D-8113: | take back what | said about my aunt, even she 
couldn't let the dust build this much. This stuff must have 
been here for, what, two hundred years? This counter 
has about an inch of dust on it. 


Camera feed confirms the increase. Dust has doubled 
since last exploration attempt, and particulates in the air 
are heavier. 8113's filtration system is checked and 
affirmed as still functioning. 


Subject finishes in the kitchen and moves to the next 
door as well. The bathroom is still present and in its state 
of disrepair. Dust coats the floor in a thick layer, 
approximately seven centimeters high. 8113's steps 
cause a large cloud of dust to bloom into the air. Subject 
backs out of the room and closes the door, wiping off her 
suit. 


D-8113: Throat's getting dry, gonna remove the helmet 
and take a drink. 


Control: Keep your eyes closed and breathe as little as 
possible outside of the air filter. 


D-8113: Roger Dodger. 


Subject removes helmet, noting the layer of dust forming 
on the top, and quickly takes a drink before putting the 
helmet back on. 


D-8113: Good enough. | could feel the dust in my 
eyebrows. 


Control is unsure whether this is a joke or not. The low 
groan in the same range as the last exploration is heard 
through the recording equipment, causing 8113 to glance 
around in sudden vigilance. 


D-8113: That was unsettling. 


D-8113 notes the door to her left, which is still boarded 
shut. Returning to the entry room, the camera quality 
begins to degrade lightly. The room contains at least 
seven centimeters more of accumulation than when last 
observed. 


D-8113: Uh, this is abnormal. And the air is so dry and 
hot... 


Subject takes several drinks of water and dons her 
helmet again, stifling a small cough. She focuses on the 
stairs, which appear to have been hidden under a deluge 
of dust. Video interference dies down a bit as D-8113 
ascends the stairs. No sign of the last D-Class is found. 
The landing has been hidden under almost 20 cm of 
dust, and every movement stirs up clouds of gray 
particles. 


D-8113: (Coughing) This stuff is harsh. The suit helps 
though. I'm going to take this room here. 


A small bedroom presents itself to 8113. It appears to 
have been once owned by a small child. Dust has been 
swept against the bed and dresser like dunes, almost 
60 cm high. D-8113 fords through the accumulation 
toward the dresser. Setting the camera down, 8113 
checks the drawers, coughing. 


D-8113: Ugh. Are you sure this suit can handle this? 


Control: It's the best we've got. 


D-8113 stops her search for a second and looks around. 
After a moment, she resumes. 


D-8113 Uhm, okay. | found some clothes, think they're 
for a girl. Yeah- (coughs). Small one, maybe five. Huh, 
found some papers underneath. Oh. 


Control: What is it? 

D-8113: [DATA EXPUNGED] 

Control: ...Noted. Thank you. 

D-8113: (nervously) That's enough for this room. 


Camera distorts, static suddenly returning despite no 
obvious changes. Subject gathers the documents and 
picks up the camera, turning to leave. 8113 appears to 
stop halfway and aims the camera down for Control. 
Dust rolls against the floor in waves. 


D-8113: What the heck? 


Moving to the door, 8113 is apparently wading against a 
current of dust, approximately waist high. D-8113 passes 
through the door frame to find dust pouring in from 
another room. 


D-8113: (coughing) This is bizarre, but I'm okay. | think 
it- 


Camera feed, audio feed and GPS positioning all fail 
simultaneously. SCP-2853's doors open abruptly. After a 
period of radio silence, D-8113 is considered lost. Due to 
the information gathered from the documents 8113 
found, this sudden disconnection is probably due to 
[DATA EXPUNGED}]. 


Exploration 2853-C 


EXPLORATION LOG 2853- 
C RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE OR HIGHER 


While SCP-337 was found in a filthy state at time of recovery (See 
Addendum), it has since demonstrated a preference for cleanliness. 
Not long after initial containment, the object managed to escape its 
temporary enclosure through a narrow (2 cm diameter) wiring duct. 
It was discovered on site several hours later in the fourth floor 
women’s washroom, where it emerged from a drain and consumed 
the hair of two showering researchers. A security team arrived 
shortly thereafter to find SCP-337 under a running shower tap, 
lathering itself with shampoo left behind by the women. Once 
containment was reestablished, SCP-337’s enclosure was fitted with 
its present bathing accomodations and a supply of hair conditioning 
product. The object’s rate of shedding has since decreased 
dramatically. 


Note: SCP-337 may seem to prefer "live feedings", but it will still 
readily consume hair that has already been removed from a human 
host, provided the follicle is intact and the root has only been 
detached for a few minutes. We have established a means of 
accomplishing this extraction just as effectively, if not as painlessly, 
as the object's method. To limit risk of cross-contamination, Class D 
personnel should only be exposed to SCP-337 for approved testing 
purposes. Requests by personnel to be deliberately exposed for 
feeding are preemptively denied. —Dr. 


Addendum: SCP-337 has demonstrated the ability to grow well 
beyond its present mass through the accumulation of additional hair. 
It was discovered in the plumbing system of a large nursing home 
facility in , Pennsylvania in 19 , after Agent noticed a story 
entitled “Sewer Snakes” Scalp Senior Citizens in a local newspaper. 
A team was dispatched to investigate under the guise of a 
fumigation contracting company. After evacuating residents to 
another facility, agents cut off all water and sewage lines in the 
building, monitoring sink and shower drains for any sign of the 
object. 


When a portion of SCP-337 finally emerged, it attempted to couple 
with Agent ’s cranium, only to be intercepted by his weapon’s 
bayonet. The tendril immediately retracted into the drain, after which 
time the object was not sighted again for more than forty-five 
minutes. Coordinated deployment of chemical clog remover forced 


When the doors opened againon - - at 

: 1 , D-1446 was sent to investigate, 
equipped with the same gear, including one 
can of compressed air. 


Upon entry, the doors swung shut loudly, as 
per usual. D-1446 activates their camera and 
takes a look around. Major differences are 
noted in the interior, mostly in the form of what 
appears to be the remnants of a struggle. 
Furniture is capsized, torn or broken. The 
gardening tools are scattered on the floor, one 
or two covered in what appears to be dried 
blood. Dust is negligible, a minor coating that 
defies previous logs. 


D-1446: Okay.. So what should | do now? 


Control: Please explore the house to the best 
of your ability. 


D-1446: Easy enough. 


Problems with the video feed cause Control to 
pause and reestablish a link. Subject finds a 
window sill to place the camera on and waves 
to Control while the video link is confirmed. 
Once finished, D-1446 is instructed to ignore 
the bottom floor and focus primarily on the 
upper floor. D-1446 starts to move but pauses 
abruptly. 


D-1446: Fuck. What was that? 
Control: What did you hear? 


D-1446: It sounded like someone was 
knocking on the walls. (pauses) There it is 
again. 


Audio feed does not pick up any such noise. 


D-1446: There's a pattern to it too. Let me 
listen. 


Audio feed records silence for about fifteen 
seconds. 


D-1446: Three short knocks, three slow 
knocks, three short knocks again. Fucking 
weird. 


Control notes that this is Morse code for "SOS" 
but does not tell the subject. 


D-1446 hurries to the stairs and ascends 
rapidly. No signs of heavy dust accumulation 
on the landing, instead, a trail of blood runs 
down the length of the hall, splashed or 
smeared on the walls. 


After some encouragement, subject begins to 
explore the hallway, often glancing around 
nervously. D-1446 passes the child's room and 
looks inside, revealing an otherwise 
unremarkable accumulation surrounding the 
degrading furnishings. Once again, no sign of 
the previous D-Class individuals is seen. 


Leaving quickly, subject takes the next 
available door on the right, leading to what 
appears to be the master bedroom. Blood 
coats the walls and furniture, red and nearly 
fresh. Dust is heavily accumulated in this 
room, swept against the walls and furniture in 
dunes a meter high. On the bed are the 
eviscerated remains of at least two individuals, 
neither of which are the missing subjects. A 
dusty revolver lies on the ground, surrounded 
by spent casings. 


D-1446: Oh, god. What the hell did this to 
you? 


D-1446's video feed distorts. A small breeze is 
seen moving the particles around behind 
D-1446's person. The change in the stagnant 
air causes the subject to spin in a panic. 
Nothing exists besides a sudden accumulation 
of dust, flowing around D-1446's ankles. 


D-1446: This is weird. Tell me this is normal, 
right? Happens all the time in this place, yeah? 


Control: The suit is enough to keep you safe. 


D-1446 scoffs and wades through the dust into 
the landing. A small bathroom lies across the 
hall, door ajar. Dust is seen overflowing from 
the toilet in a rapid torrent. 


D-1446: Yup, totally normal. 


Video feed becomes intermittent, but reveals 
no changes in the surrounding area. Another 
room is visible on the landing, and D-1446 
progresses towards it in the rapidly rising 
levels of dust. Upon opening the door, a small 
study comes into view. Worn books occupy the 
shelves adjacent to a plain wooden desk. 
D-1446 closes the door behind them, 
struggling against the river of dust forcing its 
way into the room, and looks around. A small 
globe occupies the corner of the room. Upon 
approaching it and clearing the dust, it is 
apparent that the globe does not accurately 
represent Earth. 


D-1446: Weird place. 


A loud bang is heard in the recording 
equipment on the subject's person, causing 
them to glance around. 


D-1446: Sounds like it came from downstairs. 


I'm staying here. 


Control approves this and instructs D-1446 to 
inspect the books on the shelves. Several 
pages crumble upon touch, but the topics 
range from ritualism and the occult to music 
theory and children's books. 


Another bang is heard, louder this time. The 
rafters bend and creak, as if under heavy 
winds. D-1446 appears to peer around more, 
revealing nothing. Video feed breaks down 
momentarily and returns, subject now leafing 
through some documents on the desk. 


D-1446: This place. Man, is it giving me bad 
vibes. 


An explosion in the 160 dB range is heard 
throughout the entire containment site. Subject 
wheels around, the closed door having 
buckled and caved due to the ceiling-high 
amount of dust cascading into the room. A 
loud drone is heard in the background as the 
accumulation of dust blasts outward in a 
violent slipstream, smashing into D-1446 and 
throwing them against the bookshelves. The 
camera Is thrown against the ground and 
visual contact is lost for thirty seconds. When 
reestablished, the feed shows high amounts of 
particulates swirling through the room in 
unseen winds. Screaming is heard, followed 
by tearing and gasping, eventually culminating 
in a wet thump. Wheezing persists for several 
minutes before growing silent. 


Video feed shows high amounts of dust 
flowing throughout the house still. Slow steps 
are heard from another room, as well as 
several other bangs and groans. Steps grow 
louder until humanoid legs seemingly 


comprised of dust pass by the camera's view. 
No noise is heard afterwards, aside from mild 
winds. Contact persists until exactly ::, 
when GPS, audio and video fail 
simultaneously. D-1446 considered lost. 


Addendum 2853-1-A 


REVISED CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 


Item #: SCP-2853 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of 
SCP-2853, containment is unfeasible. A perimeter is to 
be established in a 1000 meter radius of SCP-2853 and 
heavily monitored for activity. All civilian access points 
should be appropriately closed down under the guise of 
military operations. 


A containment chamber should be built around the 
house, with an airlock situated outside each of the doors 
of SCP-2853. 


Since the events of Incident 2853-1-1A, the containment 
measures have been updated several times to adapt to 
the ongoing growth of SCP-2853-1. Despite this, 
containment breach is imminent, and research into 
reversing the effects of SCP-2853 is ongoing. 


Description: SCP-2853 is a dilapidated two story house 
located approximately km outside of , Oregon. 
No known records of the construction or ownership of 
SCP-2853 exist at this time (See Addendum 2853-1-B). 
Despite the degrading architecture, the house is sealed 
completely, and all attempts to break or peer through the 
windows have failed. 


For approximately twenty minutes per day, the front and 
back doors of SCP-2853 unlock and open via an 


anomalous means. The doors will close and reseal 
themselves after this interval has passed. 


After the events of Incident 2853-1-1A, the doors of 
SCP-2853 remain perpetually unlocked and closed. At 
no time should anyone be permitted to open the doors of 
SCP-2853. 


If ahuman enters SCP-2853 during this period, the 
doors will immediately seal themselves until the next 
day. During this period, the interior will begin "meshing" 
itself into another version of the house, generally 
accepted to be parallel universes of the same building. 
Over time, contact with those inside the house degrades 
and ceases as an alternate version of the house 
replaces the interior of the current one. 


If no one is in any instance of the house, the doors will 
open to accept a new individual. Likewise, the doors 
remain closed and unlocked if the subject stays alive 
within the house for the entirety of the cycle. Leaving the 
house during this period exits into its respective 
dimension. 


Most alternate dimensions experienced this way have 
been apparently destroyed by large quantities of 
SCP-2853-1. 


SCP-2853-1 refers to an anomalous accumulation of 
dust found within the house. Testing has revealed that 
the dust itself is comprised of many different materials, 
but is generally identified as finely ground biological 
matter, mostly human. 


Clouds of SCP-2853-1 are particularly harsh to the 
respiratory system of humans, often resulting in 
suffocation over a period of minutes to hours, depending 
on the air quality of the affected area. The dust itself is 
seemingly indestructible, and attempts to destroy the 
particulates have ultimately ended in failure. 


When exposed to strong winds, SCP-2853-1 can exhibit 
erosion capabilities that far exceed those of typical dust 
storms. The effect can be extremely painful and often 
lethal. 


While there is no confirmation that SCP-2853-1 is 
sentient or "alive" in any traditional sense, SCP-2853-1 
often exhibits flows and currents, accumulating in groups 
and moving on its own accord. How this behavior is 
accomplished is unknown. 


SCP-2853-1 has no identified source, but recovered 
materials suggest the presence of a separate entity, one 
that may have caused multiple XK-Class End-of-the- 
World scenarios in alternate realities linked to SCP-2853. 


Incident Report 2853-1-1A: