Favre was granted Foundation protection and allowed to continue 
visits to SCP-2822. She passed away six months following her 
contact with Foundation agents, at the age of 87. As per her wishes, 
Foundation personnel interred Favre at Madone di Camedo in the 
presence of SCP-2822-A. 


Upon the first direct contact with Foundation individuals, SCP-2822- 
B ignored the personnel, while SCP-2822-A instances maintained a 
moderate distance when approached. Subsequent visits involving 
Foundation staff carrying buckets of soapy water were met with 
curiosity, and eventual enthusiasm from SCP-2822-A individuals, 
which proceeded to make simple gestures to SCP-2822-B instances 
indicating a preference for what order they should be cleaned in. 


At the time of containment establishment, there were three recorded 
instances of SCP-2822-A and 23 recorded instances of SCP-2822- 
B. 


Addendum 2822-2: On //  , anew instance of SCP-2822-A was 
noticed among the population of SCP-2822. The new instance was 
accompanied by a pair of SCP-2822-B individuals, possessing an 
unusual composition of marble and limestone. The current 
SCP-2822-A population quickly accepted the new instance into the 
group following a brief examination of the new 2822-B. 


The range of stone materials SCP-2822-A are familiar with is 
unknown. Of note, SCP-2822-A have been known to exhibit some 
familiarity with mother-of-pearl, as per testimony related to 


attribute, although what was unusual about it is 
not heard. 


<5:00-6:02> Static. 


<6:02-8:04> Sound and picture return with 
greatly improved quality, with the cameraman 
chatting with unidentified woman #1. 
Unidentified woman #2 is heard off-screen at 
7:09, referencing a band equipment supplier 
known as "Syncope Symphony" and remarking 
that she was unable to find it with the 
information that was provided to her. 
Unidentified man #1, also in the background, 
claims that he will investigate it at a later date. 


<8:04-16:22> Sound cuts out again. Camera 
is pointed out to the field as SCP-332 begins 
to perform. At the 11:00 mark, several persons 
in the audience begin to exhibit signs of 
distress. At the 11:30 minute mark, the camera 
is violently jerked away from the floor and 
dropped. Several persons, including the 
cameraman and unidentified woman #2, are 
seen to move around the office in a state of 
distress. At the 11:45 mark, SCP-332 enters 
an active state. Unidentified woman #1 is seen 
to exit the office to go outside at the 16:00 
mark. 


<16:22-18:45> Static. 


<18:45-19:00> The camera is picked up and 
pans around the room. Several deceased 
persons are visible in frame, including the 
original cameraman. The camera is briefly 
pointed out the window, where SCP-332 can 
be seen playing. The tape ends at the 19:00 
mark. 


Addendum: On 11/2/2016, SCP-332 suddenly vanished from its 


Foundation personnel by Amina Favre describing how SCP-2822 
reacted to various trinkets she brought to them. 


Addendum 2822-3: As of approximately seven months following 
Amina Favre's passing, SCP-2822-A have been noted to visit 
Favre's grave to leave swathes of moss taken from SCP-2822-B 
over the headstone. 


On //_ , the entire SCP-2822 population visited Favre's grave, led 
by an SCP-2822-A individual holding a new instance of SCP-2822-B 
believed to have been generated from an existing 2822-B individual. 
The new instance possessed a vivid blue coloration, believed to be 
due to the metamorphic rock composition containing lapis lazuli. As 
of that time, only two SCP-2822-B individuals were known to 
possess metamorphic rock compositions. 


Subsequent imaging of the SCP-2822-B population found that three 
"mature" 2822-B individuals were carrying small stones within their 
hollow cavity. 


Footnotes 

1. Specimens of SCP-2822-B that do not exceed 3 kg in weight or 
have sustained damage are observed to slide smoothly along 
surfaces instead. 


« SCP-2821 | SCP-2822 | SCP-2823 » 


SCP-2823: Fen Tigers 


Item #: SCP-2823 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the unpredictable 
location, wide range, and spontaneity of SCP-2823 events, physical 
containment of SCP-2823 is currently impractical. Foundation 
personnel in the Environment Agency are to monitor flood defences 
throughout the East of England for potential SCP-2823 events, and 
surveillance cameras have been fitted at all pumping stations 
deemed at risk from SCP-2823. 


Use of amnestics up to Class-B is authorised for civilian participants 
in SCP-2823 events. Anomalous regional temperature shifts caused 
by SCP-2823 are well within normal climatic bounds; media 
coverage thereof is thus not considered to be a threat to 
containment. Damage caused by SCP-2823 events is to be 
attributed to poor maintenance and/or soil composition of land in the 
East of England. Affected sites are to be cleaned of graffiti. 


Research, Response and Engagement protocols related to 
SCP-2823 are to be handled by Site- 's MTF-Kappa-17 (Yellow 
Anorak). 


Description: SCP-2823 is an event affecting an area of former 
wetland within the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and 
Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. This area, referred to 
traditionally as the Fens or Fenland, was mostly converted into 
arable land from the 17th century onwards via a system of ditches 
and pumping stations. 


Estimates for how long SCP-2823 has been extant are imprecise at 
best, due to its overlap with contemporaneous rural protest 
movements. SCP-2823 was first officially catalogued in 1863, under 
the auspices of Her Majesty's Foundation for the Secure 


Containment of the Paranormal (HMFSCP), passing into modern 
containment after [REDACTED]. 


SCP-2823 begins with the sabotage of pumping stations, ditches 
and flood defences used to maintain drainage of the arable fenland. 
As fen-drainage has caused gradual shrinkage of land below sea 
level, failure of the overall drainage network causes significant 
flooding and consequent property damage. 


Machinery affected by SCP-2823 appears to have been forcibly 
broken by implements tentatively identified as shovels or hammers, 
though surveillance of affected sites reveals no evidence of break-in. 
Blockage and disruption of piping and plumbing systems previously 
caused enormous damage to windmill, coal and diesel pumping 
setups; the introduction of closed system electric pumps after the 
Second World War has largely prevented blockages from 
SCP-2823. 


SCP-2823 is accompanied by the appearance of graffiti on affected 
buildings and machinery, most commonly depicting stylised Bengal 
tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) rendered in red and blue paint. Graffiti 
appearing within Cambridgeshire and Norfolk has also rarely 
depicted a triple golden-crown on a blue field, the traditional coat of 
arms of East Anglia. 


Not only are SCP-2823 events getting progressively less 
powerful, they also seem to be moving further apart. 
and | plotted them out and it looks like they've been 
gradually slowing since first observation, just not 
dramatically enough for us to pay attention until we 
started to get empty years. 


Not sure if it's slowing down because it's causing less 
damage, or if it's just correlated. It also seems like it's 
striking easier targets, pumping stations with older 
machinery. I've recommended to that he press for 
improvements at those sites. 


- Agent M 


Fields flooded as a result of SCP-2823 undergo a rapid temperature 


drop which freezes floodwaters to heights of up to a few metres.1 
Once floodwaters have frozen, humanoid entities designated 
SCP-2823-1 gather in number upon the ice. The number of 
SCP-2823-1 instances fluctuates between events, but has steadily 
decreased over time to its current low. 


SCP-2823-1 instances are clothed in an anachronistic mix of 
16th-19th century rural English working-class clothing, and speak in 
the distinct historical dialect of the fenland. Original HMFSCP 
research records on SCP-2823 were significantly compromised 
following [REDACTED], with only the summary document and older 
photographic documentation remaining. 


Photographed SCP-2823-1 instances recur inconsistently between 
SCP-2823 events, with the exception of several always-recurring 
figures identifying themselves by the names of prominent fen- 
skaters of the 'Golden Age'.2 Many of these historical fen-skaters 
were alive or indeed born after the first official record of SCP-2823, 
but the lack of surviving HMFSCP research makes it impossible to 
determine whether these recurring figures were identified within 
SCP-2823 before or during their lifetimes. 


SCP-2823-1 instances are welcoming and friendly and will actively 
invite in passers-by and families from nearby villages.3 Attempts to 
distract SCP-2823-1 from their activities, including with interview, 
are met with irritation and are generally ignored. Attempts to disrupt 
SCP-2823 or detain instances for interview are responded to with 
verbal protest and eventually violence. 


Update 19/09/1975: Recurring SCP-2823 instances 
clearly remember previous attendees and have shown 
familiarity and willingness to engage with Foundation 
agents previously assigned to SCP-2823. Given this, and 
the length of time required to train agents to effectively 
communicate with SCP-2823, continuity of personnel 
assigned to SCP-2823 is considered a priority. 


Attempts to question SCP-2823 instances about 
SCP-2823 events have largely met with failure, with 
instances secretive and unwilling to discuss the subject. 
Our current working hypothesis is that the instances fear 


being incriminated themselves. We believe that with time 
and further engagement, instances may trust our current 
agents enough to help shed light on the initial damage 
caused by SCP-2823 events. 


Upon assembling, SCP-2823-1 will engage in drinking, celebration 
and conversation among themselves, largely jovial with the 
exception of frequent and ongoing complaints about the Levels.4 In 
particular, SCP-2823-1 regularly engage in recitations of the 
traditional protest song 'Powte's® Complaint’. (Gee Addendum 1). An 
indeterminate time after assembling, SCP-2823-1 instances use 
gathered supplies to set up a fen-skating course, including (during 
darker periods) permanent iron-wrought gas-burning lampposts. 


Once the course has been constructed, SCP-2823-1 engage in a 
traditional fen-skating tournament, conducted in Welsh Main format 
with up to 32 competitors. Once a winner is determined, the £10 
prize purse is distributed to competitors and the fen-skating course 
is meticulously cleared. SCP-2823-1 instances disperse, appearing 
to vanish as they cross the threshold of SCP-2823's influence. The 
ice then melts and floodwaters recede. 


Transcript 2823-21 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 141 
individuals. 


AgentM _ was deployed to an SCP-2823 
event after several years of research into both 
SCP-2823 itself and the distinct spoken 
cadence of SCP-2823-1 instances. His specific 
mission parameters were simply to establish 
more significant rapport with SCP-2823 than 
had been achieved previously. 


[01:34:34] 


Agent M — : Evening. 

SCP-2823-1: Evening. 

Agent M _ : Nice day for it. 

SCP-2823-1: [grunt] Not bad. Better than '86. 


Agent M © : [laughter] Lot of fenmen on their 
arses that winter. 


SCP-2823-1: [laughter] Too right. 


Agent M ~ : [spits] Turnout don't seem great 
these days. 


SCP-2823-1: Aye. Things change. 
Transcript 2823-26 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 123 
individuals. 


[02:14:03] 
Agent M — : You nervous? 


SCP-2823-1: [huffs] Bricking it. Haven't raced 
proper since the little one came. 


Agent M _ : Balance issues? 


SCP-2823-1: [laughter] Careful, you, I've 
sharpened these. 


Agent M — : Nah, you'll be alright. Dave's 
girl's wobbly on the sweep, you'll pace her 
easy. 


SCP-2823-1: She turns well. 
Agent M ~ : Could just push her over. 
SCP-2823-1: [laughter] 

Transcript 2823-34 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 110 
individuals. 


Transcript 53 marks a shift in Foundation 
protocol towards SCP-2823 instances, with 
Agent D now also part of regular response 
to SCP-2823 events. Agent D has 
undergone dialect training under Agent M 
tutelage, and is considered fully conversant. 
Agent D has been instructed not to identify 
with the Foundation, but to pose as a local 
drawn in by SCP-2823. This altered protocol 
reflects updated strategy for obtaining 
information on SCP-2823 onset. 


S 


[00:56:22] 


AgentD ~— : Nahnahnah, wasn't the robbery 
exactly that got him sent down so long, more 
the disrespect. They just wanted to punish him 
for answering back. 


SCP-2823-1: [spits] Sounds like the plod. 


Agent D __:'Specially these new ones 
they've got in. Londoners, | think. 


SCP-2823-1: Yeah, it will be. They don't trust 
us lot to thread a needle. 


Agent D _ : Is itas bad as that? 


SCP-2823-1: They've already taken our 
livelihoods. Can't respect a man if you can do 
that to him. 


Transcript 2823-53 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 88 
individuals. 


[05:43:20] 
Agent M ~ : Beautiful win from that Berry lad. 


SCP-2823-1: S'the long legs, gives him that 
extra push. 


Agent M ~— : Good race technically, | reckon. 


SCP-2823-1: Not like the shambles we had in 
the semis. Who's the Smart lad with the daft 
name - ? 


Agent M _ :- Fish. 


SCP-2823-1: [laughter] Aye, Fish. Boy couldn't 
stick a turn if the reaper had his own pink arse 
on the wager. 


Transcript 2823-54 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 88 
individuals. 


Transcript 54 marks the first instance of 
meaningful information from SCP-2823-1 
instances regarding the onset of SCP-2823 
events. It followed an unusually destructive 
event, responsible for significant property 
damage to homes within the 

development. 


[03:01:23] 


Agent D ~ : You hear about the level? 
Collapsed overnight. 


SCP-2823-1: S'what happens to people who 
try to camp out on Jack Flood's turf. 


Agent D ~ : You taking the piss? 
SCP-2823-1: Nah, nah. 
[EXTENDED SILENCE] 


Agent D ~_ : You haven't done something 
stupid, have you? 


[EXTENDED SILENCE] 
Agent D ~_ : If you get caught - 


SCP-2823-1: Calm yourself, girl. Flood don't 
need me to do anything, does he? He's got his 
own hands. 


Transcript 2823-62 


The following transcription has been 
significantly edited to ease comprehension of 
the spoken language. The original recording 
can be accessed as part of the General 
Inventory of Site- . SCP-2823-1 Count: 61 
individuals. 


[02:51:36] 

SCP-2823-1: Alright 

Agent M — : Alright Fred. 
SCP-2823-1: Not drinking, old man? 
Agent M — : Nah, not today. 


SCP-2823-1: Ah, 'course, | forget you're 
working. [slapping Agent M _ 's shoulder] 
Good thing that. 


AgentM ~— Eh? How's that? 


SCP-2823-1: [spits] Nice knowing we'll be 
remembered. 


Addendum 1 


Come, Brethren of the water and let us all 
assemble 

To treat upon this matter, which makes us 
quake and tremble;