¢ Acopy of standard airport security protocols, heavily 
damaged, was recovered from the terminal, and is believed to 


have originated with a passenger. 


Footnotes 

1. It has been observed on several occasions for instances 
ofSCP-1387to arrive at departure terminals to intiaite their 
anomalous effects on subjects stuck within SCP-1494. How 
instances of SCP-1387 are able to access SCP-1494 is currently 
under investigation. 


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SCP-1495: Karmic Musth 


Item #: SCP-1495 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Under normal conditions, 
SCP-1495 is to be cared for and fed in keeping with the 
Foundation’s Zoological Containment Standards for large terrestrial 
mammals at a purpose-built enclosure on Site . Anyone assigned 
to handling SCP-1495-2 through -15 is permitted to use their 
informal names for the sake of simplified communication. 


No guard dogs or other domesticated animals are allowed on the 
enclosure. With the exception of small rodents, any local 
mammalian fauna discovered in the enclosure is to be removed or 
terminated upon discovery. 


Unless they are to be utilized for approved testing, D-Class 
personnel assigned to interacting with SCP-1495 must not be known 
or assumed violent felons. D-Class personnel used in SCP-1495- 
M-1 testing are not subject to this criteria; however, their background 
must be documented prior to testing. 


Members of the herd SCP-1495 are free to roam the enclosure. If 
additional female specimens of SCP-1495 are discovered in the 
wild, they are to be captured and may be incorporated into the herd 
at Site . Should a male be discovered in the wild, it is to be 
recorded and studied but terminated no later than August 15 of that 
year to prevent an uncontained instance of SCP-1495-M. If a male is 
discovered during an SCP-1495-M event, it is to be terminated 
immediately. 


Prior to an SCP-1495-M event, males are to be fitted with cranial 
shunts with reservoirs for collection of SCP-1495-M-1. The entire 
enclosure is to be checked to make sure no local fauna have 
entered the containment area. 


During an SCP-1495-M event, SCP-1495-2, SCP-1495-3, and 
SCP-1495-4 are to be kept chained in three standalone climate- 
controlled steel cages at the far end of the enclosure. These cages 
are surrounded a 5m high wall made of 1.5m thick reinforced 
concrete. SCP-1495-2, SCP-1495-3, and SCP-1495-4 are to be 
placed in separate stalls at all times during 1495-M. No food or 
water, or drugs will be provided to SCP-1495-2, SCP-1495-3, and 
SCP-1495-4 while in this type of confinement to help shorten 1495- 
M. 


Description: SCP-1495 is a herd of a previously unknown species 
of elephant similar in appearance to Loxodonta africana. The herd 
consists of three males, SCP-1495-(2, 3, and 4) and currently 8 
females, SCP-1495-(5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 15). All subjects are 
observed to be of extremely high intelligence, with craniums roughly 
10% larger than Loxodonta africana. They are generally obedient 
with their handlers. Subjects respond to human speech; older 
subjects understand over 1000 English words. Efforts are underway 
to achieve meaningful communication with SCP-1495. 


Females: For the most part, the female subjects are physiologically 
identical to Loxodonta africana, save for their larger cranium, 
heightened intelligence, and longer average life span (believed to be 
75-85 years). Recent testing has shown females have a greater 
capacity to communicate with their handlers (see Addendum 1495- 
A4). 


Males: Generally, males are also virtually identical to Loxodonta 
africana, yet there are a few other notable distinctions. Upon 
reaching sexual maturity, male SCP-1495 become particularly 
resilient, healing from injury at accelerated levels. At this point, they 
also seem to stop aging. Researchers have been unable to estimate 
ages for the three males. Most notably, males have been observed 
to direct the behavior of other mammals, seemingly willing animals 
to work cooperatively or coordinate attacks (see Addenda). 


SCP-1495-M: Once a year usually in mid-autumn, males experience 
SCP-1495-M, a state similar to the period of hormonal abnormalities 
experienced by male elephants known as musth. Like normal musth, 
SCP-1495-M is accompanied by highly aggressive behavior and a 

thick, tar like temporal secretion called temporin. Temporin excreted 


by SCP-1495 is documented as SCP-1495-M-1. Males are to be 
isolated because the scent of SCP-1495-M-1 has a compounding 
aggression effect on most animals that can last several hours after 
they are removed from the vicinity of the SCP-1495-M event. 


Chemical analysis tests: 

Testing conducted by Dr. Ladd found that SCP-1495-M-1 induces 
aggressive behavior in several orders of mammal, though tests have 
shown no effect on primates. To humans, SCP-1495-M-1 has a 
pleasant scent that appears to be hypoallergenic. When SCP-1495- 
M-1 was injected in D-Class personnel, it appeared to rapidly cure 
ailments, but most D-Class ultimately experienced heart failure and 
expired after about two hours. The lone exception in testing was 
D-19-0777, who remains under Foundation observation (See 
Addendum 1495-A3). 


SCP-1495-M-1 contains compounds similar to certain unknown 
chemicals found in SCP-500. Further testing on these substances is 
pending approval. Note by Dr. Ladd: When Xylazine was used in an 
attempt to lessen the effect of SCP-1495-M, SCP-1495-M-1 
excretions lacked these qualities but effects on other mammals 
remained unchanged. 


+ Addendum 1495-A1 


29 OCT 1979: [REDACTED] The coordinates 
indicated a location in Singalila National Park, 
India. Foundation personnel immediately 
dispatched from Bombay. 


01 NOV 1979: Foundation scout unit arrives in 
Darjeeling, West Bengal Province. Base camp 
is set up, local guides and appropriate gear 
acquired. 


02 NOV 1979: Foundation personnel set off on 
foot in a heavy snow storm. Two local sherpas 
accompany the team. 


03 NOV 1979: Upon reaching the coordinates, 
the team was surprised to discover a small 


herd of African elephants (four male, six 
female).(1) Specialized observation team 
requested for further evaluation. 


09 NOV 1979: Observation team arrives, all 
ten elephants are tagged. 


14 NOV 1979: Subjects noted to be of superior 
intelligence. Unusual interaction with other 
species noted. 


06 DEC 1979: Though the herd displays no 
outwardly anomalous traits, their high 
intelligence, unusual habitat, and the nature of 
their discovery lead the observation team to 
request containment of the entire herd. 


14 DEC 1979: Herd airlifted to Site- and 
classified as Anomalous/Cryptid. 


14 MAR 1980: Construction purpose-built 
zoological enclosure completed, herd 
transferred from temporary containment. 


09 JUL 1980: First documented incidence of 
males interacting directly with local fauna. 


14 SEP 1980: Early signs of musth prompt 
handlers to chain all four males to mature 
trees within the enclosure. 


15 SEP 1980: Musth conditions worsen. 
Xylazine administered by handlers to attempt 
to lessen the effects of the musth. 


17 SEP 1980: Unusual gatherings of 
Odocoileus virginianus (white tailed deer) 
noted in the treeline near where the males are 
chained. No count was taken, but it is 
estimated that between 75 and 150 deer had 
gathered. 


18 SEP 1980: All four males broke out of their 
ligatures, breached the enclosure, and began 
attacking automobiles parked on Site- . While 
security teams were scrambled to contain the 
breach, scores of white tailed deer stormed the 
D-Class barracks, killing 107 of the 120 D- 
Class personnel inside. Agent Gareth Marlow 
was also killed in the attack. Note: It was later 
determined noteworthy that Agent Marlow had 
been under investigation by the Ethics 
Committee for conduct unbecoming of a 
Foundation agent. 


19 SEP 1980: Heavy sedation was used to 
secure the males. The oldest male (known as 
“Ganesh” by the handlers) died of heart failure 
after taking 8 times the normal dose of 
tranquilizers normally required to sedate an 
adult male elephant. 


21 SEP 1980: Dr. Ladd suggests that not only 
was there a connection between the elephants 
and the deer attack, but that the elephants 
coordinated the containment breach to help 
facilitate the attack. Dr. Ladd request the entire 
herd be reclassified as a Euclid-class SCP. 


+ Addendum 1495-A2 


SCP-1495 was discovered independently by the 
Foundation in 1979 (See Addendum 1495-A1). It is 
noteworthy that the species most closely resembles the 
African elephant, but they were discovered in eastern 
India, thousands of miles from the historical range of 
Loxodonta africana. 


After full containment, the Foundation conducted an 
investigation of unusual events in the Darjeeling District 
of West Bengal Province, India, and surrounding areas. 
Reports of unusual early-autumn animal attacks began in 
1972 and occurred every year until containment in 


November 1979. Each of the attacks occurred during 
what researchers have generally accepted to be times of 
year consistent with SCP-1495-M. 


Packs of local fauna, sometimes multiple species, would 
attack and kill people in Darjeeling, Sikkim, and eastern 
Nepal. Generally, victims were attacked in and around 
their homes. In virtually every case it appears that the 
animals targeted a specific individual or individuals while 
ignoring or passing over other individuals nearby. 
Attacks varied by species and location, but in most 
attacks it appears that the animals attacked joint tendons 
first to incapacitate the victim in order to lengthen the 
amount of time the victim was alive during the attack. 


No discernible pattern was detected among the victims 
until the Foundation learned of a particularly large attack 
in 1978 at a Darjeeling prison, in which 18 inmates and 
one guard were killed by packs of leopard cats and red 
pandas. All deceased inmates were either convicted 
murders or rapists, and the deceased guard had been 
known for sexual abuse against inmates. Imprisoned 
political dissidents and beggars were not attacked. 


+ Addendum 1495-A3 


During initial testing of SCP-1495-M-1, ten D-class 
subjects have been injected intravenously with the 
substance. In each case, subjects reported increased 
energy and feelings of overall improved health, but nine 
test subjects expired from heart failure within 120 
minutes of receiving the treatment. The lone exception 
was the D-19-0777, the eighth test subject. 


At the time of the testing, D-19-0777 had been 
experiencing symptoms of bronchitis. Once injected with 
SCP-1495-M-1, symptoms rapidly began to dissipate. 
Six hours after observation, D-19-0777 showed no signs 
of circulatory distress and was determined to have 
survived the trial. After two more test subjects expired in 
the same manner as the first seven, D-19-0777 was 


brought out of observation for an interview: 


Interviewed: D-19-0777 
Interviewer: Agent D. C. Joachim 


Foreword: Excerpt from Log starting 04:33 
minutes into interview 


[BEGIN EXCERPT] 


Agent Joachim: Thank you. Now state for the 
record the charges that ultimately led to your 
death sentence in the State of 


D-19-0777: Double homicide. But I’m telling 
you | didn’t do it. | loved my wife and my son. 


Agent Joachim: You appealed your 
conviction three times and failed. 


D-19-0777: Fuck _. Fuck their racist ass 
lawyers and their racist ass judges. | 
volunteered to take a polygraph and it never 
happened. | volunteered during each appeal. 
The people that killed my family are still out 
there. 


D-19-0777: The bullets they took out of my 
wife and son were “lost” in evidence. They 
never found my slugs, | was shooting toward 
the field. | doubt they ever even looked. 


[END EXCERPT] 


Agent Joachim recommends that we be open to the 
possibility that D-19-0777 was wrongfully convicted by 
the State of and has never committed a murder. This 
combined with the targeted animal attacks in India in 
1979 (see Addendum A2) has lead to the hypothesis that 
SCP-1495-M-1 and animals affected by SCP-1495-M-1 


react with chemicals in the human brain associated with 
guilt. 


Prior to further testing, however, that hypothesis was 
disproved upon review of two previous D-Class test 
subjects who expired after receiving doses of SCP-1495- 
M-1. Though also convicted murderers, both of these 
subjects exhibited sociopathic personality traits, and 
were therefore physiologically incapable of experiencing 
guilt or shame. An eleventh test was done on a D-Class 
who had been sentenced to death for murder, but he had 
received Class-A long term memory amnestics and was 
completely unaware of his crimes at the time of testing. 
He expired the same manner as the other nine test 
subjects. 


At this time it is unknown if SCP-1495-M-1 itself is 
sentient or sapient, but it appears to possess the ability 
to identify those guilty of various crimes, such as murder 
and sexual assault. Testing is pending for effects on 
various types of crimes to determine if there is a criminal 
threshold for whom SCP-1495-M-1 kills. 


Note from O5- : Such testing will be very difficult, as we 
have a finite number of D-Class personnel who are not 
murderers or rapists. 


+ Addendum 1495-A4 
Interviewed: SCP-1495-5 


Interviewer: Dr. Ladd 


Foreword: After Dr. Ladd's communication 
techniques with the females of the SCP-1495 
herd were deemed suitably successful, site 
command requested he conduct an interview 
with the oldest female to gain further insight 
into the nature, capabilities, and motives of 
SCP-1495. SCP-1495-5 has a 2000 word 
English vocabulary and a rudimentary grasp of 


spelling. Responses were written by 
SCP-1495-5 with her trunk on a large chalk 
board. 

Note: Dr. Ladd addresses SCP-1495-5 as 
"Panca," the Hindi word for five. This is the 
name used by the daily handlers. The handlers 
assigned unique names for the sake of 
communication with individual subjects. 


<Begin Log> 

Dr. Ladd: Good morning Panca 
SCP-1495-5: HI LAD 

Dr. Ladd: Panca, | will be asking you 
questions. Answer them as best you can. Do 
you understand? 


[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 


Dr. Ladd: Thank you. Panca, can you talk to 
other animals besides people? 


SCP-1495-5: NOT ME 
Dr. Ladd: Another one? 
[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 
Dr. Ladd: Is it the males? 


[SCP-1495-5 gestures to indicate that she 
does not understand] 


Dr. Ladd: Is it Balthazar, Melchior, or Gaspar? 
Note: the handlers' names for SCP-1495-2, -3, 
and -4. 


[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 


Dr. Ladd: Balthazar, Melchior, and Gaspar 
can talk to other animals? 


[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 


Dr. Ladd: Panca, what do Balthazar, Melchior, 
and Gaspar tell the animals to do? 


SCP-1495-5: GOOD 


Dr. Ladd: Do they ever tell the animals to kill 
people? 


[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 


Dr. Ladd: Who do Balthazar, Melchior, or 
Gaspar want to kill? 


SCP-1495-5: NO WANT 


Dr. Ladd: Who do Balthazar, Melchior, or 
Gaspar tell the animals to kill? 


SCP-1495-5: WITH PAPA 


Note: Papa is not a word that has been taught 
to any of SCP-1495 


Dr. Ladd: With father? 
SCP-1495-5: NO WITH PAPA 


Dr. Ladd: Panca, why do they tell the animals 
to kill? 


SCP-1495-5: BALANS Note: most likely 
"balance" 


Dr. Ladd: Balance? 


[SCP-1495-5 nods yes] 


Dr. Ladd: Panca, what is papa? 


SCP-1495-5: BAD 

Dr. Ladd: Papa is bad? 

[No response] 

Dr. Ladd: Panca, tell me about papa. 
SCP-1495-5: NO MOR LAD 


[SCP-1495-5 places the chalk at the feet of Dr. 
Ladd and walks out of the enclosure.] 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: It was later determined 
that "PAPA" may have been meant to be the 
Hindi word U/papa which roughly translates 
as "sin" or "misdeed" 


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