Oh look. It’s the end of the journey. The final 
page. Look. I’ve said some things | regret. | 
lied. | don't regret it. The Brother has another 
read, and | have a bigger wallet. You? You’ve 
wasted several hours of your time. You’ve 
been mocked and ridiculed for 976 pages. Go 
ahead. Tell your friends. The magical book 
that made you read it to stop the blocks from 
manifesting. You don't have proof though! No 
picture, no video, no writing. They'll think 


you’re insane! So show them. Prove that you 
aren't insane. Or is it insane that you might 
force your friend through your experience? Or 
will you go insane from not telling anyone? 
Moral dilemma, right? 


During rehabilitation from a civilian outbreak, one civilian 
attempted to read the last page of SCP-3039 first. Upon 
further testing, not reading every page of the anomaly to 
completion results in the same occurrence. 


Page 976: 
Sorry. The cure is not in this page. 


SCP-3040: Give Her A Hand 


Item #: SCP-3040 
Object Class: Safe Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3040-1 is to be contained 
in a standard humanoid containment unit. SCP-3040-1 may file for 
additional furniture items, which are to be reviewed and approved by 
site personnel. SCP-3040-1 is allowed to move around Site- as it 
pleases, as long as it is accompanied by two Level-2 personnel at all 
times. SCP-3040-1 is no longer granted wandering privileges. Any 
requests for SCP-3040 to be amputated are to be ignored by all 
Foundation personnel. 


Only objects larger than 20 cm3 are allowed to enter SCP-3040-1's 
containment unit, in order to prevent the anomalous properties of 
SCP-3040 from manifesting. This protocol may be suspended for 
research purposes only. When allowed to roam the Facility, 
SCP-3040-1 must be presented with an item! to hold with 
SCP-3040. Refusal to do so will result in a suspension of her 
roaming permission. If SCP-3040-1 must leave its containment cell, 
a 10 cm$ wooden cube is to be held by SCP-3040. This cube cannot 
have writing or any methods of conveying information on it. 


Description: SCP-3040-1 refers to former Agent Sharlene 
Vangarre, who lost her left hand due to the failed capture of an 
anomaly in Incident -a 


SCP-3040 refers to the area where SCP-3040-1's left hand was. 
SCP-3040 is not visible on the electromagnetic spectrum, nor is it 
detectable by chemical means. SCP-3040-1 describes it as a 
"phantom limb," which it senses at all times despite nothing 
physically being present. It states it has full control over the limb, yet 
expresses that the limb causes constant discomfort at all times. 


SCP-3040's anomalous properties manifest once SCP-3040-1 


attempts to grasp an object equal to or smaller than 20 cm8 with the 
missing hand. Upon doing so, the object will vanish entirely, and 
cannot be recovered unless SCP-3040-1 places the object in the 
precise location it occupied before, relative to the object's 
surroundings. No more than one object can be held at a time by 
SCP-3040. If asked to place a held object elsewhere, SCP-3040-1 
will express distress and discomfort, claiming that it cannot release 
the object. Items that disappear appear in SCP-3040-A. 


SCP-3040-A is an extradimensional void of unknown volume only 
accessible by items "held" by SCP-3040. GPS devices do not work 
within SCP-3040-A, but electronic equipment does function within 
SCP-3040-A if running on an internal power source. SCP-3040-A is 
usually empty, however some objects have been observed within 
video footage. No object persists for more than a fraction of a 
second, and the Foundation has yet to interact with one of the 
objects within SCP-3040-A. All objects visible within SCP-3040-A 
were at one point placed within SCP-3040-A. It is theorized that 
SCP-3040-A is a localized time anomaly that can have no effect on 
the outside world, excluding the act of taking the object in. 


UPDATE: See Addendum 2-A for information on recently observed 
properties of SCP-3040-A. 


Addendum 1-A: 


Interviewed: SCP-3040-1, Foundation Agent that is the 
host of SCP-3040 


Interviewer: Doctor May Nathans, medical doctor 
trained in treating amputees. 


Foreword: This interview was conducted with 
SCP-3040-1 after her recovery from the incident, and 
resulted in the discovery of SCP-3040. Doctor Nathans 
was assigned to SCP-3040-1 due to her training. 


<Begin Log, 12:58, 4/ /1 > 


Dr. Nathans: Hello Agent Vangarre. 


SCP-3040-1: ...Hey. 
Dr. Nathans: How're you feeling? Any lingering pains? 


SCP-3040-1: Yeah. Still feels like | have my hand, but...1 
know it's not there. 


Dr. Nathans: | see. So you feel as if you're experiencing 
a phantom limb, of sorts? 


SCP-3040-1: Yes, doc. It's not there, | can't exactly feel 
an actual limb. 


Dr. Nathans audibly sighs, before speaking again. 
Dr. Nathans: Agent, there is no need to be so sarcastic. 


SCP-3040-1: Sorry. Just...kinda strained from literally 
losing a hand, y'know? 


Dr. Nathans: | understand. 


SCP-3040-1: Anyways, why’re you here? | already hada 
different doc assigned to me. 


Dr. Nathans: Well, after you reported discomfort 
stemming from your amputated limb, they referred me to 
check up on you. Are you sure everything is okay? 


SCP-3040-1: I'm fine, doc, really. Just some PLS, that's 
all. That's normal-ish, right? 


Dr. Nathans: It is, yes. But | need to make sure. Could 
you show me your arm, please? 


SCP-3040-1 complies, and lifts her left arm. Dr. Nathans 
examines it for a few seconds, noting the stump of flesh, 
and nods. 


Dr. Nathans: Everything seems fine visually. 


SCP-3040-1: Told you. 


Dr. Nathans: And it’s just a sort of ache where your 
hand used to be? 


SCP-3040-1: An ache, and | can still feel the hand, 
kinda. Like an afterimage | can move. That’s what PLS is 
like normally, right? 


Dr. Nathans: Some experience that, yes. Though it is 
curious how you’re experiencing this so soon after losing 
your hand... 


SCP-3040-1: Just my body being a bit weird, doc. 
Nothing big about it. Don’t worry. | just need to recover 
and I'll be a-okay and ready for duty again. That mission 
was botched from the get-go when Duncan... 


SCP-3040-1 grumbles inaudibly for a few seconds, 
before Nathans clears her throat. 


Dr. Nathans: That doesn’t matter. Since you’re 
experiencing some form of PLS, I'll be sure to refer you 
to therapy so you can get back on the job soon. 


SCP-3040-1: If they don’t let me go ‘cause of my missing 
hand. 


Dr. Nathans: It’s very possible you may retain your 
position. You are right handed, yes? 


SCP-3040-1: Yeah. | can still shoot with my right hand, 
and a simple prosthetic could give me support... just 
worry, y know? Especially for Duncan. Even though- 


Dr. Nathans: This meeting isn’t about Agent Banner. 
SCP-3040-1 sighs, and nods. 


Dr. Nathans: Now, do you have any questions before | 
go? 


SCP-3040-1: No, doc. I’m good. Well... 


Dr. Nathans: Well what? 


SCP-3040-1: | just...wanna try grabbing something. Just 
to prove to myself my hand isn’t there. Can you hand me 
that pen? 


Dr. Nathans: If you wish. Here. 


Dr. Nathans holds a small, ballpoint pen up, near where 
SCP-3040-1's hand would have been. A look of 
concentration crosses her face, before the pen 
disappears. Both are silent for a few moments, before 
the pen re-appears and SCP-3040-1 drops her arm. 


SCP-3040-1: W...what the hell? 


Dr. Nathans: ...| need to report this. I'm sorry, Sharlene, 
but | have to. 


Closing Statement: SCP-3040-1 remained 
unresponsive until it was transferred to its containment 
unit. Its phantom limb was then classified as SCP-3040. 


Addendum 1-B: 


+ Experimental logs 
Experiment 1 - 4/ /1 


Subject: A ballpoint pen 

Procedure: SCP-3040-1 was instructed to 
grasp the ballpoint pen with her missing hand. 
Results: The pen vanished from view once 
the pen was grasped. Chemical, visual, and 
physical analysis of the region where the pen 
had been indicated that the pen was not 
simply invisible, but no longer present. After 
the pen was placed down, it reappeared in the 
identical position and state it was in prior to 
being lifted. 

Analysis: "The pen disappeared in all ways. 
No chemical, physical, or electromagnetic 


detection was possible. Perhaps the object 
was teleported elsewhere?" - Dr. Klaus 


Experiment 2 - 4/ /1 


Subject: A ballpoint pen, with a small GPS 
tracker attached 

Procedure: SCP-3040-1 was instructed to 
grasp the ballpoint pen with her missing hand. 
Results: Once again, the pen disappeared, 
leaving no physical or chemical trace. Upon 
vanishing, the GPS signal immediately winked 
out. Once SCP-3040-1 released the pen, the 
GPS signal reappeared. 

Analysis: "The GPS tracker did not output a 
signal. Wherever the object is taken, it is either 
in a location outside of GPS reach, or simply 
not in this world at all." - Dr. Klaus 


Experiment 7 - 5/ /1 


Subject: A 20 cm? block of wood, followed by 
a 15 cm3 block of wood, followed by a 10 cm3 
block of wood. 

Procedure: SCP-3040-1 was instructed to 
grasp each block of wood sequentially. 
Results: All three blocks of wood 
disappeared. 

Analysis: "Upper limit is 20 cm3, it seems. 
Previous four tests corroborate that nothing 
larger than this size can be held. Useful 
information for future tests. Perhaps cameras 
can work when no longer visible?" - Dr. Klaus 


Experiment 8 - 5/ /1 


Subject: A small GoPro camera. 
Procedure: The camera was set to record, 
and SCP-3040-1 was instructed to grasp the 
camera for twenty seconds, then to place it 
down. 


Results: The camera disappeared, much like 
the previous objects, and appeared once again 
once SCP-3040-1 released it. The camera was 
fully functional afterwards. Please see 
Addendum 1-C for sustained footage. 
Analysis: "The location objects go to seems 
to be devoid of anything, aside from what was 
introduced before. Unsure if those are physical 
or incorporeal manifestations, and due to their 
short manifestation period it is unlikely | will be 
able to test that. Further testing of how objects 
behave inside of SCP-3040-A is needed." - Dr. 
Klaus 


Experiment 13 - 6/ /1 


Subject: A mug of hot coffee. 

Procedure: SCP-3040-1 was instructed to 
grasp the handle of the mug, and once the 
object disappeared, was instructed to pour it 
out before setting it down again. 

Results: The mug, upon return, was still filled 
with hot coffee. The volume and temperature 
of the liquid had not changed at all, despite 
SCP-3040-1 confirming she tried to pour it out. 
Analysis: "Objects inside are resistant to 
being changed in a way that alters them 
physically. The temperature of the coffee also 
did not change. Digital thermometers pegged 
the internal temperature of SCP-3040-A at 
about -268C° as well. The lack in temperature 
alteration may be due to SCP-3040-A being a 
total vacuum, or perhaps any physical 
changes are impossible — including the loss of 
heat energy. More video records, and perhaps 
a digital atmospheric scanner, are needed." - 
Dr. Klaus 


Addentum 1-C: 


+ Documentation from Experiment 8 


taken to carrying a handgun and just shooting anyone who looks 
happy. Considering how haggard and miserable most of our staff is, 
there’s not much chance of a false positive. 


I've sabotaged all the communication systems. We will stop this 
thing here. 


The infection in me feels like it's spreading. Starting to take a 
conscious effort not to think about... That. There is no God. | am 
God. 


Personal Log of: Dr. 
Date: [DATA ABSENT] 2009 


There is no God. 


Quarantine had been breached. I’m afraid Dr. C and | may be 
the only uninfected personnel on site at this point. He’s only safe 
because he was in that quarantine cell for so long. 


Knowledge is starting to slip. | know... things. [MEME EXPUNGED] 
not know what 370 looks like, but | Know [MEME EXPUNGED]. 


There is no Gate. | worship only myself. 


Personal Log of: Dr. 
Date: [DATA ABSENT] 2009 


Notes: From this point on the writing gets more and more shaky. 
Some parts appear illegible and large segments had to be removed 
due to memetic contamination. 


Satan used to be just a symbol to me, a symbol of my own 
unrepressed desires. A symbol of freedom. 


I’ve changed my mind. | pledged [MEME EXPUNGED]. I’ve 
performed another ritual, not in the book just one that came to me. | 
had to use Dr. C [REDACTED] felt a bit bad about that at first, 
but it’s all for the Foundation. 


| have a plan. 


Note: Due to the loss of the original footage, only the 
textual documentation written by Dr. Klaus remains. 


The recording begins with a short clip of 
SCP-3040-1. It looks directly at the camera, 
before reaching out to it with the limb that is 
host to SCP-3040. After contact with 
SCP-3040 is made, the video cuts to a 
seemingly endless and empty white expanse. 
A quiet hum can be heard through the 
speakers for the entire duration of the 
remaining clip. 


After exactly 8.73 seconds, a ballpoint pen 
identical to the one used in Experiment 1 
appears for approximately 0.25 seconds. After 
3.61 seconds, a pen identical to the one 
utilized in Experiment 2 appears. In the last 
three seconds of the video, the three wooden 
blocks from Experiment 7 appear sequentially, 
exactly one second apart. The video cuts 
abruptly back to SCP-3040-1, which is looking 
towards Dr. Klaus. The footage ends there. 


Addendum 2-A: 


Further testing within SCP-3040-A revealed multiple temporal 
anomalies affecting the dimension. These anomalies include the 
following: 


¢ Any electronic recording device within SCP-3040-A will have 
all files related to SCP-3040-A altered if placed into 
SCP-3040-A more than once. Alterations to the files only 
consist of changing all past files to contain all objects recently 
introduced into the time loop. Importantly, this affects any 
copies of the files as well, regardless of if they were present 
on the device at the time of re-introduction or not. 


* SCP-3040-A exists within a persistent minute-long time loop. 
Any item inserted within SCP-3040-A will appear within all 
following loops at the precise moment they appeared, and will 


persist for 0.25 seconds without fail. No observed objects 
within SCP-3040-A persist for longer. 


Any and all living organisms will enter a form of stasis. Cells 
will cease to function temporarily but will not die, and all brain 
activity ceases as well. Organisms display no ill effects due to 
this stasis. Any electronic device attached to the organism will 
continue to function and monitor the organism, however. 


If an object is placed within SCP-3040-A, removed, altered, 
then placed back within SCP-3040-A, all electronic information 
involving the object will change to have the most recent 
version of the object present. This does not affect data 
created before 4/ /1 .2 


See Addendum 2-B for experiments relating to the discovery of 
these traits. 


Addendum 2-B: 


The following experiments resulted in the discovery of numerous, 
previously unknown, traits of SCP-3040-A. 


Experiment 14 - 6/ /1 


Subject: The same camera utilized in Experiment 8. All 
files removed and uploaded to the Foundation database 
beforehand. 

Procedure: SCP-3040-1 was instructed to grasp the 
camera for twenty seconds, then to place it down. 
Results: The camera disappeared, much like the 
previous objects, and appeared once again once 
SCP-3040-1 released it. The camera was fully functional 
afterwards. 


+ View Footage 


The recording begins with a short clip of 
SCP-3040-1. It looks directly at the camera, 
before reaching out to it with the limb that is 
host to SCP-3040. After contact with 


SCP-3040 is made, the video cuts to a 
seemingly endless and empty white expanse. 
A quiet hum can be heard through the 
speakers for the entire duration of the 
remaining clip.