Currently, 27 instances of SCP-1377-01 have been documented in 
24 nations since the first known occurrence on 04/23/1952. All 
instances of SCP-1377-01 have been recovered and taken into 
Foundation custody, with the exception of SCP-1377-01.14 (see 
Incident 1377-1). If allowed to proceed into the legislative chambers 
at which the specimen emerges, SCP-1377-01 will make a 
"speech". The content of this "speech" has varied greatly between 
instances of SCP-1377-01: The first observed occasion consisted of 
SCP-1377-01.3 vocalizing a series of static-like screeches and 
electronic tones; SCP-1377-01.7 addressed the Supreme People's 
Council of South Yemen with an eight-minute imitation of aggressive 
hooting noises typically made by Gorilla beringei; and most recently, 
SCP-1377-01.27 was documented at the German Reichstag 
engaging in vocalizations that, while resembling the sound of human 
speech, contained no discernible linguistic structure or pattern. 


« SCP-1376 | SCP-1377 | SCP-1378 » 


SCP-1378: A Trip to the Mall 


Item #: SCP-1378 
Object Class: Euclid Neutralized 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1378 has been marked off 
as off-limits to civilian access under the pretense of chemical 
contamination until such time that a more permanent containment 
solution can be devised. All Foundation personnel on-site are to 
maintain cover as a government-sanctioned cleanup staff and all 
unauthorized individuals attempting to gain access to the location 
are to be detained, questioned, and administered a Class B 
amnestic if deemed necessary by on-site security personnel. 


Asof  - - ,no anomalous phenomena have been recorded on-site 
for a period of twelve (12) months and as such, SCP-1378 has been 
reclassified Neutralized. Local Observation Posts have been notified 
to monitor reports in case of resurgence; all on-site personnel have 
been reassigned and the property has been returned to local 
ownership until further notice. 


Description: SCP-1378 is the former site of the [REDACTED] Mall, 
a small shopping center located in [REDACTED] which was 
destroyed by afireon~ - - . Officially, the cause of the fire was 
recorded as having been due to an electrical fault in the central 
HVAC system that quickly spread throughout the building; civilian 
casualties numbered 13 dead, 32 injured, and 18 missing and 
presumed dead. 


Human subjects within the former perimeter of the building, 
particularly within the eastern wing, have reported numerous 
anomalous phenomena, most notably auditory hallucinations 
identified as heavily distorted human voices and periodic 
temperature spikes in various locations. Attempts to record this 
audio onto electronic media have failed, but corroboration between 
affected subjects has resulted in highly consistent transcripts of such 


phenomena, suggesting a common source for each such incident 
rather than a localized effect specific to each subject. 


A small number of individuals, particularly those with above-average 
extrasensory sensitivity, have reported being able to see intangible 
humanoid and saurian figures with varying levels of clarity, and an 
even smaller number of individuals have received unexplained 
injuries in the form of burns of varying severity in conjunction with 
periods of thermal fluctuation. 


SCP-1378 was contained and classified following numerous reports 
of hallucinations and other unexplained phenomena by emergency 
first responders and disaster response specialists. All such affected 
individuals were administered Class B amnestics and released 
following questioning, and current containment procedures were 
enacted shortly thereafter. 


Addendum 1378-01: Log of Auditory Phenomena 


While the majority of auditory phenomena experienced by affected 
individuals have consisted of incoherent or highly distorted voices, 
personnel have consistently reported decipherable speech from two 
different unidentified female voices, a young girl (SCP-1378-A) and 
an older woman (SCP-1378-B), possibly related. The repetition of 
such speech indicates that they may form some sort of hallucinatory 
echo of prior events, and the decipherable fragments from such 
events has been logged. 


Ref #: 1378-031 
Duration: 28 seconds 
Transcript: 


SCP-1378-B: [indecipherable] and stay close to me, 
honey, okay? 


SCP-1378-A: Okay. 


SCP-1378-B: Alright, now hold my hand and don't let go. 
And don't talk to the [indecipherable], okay? 


SCP-1378-A: Yes, mommy. 


Ref #: 1378-019 
Duration: 1 minute, 11 seconds 
Transcript: 


SCP-1378-A: [indecipherable] awesome! 
SCP-1378-B: Mmhmm. Stay behind me, sweetie, okay? 
SCP-1378-A: Why? 


SCP-1378-B: Because they don't like having humans too 
close to them, so we show our respect by leaving them 
alone. Do you remember what | said about respecting 
[indecipherable]? 


SCP-1378-A: Okay. Can | have a [indecipherable]? 


SCP-1378-B: Yes, but only one, and don't let it touch 
your nose, okay? 


SCP-1378-A: Okay. 
SCP-1378-B: [indecipherable] 


Ref #: 1378-066 
Duration: 47 seconds 
Transcript: 


SCP-1378-A: [indecipherable] other people here? 


SCP-1378-B: Sweetie, it's not polite to call ourselves 
special. We just have a gift that others don't, which lets 
us come here and see all of these wonderful things. 


SCP-1378-A: Can we take Lisa here too? | want to show 
her all the stuff we can see! 


SCP-1378-B: I'm sorry, sweetie, but we can't 
[indecipherable] 


SCP-1378-A: [indecipherable] not? She's my best friend! 


SCP-1378-B: Because they wouldn't understand our gift, 
sweetie. They would be afraid of us and try to take us 
away, and then we wouldn't be able to come here any 
more. That's why we can't tell anyone. Not even Lisa, 
okay? 


SCP-1378-A: ...okay. 


SCP-1378-B: If you promise to be good, we'll 
[indecipherable] 


Ref #: 1378-108 
Duration: 42 seconds 
Transcript: 


SCP-1378-B: [indecipherable] your eyes, honey. Stay 
with me. 


(several subjects have inconsistently reported hearing 
either faint or distant screaming or the crackling of 
flames at this point) 


SCP-1378-A: [indecipherable]? What's wrong? 


SCP-1378-B: Don't look at them, sweetie. Hold my 
[indecipherable] 


SCP-1378-A: [indecipherable] 


SCP-1378-B: [indecipherable] and stay in here until | 
come and get you, okay? 


SCP-1378-A: Mommy, I'm scared... 


SCP-1378-B: | know, sweetie, I'm sorry, but it's not safe, 
okay? Stay in here and | swear I'll get you when it's safe. 
Promise me you'll stay in here and stay quiet. 


SCP-1378-A: | promise. 


SCP-1378-B: | love you, sweetie. 


(sound of door closing and distant, indistinct yelling) 
SCP-1378-A: (sobbing) 
Addendum 1378-02: Incident Report 


On - - , while performing an experiment on-site, a 
research team led by Dr.R M was involved in an 
incident involving a previously-undocumented 
phenomenon while taking readings near one of the few 
intact sections of the East Wing of SCP-1378. The 
following transcript is a combination of transcripts taken 
from the team's audio recording equipment as well as 
corroboration from personnel on-site at the time of the 
incident. 


Dr.R M : Okay, I'm not getting anything from this 
area. Let's move the second set of sensors twenty 
meters north and try again. 


SCP-1378-A: ... mommy? 


Dr. R.M.:N__ , did you hear that one? That was 
unusually clear. 


Dr.N  H_ : Yeah, | did. | might have gotten a spike on 
sensor three, but I'm not sure. We'll have to take a look 
at the readout. 


SCP-1378-A: Mommy, is that you? 


Dr. R. M.: Okay, see if you can get a bearing on this one. 
J _, let's move five through eight and see if we can 
triangulate. 


Dr.J T  :Gotit. 
SCP-1378-A: Mommy? Mommy, don't leave! 


Dr. R. M.: (startled) Can... can you hear me? 


SCP-1378-A: Yes, | can hear you. 
Dr. R. M.: Where are you? | can't see you. 


SCP-1378-A: | can't see you either. I... you're not my 
mommy, are you? 


Dr. N. H.: (whispers) We're recording. Keep talking. 


Dr. R. M.: No, but I'm here to help. What do you see? 
Who's outside? 


SCP-1378-A: |... | don't know... they took everyone else 
and my mommy told me to stay here and hide but they're 
coming closer. (crying) | don't know what to do... 


Dr. R. M.: Listen, okay? We're going to do everything we 
can to help, but | need to know who you are and where 
you are right now. (aside) Call it in. Get the team over 
here, right now. 


SCP-1378-A: O-okay... (sniffling) m-my name is 
[REDACTED] and m-my mommy took me to the mall, 
just the two of us, because she wanted to show me 
something that no one else could see. We went to the 
back and then through a weird door that had really weird 
colors and there was all this awesome stuff, but... then 
there was fire everywhere and people were screaming 
and my mommy told me to hide in here and | heard her 
yelling... and | don't know what happened and I'm 
scared... 


Dr. R. M.: Okay, [REDACTED], can you remember 
where this door was? Do you think you can get there? 


SCP-1378-A: |... | don't know, | can't remember. I... 
they're right outside the door, | can hear their claws, I'm 
scared... 


Dr. R. M.: [REDACTED], listen to me, you have to try to 
remember, okay? 


SCP-1378-A: They're trying to open the door! | can hear 
them! 


Dr. R. M.: [REDACTED], can you hear me? 
SCP-1378-A: Mommy! (screaming) 
Dr. R. M.: Leave her alone! 


Dr. N. H.: Major thermal spike on sensors, are you— 
Jesus Christ, get a medical team down here! 


(end of transcript) 


Researcher Note: Dr.R M was hospitalized with 
second- and third-degree burns across her arms and 
chest, as well as severe psychological distress as a 
result of this incident. A request for a disciplinary hearing 
to address potential unprofessional conduct is under 
consideration but likely to be denied in light of mitigating 
circumstances. 


Following this incident, all anomalous phenomena 
related to SCP-1378 have completely dropped off; we're 
still not entirely sure what happened, but for the time 
being, we're out of leads. If we do not get any more 
readings within the next few months, we're going to have 
to call it quits on this one. 


Dr.N 4H 


« SCP-1377 | SCP-1378 | SCP-1379 » 


SCP-1379: Stab Your Inner Child 


Item #: SCP-1379 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1379 is to be kept in a 
dedicated Object Containment Locker at Site 19, off the floor and 
covered by a sheet. 


Personnel should never make any remarks regarding SCP-1379’s 
appearance, in order to avoid contamination. Personnel who find 
themselves contaminated with SCP-1379’s influence are to report to 
their superiors for evaluation, and reassigned to non-experimental 
work if deemed fit to continue their service to the Foundation. 
Further action will be taken on a case-by-case basis. 


At this time, cross-testing is forbidden between SCP-1379 and other 
SCP objects which contain childlike abnormal entities, such as 
SCP-097, SCP-747, and/or SCP-899. 


Description: SCP-1379 is a canvas painting of a clown with two 
children, held in a frame roughly 1.2mx1.5m in size. The object 
appears to be wholly destructible, and shows some minor scuffing 
and wear on the edges of the frame. Estimates put the date of 
creation somewhere in the mid to late 1980s. 


If any person or persons make disparaging remarks regarding the 
content of the painting, they will feel a sharp, severe pain in the 
centre of their chest within the following five to ten minutes, located 
roughly behind the sternum. This pain will persist for roughly 20 
minutes before suddenly ending; as of yet, testing has not 
determined a biological process or pattern responsible for this pain. 
After the cessation of pain, the person or persons who remarked on 
SCP-1379’s content will be irreversibly mentally changed, 
depending on their biological age. 


Adult subjects (>~16-17 years) will become unable to experience 
certain mental states, such as nostalgia and simpler forms of 
curiosity. Imaginative ability is also dramatically cut, with more 
creatively inclined subjects losing the will to create or perform as 
they did before exposure. Additionally, their sense of humour will be 
dulled, though not completely removed; they simply will no longer 
find most humourous situations as such. It should be noted that 
these individuals may find certain forms of humour, such as specific 
kinds of sarcasm and more sophisticated jokes or puns, entertaining 
if they did so before exposure. Adult subjects afflicted by SCP-1379 
are capable of living relatively normal lives post-exposure, and this 
effect diminishes the later in life one is affected. 


Prepubescent subjects (<~12 years) will be affected more 
dramatically by SCP-1379’s effect. After the cessation of the pain 
associated with SCP-1379, young subjects will permanently become 
subdued and highly suggestible, with little interest towards anything 
not directly related towards their physical survival. The affected 
subjects will no longer show signs of any imaginative ability or 
creative potential, as well as an extremely stunted capability for 
learning non-physical, non-critical skills such as mathematics. 
Emotional response is extremely subdued as well, with individuals 
losing the will and ability to form bonds with others, react to 
humourous or depressing situations, or feel any sort of fear 
response. These traits will carry into adulthood, with individuals 
showing little to no changes in mental state as they progress in age. 


Individuals between 12 and 16 years of age will be affected less 
predictably than those age groups discussed above, though the 
effects on this age group appear to vary in accordance with mental 
maturity levels. 


Recovery: SCP-1379 was recovered from a yard sale three miles 
west of Port Huron, Michigan, in 1999, after a high number of 
civilians were afflicted by its effect. A vast majority of the afflicted 
were aged 60 or older, and thus were treated with mild Class-C 
amnesiacs and released. The owner of the property where 
SCP-1379 was recovered had not seen the painting before, and did 
not know where it came from. The ultimate origin of SCP-1379 is as 
of yet unknown. 


« SCP-1378 | SCP-1379 | SCP-1380 » 


SCP-1380: Room #16 


Item #: SCP-1380 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The building containing 
SCP-1380-A has been closed to the public and is to be guarded 
covertly by a minimal security detachment (Delta-1380) to prevent 
break-ins and discovery of SCP-1380-A. Delta-1380 is to prevent 
unauthorized entry into the building containing SCP-1380-A when 
possible; however, because the building containing SCP-1380-A is 
located in a residential area, the commander of Delta-1380 is 
authorized to allow unauthorized entry into the building if it is 
believed necessary to prevent the detachment's presence from 
becoming visible from neighboring houses. All unauthorized 
individuals are to be incapacitated and administered amnestic 
treatments. Break-in attempts have become more frequent in recent 
years due to urban legends surrounding the building. 


Area 216 has been constructed around the location of SCP-1380-B 
under the guise of an archaeological exploration site; no 
unauthorized personnel are to be permitted within Area 16 under 
any circumstances. Members of Delta-1380 are permitted to explore 
SCP-1380-B when it exists at SCP-1380-A. Research into 
SCP-1380's transitory phenomenon is to continue; however, under 
no circumstances is SCP-1380-C to be operated by any personnel 
above class D, and remote methods of operating SCP-1380-C are 
preferred due to the attrition rate (100%) of personnel operating 
SCP-1380-C.