Elucidating the location of SCP-3776 through these objects has not 
proved to be viable. Any identifying information such as street signs, 
vehicle license plate numbers, or migratory wildlife will have been 
lost through apparently natural aging and decay. All letters have had 
the recipient's address faded past legibility. However there will 
always be enough information for the subject to reach out and 
contact individuals they remember attending SCP-3776 with. 


In almost every case these individuals will be geographically close to 
the subject. All have been found to have existing knowledge of 
SCP-3776. This outreach is the second most common vector for 
spreading SCP-3776's effect. Many of the SCP-3776 subjects are 
impoverished, with some being addicted to opiates or alcohol. 
Research has ruled out any relation to SCP-3776's effect, as it is not 
universal among all affected individuals. 


Should two subjects afflicted by SCP-3776 begin to converse, their 
mental faculties will degrade abruptly as the conversation 
progresses. It has been found that multiple conversations of any 


length result in the brain entering the beginning stages of dementia. 
The corresponding bodily degradation will not be acknowledged by 
these subjects on their own; if questioned, they will attribute it to "old 
wounds from camp". 


Continuing to seek out information and persons related to SCP-3776 
will accelerate this effect. Many subjects will perish either from their 
weakened condition making them vulnerable to illness, organ failure 
in the brain, early-onset dementia, and a few cases of disappearing 
into the wilderness looking for Camp Nimrod. 


Foundation attempts to locate a physical location corresponding with 
the camp have not been successful. Although several abandoned 
campgrounds have been discovered, none of these were recognized 
by the SCP-3776 subjects. 


Addendum: On 09/18/1999, Foundation personnel intercepted 
reports of an individual who claimed to have been a camp counselor 
at Camp Nimrod. After seizing and altering the public records which 
had alerted them, Agent Ekblad was dispatched to an abandoned 
grocery store in Hurricane, WV, where the individual was identified 
and interviewed. 


Interviewed: , US citizen and West Virginia 
resident. 


Interviewer: Agent Ekblad, of Mobile Task Force 
Psi-7. 


Foreword: Interview took place in an abandoned 
grocery store, which public records indicate was owned 


and operated by until 1990. It is believed the 
subject had been living inside the building since its 
closure. 


Subject was discovered bagging and un-bagging expired 
canned food and rotten fruit into a paper bag, and 
continued this activity throughout the interview. 


<Begin Log> 


Agent Ekblad: Hello? Can you hear me? The door was 
open, and | let myself in. 


: inaudible mumbling 


Agent Ekblad: Excuse me? My name is Calvin, I'm with 
the state. Your living conditions, frankly, are... appalling. 
Do you understand what I'm saying? | want to help you, 
we just need you to answer some questions first. 


: Yes, yes, inaudible. We've got to get out of this 
place. it's not right. 


Agent Ekblad: Do you want to leave? We could speak 
outside... 


: But, it's... we're here. I'm just packing this up for 
you. Can | help you with anything else? 


Agent Ekblad: Oh, but... mister, | don't need that 
bagged. | have my own. | just want to talk. 


: Can't you help me? We've got to drop it — her — 
I've got to drop her off. 


Agent Ekblad: Who are you talking about? 


: To go to camp... | did it, when | was a young. Oh, 
when we swam up in the creek. | always thought 
somebody would drown there. Told stories to the littler 
things, the littler kids. Little ones. We always made 
them... inaudible. |'m sorry, I'm sorry, I'm trying. 


Agent Ekblad: Are you referring to Camp Nimrod? 


: Oh boy, those were the salad days. So many of 
them, that's where we started. Camp is like a habit, when 
you keep going back. A lot of kids started... inaudible... 
started using it. Like a camp. They blistered and wilted in 
the sun. 


Agent Ekblad: Can you remember who any of those 


kids were? Do you know their names? 


: Are you for... are you kidding me? What are we 
doing here? Why am | doing here? There's so much to... 
paper or plastic, sir? 


Agent Ekblad: You were mentioning a girl earlier. Do 
you know her name? 


: Oh! Subject knocks bag over, sending cans 
spilling onto the ground. Several popped open, spilling 
rotten contents across the floor, which emitted a strong 
odor. Summer is over! We've got to... inaudible, subject 
slumps over onto table. 


Agent Ekblad: Hey, stay with me here. Who are you 
talking about? 


: Summer is over... my... my little girl, I've got to 
get here. School is starting soon. It's our... bicep... ten... 
annual. She's going to make so many friends. Summer is 
over. Summer is over. Summer is over. Summer is over. 
Subject repeated this until Agent Ekblad retreated from 
the building. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Multiple broken and empty picture 
frames were found in a room on the building's second 
floor, along with two soiled cushions and a stained pink 
ribbon. Other than this, there was no evidence of anyone 
inhabiting the building other than the interviewed subject. 


SCP-3777: Jewish Mekhanite Golem Robot 


Item #: SCP-3777 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3777 is to be confined 
within Armed Containment Area-67 at all times. Point Q should not 
be approached in order to ensure that SCP-3777 remains in Phase 
a at all times. Should SCP-3777 deviate from its present behavior 
and attempt to breach the containment perimeter, the Containment 
Task Force stationed at Area-67 is to immobilize and/or neutralize 
SCP-3777. 


Description: SCP-3777 is a mobile humanoid automaton 
approximately 50 m in height, which is mostly composed of clay and 
brass machine parts, some etched with legible inscriptions’. 
Embedded within SCP-3777 are scraps of parchment upon which 
the Tetragrammaton? is written. SCP-3777 occupies a ruin north of 
Ephesus, Turkey, which is believed to have been a 1St century CE 
Jewish synagogue. SCP-3777 does not display any signs of 
sapience, but behaves in accordance with a four-phase routine: 


¢ During Phase a, SCP-3777 behaves passively, standing at 
the center of the ruin which it occupies (henceforth designated 
Point Q). 
During Phase B, SCP-3777 behaves territorially, patrolling ina 
counterclockwise circle around Point Q. SCP-3777 will 
aggressively prevent individuals from approaching Point Q by 
attempting to crush such individuals with its feet, but it will not 
pursue those who are fleeing from the ruin. SCP-3777 will 
transition from Phase « to Phase B when an individual 
approaches within 3 m of Point Q. 
¢ During Phase y, SCP-3777 behaves passively, by 
approaching Point Q and repeatedly punching directly ahead. 
Foundation researchers believe that this behavior is intended 
to damage the ruin, but it is ineffective in doing so due to the 


ruin's low height and the positioning of SCP-3777's arms. 
SCP-3777 will transition from Phase B to Phase y after an 
hour has elapsed since entering Phase B. 

¢ During Phase 6, SCP-3777 behaves erratically, walking in 
random directions around and across Point Q. At times, 
SCP-3777 will strike itself, although it sustains little damage 
from this behavior. SCP-3777 will transition from Phase y to 
Phase 6 after five minutes have elapsed since entering Phase 
y. After nine hours have elapsed since entering Phase 6, 
SCP-3777 will return to Phase a. 


It is believed by Foundation historians that SCP-3777 was 
unintentionally created as the result of a localized anomalous 
conflict between Jewish and Mekhanite? residents of Ephesus 
during the 1st century CE. Two contemporary sources provide 
accounts of the creation of SCP-3777: the unabridged Antiquities of 
the Jews by Josephus‘, and the Mekhanite Book of Apostates®. 
These sources are reproduced below. 


Accessing "Antiquities of the Jews, Unabridged" by Josephus 
(Department of Antiquities: 1911.87.43)... 


Now in those days the worshipers of Mekhane, who is 
called the Broken God by some, were strongly 
persecuting the Jews in Ephesus. In all Ephesus the 
hand of the Mekhanites was against the Jews, and the 
Jews of Ephesus dared not appear in the public places 
lest they suffer the Mekhanites' wrath. Now there was a 
wise teacher of the Jews named Enoch, who saw the 
plight of his people, and was greatly displeased. In his 
displeasure he read from the Book of Creation®, and was 
inspired. Writing the holy name of the Most High, he 
made a golem—a man of clay—and bade it protect the 
synagogue. (Surely the Jewish people exceed even the 
Mekhanites in such arts!) 


Indeed, the golem repulsed the Mekhanites, but they 
were a stubborn people, and would not relent. Thus the 
Mekhanites built many constructs—men of brass—and 
bade them attack the synagogue. At first, the golem was 
overwhelmed, and the Jews of Ephesus struggled to 


hold the synagogue, but Enoch was not deterred. 
Ordering all the scrolls of the synagogue to be brought to 
him, he cut them apart, wrote the holy name of the Most 
High a thousand times more, and bade the golem to 
gather clay from nearby. With this clay Enoch formed 
another golem, and bade this new golem to do the same 
as the first. In this manner Enoch then formed 999 more 
golems to protect the synagogue. 


Now the Mekhanites were repulsed once more, but the 
chief builder among them—a man named Demetrius’, a 
silversmith—called upon the Mekhanites of all Anatolia 
and Attica, and the men of brass descended upon 
Ephesus in the tens of thousands. And so the men of 
clay and the men of brass fought, and neither side 
gained the upper hand in battle. 


Now on the fifth day of the melee there was a great 
storm, and torrential rain fell upon the area. The men of 
clay, still freshly molded, became nothing more than 
writhing lumps of clay, while the men of brass rusted and 
became immobile. When the storm had passed, all the 
Jews and Mekhanites of Ephesus saw that there were no 
more men of clay or brass, but a colossus of clay and 
brass. This colossus wreaked such havoc throughout all 
Ephesus that not even the legions of the emperor could 
put an end to it. Thus Ephesus was evacuated, and the 
Jews and Mekhanites of Ephesus were harshly 
proscribed. 


Accessing "Book of Apostates" by Demetrius of Ephesus 
(Department of Antiquities: 1978.63.47)... 


98 An injunction of Demetrius, chief 
builder in Ephesus. 

2 Surely damnation shall soon come 
for the Hypsistarians8, 

3 those fools who cower before their 


idol Zeus Sabazios?! 

4 How feckless must you be, to turn 
from MEKHANE's light, 

5 because you have been defeated 
by crude men of clay? 

6 Behold, see how their creation has 
turned against them! 

7 The responsibility for Ephesus's 
ruin is theirs, not ours, 

s for we made men of brass with 
MEKHANE's knowledge, 

9 and they made men of clay with 
the flesh's ignorance. 

10 Do they not put faith in acts of 
sacrifice and mutilation? 

11 Surely this is an hour to be firm, 
yet | will offer mercy, 

12 for Sophia has departed from 
us, and led many astray. 

13 Apostates, there will be but one 
chance for repentance. 

14 MEKHANE's righteous wrath 
shall pause but never cease! 


Footnotes 

1. Sample inscriptions (translated from Koine Greek) include:"Gift of 
the workshop in Kythera, to our brothers in Ephesus" Triumph over 
the circumcision""Screw the whoreSophia""All Colossae praises 
Demetrius, hammer of the Hebrews""Hear, O Anatolia, God is 
broken, and MEKHANE is God"For additional inscriptions, consult 
the 2017 SCP-3777 Archeological Report (Department of 
Antiquities: 2017.7.3). 

2. The Hebrew letters 1177’, which spell the name Yahweh. 

3. Generic term for predecessors of the modernChurch of the 
Broken God. 

4. Jewish Roman historian of the 1stcentury CE. 

5. Religious text of the Mekhanite faith, which lists groups and 
individuals who left the Mekhanite faith or advanced teachings 
considered to be heretical. 


SCP-491: Wrecking Light 


Item #: SCP-491 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: A one-kilometer perimeter is to 
be maintained around SCP-491 at all times, for the purpose of 
preventing sea vessels access to the effects of SCP-491. Entrance 
is to be barred to all personnel with a security clearance below Level 
Two. Any intruders are to be questioned to ascertain their intent, 
then given Class-B amnestics and released no less than twenty 
kilometers from SCP-491. 


Description: SCP-491 is a lighthouse built in the early 20th century, 
located at , Nova Scotia. The ocean floor surrounding 
SCP-491 contains numerous wrecked ships, which vary in time of 
origin, ranging from 1923 to 1987. 


The area within the perimeter of SCP-491 is subject to spontaneous 
change caused by minor (Mw<3.5) earthquakes. The alterations 
caused to the topography of the seabed are greater than expected 
for earthquakes of these magnitudes. These earthquakes result in 
the production of large rocks or shallows in the path of an incoming 
vessel, inevitably sinking it. 


At random intervals, SCP-491's lamp will activate, producing a 
green light that rotates at six revolutions per minute. Any area of the 
surrounding sea illuminated by this light will evince several ships, 
identical to those present on the seafloor. These new ships retain 
the damage inflicted upon them, and begin to take on water, at a 
slower rate than non-anomalous counterparts. Displacement of 
water evidenced by testing has shown that these ships are physical 
in nature. These ships only last for a short period (t<2s), due to the 
rate at which SCP-491's lamp rotates. 


The interior of SCP-491 shows no anomalous effects, and is typical 


6. Or Sefer Yetzirah, an early esoteric Jewish religious text. 

7. Probably referring to Demetrius of Ephesus, an Anatolian 
Mekhanite religious leader who is mentioned in Chapter 19 of Acts 
of the Apostles. 

8. Monotheistic religious group related to Judaism, whose members 
worshiped the Hypsistos, or "Most High." 

9. Anatolian god syncretized with Yahweh by the Hypsistarians. 


SCP-3778: We Are Possum. We Are Legion. 


ltem #: SCP-3778 
Object Class: Keter 
Threat Level: Red @ 


Special Containment Procedures: A single instance of SCP-3778 
is to be kept in a Standard Botanical Containment Unit in Site-103. 
Staff are not allowed to consume any instances of SCP-3778-1, due 
to the risk that instances of SCP-3778-1 may fall into the possession 
of an instance of SCP-3778-A. Absolutely no instances of Didelphis 
virginiana (the Virginia Opossum) are to be allowed in the vicinity of 
Site-103, regardless of whether they are an instance of SCP-3778-A 
or not. 


Any wild or otherwise uncontained instances of SCP-3778 are to be 
exterminated. Coordination with the UIU and GOC in targeting and 
eliminating the spread of SCP-3778 is ongoing. 


Current containment protocol regarding instances of SCP-3778-A is 
the establishment and continued maintenance of diplomatic ties with 
the five tribal authorities of SCP-3778-A. Various treaties between 
the Five Tribes of SCP-3778-A and the Foundation include the 
following stipulations on SCP-3778-A: 


« Instances of SCP-3778-A may not interact or communicate 
with any humans, with the exception of authorized Foundation 


liaisons. 
* The tribes of SCP-3778-A will avoid human settlements as 
much as possible, with the exception of , Louisiana, due 


to reasons of cultural significance. 

¢ Instances of SCP-3778-A will not attempt to cross the border 
fence separating the United States and Mexico, or attempt to 
gain entry into Latin America through any means. 

* Cultivation of SCP-3778, either by SCP-3778-A or humans, is