No personnel are permitted to make physical contact with the 
exposed face of SCP-2929. All movements made by SCP-2929 are 
to be observed and recorded by on-site mathematicians and 
linguists fluent in ancient and modern forms of Khoisan languages. 
Any attempts made by SCP-2929-1 to communicate are to be 
reported to the acting Level 3 supervisor. Transmissions directed at 
SCP-2929-1 must be supervised by personnel of Level 3 Clearance 
or higher. 


Description: SCP-2929 is a perfectly cylindrical column of what 
appears to be indestructible, pure obsidian extending from the lower 
mantle of the Earth to above the crust, about three meters higher 


than the surrounding ground’. It is located at 6°50' "S, 31°15' "Ein 
Katavi National Park, Mpanda District, Tanzania. The column is 
oriented to point directly toward the Earth's center of mass. 
SCP-2929 has a consistent diameter of approximately 82.22 
meters2 and, according to readings from experimental gamma ray 
imaging (GRI) techniques, is approximately 2844.00 kilometers? 
long. 


The two faces of SCP-2929 are in a perpetual state of motion and 
cannot be manipulated externally. GRI readings show that 
movements made on one face are made in tandem with movements 
on the other face, but inverted. For example, if a one centimeter 
cube indent presents itself on one side, then a one centimeter cube 
protrusion will present itself in the corresponding location on the 
opposite face simultaneously. 


Therefore, SCP-2929 can be thought of as an array of columns each 
several molecules wide and composed of a silicon dioxide (SiO; 
quartz), magnesium oxide (MgO; magnesia), and ferrous-ferric oxide 
(Fe3O4; magnetite) glass, otherwise known as obsidian. These 
columns rapidly move up and down. Individual columns have never 
been recorded to extend or depress farther than approximately 150 
meters. A "tube" or "shell" of stationary obsidian about 50A wide 
forms the curved surface of SCP-2929. 


These movements produce patterns that vary widely and include but 
are not limited to: discernible "peaks" and "troughs"; ripples; slow 
undulations; erratic angular spikes; brief regular polygonal figures; 
multiple extremely high or deep and very thin round "pikes" or 
"holes" in close proximity to one another; rising tiered square 
pyramids; very rare prostrate humanoid figures; et cetera. 


Access to further information, detailed in Document-2929-01, is 
restricted to personnel of Level 3/2929 Clearance or higher. 


+ Document-2929-01; Input Level 3/2929 Credentials 


On / /1_ , due to the very regular appearance of 
discernible patterns, it was concluded that SCP-2929 
and/or an entity associated with it must be sapient or at 
least sentient. Efforts at analysis and decoding of the 


patterns commenced immediately and concluded later 
that year. 


SCP-2929-1 refers to the entity presumed to be 
controlling SCP-2929 from the end situated in the lower 
mantle. GRI readings indicate it consists primarily of 
post-perovskite+ arranged in a complicated, largely 
stationary form». 


In addition to other movements, SCP-2929-1 originally 
broadcast a loop of eight parabolic figures in a line, with 
each figure extending and depressing at different 
intervals. On-location researchers realized this could be 
interpreted as representing the numbers 0 to 128 in 
binary, with "peaks" representing "1s" and "troughs" 
representing "Os," followed by a seemingly arbitrary 
series of numbers. 


On-location cryptographers and linguists found that by 
using a simple substitution code with a previously 
unheard of dialect bearing similarities to ancient 
Khoisan® languages, the second series of binary 
numbers could be interpreted as a greeting followed by a 
phrase akin to "SENDWAVES." On / /1_ , following 
approval from O5 Command, on-site technicians directed 
a focused gamma ray wave transmission of a greeting in 
modern Sandawe by binary in the direction of 
SCP-2929-1. A transcript of the ensuing dialogue 
follows. 


Note: Dialogue has been translated to English 
and spaces have been added for the sake of 
readability. Delays between responses have 
been omitted for brevity. 


[BEGIN LOG] 


SCP-2929-1: OBSERVATION YOU SPEAK A 
NEW DIALECT 


Dr. Barlow: WE USED THE CLOSEST 
LANGUAGE WE KNEW TO THE LANGUAGE 
YOU USED WHAT ARE YOU 


-1: | AM THE ROCK OF THE SPIRIT? 


B.: PLEASE DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 
FURTHER DETAIL 


-1: | WATCH THE LOOSE ONES OF THIS 
LAND AND RELATE TO THEM MY 
KNOWLEDGE 


B.: WHAT DO YOU KNOW 


-1: | AM RELATING SOME OF IT TO YOU 
NOW 


(At this point, a section of the surface of 
SCP-2929 became level. Parts of this section 
shifted to form what appeared to be a violently 
convulsing prostrate humanoid and a Parinari 
curatellifolia8 specimen. The upper portion of 
the plant gradually became level, leaving only 
the roots present. The roots moved toward the 
humanoid figure until "contact" was made and 
the humanoid figure ceased convulsing. This 
repeated an additional three times until normal 
movements resumed.) 


B.: HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS 


-1: MY KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM MY 
BEING | HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN MY 
KNOWLEDGE 


B.: WHEN AND HOW WERE YOU MADE 


-1: LONG AGO | CAME TO BE FROM THE 
CHAOS AND THE MIXING OF THE FLUID 
ROCK AROUND ME 


B.: WHEN AND HOW DID SCP 2929 COME 
TO BE 


-1: WHAT IS SCP 2929 


B.: SCP 2929 IS THE DEVICE YOU USE TO 
COMMUNICATE WITH US 


-1: WHEN | WAS STILL FORMING | 
ISOLATED A FAVORABLE MINERAL AND 
COMPILED LONG LINES THAT | WRAPPED 
IN MORE MINERAL | BROKE THE COLD 
CEILING SO | COULD RELATE MY 
KNOWLEDGE TO THE LOOSE ONES 
ABOVE BUT | HAVE LOST MY POWER TO 
MANIPULATE THE ROCK AROUND THE 
COLUMN 


B.: HAS ANYONE OTHER THAN US 
COMMUNICATED WITH YOU 


-1: YOU ARE THE FIRST TO SEND WAVES 
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN SILENCE 


B.: WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW 


-1: | ONLY KNOW THE KNOWLEDGE THAT | 
HAD FOR AS LONG AS | HAVE EXISTED | 
KNOW CURES TO MANY AILMENTS OF 
THE LOOSE ONES ABOVE I KNOW | MUST 
RELATE MY KNOWLEDGE TO THEM IT IS 
MY PURPOSE 


B.: THANK YOU FOR COOPERATING WE 
MAY COMMUNICATE AGAIN AT ANOTHER 
TIME 

-1: THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING 


[END LOG] 


Note: Following this interview, SCP-2929-1 
has failed to offer any additional information 
other than that on traditional Tanzanian 
medicines. SCP-2929-1 has not expressed 
any meaningful understanding of human 
anatomy or disease, only simple treatments 
and remedies. 


Note from Dr. Barlow: | feel that SCP-2929-1 is 
hiding something from us. It claims the 
Foundation is the first to have successfully 
responded to it, which on its own sounds 
reasonable; it is unlikely the Bende or Pimbwe 
peoples had access to gamma ray transmitters 
or understood binary. However, the source of 
its comprehension of the language it uses, the 
concept of humans, et cetera is largely 
unknown. Unless SCP-2929-1's claim of 
having known what it knows from the 
beginning is to be taken as truth, the only way 
for it to know this information is to learn it from 
an outside source, possibly an anomalous 
individual. SCP-2929-1 is not to be trusted as 
a reliable source of information on anything 
other than traditional medicines. 


Footnotes 

1. About 9 meters above sea level. 

2. Exactly 144o0hra, a pre-colonial Tanzanian unit of length 
equivalent to about 0.571 meters. Of note is that the number 144 is 
2*7 plus 2%4, as well as 122. 

3. Exactly 4,980,736ohra. Of note is that the number 4,980,736 is 
2°22 plus 2419. 

4. A phase of magnesium silicate (MgSiO3) found in the D" layer of 
the lower mantle under very high pressures and temperatures. 

5. The non-anomalous counterpart of SCP-2929-1 would be an 
ultra-low velocity zone (ULVZ), patches of matter on or above the 
core-mantle boundary with extremely low seismic velocities. The 
velocities are so low that many can be considered solid and even 
form simple structures. ULVZs often correlate with the edges of the 


African and Pacific Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs); 
SCP-2929-1 is near the edge of the African LLSVP but may or may 
not correlate to it, depending on its origins. 

6. Commonly referred to as "click-languages." 

7. Believed to be related to "Katabi Spirit." According to traditional 
Bende and Pimbwe religions, Katabi Spirit was an entity capable of 
granting fortunes, magical protection, and discovering traditional 
medicines. A famous example of Katabi Spirit is the "Spiritual Tree 
of Katabi," otherwise known as the "Tree of the Spirit," which is also 
located in its namesake Katavi National Park. Investigation into 
other artifacts related to "Katabi Spirit" has revealed no other 
anomalies. 

8. A local herb whose roots are used in traditional Tanzanian 
medicine to treat epilepsy. 


« SCP-2928 | SCP-2929 | SCP-2930 » 


playing with friends (minor scrapes and scratches) 

Brief Background: Parents divorced, currently lives with 
mother 

Notes: Message appeared, /’m sorry, son. 


Subject: 7-year-old female, afflicted with cough 

Brief Background: Lives with mother and grandmother, 
father deceased (traffic accident) 

Notes: Message appeared, / love you. 


Addendum SCP-348-3: Testing has revealed that in the event that 
someone older than 18 years of age attempts to consume soup 
created by SCP-348, the individual will find that they are less 
inclined to finish the meal. Some such individuals will remark that 
“something is missing," most will simply state that the soup was 
nothing out of the ordinary. 


Further studies carried out with older subjects indicate that though 
messages will appear for individuals older than 18, the appearance 
of the messages is worn and faded. (see testing log) 


Testing Log SCP-348-2635- 


Note: It was observed that though over one hundred 
subjects were tested, fewer than five received messages 
from SCP-348. 


Subject: 30-year-old female, afflicted with headache 
Brief Background: On poor terms with both parents. 
Refused to accept father’s offer for career training, 
currently lives alone 

Notes: Message appeared, Why? 


Subject: 35-year-old male, afflicted with cough 

Brief Background: Parents divorced, visits father and 
stepmother once a month, does not visit mother on her 
insistence 

Notes: Message appeared, It'll get better. 


Subject: 40-year-old female, afflicted with sore throat 
Brief Background: Moved away and became estranged 


SCCP-2930: Cross City City City City Hall 


Foundation Electronic Document Handling Warning 
This file contains contains a Class Class-7 (“Minor 
Concern Concern”) Infohazard. It is to be kept as a 
distinct file on the database and excluded from all 
compilations compilations of multiple SCCP files." 


Item #: SCCP-2930 
Object Class Class: Safe 


Special Containment Containment Procedures: A Foundation 
shell corporation corporation has purchased the Dixie County 
County Advocate, the only local news source active in the area 
affected by SCCP-2930. Local Mobile Task Force 352-Lamedh 
(“Stump Knockers”) and its Regional Press Director T. Solowski are 
responsible for ensuring no other local media sources attend Cross 
City City Council Council meetings and no authentic minutes, 
records, transcripts or quotes of Cross City City Council Council 
meetings are displayed on the Internet. 


Under the terms of SUSEOCCT2?, Cross City City Councilors 
Councilors have been informed of the effects of SCCP-2930. 
Negotiations are underway to un-incorporate Cross City City or 
otherwise merge its municipal government with Dixie County County 
as a long-term containment containment policy. 


Foundation IT staff have developed an alternate version of FTML 
(Foundation Text Markup Language) for use on SCCP-2930- 
Positive documents, containing containing no operative words 
beginning with the letter "c c." 


Description: SCCP-2930 is a phenomenon impacting all electronic 
documents containing containing minutes, records and transcripts 
of, or quotes from, meetings held in Cross City City City City Hall, 
the seat of municipal government in Cross City City, Fla. All 


electronic documents which contain contain the exact text of any 
words spoken during meetings in said location duplicate all English 
words written inside of it that begin with the letter “c c,” including 
within acronyms, with certain certain exceptions. 


+ Expand list of English words beginning with “c c” excepted from SC¢ 


Words which do not trigger SCCP-2930’s anomalous 
effects: 


6b 


¢ “catechesis,” “catechism” and other derivatives 
thereof 

¢ “Catholic,” “Catholicism” and other derivatives 

thereof 

“Christ,” “Christian” and other derivatives thereof 

¢ “church,” “churchyard” and other derivatives 
thereof 

*« “communion” 

* “confirmation” 

“consecration” 

“covenant” 

“creation" 

¢ “cross,” but not derivatives such as “crossed 
crossed” and “crossing crossing” 


Testing on what constitutes constitutes an “English word” for the 
purpose of SCCP-2930 has revealed no exact correlation correlation 
between existing dictionaries and SCCP-2930’s effect.3 
SCCP-2930’s effect takes place even when the writer of the file in 
question does not comprehend comprehend English or files are 
composed composed through double-blind tests. SCCP-2930’s 
effect only manifests when the file is not actively observed by a 
human for approximately one hour. 


Example of SCCP-2930-Positive document: 


REGULAR COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING 
CROSS CITY CITY, FLORIDA 
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011 
7:00 P.M. — CITY CITY HALL 


The Cross City City Council Council met in the Council 
Council Chambers Chambers of City City Hall on 
Monday, March 14, 2011. The following Council Council 
Members were present: Mayor Shirley J. Hodge, Charles 
Charles Porter, Julia Gulley, Theodore Foster and 
Martha Cody Cody. Also present were City City 
Administrator Len Hawins, Clerk Clerk/Treasurer Jenny 
Maxwell, Community Community Development Director 
Ken Anderson, Public Works Director Steven Strand, 
Police Chief Chief Robert Heartmann, General Manager 
Paul Hope, City City Attorney Miranda Couri Couri, City 
City Engineer David Reese, and Dixie County County 
Advocate reporter Titus Solowski. There were 
approximately eleven people in the audience. 


A. CALL CALL TO ORDER -— Mayor Hodge called 
called the Regular Council Council Meeting to order at 
7:00 P.M. MOTION 03R-01-11 WAS MADE BY 
CHARLES CHARLES PORTER AND SECONDED BY 
JULIA GULLEY TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONS TO THE 
AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED 
CARRIED WITH ALL AYES. 


Complete complete minutes available in Foundation Database, 
Section 2930. 


Footnotes 

1. A censored censored version suitable for inclusion in said files 
can can be found on the Foundation central central database at@/ 
Procedures/2930/redacted.ftml. 

2. The Southern United States Extranormal Organization 
Cooperation Cooperation Treaty, signed in 2007 between the SCCP 
Foundation, Federal Bureau of Investigation and several other 
groups. 

3. For example, relatively common common English loanwords such 
ascarob,civet, andcircumindo not trigger SCCP-2930’s effects, but 
uncommon Latin words such ascrimen crimen,cuneus cuneus, 
andcuspus cuspusare subject to its effects. For further details, see: 
Evans, Nathaniel. “A Linguistic Study of SCCP-2930: Infohazard- 


Safe Edition’Observer: An SCCP Foundation Journal(2003): 502. 
« SCP-2929 | SCP-2930 | SCP-2931 » 


SCP-2931: Twin Bed 


Item #: SCP-2931 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2931-1 and SCP-2931-2 
are to be contained in separate containment chambers, both of 
which are to remain hermetically sealed at all times. No living 
organism is to be permitted to fall asleep in SCP-2931-1 or 
SCP-2931-2. A single instance of SCP-2931-2-A is to be keptina 
chemically induced coma in a Class-3 Humanoid Containment cell 
and monitored regularly for unusual activity.