D-67583: There's flames, everywhere. I'm 
surrounded in flames. The ground is on fire 
and all the buildings in the background are on 
fire. Is this supposed to be me in Hell? And 
He's there too... 


Dr. :Whoelse is there in the painting? 


D-67583: ...Jesus? Jesus! Jesus Fucking 
Christ! This ain't funny. 


Dr. : Do you wish to end the experiment? 


D-67583: No. I... this is... this is really 
something. 


Dr. : Please tell me who else is in the 
painting, then. 


D-67583: | told you! Jesus Christ! He's 
standing right there in front of me. Just looking 
at me! Scowling. He's mad at me. He's holding 
some things in His hands. 


Dr. =: What kind of things? 


D-67583: He's got a sword. All covered in 
flames. Like everything else. And He's holding 
up a scale in the other hand. It's got a heart on 
One end and an apple on the other. The apple 
is heavier. He's judging me. He's saying I'm 
guilty. 


Dr. :lsthattrue? 

D-67583: No. | told them I... | said... | plead... 
(D-67583 is silent for 14 seconds.) 

Dr. : Are you still with us, D-67583? 


D-67583: He's right. | am guilty. | killed them 
all. | lied to everyone. They all must have 
known. They've always known. It's obvious. 
Can't you see? 


Dr. :lam/not allowed to see the painting. 
What should | be seeing? 


D-67583: It's all in here. That look on His face. 
He knows. Of course He'd know. And in His 
eyes... | can see it. It all makes sense. 


Dr. |: What makes sense? 

D-67583: | am nothing. | am everything. 
Everything is nothing. Nobody is anything. Not 
even you. You don't exist. 


Dr. :1beg your pardon? 


D-67583: Nothing that exists exists. We're all 
imaginary. We're dreams in the mind of the 
dreamer. The dreamer doesn't exist either. 
One day he'll wake up and none of us will exist 
unless we can make ourselves exist. 


Dr. : Please continue. 


D-67583: We don't exist. But we have to exist. 
We must will ourselves into existence. My will 
will become real and | will become real and we 
will vanquish the dreamer. 


(D-67583 is silent for 27 seconds.) 


Dr. __: | believe that's all we're getting out of 
him, Control. I'm covering it up now, send in 
the others to bring him to the infirmary. 


D-67583: Wait. | have one more question. 
Dr. : Yes? 
(D-67583 is silent for 17 seconds.) 
Dr. _: What is your question? 
D-67583: ...are we cool yet? 
«End Log» 


Footnote: D-67583 was pronounced catatonic 4 
minutes, 37 seconds after initial exposure. Investigation 
into a potential connection between SCP-1074 and the 
organization known as "Are We Cool Yet?" is pending. 


Footnotes 
1. A psychosomatic illness induced by exposure to emotionally 
moving or historically significant works of art 


« SCP-1073 | SCP-1074 | SCP-1075 » 


SCP-1075: The Forest Normally Known as Vince 


Item #: SCP-1075 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Adjunct Site 13 is to be utilized 
for direct monitoring of SCP-1075-1. The property containing 
SCP-1075-1 has been purchased by Southern Crosscut Pines. The 
property is to be surrounded by fencing to prevent unauthorized 
entry. Foundation agents located in Adjunct Site 13 are to patrol the 
fenced perimeter regularly for unauthorized individuals. Any 
unauthorized individuals are to be removed from the property 
immediately. 


Under no circumstances are individual trees considered part of 
SCP-1075-1 by local residents to be damaged by Foundation 
activities. 


Mobile Task Force Theta-29 "Michael Palins” are to be utilized to 
manipulate public opinion of SCP-1075-1 in the local community. 
See Document Lambda-4 for more details. 


Description: SCP-1075 is an anomalous psychological effect which 
is extant among permanent residents of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. 
Those subject to SCP-1075's effect believe a clonal colony of 493 
trees belonging to the species Populus tremuloides (and which are 
designated SCP-1075-1) is a human resident of Pagosa Springs, 
Colorado. SCP-1075-1, referred to by local residents as "Vince", 
does not appear to, itself, be anomalous. 


SCP-1075-1 was, prior to Foundation intervention, believed by 
sufferers of SCP-1075 to be a well respected member of the Pagosa 
Springs community. It was listed as a member of the town council, 
considered active in local charitable organizations, and a focus of 
romantic interest for several female and at least one male resident. 
Due to Foundation efforts (outlined in Document Lambda-4) newly 


formed anomalous memories of SCP-1075-1 appear to be focused 
on avoidance of the individual. 


Those suffering from the effects of SCP-1075 are unable to be 
swayed from the belief that SCP-1075-1 is a human individual. The 
majority of long time residents are able to recall detailed and 
intricate memories relating to interactions with SCP-1075-1. 
Furthermore, the county registrar's office, along with several other 
local organizations, have several official documents on file relating 
to SCP-1075-1. The following is a list of pertinent extant documents. 


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¢ A birth certificate dated to February 10th in the 
year 201 AD. 

* A driver license (pictured right).1 

¢ A marriage certificate between Vince Aspenson 
and an individual known as Elizabeth Aspenson 
(Née Albareda) 

¢ Court documents relating to a divorce settlement 
with Elizabeth Aspenson (Née Albareda). 

¢ A high school diploma. 

¢ A bachelors degree in astronomy. 

* A property deed in Vincent Aspenson's name for 
the land currently occupied by SCP-1075-1. 

* Several police reports. (see document Lambda-4). 


+ Level 2 Access Required 


Elizabeth Albareda was located shortly after SCP-1075's 
Original containment. Though Ms. Albareda had no 
memory of SCP-1075-1, an attempt was made to change 
her legally registered address to inside Pagosa Springs 
city limits for the duration of this interview. Despite being 
conducted outside of SCP-1075's normal area of affect, 
this was sufficient to affect the temporary restoration of 
Ms. Albareda's false memories of SCP-1075-1. 


This interview was conducted under the guise of a 
security clearance background check. Elizabeth 
Albareda did not attempt to contact SCP-1075-1 


following the interview. 


Date: October 18th, 2012. 

Interviewer: Agent Malcolm 

Subject: Elizabeth Albareda 

Location: Elizabeth Albareda's Domicile. 


Agent Malcolm: What was Mr. Aspenson 
doing at Greendale before you met? 


Elizabeth Albareda: You know... at first he 
couldn't even talk to me. He was supposed to 
be there for transfer credits but he told me he 
didn't learn anything from Greendale except 
how to talk to girls. 


Agent Malcolm: How did you meet him? 


Elizabeth Albareda: Back in 1998 we were 
both taking Spanish. It was an easy credit for 
me since my grandmother was from Mexico. 
Vincent was in way over his head though. | 
was tutoring him. One thing led to another 
and... you know. 


Agent Malcolm: Why did you decide to get 
married? 


Elizabeth Albareda: That... that was all him. 
We were young and stupid. We made a lot 
of... well... a lot of mistakes. 


Agent Malcolm: What do you mean? 


Elizabeth Albareda: We were only dating for 
a couple of months when | got pregnant. He 
told me he loved me... but | think he was just 
trying to do the right thing. 


Agent Malcolm: What happened? 


Elizabeth Albareda: He had me meet his 


parents and we got married that weekend. It 
was fast but... Pagosa Springs is beautiful in 
the spring. 


Agent Malcolm: We don't have any records of 
a child. 


Elizabeth Albareda: He was born in Denver 
at UC hospital. They should have his records. 


Agent Malcolm: What was his name? 


Elizabeth Albareda: Joshua. Vincent picked it 
out. Said it was 'cause he was Vincent's 
salvation. 


At this point Ms. Albareda begins to have an 
emotional episode. It takes several minutes for 
her to recover enough to continue. 


Elizabeth Albareda: I'm sorry. | thought I'd put 
it all behind me. 


Agent Malcolm: It's fine Ms. Albareda. What 
happened? 


Elizabeth Albareda: Joshua was born with 
Neuroblastoma. I... | didn't even know a baby 
could be born with cancer. 


Agent Malcolm: Did he survive? 


At this point Ms. Albareda lost her composure 
again. Per standard protocol Agent Malcolm 
changed the topic of conversation in order to 
maximize the information gathered from the 
interview. 


Agent Malcolm: What happened, uh, after 
that. 


Elizabeth Albareda: | didn't think | could ever 


get over it. But eventually | guess | did. | think 
Vincent actually loved me. He just... he was 
broken after that. And | couldn't help him. 


Agent Malcolm: So you got a divorce? 


Elizabeth Albareda: | felt horrible. He 
retreated into himself. He almost quit school, 
but | told him the same thing he told me when | 
got pregnant: "It's our future as much as the 
kid's. If you love him, you'll keep trying to 
better yourself." 


Agent Malcolm: And then? 


Elizabeth Albareda: | guess he replaced me 
with school work. He didn't even show up for 
the hearing. | had to courier him the papers to 
sign. He lost a son but... | lost two people | 
cared about that day. 


Agent Malcolm: When was the last time you 
talked to him? 


Elizabeth Albareda: It was a couple of years 
after that, | uh, | called him about his parents. 
The funeral was... it was spring. 


Agent Malcolm: Why didn't you try to talk to 
him after that? 


Elizabeth Albareda: | honestly don't know. | 
feel like maybe... | think | reminded him too 
much of the past. | didn't want to hurt him 
anymore. 


Agent Malcolm: Thank you for your time Ms. 
Albareda. | appreciate your candor. 


Elizabeth Albareda: How is he doing 
anyway? 


Agent Malcolm: He's actually getting married 
again.2 


Elizabeth Albareda: Oh. Ok. That's great. 


Following this interview Ms. Albareda's legal residence 
was switched back to her previous address, resulting in 
the elimination of all memories relating to SCP-1075-1. 
No records relating to Joshua Albareda exist in the 
University of Colorado medical archives. While 
Greendale City College has extensive records relating to 
Ms. Albareda, no records of SCP-1075-1 exist. 


+ Level 3 Access Required 


Due to SCP-1075-1's popularity among SCP-1075 
sufferers, early Foundation containment efforts were 
focused on the reversal of this public opinion to limit the 
spread of public knowledge of SCP-1075-1. Due to 
Pagosa Spring's regular tourism, several Foundation 
assets posing as tourists filed assault claims against the 
SCP-1075-1. Though the first few accusations were 
improperly addressed, local law enforcement began to 
take the issue more seriously as accusations mounted. 


On March 8th 2013, law enforcement officers traveled to 
SCP-1075-1's listed address and remained inside their 
car for 24 minutes. Following this, the officers reported 
that SCP-1075-1 was in custody and traveled to the local 
police station. Though this event appeared to be 
peaceful, charges of resisting arrest were included in the 
Original indictment. 


The case began to move through the local criminal 
justice system without any observable events. The 
eventual plea bargain agreement reduced all charges to 
aggravated assault. SCP-1075-1 received a 6 month 
suspended sentence (along with 6 months and 1 day of 
house arrest). 


The current local opinion of SCP-1075-1 is to be 


monitored. If any return to previous popularity appears in 
newly formed memories of SCP-1075-1, more drastic 
measures are authorized. 


Following the success of operation Lambda-4, several 
follow-up interviews were conducted with local residents. 
All but one individual appeared to have their opinion 
significantly altered by operation Lambda-4. The 
following interview with that individual is included for 
reference. 


Date: April 25th, 2013. 

Interviewer: Agent Stevens 

Subject: Jennifer Small 

Location: The Great Cheese Diner in Pagosa 
Springs 


Agent Stevens: Thank you for sitting down 
with me. 


Jennifer Small: No problem. My dad used to 
get the Sun? when | was a kid. He'll be so 
happy to see my name in it. 


Agent Stevens: Well, I'm actually doing a 
story on Aspenson. 


Jennifer Small: Oh. 
There is a pause of several seconds. 


Jennifer Small: | don't think | want to talk 
about that. 


Agent Stevens: What's wrong? 


Jennifer Small: It's just... I've known Vince 
since high school. He was a straight A student. 
And even though he got an astronomy degree 
he was slumming it teaching high school 
physics. He said he wanted to give back to the 
community. 


Agent Stevens: So the accusations hit you 
pretty hard? 


Jennifer Small: | mean. | feel like | know him. 
Like, really know him, ya know? He's such a 
gentle soul. | just can't believe he would hurt 
those people. 


Agent Stevens: There were 12 different 
incidents. They can't all be lying. 


Jennifer Small: Maybe they are? Vince would 
never do the things they said he did. 


Agent Stevens: What about the guy from 
Boulder? He was stuck in the hospital for a 
week. 


Jennifer Small: You're right. | know you're 
right. But he says he didn't do it. 


Agent Stevens: What does he say 
happened? 


Jennifer Small: Can this not go in the paper? 
Agent Stevens: Sure. We'll talk off the record. 


Jennifer Small: He says he's being framed. 
He says there's these guys up near his house 
that're trying to make him look like a monster. 


Agent Stevens: It doesn't sound like he's 
doing alright. 


Jennifer Small: He's not. He's falling apart. 
He thinks there are people out to get him 
around every corner. 


Agent Stevens: What do you think? 


Jennifer Small: | think maybe he's not well. 


think he needs help and he's not going to get it 
if they're treating him like a criminal. 


Agent Stevens: | can put that in the article if 
you want. 


Jennifer Small: No. | don't think | want to add 
anything to the article. I'm sorry. 


Agent Stevens: That's quite alright. I'm sorry 
to bother you. 


Jennifer Small: No it's... you're not bothering 
me. But he's said some stuff that makes me 
wonder. Can you... can you possibly look into 
something for me? See if what he's saying 
holds any water? 


Agent Stevens: | can try. 


Jennifer Small: He says he's been inside a 
building the people trying to frame him have 
put up on his property. He says there's proof 
there that he's telling the truth. 


Agent Stevens: I... | uh can look into that, 
yeah. Did he say where it was? 


Jennifer Small: Just that it was on his 
property. Go talk to him and he can take you 
right to it. 


Agent Stevens: | will... do that then. 


Jennifer Small: Thank you so much. | care 
about him a lot. We never quite clicked but... | 
miss the old him. 


Agent Stevens: I'll see what | can do to help. 
Thanks for sitting down with me. 


Jennifer Small: Thank you so much! 


Following this interview Foundation agents 
willed a property to Jennifer Small in Maine 
through a distant relative. Due to the size of 
the inheritance, Small moved away from 
Pagosa Springs. Further interviews indicate 
she is now free of the effects of SCP-1075. It 
is believed that there are no longer any 
SCP-1075 sufferers currently sympathetic to 
SCP-1075-1. 


Footnotes 

1. The printed spelling of Aspenson appears to contain an error. 
This spelling ("Apsenson") does not match the signed spelling nor 
the spelling in any other documents. 

2. While this is untrue, it was deemed the best response to eliminate 
the possibility of Ms. Albareda contacting SCP-1075-1 if the 
anomalous memories could not be eliminated. 

3. For these interviews Agent Stevens posed as a reporter for the 
Pagosa Springs Sun. 


« SCP-1074 | SCP-1075 | SCP-1076 » 


SCP-1076: The Only Child 


Item #: SCP-1076 
Object Class: Euclid