SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Unpowered 

Item description: The hoof of a cow, wrapped in loose cellophane, 
entered the receptacle, but could not be removed due to size. The 
item seemed to be attached to a full animal inside SCP-261, and 
struggling sounds were heard from SCP-261. Upon attempts to 
open SCP-261, the sound of tearing flesh could be heard, the hoof 
severed and fell out of the receptacle, and the machine was found to 


and [REDACTED]. In addition, said refuse appeared in 
unpredictable locations throughout Site- , including containment 
chambers and staff offices. Following these incidents, SCP-2328's 
initial discovery site was repurposed into a containment area for 
ease of containment. 


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SCP-2329: ...But Nobody's Home 


Item #: SCP-2329 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2329 is to be contained in 
Provisional Site 27-2329; when not in testing all entrances to 
SCP-2329, including windows, must be securely blocked with solid 
metal plating. Several city blocks around SCP-2329 have been 
purchased by the Foundation and a security system (consisting of 
multiple points of surveillance and neutralization of intruders) should 
be maintained in this perimeter. 


Description: SCP-2329 is a six-story, 60-room apartment building 
that was secured by the Foundation in 1908; see Addendum 2329-b 
for more information on the circumstances surrounding initial 
containment. It has been kept up to code with all the necessary 
functionality required by local government since that point but has 
not been altered in any other way. 


On both a structural and a visual level SCP-2329 closely resembles 
the buildings surrounding it and individuals are able to enter and exit 
it on their own free will. Once inside SCP-2329, however, they lose 
all ability to consciously perceive other sentient life, effectively 
rendering every other individual invisible to them. Similarly, humans 
outside SCP-2329 will lose all ability to consciously perceive those 
inside SCP-2329, both by direct observation (e.g. watching through 
a window) and indirect observation (e.g. monitoring a security 
camera). Some perception still exists at a subconscious level as 
individuals inside SCP-2329 will make an effort to avoid bumping 
into one another. 


This area of effect also extends to inanimate objects possessed by 
another individual (e.g. clothes, hand-carried objects); if an 
individual drops an object they were carrying it will become 
perceivable by all other individuals, although it will not be perceived 


to have suddenly appeared but rather that the observer simply had 
not paid attention to it before. It additionally extends to all sensory 
input, not just sight — test subjects are unable to hear sounds 
caused by other subjects, cannot smell one another, and cannot feel 
one another even if forced into such close proximity that physical 
contact would be unavoidable. Apart from this effect, individuals 
inside SCP-2329 appear to retain complete free will and 
consciousness, to the point of being puzzled by the lack of other 
people. This is validated by letters recovered from tenants of 
SCP-2329 prior to Foundation intervention, many of which complain 
of the antisocial nature of their neighbors. 


The inability to observe all subjects within SCP-2329 has so far 
been an absolute rule; observers are unable to see any subjects in 
videos or photos, thermal imaging shows absolutely no increase in 
temperature with or without subjects, and motion sensors apparently 
never trigger. It is currently unknown whether this is due to the 
anomalous properties of SCP-2329 causing all instrumentation to 
fail or if the instrumentation is working as expected but observers 
ignore all output that would indicate the existence of sentient life. 


Addendum 2329-a: Partial Experiment Log 


Experiment 2329-7 

Date: - - 

Procedure: Pedometers were attached to two subjects, 
who were then asked to position themselves precisely at 
either end of a 10m line drawn on the floor of SCP-2329 
and walk towards the other end. Neither subject was 
informed of the other's presence. 

Results: Both subjects made it to the end, both recorded 
a distance traveled of 10.2m, and both asserted strongly 
that they had remained on the line the entire time. 


Experiment 2329-16 

Date: - - 

Procedure: Subject was provided a television set and 
was told to tune into the local news channel within 
SCP-2329; no information about SCP-2329's anomalous 
properties was provided. 

Results: Subject reported seeing only a series of empty 


sets, hearing only the broadcast's instrumental 
soundtrack, and being greatly confused by this. 


Experiment 2329-22 

Date: - - 

Procedure: Shortly after a safety retrofit, 30 subjects 
were instructed to enter SCP-2329's elevator and then 
attempt to go to another floor. 

Results: The newly-installed weight sensor triggered 
and prevented the elevator from moving. This was 
deemed sufficient evidence that the subjects continue 
existing in the same space-time as each other and 
simply ignore one another entirely, disproving an earlier 
contention by Dr. Warm that subjects were entering 
unique parallel dimensions when crossing into SCP-2329 
and were thus literally not present in our universe. 


Addendum 2329-b: Postmortem report on Arthur Morgan 
Ziggman 


The corpse of Arthur Morgan Ziggman, age 53, was 
discovered in the hallway outside his room in SCP-2329 
on August 21st, 1908. An interview with the landlord of 
the building, who lives offsite and was entirely ignorant of 
the anomalous nature of SCP-2329, revealed that 
Ziggman had filed numerous noise complaints about 
virtually every other tenant. The last such complaint had 
been filed approximately two years ago and he had 
heard nothing from Ziggman since. Based on written 
correspondence and interviews with tenants, the date of 
Ziggman's final complaint appears to be roughly six 
months before the start of SCP-2329's anomalous 
behavior. 


The Foundation became alerted after tenants became 
frustrated at the police's “inexplicable” refusal to 
investigate; interviews indicated that the tenants became 
aware of the body at nearly the precise estimated time of 
death. Postmortem investigation indicated that the first 
injury Ziggman suffered was a broken hip which could be 
correlated to an indentation in a nearby wall. It was 


concluded that Ziggman was knocked over by one of the 
other tenants; the reason why he was unable to 
instinctively avoid this tenant is unknown. His other 
injuries indicate that he was struck about all points of his 
body, sustaining 22 broken bones along with dozens of 
contusions. The fact that these injuries occurred within 
rapid succession of each other around 7:00 PM, 
approximately when the other tenants would be returning 
home from work, indicates he was likely stepped on 
repeatedly and with force by the heavy work boots worn 
by his neighbors. 


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SCP-2330: A Convincing Whiteboard 


Item #: SCP-2330 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2330 is to be hung on the 
wall of a modified standard containment cell, separated from the rest 
of Site- by an airlock consisting of an additional chamber and set of 
doors. The two sets of doors are to never both be open at any one 
time in order to prevent accidental viewing of SCP-2330 from 
outside the containment cell. No writing utensils or materials are to 
be brought into SCP-2330's containment cell, excluding a single 
writing utensil when required for testing. SCP-2330's front surface is 
to be monitored at all times by a surveillance camera viewed by a 
dedicated 3-member security team stationed in a sealed, 
soundproof security office inthe — wing of Site- . 


All testing must be approved by Site Director __, and all personnel 
who attempt to activate SCP-2330 must wear a Foundation-certified 
visual-loop headset consisting of a head-mounted screen fed by a 
front-facing camera. Any unapproved removal of this headgear in 
the containment cell is grounds for termination. All infected subjects, 
designated as SCP-2330-1, must be administered Class-A 
amnestics by personnel equipped with sound-muffling headwear 
before exiting the airlock chamber. SCP-2330-1 instances will 
subsequently be admitted to semiweekly psychological analysis 
sessions for a period of three months to ensure the absence of 
SCP-2330's contagious effect. 


Should any active instances of SCP-2330-1 escape the airlock 
without authorization, ceiling mounted water sprinklers in the 
chamber will be activated and security personnel equipped with 
sound-muffling headgear will be deployed to secure all SCP-2330-1 
instances. Any SCP-2330-1 instances attempting to access or utilize 
writing materials as well as any instances attempting to brandish 
previously written materials must be immediately terminated and the 


materials in question incinerated. Should these containment 
methods be ineffective in preventing a site-wide infection, the 
dedicated security team should refer to classified document 
SCP-2330-A and execute Protocol Eta-2. 


Description: SCP-2330 is a dry-erase whiteboard approximately 
1.0 meters in height, 3.5 meters in width, and 1.5 centimeters in 
thickness. The writing surface of SCP-2330 is white, with no 
apparent markings. The edges of the writing surface are covered by 
a wooden frame. No brand name can be found anywhere on 
SCP-2330's surface. All powders and liquids applied to the writing 
surface of SCP-2330, including but not limited to ink, graphite, and 
paint, may be easily removed by friction or running water without 
any lasting marks on the whiteboard surface. For a full list of 
materials known to exhibit this effect, refer to document 2330-A. 
Chemical analysis of SCP-2330 reveals no abnormalities, but 
analysis shows that the surface is substantially flatter than would be 
expected, with a flatness grade of less than 0.1 picometers. 


Whenever a clear declarative statement is legibly written on 
SCP-2330's writing surface, the statement exhibits a memetic effect 
whereby any conscious human directly viewing and understanding 
the statement will instantly be convinced both that this statement is 
true and that they have always believed this statement independent 
of exposure to SCP-2330, becoming an SCP-2330-1 instance. 
Through no means has an SCP-2330-1 instance been convinced of 
this statement's falsity so long as the memory of first infection 
remains in their mind. All tested methods of dissuading belief in the 
statement, including but not limited to interrogation, logical proofs, 
and psychological reprogramming have been shown to be 
ineffective in all Known cases. SCP-2330-1 instances have been 
shown to be incapable of correlating their beliefs with SCP-2330's 
anomalous effect. If an instance of SCP-2330-1 communicates this 
statement in any manner that the recipient is able to understand, 
including through handwritten messages and sound recordings 
(infected media will henceforth be referred to as SCP-2330-2), the 
recipient will become an additional SCP-2330-1 instance, making 
SCP-2330-1 infection an incredibly virulent cognitohazard. 
SCP-2330-1 instances exhibit no compulsion to spread the 
statement, but accidental infection is not uncommon, and any 


attempts to dissuade an instance of SCP-2330-1 of the statement 
result in the infection of the uninfected party in 94% of recorded 
cases. 


Written instances of SCP-2330-2 do not exhibit their anomalous 
effect when viewed in a picture or video feed, but verbal instances of 
SCP-2330-2 will exhibit virulent properties even when heard in the 
form of a recording or audio feed. Therefore, soundproof equipment 
is vital when dealing with active instances of SCP-2330-1. 


When the statement written on SCP-2330 is erased, written 
SCP-2330-2 instances will lose their contagious effect. However, 
verbal instances will remain virulent and SCP-2330-1 instances will 
retain both the belief in the statement and the ability to create verbal 
instances. 


Further Findings on Triggering Statements 


Through extensive testing, SCP-2330's limits have been 
established. Symbols and pictures do not trigger 
SCP-2330's memetic effect. Nonsensical words do not 
trigger SCP-2330's memetic effect. Questions and 
sentence fragments do not trigger SCP-2330's memetic 
effect. Imperative statements do not trigger SCP-2330's 
memetic effect, but declarative statements that refer to 
the reader do trigger the effect. 


For example, "Raise your left hand" is not a triggering 
statement, while "You should raise your left hand" is a 
triggering statement. However, this statement will only 
give the subject the impression that raising their left hand 
would be advisable. It would not force them to do so. 
"You will raise your left hand" will convince the subject 
that they are going to, at some point in the future, raise 
their left hand, without giving them the motivation to ever 
actually do so. "You will raise your left hand in ten 
seconds", similarly, will not force an action, instead 
forcing the person to believe, despite the passage of 
time, that they will raise their hand in exactly ten 
seconds, no matter how long they wait. It is advised that 
if SCP-2330's effect is to be intentionally manipulated to 


issue orders, statements should be phrased in such a 
way that not performing the action holds severe 
consequences. 


Statements phrased in the second person (using "you") 
will be interpreted by each new instance of SCP-2330-1 
as referring to them personally and not to the original 
SCP-2330-1 instance, i.e. if the statement is "your name 
is Alice", the original SCP-2330-1 instance will believe 
that their name is Alice. If they communicate this to 
another person, that person will believe not that the 
original SCP-2330-1 instance's name is Alice but that 
they themselves are named Alice. 


Contradictory statements and paradoxes can be believed 
by SCP-2330-1 instances with no apparent long-term 
side effects aside from mild to severe headaches and 
nausea. 


SCP-2330-1 infection lasts until the end of brain activity in the host. 
The only known method of curing infection is to remove the initial 
memory of infection through rigorous amnestic treatment. 


Protocol Eta-2: Protocol Eta-2 is activated by a control panel in 
SCP-2330's dedicated security office in the event of site-wide 
infection. Gaseous, Class-A amnestics will be mechanically 
dispersed through Site- 's ventilation system. After allowing the 
amnestic gas 8 hours to affect all personnel in the site, the 
uninfected security staff in the office will communicate with the 
previously infected staff to inform them of the current situation and 
the proper protocols to restore site functions. If infection has 
persisted for any reason, the uninfected security team is to refer to 
Classified Document 2330-A. 


Addendum 2330-1 (Notes on Acquisition): SCP-2330 was first 
discovered in a storage room in University, in , California. 
Foundation informants in the area were alerted after crude 
statements regarding a student at the university were written on the 
board, resulting in a widely propagating rumor that eventually led to 
the immolation of this student by their fellow students and faculty. 
Following the resulting news story on the event, Foundation agents