Description: SCP-414 is a phenomenon that targets asocial 
humans and is categorized into two derivative effects, SCP-414-1 
and SCP-414-2. The asociality may range from minor introversion to 
complete isolation. SCP-414 primarily affects individuals under the 
NEET! demographic with no regional preferences. SCP-414 begins 
when a humanoid in a circular mask, referred to as SCP-414-1, 
appears in front of a targeted human. SCP-414-1 typically claims to 
be an employee for a local social work organization. 


Date: 09.30.20 

Researcher: Dr. Patel 

Subject: D-2524, a 28-year old male subject. 
Test Results: 


* Command: One 
* Outcome: "She was pretty, but, you know, kind of boring." 


* Command: Two 
* Outcome: "| always wanted to try twins..." 


* Command: Three 
* Outcome: "That was weird. Instead of a girl, it was this shiny 
metallic triangular thing. | didn't even know where to put it." 


* Command: Four 

* Outcome: "It was a girl, but all messed up and angular. She 
looked like she was made of Legos, like a Minecraft 
character." 


* Command: The number "e" 
* Outcome: "Whoa! Crazy bitch! Tiger in the sack, but a little 
scary." 


* Command: Zero 
* Outcome: "That was really creepy. It was all black and | just 
felt like | was getting, you know, drained." 


Date: 11.14.20 

Researcher: Dr. Morrison 

Subject: D-2526, a 22-year old male subject. 
Test Results: 


* Command: Freedom 
* Outcome: "That was awesome. | was flying and it was like the 
sky itself was doing stuff to me..." 


* Command: Capitalism 
* Outcome: "| don't remember anything about it other than the 
fact that | just got fucked." 


Date: 


Command: Los Angeles Police Department 
Outcome: "That was frightening and brutal. Also, Dr. Dre was 
there for some reason." 


Command: Australia 
Outcome: "She was amazing, up until the point when she 
grew fangs and tried to bite me." 


Command: Recursion 
Outcome: "Go fuck yourself too, doctor. You sick fuck." 


12.13.20 


Researcher: Dr. Lamb 
Subject: D-3922, a 21-year old female subject. 
Test Results: 


Command: Famine 
Outcome: "| almost felt sorry for her... she was so thin and 
wispy it felt like | was going to break her." 


Command: Pestilence 
Outcome: "| feel like | should've gotten a rash from him." 


Command: War 
Outcome: "I've never really been a fan of after-argument sex. 
Feels wrong to me." 


Command: Conquest 
Outcome: "Well, now | know I'm a domme." 


Command: Death 
Outcome: Subject comatose upon removal. Upon awakening 
3 days later, she refused to speak about her experience. 


Date: 1.27.20 

Researcher: Dr. Little 

Subject: D-3698, a 26-year old female subject. 
Test Results: 


Command: The future 


Outcome: "That was the biggest orgy EVER." 


Command: 1933 
Outcome: "That girl had so many edges, | was scared I'd get 
cut!" 


Command: The year 1933 
Outcome: "We were in some run down shack, so | knew a 
shower afterwards was off the table." 


Command: The year 1287 
Outcome: "He chained me to a wall. The only thing that kept 
me out of the mood was the bearded guy next to me..." 


Command: The year 2387 
Outcome: "So. Many. Goats." 


Command: The end of the world as we know it 
Outcome: "All the members of REM came at me all at once 
and..." 


Command: The apocalypse 
Outcome: "There was this giant soda can. It was so pathetic, | 


wouldn't even call what we did a ‘bang’. 


SCP-3237: A Man Who is Not Cold 


Item #: SCP-3237 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the intangible nature of 
SCP-3237, containment is based upon securing the subject's 
cooperation. Should SCP-3237 become uncooperative the use of a 
non-lethal auditory cognitohazard has been approved!. 


SCP-3237 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment 
cell outfitted with two thermal-imaging cameras. Cameras are to be 
monitored at all times. Security staff are to be alerted should 
SCP-3237 attempt to leave its cell unless accompanied by a staff 
member with a minimum of Level 3 Clearance. Site-31 itself is 
equipped with thermal-imaging cameras for tracking movements of 
SCP-3237. 


All recovered instances of SCP-3237-A are currently stored in 
Storage Facility EuF-13. 


Description: SCP-3237 is a humanoid entity approximately 188 cm 
in height, with no observable physical mass. The only indication of 
SCP-3237's existence is an anomalous temperature reading from 
the area that SCP-3237 currently occupies. 


Two different temperatures have been recorded from SCP-3237: A 
consistent -34.8°C in the area roughly corresponding to SCP-3237's 
'skin', and an inconsistent 400-600°C2 throughout the rest of 
SCP-3237's ‘body’, including exposed areas such as the eyes or 
inside of the mouth. The temperature of SCP-3237 itself has been 
shown to have no effect on the surrounding environment’. However, 
materials within SCP-3237 will affect the surrounding environment 
as normal. 


Any matter+ occupying the same space as SCP-3237 will 


instantaneously become the same temperature as SCP-3237, and 
may subsequently sustain damage from thermal strain. Upon 
removal, material will react normally with surrounding environment. 
SCP-3237 has expressed no discomfort with passing through solid 
objects, and has stated that it cannot feel any difference between 
materials in different states of matter. 


SCP-3237 claims to have at one point been human, though is only 
able to provide limited information about its former identity®. Visual 
examination suggests SCP-3237 is 'physically' a male between the 
ages 20-40, and linguistic knowledge and patterns suggest a 
Russian origin. 


SCP-3237-A is the designation given to 237 human bodies, each 
with an internal temperature of exactly 26°C. Instances of 
SCP-3237-A have shown no signs of decomposition during 
containment. See Addendum-3237-4 for details. 


Addendum-3237-1 - Initial Discovery: SCP-3237 was brought to 
Foundation attention in December of 2000, when a local news 
channel in Waverly, Nebraska aired an interview with a Roger 
Carlson, who claimed to have captured footage of a 'temperature 
ghost’ through a thermal camera. The footage showed SCP-3237 
waving, pointing and gesturing at the camera in an apparent attempt 
to initiate communication with Carlson. Foundation field agents 
successfully propagated a cover story of it being a hoax created by 
Carlson and temporary Site 31-27a was established to identify and 
contain the anomaly. 


Contact was made on 12/09/2000, when the words ‘Please bring 
blank paper’ were found burned into a copy of a report at 
Site-31-27a. When several sheets of blank paper were brought into 
the room, SCP-3237 proceeded to communicate by burning words 
onto the paper. An impromptu interview was conducted by Dr. 
Glenshaw, and is transcribed below. 


Open Interview Log 3237-1 
Interviewed: SCP-3237 


Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw 


Foreward: Initial assumptions were that 
SCP-3237 was somehow dependent on paper 
to communicate, thus Dr. Glenshaw was 
instructed to communicate with SCP-3237 via 
writing. 


<Begin Log, 11:37 am> 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Hello. | am Doctor 
Raymond Glenshaw. Can you understand me? 


SCP-3237: Yes, though not as well as | would 
like. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Why is that? 


SCP-3237: | have been trying to learn English, 
and | believe | have grasped it, but | am still 
having some trouble sometimes. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Would you prefer 
another language? 


SCP-3237: No, | will use English. The best 
way to learn is to practice, after all. Besides, | 
doubt you know Russian. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] | do not. Can you tell 
me about yourself? Who are you? 


SCP-3237: | can, a little. | am in the room, 
though | am invisible. Things burn when | 
touch them, like this paper. Please be careful, | 
am very hot. | would tell you my name, but | 
cannot remember it. | do not know much else 
about my current state. | apologize. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] That's alright. Can you 
tell me why you are here? 


SCP-3237: You are the SCP Foundation, 
correct? You contain strange things like me? 


Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] [written] That is 
correct. How are you aware of this? 


SCP-3237: This building was empty before, 
and | wanted to know who was moving in. | 
read your reports as you wrote them. You are 
trying to find me, and are not scared by things 
like me. That is why | wanted to speak with 
you. | am supposed to be contained. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] You want to be 
contained? 


SCP-3237: Yes. Like | said, | am very hot. | do 
not wish to burn things that would hurt other 
people. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] We'll see what we can 
do. Thank you for your cooperation. 


SCP-3237: You are welcome. A question, if | 
may? 


Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Go ahead. 


SCP-3237: Why do you keep writing 
everything? It is difficult to read. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] Can you hear me? 


SCP-3237: Of course. Did you assume | could 
not? 


Dr. Glenshaw: Oh, uh... yes, actually. 
SCP-3237: That is quite funny. 
<End Log, 11:54 am> 


Closing Statement: Subject was designated 
SCP-3237 and transported to Site-31 for 
containment. Current containment procedures 


were established shortly thereafter. 


Addendum-3237-2 - Interview Log 3237-2: Below is the first 
interview conducted after containment was established. 


Open Interview Log 3237-2 
Interviewed: SCP-3237 
Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw 
<Begin Log, 3:30 pm> 
Dr. Glenshaw: Good afternoon, SCP-3237. 


SCP-3237: Hello, Doctor. Is that to be my 
name? 


Dr. Glenshaw: It's your designation, yes. 


SCP-3237: | have not had a name in a while. 
Hello, | am SCP-3237. It is nice to be speaking 
with you. 


Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] Likewise. Now, | 
wanted to ask more about your current 
condition. 


SCP-3237: | will provide any answer | can, 
though | do not know much. My memory from 
before | woke up like this is unclear. 


Dr. Glenshaw: From before? You haven't 
always been in this state? 


SCP-3237: Oh no, | have not. Did | not say 
that before? 


Dr. Glenshaw: You haven't, no. 


SCP-3237: Sorry about that. Yes, | was 
human once, | believe. It was a while ago, 


though | am not sure how long exactly. It might 
have been late in the year, because | 
remember it being cold. 


Dr. Glenshaw: Do you remember where you 
were at the time? 


SCP-3237: | do not have a word for it, but 
when | try and remember | find a shape. 


[SCP-3237 draws an image onto a blank 
sheet.] 


Dr. Glenshaw: [examining the sheet] 
Finland6? 


SCP-3237: Possibly. Wherever it was, it was 
quite cold there. Somehow | fell asleep while 
walking outside, or maybe | died, | do not know 
how to tell the difference. Anyway, it was cold 
out. Very cold. 


[There is a several second pause in 
SCP-3237's writing.] 


Dr. Glenshaw: ...SCP-3237? 


SCP-3237: Sorry, | was thinking. Like | said, it 
was cold. And again, as | said, | fell asleep, or 
died, or something. Whatever it was, it was so 
cold. And then there was something, or 
someone, it was unclear. | did not know what it 
was then, except that | knew it was not cold. | 
could not really see it, or hear it, or even feel it. 
| was too focused on the cold. 


Dr. Glenshaw: Can you remember anything 
about it at all? 


SCP-3237: When it appeared, | think it tried to 
say something. | could not hear it, as | was too 
busy being cold. | had been cold a while, you 


see. How long was | cold? | think | was cold for 
about as long as it was cold. How cold was it? 
It was very, very cold. Too cold. 


Dr. Glenshaw: SCP-3237, are you alright? 


SCP-3237: Am | alright? That depends. Am | 
cold? 


Dr. Glenshaw: | don't know. Why, do you feel 
cold? 


SCP-3237: | feel somewhat cold, yes. 


[At this point, the temperature reading within 
SCP-3237 spikes to 840°C. As there is no 
visual indicator of this temperature spike, Dr. 
Glenshaw proceeds without acknowledging it.] 


SCP-3237: Now | am alright. Where was |? 


Dr. Glenshaw: That's good. You were talking 
about what you saw when you fell asleep. 
Something, or someone, was there with you? 


SCP-3237: | remember. It asked if | was cold, 
and | was too cold to say yes. It asked if | 
wanted to be warm, and | said no. No, | did not 
want to be warm. | wanted to be not cold. 


Dr. Glenshaw: And then you woke up? 


SCP-3237: | believe so. | know | was not cold. 
Can we please stop now? Remembering this 
is tiring. 


Dr. Glenshaw: That should be enough for 
now. Thank you for your time. 


<End Log, 3:52 pm> 


Closing Statement: SCP-3237 returned to 


SCP-414-1 are uniformly tall humanoids wearing circular masks and 
clothing that covers the whole body. SCP-414-1 only appear when 
attempting to contact a targeted individual and disappear after 
successful contact has occurred. SCP-414-1 is believed to have a 
single collective consciousness capable of sapience, cognizance, 
and intelligence. 


SCP-414-2 is a chronic, degenerative condition resulting from any 
successful interaction between a targeted subject and an instance of 
SCP-414-1. Successful interaction occurs when SCP-414-1 has a 
successful face-to-face conversation? or contact with a targeted 
subject. 


A subject that has contracted SCP-414-2 undergoes 4 stages lasting 
between 2 and 276 days, with a 5th stage believed to be permanent. 
Individuals who are under 30 years of age, or who received 
SCP-414-2 through physical contact, progress through stages at an 
accelerated rate. 


Overview of Document 414-2-A - 
‘Symptom Progression Description of SCP-414-2' 


¢ Stage One: Subject feels increasingly lonely. 
Coping mechanisms not involving face-to-face 
interaction to distract from loneliness causes an 
increase of feeling. Subject experiences a loss of 
pleasure when participating in solitary activities. 
Stage One advances when the subject interacts 
with another human to alleviate loneliness. 

¢ Stage Two: Subject experiences a total loss of 
pleasure when participating in activities not 
involving in-person interactions with others. 
Subject begins to have difficulty in recalling events 
in their life that contributed significantly to their 
sense of self but is cognizant of and can recall 
having such events. Stage Two advances when 
the subject interacts with other humans at least 
once every 7 days. 

¢ Stage Three: Subject is incapable of feeling 
fulfillment unless interacting with other humans 
once every 5 days. They are unable to recall ever 


normal temperature approximately one hour 
after interview concluded. When questioned, 
SCP-3237 expressed no knowledge of change 
occurring. 


Addendum-3237-3 - SCP-3237's Origins: On 4/15/2001 SCP-3237 
requested it be interviewed, claiming it had remembered something 
about its origins. 


Open Interview Log 3237-3 
Interviewed: SCP-3237 
Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw 
<Begin Log, 12:20 pm> 


Dr. Glenshaw: Hello SCP-3237. | was told 
you had remembered something important? 


SCP-3237: Yes. | believe | remember how | 
died. 


Dr. Glenshaw: Interesting. What is it you 
remember, specifically? 


SCP-3237: Alright. Let me think. | said it was 
cold, right? 


Dr. Glenshaw: Quite a few times, yes. 


SCP-3237: Well, it was quite cold. There was 
snow everywhere, so everything was white. | 
could not see a thing. | remember complaining 
how difficult it was to find the thing we were 
looking for. 


Dr. Glenshaw: You were looking for 
something in the snow? 


SCP-3237: Yes. | cannot quite remember 
what, but | recall it being important. It was 


white too you see, so it was hard to find in all 
the snow. Anyway, we were looking for this 
thing when | heard something, a gunshot. 


Dr. Glenshaw: You were shot? 


SCP-3237: Yes, but also no. | was not the one 
who that shot hit. Someone near me was hit, 
he fell over. | fell myself, on purpose, so the 
shooter might think | had been shot as well. 
The ground was cold, but | knew that if | stood 
| would die.