The eulogy delivered by Mayor Burk, 
apparently while standing on a podium over 
his self-dug grave, summarizes events since 
the beginning of SCP-2488 manifestation 
events. (This also marked the beginning of the 
tradition for reanimated subjects to dig their 
own graves, which was integrated as a part of 
"grave parties".) The presence of reanimated 
subjects at this time is considered a normal 
occurrence in Safety Harbor, and the original 
misgivings of citizens are restated. Despite the 
fear, and the destruction of the original town 
hall during the first reanimation event, Safety 
Harbor is summarized as showing immense 
growth, especially with the construction of a 
new town hall in early 1934, by reanimated 
subjects and living subjects alike. After 
delivering this eulogy, the "grave party" 
ensued until Mayor Burk stated a slowly 
approaching weakness coming over him, at 
which point he was lowered into his grave, and 
the celebration continued with a ceremonial 
filling of the grave and a second dessert 
course. 


Notes from Investigation Member Taylor: This recovered 
documentation was discovered as investigation into SCP-2488 was 
initiated. An abandoned office space found near the center of Safety 
Harbor, roped off as "Heritage Restoration In Progress", was one of 
the first subjects for investigation. No one had ever heard of the 
place before, and it didn't show up on the town map. It was, as the 
mayor said, a storage space full of heritage documents that they 
didn't dare to go through, lest they damage or lose any of them. 
Prior to amnesticization, we inquired a little into the SCP-2488 
events, to see if he knew anything. The mayor couldn't tell us much, 
other than that it was some old folklore rolling around the town. 


Addendum 2488-Gamma: Investigative Documentation 


INVESTIGATION RECORD 12-A 


Date of Investigation: March 11, 1994 to 
March 13, 1994 


Subject of Investigation Subset 12-A: 
Philippe Park, Safety Harbor, FL 


Investigator: Ron Taylor 


Investigative Log: So, the first things on our 
list of locations to hit up were those of 
historical and community value. Of course, we 
combed through every "heritage" location in 
the town, and it turned up with a lot of written 
evidence, but nothing solid. Nothing directly 
implied that this was anything but a huge hoax 
put on by a generation of practical jokers. 


That was, until we went into Philippe Park. 

It wasn't high on the list of priorities, but as a 
National Historical Landmark site, we had to 
check it out. With the initial readings, the metal 
detectors, the sonic detection membranes, 
radiation counters, we weren't getting anything 
more than old coins and a few rusty nails. 
There was only one thing left to go through, 
and that was the burial mound. 


The Tocobaga people supposedly resided 
here, some long time ago. Way before the 
town was Officially established. We had to set 
up this blinded pavilion around it, to make sure 
no one was suspicious of it, and we roped off 
the area. After the local government was 
ensured we wouldn't meddle with things, and 
we established a cover story for the removal of 
invasive plant species, we were going through 
it. It wasn't potentially destructive root systems 
that we found down there, though. 


Along with the decomposed remains of a 
supposed Tocobaga native, we found a milk 


bottle. 


We can't make heads or tails of it. There's 
some further investigation going into it now. 
The brains over at 147 think they've found 
some sort of radiation coming off of it that's 
interfering with most of our investigation into it, 
but we're trying to see if we can glean much 
else. So far, everything has been negligible. 


We did a bit of research into the Tocobaga 
people. Records indicate that they were driven 
from the area by the Spanish around 1528, 
and left behind this burial mound. It was once 
a place of ceremony, where the native people 
could celebrate various events - among them 
was death, which, according to recovered 
artifacts, was seen as a passing on rather than 
a final ending for life. They had this belief of 
ancestral spirits - once their elders died, the 
elders' spirits would remain to assist the living 
in intangible ways, and watch over them. 


The Tocobaga people, those that survived, 
dispersed among the population. We couldn't 
find much on what the few survivors did as 
they moved on, but we did find one document. 
In one of the smaller heritage sites near the 
edge of town, there were some documents, 
journals, that implied that the resident had 
some native heritage in them. There were 
many indications that not only was this 
individual important in the preservation of this 
site, but also that they visited it, on a daily 
basis, early in the morning, following the 
vandalism. The individual's documents end 
abruptly in November of 1939, which 
correlates to some of the approximate ending 
dates for SCP-2488 events. We've initiated 
some more investigation into the individual, 


but, | don't think much will turn up. 


Addendum 2488-Delta: On September 29, 2001, the discovery of 
an intact SCP-2488-1 instance occurred in Safety Harbor. The 
instance was confiscated by Foundation personnel, following the 
report in a local publication of a new heritage artifact, and subjected 
to chemical testing. No anomalous properties were discovered in the 
milk, and the instance was stored in Site 23's Refrigerated Storage 
Unit 23-4. Despite attempts to preserve the milk, it spoiled and 
curdled after one week of recovery. 


Further investigation into SCP-2488 has been reopened, and 
instances have begun to manifest randomly in adjacent cities as 
well. Testing has shown that these instances of SCP-2488-1 show 
similar properties to documented events. Full investigation has been 
initiated, per request from Site 23 research personnel. 


Summary of Second Major Investigation into SCP-2488 
Investigator: Grant Kavarian 


Investigation Notes: Investigations started at the burial 
mound, where the first investigations had taken place. It 
was monitored for a period of three weeks with various 
audio/visual equipment. No one entered or left the 
premises during this time that was not Foundation 
personnel. Therefore, a scenario similar to the original 
visiting Native individual is not plausible. At the end of 
the three weeks, a further investigation was initiated. 


The anomaly only took a few hours to discover. There 
was a side effect that hadn't been projected back in 
1994, or so the current hypothesis goes. Foundation 
personnel detected a cloud of electromagnetic energy 
that was hovering around the burial mound. The 
researchers managed to translate the conglomerated 
signals into a more translatable product. 


Our hypothesis is that their consciousnesses are all still 
here. It correlates, somewhat, to the native belief of 
ancestral spirits. We don't know how many there are, 


we're still checking the census and burial records, but it 
doesn't seem like it will be a small number. 


Footnotes 

1. Official documentation from Safety Harbor contains multiple 
termination dates for SCP-2488 activity; this is a rough estimate. 
2. This is an estimation based on Safety Harbor documentation. 
Exact timekeeping during this period was still approximate. 

3. No major increases in capability were documented. It is 
impossible to determine if this sensation was a placebo effect. 


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party. Children frequently play with their projections, and the 
existence of SCP-277-1 is regarded as normal by residents of the 
town. 


Civilians in SCP-277 claim that the projections have been present 
within the town since its colonization. This claim is dubious at best, 
as there are no records of the Area’s existence before the year 2, 
and the towns immediately surrounding the Area deny any 
knowledge of the city. Testing of members within SCP-277 revealed 
that their dental, fingerprint, and DNA records correspond with no 
recorded population databases. When under questioning, civilians 
denied having memories of living or traveling anywhere but within 
SCP-277. 


OPERATION 277- UPDATE THE FIRST: Attempt # 
to evacuate SCP-277 has commenced on 6/15/ . Small 
changes were made to the previously detailed methods 
of evacuation, namely [EXPUNGED] in hopes of 
avoiding what may have caused previous failures. 
Documents outlining past attempts to remove civilians 
from SCP-277 may be found at [DATA EXPUNGED]. 
Residents continue to deny any memory of previous 
evacuation attempts. Personnel members involved in 
previous assignments involving the suppression of 
SCP-277-1 and SCP-277-1- R in particular seem to have 
been [REDACTED] more trained personnel and Class-D 
subjects are requested along with the necessary medical 
equipment in the event of another such incident. 
OPERATION 277- UPDATE THE SECOND: As of 
6/23/ , Operation 277- has proven unsuccessful due 
to [DATA CORRUPTED]. SCP-277-1- R demonstrated 
the ability to render mental damage not only to pre- 
pubescents, but to physically mature Agents. No further 
evacuation attempts are to be carried out. Level- 
Lockdown suggested. 

-Dr. R 


Foundation personnel have been unable to trace the source of File 
Operation 277- —_. Foundation databanks have been unable to 


SCP-2489: A Political Machine 


Item #: SCP-2489 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2489 is currently 
submerged in a natural tar pit, integrated into a containment 
chamber. Containment Area-09 has been constructed around it to 
facilitate containment. Due to the fact that SCP-2489 is able to dig 
through the tar at a rate of 100 meters per day, additional materials 
such as wet cement have been introduced to the containment pit in 
order to slow SCP-2489 down. It is currently estimated that there are 
602 days left until additional measures will have to be taken to 
prevent SCP-2489 from breaching containment. 


In the event that SCP-2489 breaches containment, Foundation 
agents are to move to pre-designated locations in order to head off 
any potential appearances by SCP-2489. Agents embedded in 
major media sources are to suppress any reports of SCP-2489 
activity, and a Foundation front company 'Samson Chemical and 
Petroleum’ blamed for any ecological damage. At no point should 
SCP-2489 be allowed to access SCP-2147-A. 


Any attempts to exhume the grave of Napoleon Bonaparte Broward 
are to be blocked by Foundation agents in the Florida judicial 
system. 


Description: SCP-2489 designates a two-part object. SCP-2489-1 
is a humanoid entity resembling Napoleon Bonaparte Broward! 
which has been sewn at the hip to the seat of a dredging device 
(SCP-2489-2) used during Broward's tenure as governor to drain the 
Everglades wetlands. The lower half of the body is protruding from 
beneath SCP-2489-2. 


SCP-2489-2 is fully autonomous and is able to perform normal 
dredging operations. When able to move freely, it will go to the 


largest body of water within approximately 20 km, and begin to 
dredge up the sediment. The water level will begin to decline, as 
SCP-2489-2 absorbs the water into its mass through an unknown 
process. SCP-2489-1 is inert at this time, apart from rapid eye 
movement and spastic twitching of the facial muscles. 


After this is completed, SCP-2489-1 will violently expel liquid water 
in a quantity roughly equivalent to what it absorbed. This liquid is 
severely contaminated due to the presence of mercury, lead and 
other impurities. Before ejecting the liquid, SCP-2489-1 will usually 
attempt to utilize the control panel to disable SCP-2489-2, frequently 
to the point of injuring itself. This does not appear to impede 
SCP-2489-2. 


Following this, SCP-2489-1 will sit up and begin to give several 
speeches, speaking with an amplified voice. Usually these speeches 
will be similar to those Bonaparte gave during his gubernatorial 
campaign, including repeated references to draining the Everglades. 
SCP-2489-1 will repeat its speeches in English, Creole, Spanish and 
French, and then return to inactivity. 


The content of these speeches does not always match the historical 
record. Analysis of aberrations in these speeches show repeated 
uses of words like 'Brim' 'Edge' and 'Chasm' and repeated degrading 
references to environmentalism and environmental protection. 
SCP-2489-1 also appears to be in favor of forest fires. 


SCP-2489 was discovered on 04/22/1970, after it became active in 
the Florida Everglades and caused significant damage. Exhumation 
of Broward's tomb has indicated that a corpse is still there, which 
has identical DNA and matching dental records. In addition, damage 
done to SCP-2489-1 will have corresponding wounds appear on the 
body, although the opposite does not occur. 


It is unclear if Governor Broward's corpse was disturbed prior to the 
existence of the SCP-2489 anomaly. 


Footnotes 
1. 19th Governor of Florida from January 3, 1905 to January 5, 1909 


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SCP-2490: Chaos Insurgency Special Operative 
Alpha-19 


Item #: SCP-2490 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: All Foundation personnel are to 
be informed of SCP-2490's properties, and are encouraged to 
inform their Site Director if they suspect pursuit by SCP-2490. 
Mobile Task Force Alpha-5 ("Honor Guard") is to monitor any 
compromised personnel at all times, and incapacitate SCP-2490 if 
possible. Mobile Task Force Psi-7 ("Home Improvement") is 
currently tracking down anomalous objects believed to have been 
stolen by SCP-2490. 


Personnel compromised by SCP-2490 are to be placed on indefinite 
paid leave and their security clearance is to be immediately revoked. 
Any anomalous object that the compromised personnel worked with 
should be moved to secondary classified locations at the discretion 
of the Site Director. If the object cannot be moved, then all security 
measures (codes, guard schedules, modular perimeter defenses) 
around it are to be modified immediately, with an emphasis on 
constant in-person surveillance. Employees attacked by SCP-2490 
should be transferred to Site-44A (Foundation Center for 
Neurological Disease). 


Description: SCP-2490 refers to a modified human being, believed 
to be Chaos Insurgency Special Operative Alpha-19, that has 
stalked at least Foundation employees since 19 . SCP-2490's 
head is composed of a single, oblong beige capsule, on which two 
eyes have been painted and no other facial features are present. Its 
body consists of multiple white, jointed segments. SCP-2490 
possesses claws that appear to be grafted to its hand pods. Based 
on target testimony, however, most observers perceive it as an 
ordinary human being. 


SCP-2490 displays behavior consistent with game stalkers, 
identifying a person (or multiple persons) and methodically stalking 
them, usually through urban and rural areas. The target is (or will 
become) immune to the mechanism that SCP-2490 uses to disguise 
itself, but SCP-2490 makes no attempt to disguise its behavior if 
spotted. Targets have often reported seeing normal persons 
transform into SCP-2490 before it begins pursuit. SCP-2490 will 
pursue the target for anywhere between several hours and several 
months, often showing itself to the target from a range before 
fleeing. As a result of this behavior, targets usually express lack of 
sleep, extreme paranoia, introversion, and a phobia of mannequins.