Description: A large-mouthed lizard with serrated teeth 
and six tentacle-like appendages sprouting from its back. 
Soft feathered body. Four clawed legs. 400 grams 
Behavior: Highly aggressive. When presented feed 
mice, uses tentacles to grip prey and restrain them. 
Primary method of killing is its jaws. 


Result of Cross-Test: After both specimens were placed in a 
terrarium, Specimen 40 attacked Specimen 39 almost immediately. 
Specimen 40 devoured Specimen 39 and promptly ran under a 
decorative tree branch in the terrarium. Specimen 40 terminated 
without incident. 


SCP-1421: The Unreliable Oracle 


Item #: SCP-1421 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1421 is to be contained 
on-site within the Braydon Forest nature reserve. To avoid 
interaction with members of the public a fenced exclusion zone with 
a diameter of 100 metres is to be maintained by embedded 
personnel within the local Wildlife Trust and nature trail paths 
redirected. Acorns dispersed by SCP-1421 are to be collected and 
kept in secure storage at Sector-25. Under no circumstances are 
personnel to interact with SCP-1421-1 unless authorised to do so by 
Professor Reeds Dr Skinner. 


Description: SCP-1421 is a single specimen of Quercus robur 
(English oak) located within Braydon Forest, Wiltshire, England. It is 
situated at the centre of a natural clearing approximately 20 metres 
in diameter - adjacent vegetation is visibly malnourished and the 
ground immediately surrounding SCP-1421 with a radius of 5 metres 
is defoliated. 


Its anomalous properties become apparent when any source of 
chemical or electrical energy is introduced within 5 metres of 
SCP-1421; power sources of this nature are rapidly depleted via an 
unknown mechanism. In human subjects this rapidly induces a state 
similar to that caused by long-term fasting; it is unknown to what 
extent this state contributes to the perception of or response of 
subjects to SCP-1421-1. 


SCP-1421-1 is the likeness of the face and partial hand of an elderly 
human male with a full beard, carved into the east side of 
SCP-1421's trunk 1.7m from the ground. SCP-1421-1 does not 
move and mechanical recordings have failed to detect speech or 
any other sound emanating from the carving - however, subjects 
exposed to SCP-1421 are extremely likely to perceive SCP-1421-1 


talking to them and attempting to establish a dialogue. SCP-1421-1 
is apparently sapient and displays in-depth knowledge of both the 
subject and previous individuals with whom it has conversed. As 
related by subjects exposed to SCP-1421, SCP-1421-1 represents 
itself as a nature god or woodland deity and will seek to proffer 
advice and information that it claims will advance the subject's 
interests. 


Advice proffered by SCP-1421-1 frequently takes the form of a 
prophecy whereby some desirable result will be produced if the 
subject carries out a task. This task is frequently of an unethical and 
legally dubious nature, including, but not limited to, suggestions that 
the subject professionally embarrass, steal from, injure or kill friends, 
family, colleagues or strangers. Subjects who follow SCP-1421-1's 
advice enjoy no unusual protection from the consequences of their 
actions and arrest or death is a typical outcome. As far as can be 
established subjects are under no compulsion to obey SCP-1421, 
however the preternatural nature of the experience and the altered 
state induced by proximity to SCP-1421 has led to several 
individuals willing to carry out its suggestions. 


Recovery Log 1421 


SCP-1421's anomalous properties were discovered during a raid on 
the encampment of the PWF, a radical environmentalist group. The 
PWE had been drawn to the Foundation's attention by embedded 
agents in local law enforcement due to the group's unusually rapid 
escalation from peaceful protest to criminal and terroristic acts. 
Founded in 2009 as 'Protect the Wiltshire Forest’, the group was 
best known for public awareness campaigns and petitions against 
building works on forested or woodland areas. In 2010 the group 
participated in sit-ins in the Braydon forest to attempt to prevent 
construction of a trunk road connecting the B4040 and B4042. 
During these protests the group evidently made contact with 
SCP-1421-1; the PWF subsequently established a semi-permanent 
base in the nature reserve, rebranding themselves as the 'Protect 
the Wilderness Front’. On 15/07/2010 the group was implicated in 
the criminal assault in his own home of a Wiltshire councillor who 
had voted for the building plans and the failed letter-bombing on 
19/07/2010 of the parish clerk who had filed the motion, neither of 


which measures persuaded Wiltshire Council to abandon 
construction of the road. 


On 02/08/10 five individuals matching the description of PWF 
members entered a branch of Lloyds TSB, threatening the cashiers 
with an unlicensed and most likely stolen .410 calibre shotgun. The 
robbery appears to have been poorly thought-out and executed, with 
the group failing to gain access to the funds in the branch's cash 
machine. The group was subsequently pursued and one of their 
number placed under citizen's arrest by bystanders. When turned 
over to Wiltshire Police, the group member stated that the robbery 
had been carried out at the direction of 'the god' and provided the 
location of the group's forest camp, at which point personnel from 
Sector-25 were dispatched to investigate. The corpse of a further 
group member, in an advanced state of mummification, was found at 
the base of SCP-1421; a further group member was found in his 
apartment in Braydon, having apparently committed suicide (see 
Document 1421-01). The location of the final PWF member, who 
seems to have been the group's leader, has not yet been 
established; his apartment contained literature from the deep 
ecology and anarchist movements. 


Further documentation 
Access Interview 1421-03 


Interviewer: Dr Skinner 
Interview Subject: SCP-1421-1 
Date: 02/09/2010 


Note: Dr Skinner's questions recorded via 
parabolic microphone and timestamped by 
Agent Moon. SCP-1421-1's responses have 
been provided and certified as accurate by Dr 
Skinner. 


5s SCP-1421-1: Welcome, my son. Have you 
come to seek guidance? 


9s Dr S: How did you come to be in Braydon 
Forest? 


11s SCP-1421-1: | chose to manifest myself 
here, where the wilderness is being wounded 
by men. 


16s Dr S: The PWF described you as a ‘god’. 
Do you see yourself as a god? 


18s SCP-1421-1: You will come to know what | 
am. 


22s Dr S: I'm interested in learning what 
happened to the PWF. 


25s SCP-1421-1: They were most displeasing 
to me, in the end. | would have given them 
their heart's desire, had they but hearkened 
carefully to my words. 


40s Dr S: Really? 


41s SCP-1421-1: Yes. The words of a god are 
true; their listening was at fault. 


59s Dr S: Their listening? 


1m 1s SCP-1421-1: Yes, and their obedience. 
| would have helped them - and | can help you 
too, Daniel. 


1m 30s Dr S: Doctor Skinner. 


1m 32s SCP-1421-1: You see, | know a great 
deal about you. Are you frustrated, Daniel? 


1m 50s Dr S: No, | can't (be). 


1m 53s SCP-1421-1: Your overseer, Professor 
Reeds; you realise he's jealous of you? He 
sees how hard you work and resents you for it. 
He will cling to his position, Daniel, unless you 
take action. | know there's an important staff 
meeting coming up - put some ipecac in his 


coffee and you'll make Site Director within the 
year. Also he's cheating on his wife with 
Researcher Black. 


2m 20s Dr S: (Coughs) 


2m 21s SCP-1421-1: | am the god of the 
wilderness. All things are possible for me. Are 
you ready for me to command you? 


2m 29s Dr S: Command me? 


Note: At this point Dr Skinner indicates that 
SCP-1421-1 fell silent for approximately 1 
minute and 45 seconds. Dr Skinner indicates 
that he made a number of phatic filler noises 
such as ‘okay’ and 'yes' to prompt SCP-1421-1 
to continue speaking. 


4m 14s SCP-1421-1: | can see that you are 
unwilling to allow me to help you. 


4m 16s Dr S: That's correct. | need to ask a 
question. To make it look right. 


4m 20s SCP-1421-1: Very well - do you seek 
any further knowledge from me? 


4m 40s Dr S: Where is Mark Renton? 


4m 43s SCP-1421-1: You will find him at 54 
Devizes Road, Brayton. 


5m 20s Dr S: We will look into what you say. 


Note: Interview terminated by Dr Skinner. The 
address provided by SCP-1421-1 was 
investigated but failed to provide any evidence 
as to Mark Renton's current whereabouts. 


Access Document 1421-01 


Note: Excerpts from diary found in the 
apartment of David Gray, a known PWF 
associate. 


03/06/2010: I'm pumped. | can't wait for the 
protests against the Braydon Link on Saturday. 
I'm bringing crisps n' sandwiches and Mike's 
bringing soft drinks. Say no to the Link! 


07/06/2010: I've been in a holding tank for two 
days, thanks to the pigs. There was a bit of a 
brawl. Renton was cool as always - doing his 
Che Guevara thing holding a couple of 
Molotov cocktails. Unfortunately grandstanding 
like that gets you hit in the face. 


08/06/2010: So yeah, we're the Protect the 
Wilderness Front now. Pumps fist, etc. Mike 
thinks we should buy balaclavas. 


15/06/2010: That was ... weird. Renton took 
us along to see what he found in Milbourne 
forest during the protests. It's a face in a tree, 
and if you wait a little while, you start to get 
light-headed and you can hear it talking to you. 
It says different things to different people, 
though. | don't know what to write. 


Note: After this point marked changes are 
evident in the handwriting and vocabulary of 
the diary entries. It is currently unclear why this 
should be. - Professor Reeds 


A second opinion from a reputable 
graphologist indicates subsequent handwriting 
is well within the range of variation for this 
individual. No further importance should be 
attached to this detail - Dr Skinner 


03/07/2010: The forest is starting to look like 
home. I'm no good at that sort of thing, but 


Mike did a wilderness survival course. The 
food definitely leaves something to be desired 
through - fish and chips again. 


15/07/2010: Today we struck our first blow 
against the destroyers. Councillor Roberts 
backed the proposals to level our heritage 
forest and he got what he deserved. We 
wanted to abduct the CEO of the construction 
company and take him to the god, but 
Wikipedia says he lives in Hong Kong. 


17/07/2010: The god told me today that 
Renton is a plant with Special Branch. | don't 
think anyone else heard it say that. It seems 
unlikely, but why would the god say it if it 
weren't true? If he suddenly disappears one 
day, he's probably gone back to the police. No 
point looking for him. 


19/07/2010: Sarah's bomb didn't go off. | don't 
know why. We did what the god told us. | 
guess we missed something out. 


25/07/2010: The god says we have to rob a 
bank to wake people up. It'll collapse the 
system in one blow; everyone will begin to 
consider their actions in a global context. This 
is a huge step and I'm not sure | can take 
it.<partially erased marginal note reads: 
‘prilliant'’> 


28/07/2010: We're fully prepared; we've got 
balaclavas, we've got a floor plan, we've even 
got a shotgun. Renton got the shotgun. | still 
don't know if we can trust him. 


02/08/2010: Everything went wrong. The 
cashiers pushed a button that locked the place 
down and no-one would give us their money. 
We couldn't even get into the back of the cash 


machine to rob that. They got Chris, and he 
knows about the god. It's an utter disaster. 
Absolutely no-one could have foreseen this 
happening. 


02/08/2010: The god said Mike is the reason it 
didn't work. If he had just believed it would 
have gone off right. Now we're all going to be 
arrested. Renton's long gone - absolutely no 
point chasing after him; he's probably out of 
the country by now.<marginal note here is 
unintelligible - possibly 'with the acorns'> The 
god told me that | didn't have to go to prison. It 
said to feed Mike to him, because he'd failed. | 
don't know what it told Mike, but he didn't react 
when | hit him with the shotgun butt. 


03/08/2010: Mike's mother phoned me, | didn't 
know what to say. | can't continue. My guilt is 
too great. <partially erased marginal note here 
reads ‘pretty sure that's how it works'><it says 
no such thing - Dr Skinner> 


Internal memoranda 
Access Internal Memo 1421-01 


Congratulations to Dr Skinner on his promotion 
to Level 3 Researcher. Professor Reeds is 
taking a short leave of absence and Dr Skinner 
will be taking charge of all further investigation 
of SCP-1421 in addition to his other duties. - 
Professor Gelding 


Access Internal Memo 1421-02 


Ten (10) D-class personnel have been 
allocated to Dr Skinner to explore the effects of 
long-term exposure to SCP-1421. - Dr Iglesias 


Access Internal Memo 1421-03 


| have taken receipt of a rather disturbing 
report from the Sector-25 Data Integrity team. 
The original version of the Recovery Log for 
SCP-1421, as drafted by Agent De Bono, read 
as follows (emphasis mine): "the group 
member stated that the robbery had been 
carried out at the direction of a 'god' and 
suggested ‘the Foundation’ should look 
into it." Please can Dr Skinner provide the 
reason why this detail was removed from the 
recovery log? This strongly implies that at least 
one member of the PWF had a connection to 
the Foundation or a Group of Interest; was this 
followed up? - Professor Gelding 


LEVEL-5 ACCESS REQUIRED - 
Access Internal Memo 1421-04 


| have personally reviewed the recording of 
Interview 1421-01 and | am inclined to agree 
that Dr Skinner's remarks at 59s and 2m 29s 
do not carry the inflection he indicated on his 
transcript. | am hereby authorising Sector-25 
to execute Procedure 552-Hepburn on all 
personnel connected with SCP-1421. 
Furthermore | am directing the immediate 
review of the Operational Information article for 
SCP-1421 authored by Dr Skinner as it 
appears much of what is currently recorded 
regarding this phenomenon is distorted or 
fabricated. | am particularly concerned as to 
the whereabouts of the acorns mentioned in 
the Special Containment Procedures, as | 
understand these have never been officially 
entered into containment and it seems likely 
each represents a potential Euclid-class threat. 
- 05-7 


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SCP-1422: The Yellowstone Anomaly 


Map of Yellowstone National Park retrieved from US National 


Parks Service website. Click to enlarge. 


Item #: SCP-1422 
Object Class: Neutralized // Phenomenon (see Addendum 1422-3) 


Special Containment Procedures: All information on SCP-1422 is 
restricted to personnel with Level 4 Operational Clearance. As of 
March 18, 2009, all personnel have been informed of Yellowstone 
National Park's existence, and personnel with insufficient clearance 
have had their memories of SCP-1422 removed. 


See Task Force Alef-4's charter for information on Foundation 
efforts to identify the causal agent of SCP-1422. The identification of 
this agent is of high priority. 


Description: SCP-1422 was an anomalous phenomenon that, prior 
to July 9, 2007, prevented all Foundation personnel (including 
conscripted individuals, such as D-class personnel, and jointly 
employed personnel) from learning of the existence of Yellowstone 
National Park’. The existence of SCP-1422 has been confirmed 
through several methods: 


¢ In a 2008 survey of over five thousand Foundation personnel, 
zero expressed knowledge of the park. This includes 
personnel who have lived in Wyoming for extended periods of 
time, personnel who considered themselves to be avid 
travelers and/or naturalists, and three personnel embedded in 
the United States National Parks Service.