02/01/2010: SCP-1779-08 measured and 
weighed. Subject observed to have grown to 
4.6 metres long with a weight of 620.2 kg. 
Subject observed to pick out and consume 
nickels and quarters specifically, consuming 
only one or two precious metal coins a week. 
Research team ordered to cease providing 
pennies, but increase nesting rations to $7000 
in assorted change, plus precious metals. 


04/01/2010: SCP-1779-08 measured and 
weighed. Subject observed to have grown to 
5.3 metres long with a weight of 775.8 kg. 
Subject's nest consists of approximately 50% 
precious-metal coins and 50% assorted other 
change; change carries an estimated worth of 
$8500. 


06/01/2010: SCP-1779-08 measured and 
weighed. Subject observed to have grown to 
7.7 metres long with a weight of 880.8 kg. 
Research team ordered to cut precious metal 
rations by 25%, but increase nest's worth to 
$10 000 in assorted change. 


08/01/2010: During the bimonthly 
measurement process, SCP-1779-08 attacked 
and caused minor injuries to Research 
Assistant Clark. Measurement was 
successfully retried several hours later, after 
calming SCP-1779-08 with a sack of 25 silver 
dollars. Subject observed to have grown to 9.6 
metres long with a weight of 1000.3 kg. 
SCP-1779-08's nest covers an area of 
approximately 45 m2. Researchers are 
ordered to maintain current weekly diet of 
precious coins. 


10/01/2010: Over the previous two months, 
SCP-1779 was observed to go through a 
‘growth spurt’, suddenly gaining a considerable 
amount of body mass. It was estimated to 
measure approximately 12.5 metres long and 
weigh approximately 1400 kg. It now will 
sweep its nest into a compact pile, curling its 
body around the hoard when asleep. When 
awake, it will repeatedly scatter and gather the 
hoard across the containment chamber for two 
to three hours in the early day, before calming 
itself and feeding. The reason for this 
behaviour is as of yet unknown. 


12/01/2010: SCP-1779 reported to be 
unusually aggressive when researchers and 
D-Class personnel entered its chamber for 
measurement. For this reason, Dr Bridge has 
deemed it unnecessary to manually measure 
and weigh SCP-1779-08 at this point. 
SCP-1779-08's nest is estimated to have a 
worth of approximately $12 000 in change, and 
$3.5 million, possibly more, in gold and silver. 


You have insufficient clearance for SCP-1779-08 
Growth Log: Year 3 


Currently, SCP-1779-08 has a length of [INSUFFICIENT 
CLEARANCE] and a weight of [INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE]. 
Nesting rations are no longer being provided; at this time, 
SCP-1779-08 appears contented to remain inside Chamber 3 in 
East Building, and further containment procedures are not required. 
Personnel are to access Chamber 3 only when absolutely required. 
Controlled use of SCP-588 is currently being investigated as a 
means of termination should SCP-1779-08 attempt to breach 
containment. 


« SCP-1778 | SCP-1779 | SCP-1780 » 


SCP-1780: The Temporal Anomalies Department 


Item #: SCP-1780 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1780 is contained in high- 
value anomalous item storage locker #0097 at Site-17. Access is 
permitted to personnel with Level 4 clearance at the discretion of the 
item’s HMCL Supervisor (currently Dr. |liza Schrader). 
Experimentation with SCP-1780 and all sub-designations is 
suspended indefinitely. The procedure below is kept for archival and 
emergency purposes only. 


Exploration of SCP-1780-1 is restricted to D-Class personnel and 
robotic reconnaissance vehicles only. The entrance to SCP-1780-1 
must be guarded by at least three (3) Level 3 security personnel at 
all times during activation. Anomalous items discovered in 
SCP-1780-1 are to be contained under standard E-Class protocol 
until such time as Special Containment Procedures are 
implemented, or remanded to low-value anomalous item storage as 
appropriate. Non-anomalous items recovered from SCP-1780-1 may 
be remanded to low-value item storage or destroyed at the 
discretion of the item’s HMCL Supervisor. One Level 3 member of 
Site-17 Security must manually hold the door to SCP-1780-1 open 
at all times while Foundation personnel or materials are inside. 


Should any number or type of SCP-1780-2 instances emerge, the 
entrance to SCP-1780-1 is to be sealed and SCP-1780 is to be 
deactivated immediately. Use of deadly force to contain SCP-1780-2 
is authorized. Instances of SCP-1780-2 recovered during previous 
expeditions may be contained under standard Humanoid 
Containment Protocols (HCP-1). 


One hard copy of SCP-1780-3 is on file in high value anomalous 
documentation storage vault #0053. SCP-1780-3 must remain in a 
plastic sleeve obscuring its reverse side at all times. Personnel 


found reading the reverse side of document without authorization 
are to be terminated immediately. Further complete copies of 
SCP-1780-3 discovered are to be incinerated. 


Description: SCP-1780 is a plastic office nameplate of the style in 
use by the Foundation between 1990 and 2003. The item shows no 
special resistance to damage or age related wear, and its condition 
suggests that it had been buried for several decades at the time of 
recovery in 19 . The inscription reads “ ;, Ph.Ds 
Chairperson: Temporal Anomalies Dept” followed by the Foundation 
emblem. No person by that name appears in the Foundation 
employee database, nor is there any record of a Temporal 
Anomalies Department. 


SCP-1780 remains inert unless placed into an appropriately sized 
nameplate mount. Upon activation, SCP-1780 manifests a standing 
temporospatial anomaly behind the nearest door within 3 m, 
designation SCP-1780-1. High-speed photography of SCP-1780-1 
manifestation through windowed or glass doors has revealed the 
effect to be as near to instantaneous as can be measured. As such, 
the mechanism for this transformation is unknown. The space 
originally present behind this door remains accessible when 
approached from other entrances or via the destruction of walls; 
however, the door in use by SCP-1780 remains indestructible and 
cannot be opened from within by any means while SCP-1780 
remains active. 


SCP-1780-1 appears to be Office CB- _, located on the floor of 
Site-17’s Euclid objects experimentation wing!. Over subsequent 
observations, SCP-1780-1 has appeared to be in various states of 
neglect and disuse, but always contains the following items: 


* Foundation office furniture consistent with equipment 
purchased during the Site-17 renovation of 1995. 

Several white boards containing varying volumes of text and 
mathematical equations (See [DOCUMENTATION 
INFOHAZARD EXPUNGED)]) 

« A Remington model 870 12 gauge shotgun, loaded. 

¢ Acopy of Oxford’s Unabridged English Dictionary. Publisher's 
info suggests printing date of 2 

Three (3) copies of Time Life’s Great Ages of Man: A History 


of the World’s Cultures, only one of which is consistent with 
observed history. 

¢ At least one (1) instance of SCP-1780 and one (1) aluminum 
nameplate bracket. 


Testing with additional instances of SCP-1780 recovered? has 
revealed that multiple instances of SCP-1780-1 can manifest 
simultaneously. What effect, if any, the two manifestations have on 
one another has yet to be determined. GPS tracking and 
[REDACTED] indicate that while all instances occupy the same 
physical location, they are separated by an unknown interval of time. 
Experimentation using concealed time pieces, video or audio 
surveillance, and robotic drones to determine the nature of this 
temporal displacement remains inconclusive. Successfully retrieved 
time pieces appear, in all cases, to have remained in SCP-1780-1 in 
excess of one billion (1 x 109) years, and suggest active frustration 
of experimental efforts. Other objects or personnel left within 
SCP-1780-1 after the entrance is closed are no longer present when 
SCP-1780-1 is reopened, and are to be considered irretrievable. 
SCP-1780-1 will, however, maintain a normal temporal relationship 
to our world-line so long as the door to the room remains open. See 
Addendum 1780-1 for a list of notable discovered items and 
documents. 


Approximately one in every ten (~10%) manifestations of 
SCP-1780-1 has contained some number of humanoid entities, 
designated SCP-1780-2. These entities vary in appearance and 
behavior but always claim to be Foundation employees. All 
SCP-1780-2 instances to date have claimed to be one of the 
following: 


¢ Members of Site-17 security assigned to SCP-1780. Instances 
are noted to be cooperative with extant Site-17 personnel. 

¢ Field agents or research doctors assigned to an unknown 
Foundation special project team ‘RCT-At’ dealing with 
temporal anomalies. Instances are unpredictable, and may be 
hostile to Site-17 personnel. Members of this ‘containment 
team’ have been known to self-terminate when contained. 

¢ Dr. . This entity (SCP-1780-2a) has categorically 
refused to divulge information pertaining to its origin, 


objectives, or nature, and has successfully evaded all 
attempts at capture to date. The behavior of the entity seems 
to indicate familiarity with containment tactics for hostile 
humanoids. 


Of the SCP-1780-2 entities observed, have been successfully 
terminated, contained, or otherwise accounted for. See Addendum 
1780-2 for notable incidents regarding SCP-1780-2 manifestations. 
No manifestation of SCP-1780-2a has ever been observed outside 
of experiments with SCP-1780, and further containment attempts 
have been deemed an unnecessary risk. 


SCP-1780-3 is a document periodically found within SCP-1780-1, 
printed on Foundation letterhead circa 1998, and ostensibly written 
by SCP-1780-2a. The accidental exposure of Agent B= and 
subsequent testing with D-Class personnel has revealed that 
anomalous properties are isolated to the reverse side and require 
the reading and comprehension in total for anomalous properties to 
manifest. The principle content of SCP-1780-3 consists of a 
‘welcome letter’ and orientation for an unknown Foundation special 
project team, ‘RCT-At’. 


When read from the beginning, the rear of SCP-1780-3 reportedly 
describes in detail the nature of ‘tachyon flux’ [DOCUMENTATION 
INFOHAZARD EXPUNGED] ‘T’ boson which controls the rate and 
direction of time. 


Personnel given excerpts from the rear of the document which do 
not include the ‘primer’ paragraph report all other portions as 
consisting of indecipherable mathematical expressions and technical 
jargon. These persons are not subject to the item’s effect. To date, 
all personnel who have read the entirety of SCP-1780-3 have 
disappeared immediately, including those under constant 
observation. The method by which this is achieved is currently 
unknown. (See Addendum 1780-3 for more information) 


Level 4 personnel may access Document 1780-WL for a transcript 
of the non-anomalous portion of SCP-1780-3. 


Addendum 1780-1: Recovered ltems 


These items were discovered within SCP-1780-1 upon activation 
and were deemed of sufficient importance to warrant retrieval and 
study. 


* One (1) unidentified semiautomatic pistol chambered for 9mm 
Luger’. 

¢ Three (3) automatic-winding wristwatches bearing the 
Foundation insignia which always display the correct time. 

* The remains of two (2) humans, apparently killed by 

starvation. Remains were clothed in unidentified body armor 

bearing markings similar to that of Foundation security 

personnel. 

Several pottery fragments and ceremonial blades marked with 

an unknown runic language. Blades have proven impossible 

to blunt or chip. 

¢ Various periodical publications dated from 1900 to _, none of 
which describe events which are entirely consistent with 
modern history. 

° () SCP objects, including [DATA EXPUNGED] 


Addendum 1780-2: Notable Incident Summaries 


Incident 1780-01: 08/01/1990 

Sergeant Michael Hadley was investigating an unknown firearm 
found within SCP-1780-1 when the entrance closed unexpectedly. 
SCP-1780-1 was found to be in a different condition when opened, 
and contained a single instance of SCP-1780-2. The instance 
surrendered immediately, self-identified as Corporal Gregory 
Thompson, and offered invalid but systemically consistent security 
credentials when prompted. Entity remanded into custody for 
investigation. Containment procedures were altered to require 
measures to prevent the unscheduled isolation of SCP-1780-1. 


Incident 1780-02: 24/05/1990 

First recorded appearance of SCP-1780-2a. The entity demanded 
personnel vacate SCP-1780-1 immediately and began firing upon 
attendant personnel, prompting the premature closing of 
SCP-1780-1. No projectiles were found in the experimental chamber 
after the conclusion of this incident. It is believed SCP-1780-2a fired 
upon researchers using blanks. Containment procedures were 
altered to require an armed security officer to be present within 


experimental chamber at all times. 


Incident 1780-07: 04/04/1997 

Six identical instances of SCP-1780-2 matching the description of 
SCP-1780-2a found within SCP-1780-1. Entities expressed 
confusion, refused to comply with the orders of attendant security 
officer, and opened fire, wounding three (3) researchers. 
SCP-1780-1 successfully sealed. Containment procedures were 
altered to require the presence of at least 3 armed security 
personnel. 


Incident 1780-09: 06/12/2003 

Five instances of SCP-1780-2 present upon manifestation 
immediately seek cover and begin dialogue with attendant security. 
Instances self-identify as members of RCT-At and request access to 
Site-17, citing imminent containment breach of SCP- . SCP-1780-2 
instances are all able to provide valid security credentials. One is 
found to be a match for Sergeant , present in attendant 
security. SCP-1780-2 instances lower weapons and are 
apprehended by security. All instances self-terminate while in 
containment, means unknown. Sergeant was subjected to 
procedure [REDACTED], administered Class C amnestic and 
returned to active duty. SCP- did not breach containment and no 
attempt at unauthorized access has been logged. 


Incident 1780-12: 13/06/2006 

Corporal Gregory Thompson broke protocol while attempting to 
recover a disabled robotic drone. The wooden wedge used to 
maintain the entrance to SCP-1780-1 became dislodged, allowing 
the door to close. SCP-1780-1 was found to be in a different 
condition when opened, and contained a single instance of 
SCP-1780-2. The instance surrendered immediately, self-identified 
as Sergeant Michael Hadley (considered MIA 08/01/1990), and 
offered valid security credentials when prompted. Administrative 
review of past SCP-1780-2 encounters discovered Corporal 
Thompson in containment at Site-17. Both security personnel 
remain in indefinite containment due to exposure to SCP-1780 to 
prevent cross-contamination of SCP objects. 


Addendum 1780-3: Interview with Agent B 


Foreword: Agent B__was accidentally exposed to 
SCP-1780-3 on 22/04/1992 and was presumed dead 
following his disappearance. On 14/08/2006, an instance 
of SCP-1780-2 manifested in SCP-1780-1 and self- 
identified as AgentB and offered valid security 
credentials when prompted. Of particular note is that 
Agent B_ ’s appearance has not changed as would be 
expected after a fourteen (14) year absence. Interview 
conducted by Dr. lliza Schrader, First Sergeant Donald 
Cohen observing. 


Dr. Schrader: Welcome back, _ . I’m sorry we couldn't 
meet under more favorable circumstances. Says here 
you— 


Agent B_: Can we not, please? 


Dr. Schrader: ...All right, then. From your perspective, 
how long have you been gone? 


Agent Bs: Three years, twenty-one days, eight hours, 
forty-five minutes... give or take. 


Dr. Schrader: That’s awfully specific. Are you sure? 
AgentB_: Yes. I’m sure. 
Dr. Schrader: Did you calculate that somehow, or...?