Introduction: D-126-15 agreed to continue 
exploration of SCP-3989-A, along with 
D-126-16, on the condition that they both be 
granted firearms. Dr. Farik Ghazalie observing. 
Mission objectives were set to identify the 
large creature sighted in Log 3989-15, as well 
as to continue exploration further into 
SCP-3989-A and attempt to identify further 
anomalies. D-15 and D-16 were each issued 
one Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistol with a full 
magazine of 13+1 rounds. Researchers on- 
hand were fitted with Class Illa body armor for 
their safety, and additional compliment of 5 
security personnel accompanied the subjects. 


D-15: Check. 


D-16: Check. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Check check. Okay. D-15, you 
know the procedure I'm sure. 


D-15: Fuck you, Farik. 


D-15 checks his firearm, satisfies himself that 
his weapon is loaded and holsters it. 


Dr. Ghazalie: D-16, please follow D-15 into 
the anomaly. We will not be collecting 
specimens of SCP-3989-1 or -1A at this time. 


D-16: Uh, okay? 


D-15: He means the worms and the bone- 
trees. Just keep your gloves on and follow me. 


[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED] 
D-16: Doctor, it's getting a lot brighter in here. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Affirmative. You may now switch 
off your headlamps. 


D-15: | think | see the branch | broke the other 
day. It's still... bleeding? Do plants do that? 
There are a lot of those worms on it. 


Dr. Ghazalie: D-16, see if you can get a jar 
under there to collect some of that liquid. 


D-16 raises a specimen jar and collects a few 
mL of the substance as D-15 gets a closer 
look at the broken branch. 


D-15: Farik, are you seeing this? 


Dr. Ghazalie: D-15, please refer to me as 'Dr. 
Ghazalie' for the official record. 


D-15: Whatever, man, are you seeing this or 
not? The worms. They're pooping bone. 


D-15's camera zooms in and observes 
SCP-3989-1A depositing white calcified 
material on the end of the broken branch. A 
long segment of branch behind the mass of 
instances appears to have been deposited in a 
similar piecemeal manner. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Yes, | see it. Good eye. 


D-15: Can we get someone in the lab to put 
-1A in a petri dish with some wood or leaves or 
something? Or did you do that already? 


Dr. Ghazalie: D-15, that's enough. Please 
proceed westward. 


[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED] 


D-15's camera captures several mature 
instances of SCP-3989-1. Instances are no 
longer spaced regularly as in previous footage. 
Nearby instances appear to be fruiting. 


D-15: That's new. Doctor, are you able to see 
the fruiting bodies? 


D-16: Are they moving? Shit, | think they're 
moving. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Yes, | see them. D-16, can you 
retrieve one? 


D-15's camera pans rapidly. D-15 draws his 
firearm to low-ready stance. 


D-15: Belay that, something's here. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Harrick, do you want another 5 
days? Christ. D-16, proceed as ordered. 


D-16 removes a specimen bag and reaches 
out to grab one of the fruiting bodies, dark 
purple in color. It ruptures in his hand and 15 
instances of SCP-3989-1A emerge from it, 
rapidly crawling up D-16's arm. D-16 brushes 
them off quickly. A burbling sound is heard off 
camera. 


D-16: Oh fuck! Get off me! 


D-15: Must have been ripe. Get one of the 
bright red ones and let's get out of here. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Negative, we need to locate— 


D-16's camera is suddenly lifted off the 
ground. D-16 gasps in surprise and connection 
is suddenly interrupted. D-15's camera pans 
rapidly. A human pelvis and legs in D-class 
attire falls to the ground. Camera pans upward 
to observe a pale humanoid approximately 4m 
tall with extensive dentition and highly defined 
musculature. Face bears no nose, eyes, ears, 
or other discerning marks. D-15 rapidly fires 
his weapon, perforating the entity's chest with 
no fewer than 6 rounds. Bleeding is visible, but 
entity shows no sign of discomfort. Entity 
extends one arm and strikes D-15. Connection 
interrupted. 


Afterword: Large humanoid entity has been 
designated SCP-3989-2. Agent Josiah Harrick 
posthumously reinstated to Foundation 
service. Agent Harrick and D-126-16 listed as 
KIA. 


+ Exploration Log 3989-17, 05/03/2014 
Exploration Log 3989-17, 05/03/2014 


Participants: MTF Z-9 (Mole Rats) Team 


Charlie, Dr. Farik Ghazalie (remote observer) 


Introduction: Following the events of 
Exploration 3989-16, additional human 
interaction with SCP-3989-A was deemed an 
unnecessary risk by many attendant 
personnel. Dr. Ghazalie requested approval 
from , head of Extradimensional 
Topology, directly in order to continue 
experimentation. A detachment of MTF Z-9 
(Mole Rats) was procured for the purpose of 
continued reconnaissance of SCP-3989-A. 
Stated objectives were to retrieve samples 
collected by D-126-16, establish visual contact 
with SCP-3989-2 if possible, and attempt to 
fully traverse SCP-3989-A. Rather than trying 
to collect additional samples of anomalous 
objects within SCP-3989-A, MTF Z-9 was 
equipped with an experimental hand-held 
ultrasound machine to investigate any future 
fruiting bodies without causing damage to 
SCP-3989 native fauna. MTF Z-9 members 
present are designated Charlie (squad leader), 
X-Ray, and Delta. 


Charlie: Sound check. 
X-ray: Clear. 
Delta: And the devil makes three. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Thank you, ladies. You may 
proceed eastward when ready. 


[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED] 
X-Ray: Charlie, get a load of the floor. 


Exploration team cameras pan to the ground. 
Hundreds of instances of SCP-3989-1A 
visible. Beneath them, a thick layer of red, 


fleshy material coats the ground. 


Delta: Looks like it might be a placenta or 
something. Base, you want a sample? 


Dr. Ghazalie: Negative, Delta. In fact, don't 
take samples of anything. Last two people who 
did that ended up KIA. 


Delta: That would have been nice to know 
beforehand. 


Charlie: Can it, D. Base, can you give us an 
estimate on where we can expect to see the 
bodies? 


Dr. Ghazalie: Not a reliable one, no. Shouldn't 
be more than a few minutes, you'll come to a 
bone-tree right in your path. D-126-16 bought 
it right around there. 


X-Ray: | think | see it. What the... Oh fuck. 


An instance of SCP-3989-1 appears on the 
path ahead. The body of Agent Harrick is seen 
crucified, naked, upside-down and pinned to 
the trunk of the tree by bony growths through 
his hands and feet. Several symbols appear to 
be carved in his skin, but these are not 
discernible through camera feed. A large mass 
of SCP-3989-1A are present at the trunk of the 
tree. Remnants of D-Class jumpsuits are 
visible nearby. 


Charlie: Language. Nothing we haven't seen 
before. D, get up there and see if you can find 
the canister. Base wants their samples back. 


Delta approaches the mass of SCP-3989-1A, 
and tentatively pushes them aside. After 
approximately two minutes, she retrieves 


D-126-16's sample jar, still containing a small 
amount of black fluid. 


Delta: This it? 


Dr. Ghazalie: It appears so, yes. Please hold 
onto that for us. I'd like you all to proceed 
eastward as soon as possible. 


Charlie: Roger, Base. You heard him ladies, 
get on the hump. 


X-Ray: Charlton Heston over here. | mean, 
aye-aye Cap'n. 


After approximately five minutes, the persistent 
haze lifts and Charlie Team's body cameras 
are able to see a large open valley. Sky is 
yellow in color, all apparent plant life below 
bears red ‘foliage’. Also visible are several 
instances of SCP-3989-2. 


Delta: | can see some humanoids down below 
us. Very large. 


Charlie: | don't see anything. 


Delta: Between the treetops, you can see their 
heads poking out. | can just make out the 
silhouette in the shadows. 


Charlie: It's your imagination. 


Delta's camera zooms in on the entities. Feed 
from X-Ray and Charlie does not contain any 
traces of humanoids at this time, despite 
similar field of view. 


Delta: Base, tell me I'm crazy. | would very 
much enjoy being crazy. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Yes, that's our -2. Try to avoid 


03:31 - Dr. Meil becomes hysteric, demands that 
the pilot flee. Helicopter begins moving to the 
southeast. 


03:33 - SCP-517-01 generate upon helicopter, 
seemingly from the base of the tail. Begin 
attacking the doors. 


03:34 - Left-side rear window shattered, onboard 
squad engaged with bladed weapons. 


03:35 - Dr. Meil acquired by SCP-517-01. Drawn 
through window, passed towards waiting arms. 
Subsequently moved through the air towards 
Cafeteria 1. 


03:35 - SCP-517-01 limb caught in helicopter’s tail 
rotor; pilot forced to attempt an emergency 
landing. Agent Track severely wounded. 


03:36 - Squads report a marked increase in 
hostility by SCP-517-01. Entity begins replacing 
arms at a greatly increased rate. Number of limbs 
estimated at a steady 150. 


03:37 - Dr. Meil drawn through Cafeteria 1’s 
kitchen ventilation system. 


03:37 - Dr. Meil reappears in kitchen. Agent 
Matheson attempts to sever 517-01 limbs; 
subsequently captured and pulled towards fire exit 
with Dr. Meil. 


03:37 - Agent Germain, Agent Teffler, and Agent 
Seile captured. Defence squads ordered to stand 
down. 


03:39 - Dr. Meil, Agents Matheson, Germain, 
Teffler, and Seile drawn into Storage-Building 4-b 
through access door. Outside limbs retract, 
disappear. 


contact as you proceed. 


Delta: Should be pretty easy; | don't see any 
eyes. 


Dr. Ghazalie: We have reason to believe they 
have some anomalous sensory apparatus. 


X-Ray: I'll take ‘Things they should have told 
us' for 200, Alex. 


Delta and X-Ray laugh audibly. 
[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED] 


Charlie accidentally bumps into an instance of 
SCP-3989-1 and suddenly reacts, startled. 
Body camera now records two instances of 
SCP-3989-2 facing her. 


Charlie: Base! Base, I-l can see them! 


Dr. Ghazalie: Remain calm, Charlie. You've 
been walking among them for the past twenty 
minutes. Do not engage. 


X-Ray: | still got nothing. 
Delta: Touch that tree over there. 
X-Ray: FUCK! 


Charlie: Okay... Okay... So... So what does 
that mean? 


Delta: It means keep moving. Try to ignore 
them. 


Instances of SCP-3989-2 continue to follow 
Charlie Team. All team members exhibit signs 
of stress. Rapid panning movements of 
cameras to observe instances following 


Charlie Team. Rapid breathing. Team 
maintains radio silence for five minutes. 


Charlie: Trees up here are-uh-are starting to 
look different. X-Ray, can you get that 
ultrasound out? 


X-Ray produces ultrasound device and 
approaches a nearby tree. Trunk is segmented 
and exhibits musculature on one side. 
Appearance is consistent with enlarged 
vertebral columns. Camera pans upward. In 
addition to previously observed cardiac foliage, 
entity appears to have foliage similar in 
structure to bronchial tubes, which expand and 
contract in slower rhythm than cardiac foliage. 
Fruiting bodies are present approximately 3 m 
above ground level. 


Delta: Those things hanging off the trunk look 
like afterbirth. | swear | can smell it through my 
ventilator. 


X-Ray: ...Base, if I'm honest, | really don't 
want to climb this thing. 


Dr. Ghazalie: As long as you don't cause any 
damage to the fruit, you should be fine. 


X-Ray: You come in here and climb it. 


Charlie: Xenia, just get it done. | want out of 
here. 


X-Ray hesitantly scales the vertebral column, 
and places the ultrasound device onto a 
fruiting body. It twitches under the device as 
she proceeds to move the probe around. 
Additional instances of SCP-3989-2 appear at 
the base of the tree. Guttural sounds are 
heard. 


X-Ray: Base, have you got it? 


Dr. Ghazalie: Beautiful... Just beautiful. 
Please proceed. 


Delta: Negative, Base. We are not okay. 


Dr. Ghazalie: They won't engage unless you 
damage the orchard. Risk is minimal. 


X-Ray: Wait, there's a-another fruit up here. 
Let me see if | can...FUCK. 


X-Ray reaches a smaller, darker fruit and 
begins to probe with ultrasound. The fruit 
ruptures almost immediately and a small, 
animate humanoid with four legs, two pelvises, 
and an exposed spine crawls up her arm, 
down her back, and runs quickly out of sight. 
X-Ray loses her grip, falls to the ground, and 
stands quickly. Instances of SCP-3989-2 do 
not react. 

Charlie: X-Ray, are y— ...Does anyone else 
hear that? 


Dr. Ghazalie: We're not getting any audio. 
Describe it to me. 


Delta: No, no hearing is the wrong word. | feel 
something. Like someone is grabbing my liver 
and giggling in my face. 


Instances of SCP-3989-2 begin to converge on 
Charlie Team. Delta's camera observes two 
instances emerging from the ground. One 
instance has visible scarring on its torso from 
apparent gunshot wounds. The fleshy 
substance on the ground closes behind the 
emerging instances. Audio of low groaning 
sound can be heard. Analysis suggest no 
fewer than 10 instances present. 


Charlie: That's it, no more of this. I'm calling a 
general abort. Backtrack, on the double. 


X-Ray: Yes ma'am! 


Dr. Ghazalie: No, Team, we need to keep 
pushing forward, you're almost at the— uh, to 
the other side! We need to collect more data. 


Charlie: So send in a drone or something. I'm 
not risking any more than we already have. 
We're out of here. 


X-Ray's body camera shows a smaller 
humanoid, approximately 1.7 m in height, 
peeking from behind a nearby vertebral tree. 
Charlie Team does not appear to notice. Delta 
is preoccupied with kicking off dozens of 
SCP-3989-1A instances which are crawling 
along her suit. Charlie is moving out, carefully 
stepping around SCP-3989-2 instances. 
Despite lack of eyes, instances follow her with 
their faces. Several appear to be smiling. 


Dr. Ghazalie: You're all making a terrible 
mistake. Think of what we could learn from it! 


UNKNOWN: Leave... and be devoured. 
Stay... and shed your mortality. The Wild 
beckons. 


X-Ray: Base, you've got a lot of fucking nerve. 
Dr. Ghazalie: That—That wasn't me. 


UNKNOWN: Kythera2 awaits the vessels 
chosen. Come forth unto Orok3, and receive 
your just reward. 


Charlie team continues running. Body cameras 
capture the emergence of several more 
entities of approximately human size, but 


details cannot be resolved by provided 
footage. Laughter can be heard throughout the 
remainder of the tape. Sounds reminiscent of 
combat are also captured. Source has not 
been determined. 


[EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED. 
END OF LOG] 


Afterword: Analysis of ultrasound data 
reveals small instances of SCP-3989-2 
growing within fruiting bodies of the vertebral 
tree-like structures. Large humanoids re- 
designated to SCP-3989-2A, and newly 
discovered tree structures designated 
SCP-3989-2. Smaller humanoid designated 
SCP-3989-2B. Follow-up exploration 
requested to determine life-cycle of 
SCP-3989-2/2A. 


Researcher's Note, 06/01/2017: Have to 
point this out; this is the first time it's clear that 
Dr. Ghazalie was under the influence of 
SCP-3989-V. Infection gets worse over 
subsequent logs. In his capacity as lead 
researcher, he was able to conceal these logs 
from leadership until such time as SCP-3989-V 
infestation became dominant. 


-Dr. Marshall Grant, L4 Biological Containment 
Specialist. 


+ Exploration Log 3989-18, 14/03/2014 
Exploration Log 3989-18, 14/3/2014 


Participants: Dr. Farik Ghazalie, Area-126 
Security Team Delta, Technician Amal Dwent 
(remote observer) 


Introduction (voiceover): Previous human