Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1431 is to be kept in a 
securely locked filing cabinet on the fourth floor of Site- . Site 
security is to remain on standby in proximity to tests conducted on 
SCP-1431. 


Description: SCP-1431 is a 26.6 cm x 20.3 cm sheet of paper 
presumably torn from a note-book. Printed in warped block letters at 
the top of the page are the words, "SALVADOR’S STRANGE 
SCAVENGER HUNT!" Following the title is a set list of instructions 
on how to play. The rules of SCP-1431 do not deviate from those of 
a standard scavenger hunt. They refer to two teams with no 
maximum amount of players. The teams must gather designated 
items indicated on a list. Points are granted upon the return of an 
item based upon the difficulty in retrieving said item. Above the rules 
is a self proclaimed motivational note declaring, "Failure to attempt 
to gather items is poor sportsmanship and will result in feelings of 
despair, followed by death. Better get cracking!" 


SCP-1431 has been tested times and did not produce the 
described effects to those who did not participate in the game. The 
note is believed to be intentionally deceptive in order to motivate 
subjects to further interact with SCP-1431. 


The title and rules of the game are the only evident pieces of text 
until SCP-1431 enters an active state. Activation occurs if a 
minimum of two humans simultaneously observe SCP-1431. 


When activated, new text manifests on SCP-1431. To date, the only 
consistent text manifested is the ordered numbers one through ten 
leading down the page. The items indicated on the list are random. 
However, a certain uniform theme in the designated items is 


distinctly present between each test. Field tests indicate that there is 
always one designated easily accessible item to the subject at the 
bottom of each list. 


SCP-1431 was recovered from a house in , Canada in an 
active state after reports of ‘puzzling’ robberies had been circulating 
the town's local news. 


Observable scavenger hunt list upon recovery of 
SCP-1431 


1. "A Baseball Bat That Has Hit More Than A Home 
Run" — 10 Points 


2. "A Raw Carrot Which Has Led To Asphyxiation" — 5 
Points 


3. "A Lock of Hair Still Rooted At The Scalp" — 10 Points 


4. "The Plaster Cast of A Footprint From A Dismembered 
Limb" — 75 Points 


5. "The Aorta From A Twice-Broken Heart" -150 Points 
6. "A Stone That Hasn't Just Killed Two Birds" - 5 Points 


7. "The Earwax From A Recently Deafened Ear" — 50 
Points 


8. "The Fingerprint of A Finger Without A Nail" - 10 
points 


9. "Blood Spilt Through Envy" — 100 Points 
10. "A Double Sided Coin" - 5 Points 
Addendum: 


A field test was conducted between two Class D personnel on Site- 


Procedure: Both Class D personnel simultaneously 


observed SCP-1431. 

SCP-1431 manifested a list of designated items. 
Results: Both subjects read the list of designated items. 
The items were displayed on the list as follows: 


1. "A Gift Given Out of Guilt" — 10 Points 


2. "A Field Mouse That Never Made It To The End of The 
Maze" — 30 Points 


3. "A Computer Hard Drive Containing Pornography of A 
Relative" — 25 Points 


4. "A Light Bulb That Was Changed While The Electricity 
Was Still On" — 50 Points 


5. "A Tooth Lost To Neither The Dentist Nor Natural 
Causes" — 10 Points 


6. [DATA REDACTED]! — 500 Points 


7. "A Note Book With A Sincere Cry For Help Inscribed 
In It" - 5 Points 


8. "High Prescription Glasses Stolen From A Pedestrian" 
— 25 Points 


9. "A Butcher's Knife Belonging To An Unlawful Butcher" 
- 15 Points 


10. "A Coffee Mug" — 5 Points 


days, 6 hours and 58 minutes were spent recovering 
all the items on the list. Subject-A was provided with all 
of the designated items on the list and Subject-B was 
given nothing. 


Upon the accumulation of all the items on the list, all 
manifested text faded to the point where it was no longer 


evident on SCP-1431. 

Research staff exercised caution upon completion of the 
test. Both subjects remained in the designated testing 
chamber without incident for days until escorted out. 


Additional Notes: 


A package addressed to Mr. from a non-existent mailing 
address was delivered to Site- approximately one week later. The 
package contained a gift basket and a note. 


Note delivered alongside package: 


Congratulations! Please accept this gift basket packed 
with cherry scented soaps and a couple of extra copies 
of "SALVADOR’S STRANGE SCAVENGER HUNT!" 
Don't forget to hand out the copies, unless you like 
hogging all the fun! In the meantime, we suggest you use 
the provided bars of soap to wash away the anxiety this 
round may have caused you or anybody else. 


-Salvador 


All soap provided in gift baskets has tested non-anomalous and is 
being stored on the second floor in the spare toiletries cabinet. 


Continued testing of SCP-1431 has been halted due to the difficulty 
and resources required to produce all of the items on each new list. 
174 copies of SCP-1431 are currently being stored in the designated 
securely locked filing cabinet. 


Footnotes 

1. Designated item '#6' displays the words "[DATA REDACTED]" 
and is not an authentic redaction of information from this report. 
Retrieval of designated item [DATA REDACTED] was performed by 
giving Subject-A an item. Prior to the item being acquired, all 
knowledge and data concerning said item was deleted from 
Foundation records and replaced with the phrase "[DATA 
REDACTED)". 


« SCP-1430 | SCP-1431 | SCP-1432 » 


SCP-1432: Doll DVD 


Item #: SCP-1432 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Recovered instances of 
SCP-1432 are to be placed in a filing cabinet in the containment 
chamber. A standard television set and DVD player are provided for 
testing purposes. Personnel are not permitted to remove instances 
of SCP-1432 from the containment chamber for any reason. 


Police station communications are to be monitored for murders 
involving an unusual DVD. In the event of such a report a recovery 
team will be sent in to retrieve any instances of SCP-1432 and any 
individuals potentially exposed to SCP-1432’s effects. A D-class 
personnel is to view a suspected instance of SCP-1432 in its entirety 
and then be evaluated for indications of SCP-1432’s effects. 
Following testing, any individual affected by SCP-1432 is to be 
reclassified as a D-class personnel and placed in solitary 
confinement. 


Monitoring for instances of SCP-1432 that have been posted online 
must be conducted on a regular basis. Such instances of SCP-1432 
must be eliminated immediately and their IP address traced if 
possible. 


Description: SCP-1432 is a 17 minute silent video sequence which 
has been found on numerous generic DVDs in a variety of locations 
within the U.S. The source(s) of these DVDs currently remains 
unknown. DVDs are placed in the mailboxes of individuals 
apparently selected at random. 


The video sequence consists of an abnormally large doll pursuing a 
young Caucasian female in a short white dress and high heeled 

shoes through a series of rooms and corridors with disparate levels 
of lighting. The size of the doll is inconsistent over the course of the 


film, with the doll being portrayed as larger or smaller in order to fit 
through different areas (although the doll is never shown changing 
size). Near the end of the sequence, the doll corners the young 
woman in a large, high-ceilinged room. There is then a break in the 
video for 44 seconds before the female's body is seen lying 
motionless on the floor of the room. The camera gradually moves up 
the body to reveal that the doll's head has replaced the female's 
head on the body, at which point the video ends. 


Subjects viewing at least five minutes of this video sequence will 
experience the effect of SCP-1432. SCP-1432 causes subjects to 
believe that both they themselves and all other humans and animals 
are artificially constructed dolls. Subjects believe that both their 
bodies and key characteristics of their personality (or in extreme 
cases their entire personality) have been artificially constructed by 
an unknown being or group of beings. This effect has proven 
immune to all amnestics currently in the Foundation’s possession. 


This effect will result in clinical depression in approximately 89% of 
subjects. In addition, 73% of subjects will attempt to kill at least one 
other individual. If successful, they will then systematically 
dismember and/or disembowel the corpse(s) of those they have 
killed in an effort to prove to others that they are all artificially 
constructed toys. Non-psychopathic subjects will exhibit intense 
emotional distress during this occurrence, but will invariably believe 
that this distress has been implanted in their personality by their 
creator(s). It is currently unclear whether this compulsion to kill 
others is a direct effect of exposure to SCP-1432 or a natural 
psychological reaction to SCP-1432's actual effect. 


The initial instance of SCP-1432 was recovered from a police station 
in , Ohio on 11/5/ following a police report that a twelve 
year old male (hereafter referred to as Subject 1432-01) had 
murdered and then disemboweled both of his parents after viewing a 
DVD. The Foundation recovered the DVD and Subject 1432-01, who 
was reclassified as a D-class personnel after several interviews and 
extensive testing. 


Interviewed: Subject 1432-01 


Interviewer: Researcher 


Foreword: This interview was the first conducted with 
Subject 1432-01 following the subject’s initial 
containment. 


<Begin Log> 

Researcher : Please state your name and age. 
Subject 1432-01: . I'm 12 years old. 

Researcher : Very good. Now, you believe that you 


are an artificial toy, is that correct? 


Subject 1432-01: | am. You are. Everyone... everyone 
I’ve met is. Probably everyone is, | don’t know. I... 


Researcher : It’s ok. When did you first realize you 
were a toy? 


Subject 1432-01: | watched a video. Don’t remember 
much of it. About a doll, | think, or something. But after 
that | knew. | mean, it was obvious, how could | not have 
seen it sooner? Everyone was. Everyone, just toys, 
everything | felt, that time | hit a home run for the first 
time, my love for my parents, my dog... all just someone 
playing with their toys. 


Researcher : But if you didn’t think like this until 
after you saw the video, don’t you think it's possible the 
video could have made you feel this way? Affected your 
mind somehow? 


Subject 1432-01: (Subject exhibits signs of anger) No! 
The guy who made the video, he was warning people, 
don’t you get it? He figured it out, and he wanted other 
people to know! Because people need to! They don’t 
deserve to just, just exist so that somewhere someone 
gets a good laugh or whatever... 


Researcher : It’s okay, | understand. So, did you try 
to tell your parents about what you’d found out? 


Subject 1432-01: (Subject exhibits signs of extreme 
emotional distress) I...1 did. They didn’t believe me, | 
kept explaining it to them but they just didn’t understand, 
|... they... | had to show, show someone. | had to let 
people know. I, the only way was to, it couldn’t have 
been just anyone else, | wouldn’t get the opportunity like 
| did with them, but... 


Researcher : |understand. You had to do what you 
thought was right... 


Subject 1432-01: (Subject continues to exhibit signs of 
extreme emotional distress) They’re so smart. They 
know, they know the only way you find out is to show 
people what's really inside. So they put in this, they, they 
program you so that you don’t. They make it so hard, it 
was, all those memories, but | had to, I... |... 


Researcher : | know, it's okay. 


Subject 1432-01: (Subject continues to exhibit signs of 
extreme emotional distress) I’m a good person, right? | 
had to, | really did... 


Researcher : You're a good person. It will be alright 
eventually, | promise. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Subject was escorted back to 
sleeping quarters. Researcher subsequently 
requested and received a Class C Amnestic. 


« SCP-1431 | SCP-1432 | SCP-1433 » 


SCP-1433: The Sound of Silence 


Item #: SCP-1433 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: A single copy of SCP-1433 is to 
be kept in a fireproof safe in the archive room at Site 72. Unsecured 
devices for the use of playing back audio cassettes are not to be 
allowed on site. No personnel are to listen to SCP-1433 except for 
D-class assigned for testing purposes; all such tests shall be 
conducted in a fully soundproofed chamber. 


The Foundation is to monitor physical and digital means of audio 
distribution for any evidence of recordings displaying similar 
properties to SCP-1433. Any other recordings demonstrating such 
effects are to be confiscated and destroyed, and any persons 
affected by them are to be terminated or conscripted as D-class. 


Description: SCP-1433 is a recording of an unknown artist 
performing 4'33", an avant-garde musical piece originally composed 
in 1952 by musician John Cage. The sole known copy of SCP-1433 
is currently contained on an audio cassette of the type widely 
manufactured in the 1980s. The recording is present on both sides 
of the cassette. Once placed into any device capable of playing back 
sound from a cassette and playback is started, the recording will 
play in its entirety at a constant volume of 30 dB, regardless of the 
original volume setting of the device. Attempts to stop playback of 
SCP-1433 by stopping or pausing the player, or by removing its 
power source, have been unsuccessful; only disconnecting the 
playback device from the audio output has proven successful. All 
copies made of SCP-1433 display the same anomalous properties 
as the cassette recording, regardless of the storage medium used. 


As with the original version of 4'33", the recording begins with the 
sound of the performer seating his or herself at a piano bench and 
closing the lid. After 33 seconds, which the performer times ona 


stopwatch, the lid is opened and then closed again. This motion is 
repeated after another 2 minutes and 40 seconds. 1 minute and 20 
seconds after that, the performer opens the lid a final time, stands 
up, and walks away. All other sounds on the recording consist of the 
performer breathing and turning through pages of sheet music, and 
of incidental sounds presumably made by an audience. 


EEG readouts of persons listening to SCP-1433 demonstrate 
evidence of atypical electrical activity commonly associated with 
anterograde amnesia and musical agnosia. Persons listening to 
SCP-1433 report hearing a low male voice speak briefly after the 
second opening and closing of the piano lid. Acoustic analysis of 
SCP-1433 has failed to identify this voice on the original recording. 
Descriptions of what the voice is saying are inconsistent and few 
exposed have reported hearing the same statement. All persons 
exposed to SCP-1433 report that the voice is male and speaks a 
single sentence, in English, typically of a nihilist sentiment, and 
typically referencing 20th-21st century English-language popular 
music. Statements reported to have been made by the voice 
include: 


¢ "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls." 

« "| don't believe in the Beatles." 

¢ "It's better to burn out than to fade away." 

¢ "There is no dark side of the moon, really; matter of fact, it's all 
dark." 

¢ "Not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken." 

« "It's all been done, it's all been done, it's all been done 
before." 

« "Are we cool yet?"