SCP-3418-2 is a massive aquatic entity which sporadically 
manifests within the area of SCP-3418. The entity resembles 
Bagarius yarrelli (Goonch or Giant Devil Catfish), and is selectively 
intangible, rendering it immune to physical damage or capture. 
SCP-3418-2 possesses intricate, faintly luminescent markings over 
its entire body. Additionally, its eyes are absent, the orifices instead 
filled with pale green, opaque gemstones which emit faint light. 


Undisturbed, SCP-341 8-2 preys exclusively upon SCP-3418-1, 
swallowing the latter rapidly and whole. If interrupted, SCP-3418-2 
will attack and consume the responsible party, if possible. 
SCP-3418-2 produces small amounts of neutron radiation, and 
generates substantial Cherenkov radiation when manifesting or 


vanishing. 


Addendum [3418-001]: Timeline of SCP-3418 Discovery & 
Containment 


28/04/20 : Reports initially surface regarding human 
remains inthe River, in [REDACTED] China. Situation 
is minimally monitored by local Foundation assets, due 
to lack of evidence for anomalous involvement. 


02/05/20 : Coroner's report detailing abnormalities in the 
four recovered human remains is intercepted by 
Foundation personnel. Recovered items are 
appropriated by the Foundation, as are several newly 
discovered remains inthe _ River. Identity of the 
deceased successfully traced to missing persons in the 
[REDACTED] area. 


07/05/20 : Initial sighting of massive aquatic organism in 
the River. Initial reports are unsubstantiated, but 
monitored closely by Foundation personnel due to 
proximity to another suspected anomaly. 


11/05/20 : Seven further human remains are discovered 
inthe River. Anomaly upgraded from Extranormal 
Event classification and designated SCP-3418. 
Exploration initiative authorized. 


15/05/20 : Aquatic entity (now designated SCP-3418-2) 
encountered by Foundation exploration team. 
SCP-3418-2 successfully contained and transported to 
[REDACTED] 


17/05/20 : SCP-3418-2 containment failure. 


21/05/20 : SCP-3418-2 successfully contained and 
transported to [REDACTED] 


22/05/20 : SCP-3418-2 containment failure. Two 
personnel lost during breach. 


25/05/20 : Attempt made to destroy SCP-3418-2. 


Attempt failed. 


28/05/20 : Attempt made to destroy SCP-3418-2. 
Attempt failed. 


31/05/20 : Attempt made to destroy SCP-3418-2. 
Attempt failed. 


01/06/20 : Containment analysis of SCP-3418. Fourteen 
sets of human remains (now designated SCP-3418-1) 
are secured by Foundation personnel. Projections do not 
indicate viable long-term covert containment. 
Preparations begin for depopulation protocol. 


06/06/20 : Depopulation protocol 85% successful. 
[DATA EXPUNGED] 


16/06/20 : No further anomalous activity observed. 
SCP-3418 declared Neutralized. 


22/06/20 : Reports of SCP-3418-1 discovered 
originating from a separate section of the _ River, 
[REDACTED] from the original site. 


25/06/20 : Reports of SCP-3418-1 substantiated. 
SCP-3418-2 identified. 


[DATA EXPUNGED] 


01/07/20 : Present containment procedures devised. 
Construction of Outpost-3418 begins. 


Addendum [3418-002]: Recovered Materials 


The first four instances of SCP-3418-1 were later confirmed to be 
members of Hudju zhi Zi.2 Materials recovered from the homes of 
the individuals in question were obtained and examined to provide 
insight into the nature of SCP-3418. Two relevant excerpts from the 
appropriated documentation are transcribed and translated below: 


Shadow is born from light. Darkness is born from 
nothing. is darkness. swims in the vast and 


empty sea between light and shadow. eats the flame 
of life. Flames swallowed by the darkness may never 
rejoin the Father. They drown forever. 


(Date of quotation unknown, possibly BCE, 
approximately) 


came from the sea of dreams. came through the 
sea of stars. came to the sea of our shores. It 
grasped our people in their sleep and drew them into its 
waters. | saw the pale flesh of our people. It was a 
lifeless prison for their flames. They were motionless. 
They could only wait to be devoured. 


When opened its maw to consume our people, a 
light pierced the sky. Night became day. Three hands 
reached out and engulfed in a vast blaze, casting it 
back into the darkness. 


(Date of quotation unknown, possibly BCE, 
approximately) 


This is the testament of our actions. Glory to the Radiant 
Father. 


hungers, and it eats without restraint. The Radiant 
Father slumbers. He cannot help us. He cannot save us. 
We must destroy . Just as we are dreams in the sea 
of , We Shall make a dream in the sea of us. We 
shall anchor it to flesh with the sacred stones and 
expose it to the true flame. 


(Written 25/4/19 ) 
Addendum [3418-003]: Classified Records 
+ Verify 3/3418 Clearance 


06/06/20 : Depopulation protocol 85% 
successful. Remaining populace sterilized 
using Contingency-170-Kasuf. 


28/06/20 : Area depopulated until 265 
persons remain, which are retained to ensure 
localized containment of the phenomenon. 
Rates of SCP-3418-1 appear to increase at a 
linear rate with the populace of the 
surrounding area, suggesting that effective 
containment might be achieved by maintaining 
a small local population. Observation of 
containment efficacy begins. 


30/06/20 : One agent lost during the night and 
later recovered as an instance of SCP-3418-1. 
Observations of SCP-3418-2 note a marked 
decrease in size when compared to its original 
manifestation. Reason for this change is 
unknown, but is speculated to result from the 
smaller depth and breadth of the river in 
comparison to the original site. 


Addendum [3418-004]: Event-3418-Shényuan 
+ Verify 4/3418 Clearance 


On 12/2/20 , acommercial fishing vessel in the South 
China Sea(1. °N,11. ° E) investigated what was 
initially believed to be a sonar malfunction, discovering 
what is presumed to be an aquatic organism of immense 
proportions. Observation of the entity only persisted for 
approximately fifteen minutes until contact was lost, 
however, the crew reported seeing luminescent markings 
and massive, pale green "eyes." Approximate 
longitudinal size of the entity based on eyewitness 
accounts and recovered instrument data is over 200m. 
The crew was administered Class-A amnestics following 
interrogation and appropriation of instrument data. 


Analysis of recovered data later revealed a second 
abnormality. During the period of contact with the entity, 
the vessel's sonar system could not detect the ocean 
floor, despite the relatively shallow depth of the region in 
question. The data remains under study. 


Footnotes 

1. Complete conversion to D-Class personnel estimated to occur by 
20 . 

2. A Chinese occultist collective based on the beliefs of 
[REDACTED], and possibly engaged in conflict with the Xia 
Anomalous Culture Group. 


SCP-3420: Too Many Ghosts 


Item #: SCP-3420 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The structure that now houses 
SCP-3420 has been bought through various shell corporations and 
has been marked as a health hazard due to hazardous levels of 
asbestos. The structure has been deemed Provisional Site-531 and 
is to be staffed with no less than three individuals trained in hospice 
care. All civilians who enter Provisional Site-531 are to be treated 
with Class-C amnestics and released. 


SCP-3420-1 entities require no sustenance. All effort is to be 
ensured that SCP-3420-1 entities remain comfortable and do not 
attempt to leave SCP-3420. Application of fentanyl in doses of 200 
mcg per hour (administered through a spray to the navel) have been 
shown to be effective in treating SCP-3420-1 entities. SCP-3420-1 
entities who request termination are to be treated with Class-C 
amnestics and a raising of their fentanyl dosage. 


Description: SCP-3420 is a spatial anomaly located in what was 
formerly Apt. 420 of the Twin Oaks Apartments in Cleveland, OH. All 
attempts to enter room 420 through any method other than the door 
meet with failure. The windows show what is believed to have been 
Pol-6870's living quarters in a state of disarray. All objects within are 
unmoving and show no expected decay. 


SCP-3420 is comprised of fourteen interconnected rooms, the layout 
of which changes every seven hours and thirty-seven minutes. Any 
objects that are “between” two or more rooms will be cut during this 
layout shift. Within each room is an instance of SCP-3420-1. 


Each room in SCP-3420 resembles a “torture chamber” such as 
those that can be attributed to Catholicism during the Spanish 
Inquisition in popular imagination. Rooms in SCP-3420 are furnished 


with various items of torture, including those that were never 
historically used, such as the “choke pear.” All items within 
SCP-3420 disappear if brought outside of the confines of the room 
in which they appear. 


SCP-3420-1 are humanoid entities that have the appearance of 
continually-discharging static electricity in a roughly human shape 
that is permanently being consumed by flames. This is believed to 
be an optical illusion, as SCP-3420-1 are solid and do not display 
any of the effects expected of their apparent composition. 
SCP-3420-1 are subject to a limited compulsion to use the 
instruments present within SCP-3420 on themselves; this 
compulsion can be counteracted via persuasion. SCP-3420-1 
entities are capable of soeech and communicate a constant feeling 
of pain similar to burning or being electrocuted. 


Incident 3420-3: On 5/5/16, SCP-3420-1-G requested termination. 
The question was ignored, as per regulation. This resulted in 
SCP-3420-1-G undergoing extreme distress beyond baseline levels 
of discomfort. In light of the effectiveness of fentanyl in treating their 
pain, Class-C amnestics were authorized in an attempt to bring the 
entity to a more containable state. Treatment was effective, and 
Class-C amnestics have been authorized in similar cases. 


Recovery Log: 
+ Open 


This is the transcript of a call to 911 that first 
brought SCP-3420 to the Foundation's 
attention. The caller is believed to be Pol-6870 
(Jude Kriyot). The call was made from a 
payphone outside the Twin Oaks Apartments 
at 4:34 AM on 3/3/15. 


Operator: 911, emergency speaking. 


Pol-6870: There's been a fuckup here. A lot of 
people are in pain. I'm real fucking sorry. 


Operator: What's your emergency, sir? 


Pol-6870: Okay, well. I'm gonna say some 
stuff that's gonna make you wanna hang up, 
but bear with me for a second, okay? 


Operator: Okay. 


Pol-6870: Did you know that, uh, world- 
renowned writer Stephen King was hit by a 
car? My name is Jude Kriyot. God, please 
don't hang up. | don't know if the police can 
help this kind of thing. [Laughter for thirty 
seconds.] | don't think, damn, | don't think 
anybody can help. 


Operator: Sir, where are you? You're not 
making sense. Were you hit by a car? 


Pol-6870: | sort of wish. Are we cool yet? Uh, 
shit. Janitors. They don't code that, | bet. Shit. 
Damn it. Misters Against Weed. Mr. Literal 
Serial Killer is a joke about deadnaming, and 
it's really funny. 


Operator: Sir, I'm sorry | don't— [Here, the 
operator is disconnected, the call having been 
picked up by Foundation Al ATLS-12.] 


Pol-6870: Don't fucking hang up. What if | was 
dying? 


[The contents of the call were judged to be 
correct, and in an attempt to subdue Pol-6870, 
an auditory cognitohazard was played through 
the phoneline in an attempt to keep him from 
fleeing the scene before the arrival of 
Foundation agents.] 


Pol-6870: If the amnestic didn't work, why 
would that? Don't fuck with me. [Coughs then 
flicks a lighter near the phone.] | dreamt some 
people really in pain. More like nightmared. 


SCP-442 to someone close to the previous owner upon their death 
has never failed to surface; attempts to prevent a will from coming 
into being have met with the same failures as attempts to make the 
owner of SCP-442 late. The new owner is instantly aware of the 
existence of SCP-442 and is drawn to it, although the effects of 
owning the watch only manifest after initial contact with SCP-442. 


SCP-442 was brought into Foundation controlbyJ S_ ,ajunior 
technician working at Site 19 when he inherited it as a family 
heirloom. S's superiors noticed an immediate change in work 
habits after he received SCP-442;S had a prior reputation for his 
lack of time management skills and was regularly written up for 
being late to his station. When questioned by Dr.J  ,S showed 
SCP-442 to Dr. J and said that it was a "lucky charm." He then 
told Dr. J pieces of family lore attached to SCP-442 which later 
experimentation would reveal to be mostly true. Testing was 
performed to confirm SCP status, after which its history of 
harmlessness was cited andS___was allowed to maintain 
possession of SCP-442 on the condition he willed it to the 
Foundation on his death. S_ —_ was subject to observation and 
regular psychological evaluation during his possession of SCP-442, 
during which further effects of SCP-442 were discovered. 


Extended ownership of SCP-442 slowly rewrites the subject's 
personality. Within two years, regardless of previous attitude, the 
owner exhibits unusually high self-control and reacts to situations in 
atimely manner. S's motor control increased dramatically during 
this period, scoring in the 99 percentile of every test at the two-year 
mark. During this same time the owner will become increasingly 
annoyed at tardiness; S___ broke ties with several friends over 
increasingly small infractions. After a decade of owning SCP-442, 

J S_ hadcompletely changed. While S__ displayed a level of 
professionalism commendable of any member of the SCP staff, his 
private life had suffered tremendously. Unable to tolerate tardiness, 
S__ had pushed away all his friends and had been diagnosed with 
Clinical depression. After S | committed suicide, O5- reported 
ownership and had it transferred to him. A D-class personnel was 
then chosen for experimentation and given SCP-442. 


« SCP-441 | SCP-442 | SCP-443 » 


Night terrored. | don't want them to die. 
Janitors, you all don't kill things, do you? 


[Silence for forty seconds. ] 


Pol-6870: Wish | could say the same. 
Painkillers should work. | make them human 
enough. [Coughs.] I'm really sorry. | wish it had 
been a fire. 


[A lighter flicks in the receiver. Coughing.] 


Pol-6870: | did the thing back then, you know. 
You guys said it was a fire. The Costas Gallery 
Showing. Warehouse fire. That was you back 
then, wasn't it? Fourteen. Those phone calls 
came from somewhere. But you knew that. 


[A lethal audio cognitohazard was then played 
over the line.] 


Pol-6870: Stop it. Stop it when I'm talking. The 
sculptor sculpted, and | burnt. People like me, | 
see why you wanna lock us up sometimes. | 
really fucking do, buddy. 


[Pol-6870 disconnects. ] 


SCP-3421: Cell Phone Trees 


Item #: SCP-3421 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to their tendency to 
integrate with local infrastructure and the expertise required to 
uproot them, instances of SCP-3421 are to be recovered by MTF- 
Theta-4-1 ("Leavesdroppers"). These instances are to be stored 
separately in purpose-built Faraday cages in the Anomalous 
Technologies wing at Site-66. Cages are to receive bi-weekly 
maintenance; necessary repairs are to be conducted within 24 
hours. 


Newly discovered instances of SCP-3421-1 are to be removed from 
soil upon discovery and kept in Faraday bags until brought to 
storage at Site-66. Instances are to be stored separately in radio- 
shielded lockers away from sunlight.