased the 
farms. You... made the people into... other 
things. 


SCP-2437-1: Nonsense! Why would | do that? 
| made the ark to protect them. To save them 
from the encroaching end, why would | kill 
them? 


[The younger man does not respond. Silence 
lingers for a few moments.] 


SCP-2437-1: Where is the sun | crafted, then? 


[The younger man points to the candle on the 
table.] 


SCP-2437-1: [Scoffs.] Where is my friend, 
General Silister? Maybe | can get him to tell 
me where | am. 


Son: [Momentary silence.] He led the last few 
survivors against you about twelve years ago. 


SCP-2437-1: [Appears taken aback for a 
moment.] Nonsense! | loved that man. He was 
with me through the war and was my friend for 
decades after that! He is your godfather, for 
Karde's sake. Why would he attack me? 


Son: [Allows the question to hang for a few 
moments, before giving an unrelated 
response.] He was the last one left alive 
besides us two, until | begged you to let him 
die... 


SCP-2437-1: [Stunned silence.] | don't know 
what has gotten into you, young man! Where 
is your mother! MARY! 


[Younger man put his head into his hands.] 


SCP-2437-1: MARY! Where are you! 
Son: You killed mom when | was fifteen, dad. 


SCP-2437-1: MARY! [Stands up from seat and 
begins to walk around table.] MARY! [Tone 
seems panicked.] WHERE ARE YOU! 


[Younger man and his seat disappear. 
SCP-2437-1 ages again and his scar 
reappears. SCP-2437-1 continues to walk in 
circles for several more hours, calling for 
Mary.] 


Incident 2437-E 


/ /20 : A faint sound similar to a pen scratching at 
paper can be heard. After approximately twenty five 
minutes, the interior of SCP-2437 changes. Recording 
devices outside SCP-2437 display object's interior as a 
black space. Recording devices inside SCP-2437 are 
moved around to newly created locations and are 
rendered immobile. All recording devices record 
locations covered in mountains of papers of various size, 
each page covered with illegible text written in ink. One 
recording device was positioned well enough to capture 
some audio. The voices of three separate individuals 
have been identified, one of which has been confirmed 
as a Child-form SCP-2437-1. 


[A man can be heard mumbling, as the 
scratching of a pen on paper from before 
continues. A child's voice can be heard after 
some time.] 


Child: Have you thought about our offer then? 
Have you come to a decision? 


[A second child's voice replies.] 


SCP-2437-1: Yeah, | want to do it. 


At this point, all audio cuts out. Interior of SCP-2437 
remains unchanging for forty nine hours, before reverting 
to its usual state. 


« SCP-2436 | SCP-2437 | SCP-2438 » 


SCP-2438: There Is No Hunger in the Lee of the 
Stone 


Item #: SCP-2438 
Item Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Bio-Site-34, Satellite Annex 5 
has been constructed around SCP-2438. This facility has been 
constructed as an independent BSL-2-compliant campus. 
Researchers assigned to SCP-2438 must eat in the Annex cafeteria 
to enable caloric monitoring. Personnel must not remain in 
SCP-2438 for more 6 consecutive hours at any time. 


SCP-2438 personnel must attend regular counseling sessions, and 
researchers who display impaired judgement are to be transferred to 
other projects. Additionally, personnel may voluntarily transfer at any 
time. 


Personnel transferring away from SCP-2438 are to be confined to 
Bio-Site-34's Medical Wing for a minimum of 14 days for observation 
and withdrawal treatment. Per directives of the Ethics Committee, 
SCP-2438 personnel will have preferential assignment to Sites with 
addiction support groups for the remainder of their employment. 


Personnel are to be made fully aware of these procedures before 
accepting assignment to SCP-2438. 


Description: SCP-2438 is an immobile, roughly cylindrical area 5 m 
in height and 6 m in diameter located in rural Cumbria, UK. Any 
living being possessing an open digestive system! that enters 
SCP-2438 will soontaneously develop an infection of a protozoan 
intestinal parasite, designated SCP-2438-1. SCP-2438-1 cells will 
survive and reproduce while the host remains within SCP-2438, but 
the parasite will die and rapidly decompose as soon as the host 
exits the anomaly. To date, all attempts to remove living or inert 
samples of SCP-2438-1 from SCP-2438 have failed. As such, all 


research on SCP-2438-1 must be conducted within SCP-2438. 


Hosts of SCP-2438-1 infections display anomalous efficiency at 
deriving chemical energy from food, deriving more energy than is 
chemically feasible. Humans within SCP-2438 can survive on less 
than 200 kCal per day.2 In addition, consuming food before entering 
or while in SCP-2438 leads to intense energetic feelings, with an 
effect proportional to the amount of calories consumed and the time 
since ingestion. 


Consuming a snack or sweetened beverage (200-250 kCal) is 
sufficient to induce intense euphoria, heightened self-confidence, 
irritability, and paranoia. Consuming a full meal (400-500 kCal) can 
lead to respiratory failure, cerebral hemorrhage, or death. 


These effects rapidly fade as anomalous digestion reaches 
completion or the host leaves SCP-2438's boundary. As a result, 
exposed personnel are highly likely to display addictive behavior 
towards SCP-2438 and may suffer withdrawal when removed. 


SCP-2438 was originally marked with a 3 m menhir, or standing 
stone monument, which was later determined to be non-anomalous. 
This stone bore markings associated with various Celtic hearth 
deities dating back to 200 BCE, although many of these had later 
been vandalized and replaced with Celtic Christian imagery of 
loaves and fishes. 


Selected SCP-2438/SCP-2438-1 Research Documents 


Continued Exposure Studies, Trial 1 

Start Date: 1/27/1998 

Subjects: 

- 20 x Rattus norvegicus, Foundation R-21b strain 

- 30 x Mesocricetus auratus,4 Foundation M-12 strain 


Procedures: R. norvegicus, and M. auratus are to be 
contained in individual self-cleaning cages with air- 
gapped feeding systems. Examination and dissection 
equipment will be rotated into SCP-2438 as needed. 


Results: Trial aborted at day 12. By this point, 13 FR. 


norvegicus and 24 M. auratus had expired from cardiac 
disorders or hemorrhages, with onset highly correlated 
with feeding times. It is believed that these deaths were 
related to accidental overfeeding. 


Continued Exposure Studies, Trial 2 
Start Date: 1/27/1998 


Research note: In addition to long-term exposure trials, 
human trials were deemed essential in order to 
investigate cognitive effects and to gauge the safety of 
exposure for personnel. Given the urgency of both 
objectives and a desire to maximize use of the limited 
research space, Trials 1 and 2 were implemented 
concurrently. 


Subjects: 3 x Homo sapiens 

- D-2438-7 (Male, age 21, 80 kg) 

- D-2438-14 (Male, age 50, 68 kg) 

- D-2438-15 (Female, age 25, 59 kg) 


Procedures: D-Class subjects are to be shackled to a 
structural post to prevent them from leaving SCP-2438. 
Medical equipment, furniture/oedding, exercise 
equipment, and physiological monitoring devices are to 
be rotated into the area of effect as necessary. Autopsy 
within SCP-2438 may be conducted at the discretion of 
the Lead Researcher. 


Results: 

Day 3: Feeding with rations was replaced with an 
intravenous, time-locked dextrose solution due to 
increasingly aggressive and erratic behavior in the 
subjects. 


Day 6: Apparently believing it has caloric value, 
D-2438-15 consumed 1.8 L of USP (95% pure) ethanol 
which had been left unattended on a lab bench. 
D-2438-15 immediately showed signs of extreme 
distress as well as symptoms of severe alcohol 
poisoning. After a decision by the Lead Researcher that 


nothing useful about SCP-2438-1 could be learned from 
this incident, the subject was removed from SCP-2438’s 
area of effect and taken to the medical wing for 
emergency treatment. Subject is not expected to 
recover. 


Day 12: During a rotation of security personnel, 
D-2438-7 and D-2438-14 overpowered their guards, 
entered the animal trial area, and killed the remaining R. 
norvegicus and M. auratus. D-2438-14 was successfully 
restrained, but D-2438-7 consumed 4 animal carcasses 
and subsequently expired from acute myocardial 
infarction. 


Continued exposure trials with humans have been 
discontinued indefinitely.