Closing Statement: Dr. Blanc has received an official 
reprimand for failing to exhibit responsibility for his staff. 
Scans of the last several pages of Junior Researcher 
Rubin's notes have been added to Document 3888-C. 


Thanks :) 

I'm glad we can still have time together like this. It's like 
we're the only ones who can really understand each 
other. 


How have things been in the laboratory lately? 


Video Log Transcript: Footage observed from security 
camera in Site-81, C Wing, Lab 56 on 03/01/2017 


<Begin Log> 


22:08:23: Dr. Gabriel Langley enters room and sits down 
near the main lab bench. He produces his lab notebook 
and begins to read from it. 


22:09:13: Researcher , the only other person 
present, exits room. Dr. Langley immediately closes his 
notebook and begins to stare unresponsively at the 
benchtop. 


22:14:47: Dr. Langley begins to rest his head on his 
hands. 


22:15:35: Dr. Langley stands up and turns leftward, 


starting to smile. 


22:15:41: Dr. Langley vanishes between recorded 
frames. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Dr. Langley's lab notebook was 
recovered. All pages had been rendered blank by 
unknown means. Researcher has been 
questioned and was found ignorant of the anomalous 
occurrences. 


Hey, it's okay to cry. 
It's okay. 


| know how hard it must be. 
You shouldn't feel that you have to blame yourself. 


Video Log Transcript: Footage observed from Camera 
2 of Site-19's Euclid Wing, Hallway 12, on 03/01/2017 


<Begin Log> 


22:28:56: Dr. Philip Orellana enters the camera's right 
field of view and is observed walking through the 
hallway. 


22:29:11: Dr. Orellana exits the camera's left field of 
view. 


22:30:20: Dr. Orellana enters the camera's right field of 
view, initially appearing to act in a visually identical 
manner to his previous appearance. However, an open 
wound is now located above his left eye. 


22:30:24: Dr. Orellana abruptly flinches and covers his 
ears with both hands, no longer walking. He appears 
confused and examines his surroundings while moving 
the fingers of his left hand over the wound. 


22:30:35: Dr. Orellana removes his hands from his head 
and begins running in place. Footage begins to become 
affected by corrupted pixels at irregular intervals. 


22:31:57: Dr. Orellana stumbles, regains his footing, 
then continues to run in place. 


22:32:44: Dr. Orellana begins running forward and exits 
the camera's left field of view. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Dr. Orellana was not recorded 
leaving his quarters after having been seen entering 
them at 21:58:49. Dr. Orellana was not recorded on 
Camera 1 or 3 of Hallway 12 despite the positions of the 
camera feeds, and was not recorded on any cameras 
located in adjacent rooms or hallways. 


But no matter who ignores you, I'll always be here to 
listen. 


I'll find you no matter how lost you become :) 


Video Log Transcript: Footage observed from security 
camera at [REDACTED]. Security Officers, , and 
Federica Salucci respond to a containment breach of 
SCP- 


<Begin Log> 

22:18:56: SCP- entersroom. , , and Salucci 
open fire. 

22:19:05: is attacked. 

22:19:13: declared KIA. 


22:19:24: retreats to adjacent room as SCP- 
continues assault. 


22:19:27: Salucci ceases fire, then lays her weapon 
down at her feet. 


22:19:31: Salucci vanishes between recorded frames. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: SCP- temporarily ceased 
aggressive action after the disappearance of Salucci. 
Successfully recontained. total casualties. Post-Incident 
Review determined that had not witnessed the 
recorded scene during his retreat. 


I'm sorry. 
| hope I'm not just making this worse... 


Yet | think | still understand. And | think that | can help 
you. 


You know that it doesn't have to be like this forever. 
You won't have to be hurt by them anymore. 


Final entry of Junior Researcher Rosalind Taylor's 
journal, recovered from her quarters 03/02/2017 


February 27th, 


Spent most of the day gathering up [REDACTED] and 
completing the NMR analysis. I'm not sure what Dr. is 
expecting. It's never consistent, and no matter how much 
data we have it's not like any enriched substance that 
ignores reality that much is going to start being on the 
periodic table. These things are anomalies, and such 
conventional tools just don't seem to apply to this one. 
The higher-ups know that. That's probably why they've 
got me doing the grunt-work right now. 

Maybe I'm just being defeatist. I've only just been 
realizing just how much technology has been realized 
thanks to these things. Wish | could work on the Reality 
Stabilizers myself. | doubt that'll ever be my specialty 
though. And not even those work against most of what's 
locked up on this site alone. 

And the real outside world won't get to see any of this. 

I'll Keep plugging away at this project for now, but I've 
been feeling so empty lately. I'm tired but can never get 
myself to fall asleep. I'm still working alone and Dr. 
barely talks to me. | eat alone in the canteen. The last 
time I've gotten a note from so much as a note was three 
days ago. 

| don't know what to expect. 


Wouldn't you like that? 


Warning: Personal terminals are automatically logged 
out of the Site-19 Intranet after 30 minutes of inactivity. 
300 seconds remaining. 


Logging out... 


or open the door to find assistance. 


Subject shifted while sleeping, and awoke restrained and lying ina 
hospital-grade bed. A nurse informed the subject that he was still a 
patient at the asylum, and was currently suffering from 
advanced stages of dementia. Subject was then sedated, and spent 
the rest of this shift alternating between semi-consciousness and 
total unconsciousness. 


* Request: Disregarding "Get this [EXPLETIVE] thing off me," 
none. 


9E2-66V-7HG5-2 
Retrieval: Subject found in its quarters, balled up with its hands over 
its ears. 


Subject once again arrived in the forest habitat from 9E2-66V-7HG5. 
The flora seemed to have remembered subject's last visit, though, 
and they reacted by "screaming" for its entire four-day shift. 


¢ Request: A hug. Approved. 


6K3-21B-I0S 
[DATA EXPUNGED] 


BN2-AL6-CTE 
Retrieval: Uneventtul. 


Subject arrived in a derelict metropolitan area. Subject was unable 
to locate any other humans, but noted an overabundance of cats in 
every area it visited. Said felines seemed no different from normal 
housecats, though, and subject spent most of this shift petting any 
who came near. 


During the standard examination procedures after retrieval, trace 
amounts of a Toxoplasma gondii variant were discovered on the 
subject’s clothing, as well as larger amounts on its shoes. Further 
testing showed that subject had not yet been infected with the 
Toxoplasmosis variant, most likely attributed to the short timeframe 
of this shift not allowing the subject to grow hungry and seek out 
food. 


Footnotes 
1. Determination of an exact number is ongoing; this estimate is 
produced primarily through statistical analysis and the 


circumstances of examined subsets of disappearances. 

2. For example, through the presence of static or corrupted pixels 
interfering with portions of the video feed. 

3. Adequate translation of phonemes is complicated by the camera 
angle and light conditions, but the process is ongoing. 


SCP-3889: The Greatest Fisherman Who Ever Lived 


Item #: SCP-3889 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Direct physical containment of 
SCP-3889 is not currently possible. As of the time of this document's 
creation, general knowledge and influence of SCP-3889 has not 
extended beyond the eastern coast of the central United States of 
America, namely the states of Maryland, Virginia, and North 
Carolina, and as such current secondary containment measures are 
considered adequate until investigation yields a feasible mechanism 
for its physical containment. 


All major piers, wharves, shipyards, harbors, marinas, and 
commercial fisheries in this region, including their surrounding 
waters extending to 5 kilometers from the coastline, will be 
monitored by Naval Task Force Sigma-58 “Bottomfeeders’” in 
conjunction with Foundation naval assets for secondhand accounts 
of SCP-3889's exploits, as well to contain and neutralize any 
aftereffects of event 3889-TEHOM. Disinformation initiative 3889- 
WHOPPER is to be continually disseminated across social media 
and local news networks for the purposes of dismissing accounts of 
SCP-3889's activities as a series of exaggerated “fisherman's 
stories” or tall tales. 


Foundation agents are under standing orders to employ any means 
necessary to prevent SCP-3889 from undergoing event 3889- 
TEHOM. 


Description: SCP-3889 is Henry “Hank” McAllister, a retired 
independent fisherman born and primarily active in the central- 
eastern coastal region of the United States of America. All available 
records place SCP-3889's date of birth as November 27, 1849, 
though this fact has, for unknown reasons, not been a cause for 
alarm or interest for any administration within which this information 


is retained. SCP-3889 claims to not know its actual age, though its 
physical appearance is consistent with that of an average male 
Caucasian octogenarian. 


SCP-3889 is consistently referred to, by individuals within nautical 
subcommunities where it is known, by its epithetical name within 
local folklore, “Haulin' Hank”, or less positively as "the Gray Angler". 
This is presumed to be due to the spectacle caused by lesser 3889- 
TEHOM events and not the result of any direct memetic influence. 


All attempts to apprehend SCP-3889 have met with failure. When 
approached by a Foundation asset that intends to arrest, detain, or 
otherwise impede SCP-38839, it will generally state an aphorism 
such as “You can't bottle a squall, son” or “Only fool catch takes fool 
bait”, whereupon SCP-3889 will vanish. In its place, a Foundation 
agent currently assigned to SCP-3889 will appear, in whatever pose 
or posture adopted by SCP-3889 before its disappearance. This 
effect appears to have no limitations based on distance or mass, 
and is instantaneous, with the arriving agent generally in a state of 
confusion, but otherwise unharmed. The arriving agent will also 
have some item of fishing paraphernalia on their person. This is 
generally presented in a humiliating or degrading fashion, such as a 
fishing float inserted into a nostril, or a number of lead sinkers of 
sufficient weight left in the pockets to cause the agent's pants to 
disengage from the waist. 


At an average of 6 times per year, SCP-3889 will undergo a 3889- 
TEHOM event. This is defined as SCP-3889 using a fishing rod to 
cast a line into a body of water with the intent to secure a catch. The 
body of water in question must be at least brackish in composition, 
and the locations appear to be selected by SCP-3889 at random: 
these have included river deltas, public beaches, isolated and 
unused coastal areas, and uninhabited islands kilometers from the 
main coastline. After a period of time varying from the shortest 
recorded of 32 seconds to the longest of 3n44m55s, the float of 
SCP-3889's fishing line will bob once, whereupon SCP-3889 will 
reel in its catch, then disappear. No upper limit has yet been found 
to the strength and durability of SCP-3889's body and equipment 
during 3889-TEHOM events. Selected examples of 3889-TEHOM 
events and resultant entities follows. 


Date 


Location 


21 March 1944 Baltimore, 


08 February 
1967 


Maryland 


Delmarva 
Peninsula, 
eastern coast 


TEHOM Entity 
Retrieved 
Entity 
designated 
TEHOM-01. 
Entity physically 
resembles an 
amorphous 
mass of 
musculoskeletal 
tissue, roughly 
33 meters high 
and 53 meters 
wide at its base. 
TEHOM-01 
emerges from 
the littoral zone 
roughly 4 


kilometers away 


from the city 
outskirts. Entity 
neutralized via 


bombardment by 


offshore 
Foundation 
naval assets. 
Remains 
sublimated into 
vapor upon 


“death” of entity; 


none 
recoverabie. 
Entity 
designated 
TEHOM-15. 
Entity physically 
resembles a 
mass of human 
corpses in 


Aftermath 


57 civilian 
casualties, 
estimated 
$1,450,000 in 
property 
damage. 
Amnestics 
administered to 
local populace; 
destruction 
attributed to 
misfire during 
military weapons 
test. 


No civilian 
casualties, no 
significant 
damage inflicted. 
TEHOM-15 
remains 
examined and 


various states of determined to 


15 July 1999 


Tar River delta} 
North Carolina 


decomposition 
molded into a 


consist entirely 
of the corpses of 


form superficially individuals 


resembling a 
specimen of the 
genus 
Octopoda, with 
an estimated 
height of 29 
meters anda 
width of 107 
meters. Entity 
emerges from 
coastal waters 
and proceeds 
inland. 
Foundation 
naval assets 
alerted; entity 
subsequently 
neutralized via 
conjoined aerial 
and naval 
bombardment. 
Seemingly non- 
anomalous 
specimen of 
Cetorhinus 
maximus, 
approximately 
7.5 meters in 
length. 


declared 
deceased within 
a 350 kilometer 
radius over the 
course of the 
previous year. 
Investigation into 
intended burial 
locations of 
recovered 
human remains 
revealed 
thousands of 
undisturbed 
graves with 
caskets whole, 
but remains 
missing. 


None, save for 
article in local 
newspaper 
detailing 
“Mystery Angler” 
inexplicably 
landing 
specimen, then 
disappearing. 
Event publicly 
attributed to 
combination of 
happenstance, 
dubious 
reporting, and 
errant behavior 


24 December 
2011 


Uninhabited islet Entity 


east of Cape 
Hatteras, North 
Carolina 


designated 
TEHOM-41. 
Entity physically 
resembles a 
male human 
corpse in an 
advanced state 
of 
decomposition, 
with notable 
alterations to its 
physiology, mast 
significant being 
a maximum 
height of 
approximately 
64 meters from 
the surface of 
the water 
(entity's body 
from "waist" 
down was 
submerged), and 
the presence of 
dozens of long, 
tentacular 
structures 
emerging from 
the entity's back 
and neck. 
TEHOM-41 
immediately 
engaged by 
patrolling 
Foundation 
naval assets. 
Entity inflicts 


on behalf of 
specimen. 

107 Foundation 
casualties. 
Estimated 
$400,000,000 in 
tactical assets 
lost, including 7 
ships and 2 
aircraft 
destroyed. 
Remains towed 
offshore and 
examined. Entity 
found to possess 
unknown triple- 
helical genetic 
structure. 
Analysis 
ongoing. 
Disinformation 
protocol 3889- 
GREENFLASH 
enacted. 


significant 
damage upon 
engaging forces, 
by lashing 
vessels with its 
limbs and 
tendrils. Initial 
battle group is 
routed; no 
weapon 
deployed by 
Foundation 
forces able to 
inflict visible 
damage upon 
TEHON-41. 
Authorization of 
ERESHKIGAL- 
class tactical 
thermonuclear 
clusterfire 
munitions 
requested, and 
approved by 
SCPNF central 
command. 
TEHOM-41 
neutralized. 


In all other scenarios, SCP-3889 can be freely interacted with and 
has not posed a direct threat to Foundation personnel, save for the 
aftereffects following a 3889-TEHOM event. Interviews with 
SCP-3889 are possible, though it typically evades queries related to 
its anomalous properties. Most notable example follows. 


+Interview SCP-3889-01 


Date: 09 August, 2013 
Interviewer: NTF Sigma-58 Agent Danielle 
Torres 


Interviewee: SCP-3889 

Location: Waterside Marina, Chesapeake VA, 
USA. Foundation alerted by intercepted local 
police traffic concerning an “elderly vagrant 
with a fishing pole” loitering on the marina 
grounds. Video captured by Agent Torres's 
chest camera. 


(Agent Torres approaches SCP-3889 from the 
rear. SCP-3889 is seated on the edge of a 
wooden boat slip at the far end of the marina, 
legs hanging toward the water. SCP-3889's 
fishing rod and tacklebox are situated on the 
pier next to it.) 


Agent Torres: Hank? 


(SCP-3889 turns slightly, and regards Agent 
Torres briefly before turning back around.)