Subjects in Group B all recognized 
SCP-1928 as a familiar object, but were 
not certain why or from where they 
recognized it. However, unlike subjects 
in Group A, when prompted to attempt to 
play the instrument (and in some cases 
without prompting) subjects in Group B 
were able to play the instrument with a 
moderate to high level of skill, despite 
being specifically chosen for their lack of 
musical background. Unlike music 
previously produced by SCP-1928, 
these melodies were immediately 
audible and recordable. The songs 
played were recognizable American folk 
tunes, all predating the 1930s, including 
"Idumea", "O Death", "Pretty Polly", and 
a traditional arrangement of Psalm 137. 
While it is impossible to be certain, the 
similar themes expressed in the songs' 
lyrics— particularly Psalm 137, or 
"Babylon", which was heard most 
frequently— may have some connection 
to the artifact's history. 


Subjects in Group C did not simply 
display a combination of the previous 


behaviors, but experienced heightened 
delusions of familiarity with SCP-1928. 
The subjects seemed to regard 
themselves as descendants of the 
Bonifay family, unconsciously slipping 
into the first person when relating the 
artifact's history. As in previous cases, 
no two of these stories were identical— 
although many of the places and 
persons mentioned corresponded to the 
notations in SCP-1890. When Group C 
subjects were prompted to play the 
instrument, they not only played but 
sang, and frequently offered to perform 
"an old family song" without prompting. 
As in previous tests, however, these 
songs have proven unrecordable by 
manual or technological means. Neither 
researchers or test subjects were able to 
recall the lyrics sung. 


+Incident Times-Union 


During and after the testing of subjects in Group C, 
anomalous irregularities were observed in several paper 
documents. All of these documents were either inside or 
in the near vicinity of the testing room while the subjects 
were speaking or playing under the influence of 
SCP-1928. Most of these irregularities consisted of the 
word "family" or a short phrase ("by the waters", "please 
consider my age") appearing in the middle of a sentence, 
in both handwritten and typewritten documents. 


A total of 18 altered documents were collected (see 
attached files for detailed list), and cessation of testing 
seems to have curbed the spread of the anomalous 
changes. 


Of these collected items, the most notable is a copy of 
the local Sun Sentinel newspaper, dated 01/10/ . During 
testing of SCP-1928 with a Group C subject, assistant 


Researcher Evans observed the text and images printed 
in this newspaper changing to reflect a 1920s edition of 
the Times-Union, one of the oldest Floridian 
newspapers. 


These changes were incomplete, affecting only individual 
columns and pages of the document— sports columns 
reporting on decades-old games, political articles 
changed to reflect the local concerns of Florida in 1928, 
etc. Of greatest relevance, however, were the changes 
to the obituaries and photographs: photos were not only 
altered to reflect the technology of the 1920s, but 
changed to feature indistinct human figures in spaces 
that had been blank. None of these figures can be 
identified. The obituary section was expanded to include 
nearly one thousand names, in some places printed over 
the top of one another, all sharing the surname 
"Bonifay". 


« SCP-1927 | SCP-1928 | SCP-1929 » 


SCP-1929: Down To Earth 


Item #: SCP-1929 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: All non-human instances of 
SCP-1929-1 should be held in storage containment units, located in 
Site-56, Site-66, and Site-76, which are all located in the Midwestern 
United States. Containment teams made up of three or more agents 
should be sent into the field whenever a possible report of an 
SCP-1929 instance is received. Research has determined that 
instances of SCP-1929 most commonly appear in the area identified 
as the "Dust Bowl", and as such agents have been dispatched there 
to form permanent research and containment stations. Anomalous 
specimens encountered in the field should be brought to one of 
these stations. 


All towns that have been affected by SCP-1929 have been 
quarantined by SCP Foundation personnel. Nobody is to be allowed 
entry without proper authorization, and any human instances of 
SCP-1929-1 are to be terminated by bombardment with water. 
Townsfolk are not to be informed of this, as it may cause them to 
goad perimeter guards into destroying them. 


Description: SCP-1929 was an event that occurred on 3/16/1934, 
in the US states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and 
Colorado, creating the SCP-1929 area of effect. Its initial event 
manifested as a large, violent dust storm, which isolated several 
communities for long periods of time. Currently, over 60 artifacts 
generated or altered by SCP-1929, classified as SCP-1929-1, are 
held by the SCP Foundation. Three towns were eradicated with four 
others being severely damaged. These areas constitute SCP-1929's 
current radius of effect. 


All humans living within these towns have had their bodies altered to 
be similar to domesticated animals, or to be composed of dust. 


Local residents reported that their bodies have a constant feeling of 
"itching" in the affected appendages. Residents are not able to eat 
or drink, but have continued to feel hunger and thirst pains while in 
containment. Those who have portions of their bodies break off will 
report still feeling pain from the missing limbs, even if they have 
dissolved. In addition, several missing residents appear to have 
been killed during the storm, with portions of their body integrated 
into local wildlife and fauna. No rain has fallen within 2 km of these 
towns since 2/11/1934. 


Any foods or drinks brought within areas affected by SCP-1929 will 
have their outer layer coated with dust, and become dry when 
contacted by humans. Locusts will grow from the food if no human 
contacts it for 3 hours after entry, and will consume the food. These 
locusts will then attempt to consume people and structures within 
the town until killed. Swarms of locusts are known to roam 
underpopulated portions of the area affected SCP-1929, and will 
occasionally harass SCP Foundation personnel. 


Residents composed entirely out of dust, sand, and soil have been 
found to combine with similarly affected objects in contact. 
Combinations of humans, canines, felines, and farming equipment 
have been discovered. Personnel are to note that no water is to be 
provided to these creatures, as it will destroy them. Agents may 
request sound dampening earplugs if they are harassed by 
humanoid instances of SCP-1929-1. 


Residents have been noted as becoming significantly more 
withdrawn, keeping to their property and venturing to Foundation 
stations only for requested interviews. Examinations of these people 
has shown that their skin was completely coated in dust, in addition 
to dust coating the interior of their bodies. Some residents, primarily 
the very elderly and the very young, are unable to speak, due to the 
presence of large amounts of dust in the esophagus and the lungs. 
In addition, 12 instances of SCP-1929-1 have had portions of their 
body replaced with a mixture of blood, dust, and water. All persons 
who were affected by SCP-1929 will bleed sand instead of blood, 
with expected damage caused to their bodies. 


Other events have been known to occur, usually accompanied by 
small, localized dust storms. Houses may appear to become 


dilapidated overnight, or to be shifted randomly throughout the 
towns. Residents have been known to have the dust portions of their 
bodies suddenly dissolve, and re-appear in one of the other 
SCP-1929 affected towns. Buildings may displace themselves to 
other SCP-1929 affected areas, or disappear for extended periods 
of time. Residential buildings will appear and disappear without 
warning, with agents inside displaced buildings to be assumed lost. 
Persons found within these buildings will not report memory of 
where they were prior to manifestation. In addition, the voices of 
people local residents claim to have gone missing have been heard. 
For a full log of anomalous activity taking place in SCP-1929 towns, 
see the Addendum 1929-C. 


SCP-1929's effect was first noted by Foundation personnel after 
reports of it reached personnel embedded in the local weather 
stations. Concerns were initially raised over apparent similarity with 
infestations of SCP-165, although further examination of the 
anomaly would later show no connection. When personnel were 
sent to investigate, they discovered several persons who had been 
altered by SCP-1929. When asked to testify, residents gave 
contradictory reports ranging from seeing a person standing outside 
in the storm, to some other non-humanoid organism obscured by 
dust. 


Addendum 1929-A: Telephone conversation transcribed by SCP 
Foundation operatives, call was placed by a person within the 
SCP-1929 affected zone during the initial event: 


<Begin Log> 
Operator: Hello, this is- 


Person: Hey, please just listen! There's a storm 
incoming, but that ain't- 


Operator: Frank, that you? What's going on out there? 
Person: There's a person! Outside my house! 


Operator: Who is it, someone local? Maybe Jacob? 


Person: <Unknown garbled sounds, due to 
interference> 


Operator: Frank? 


Person: He's...<static> don't... <static> ...coming 
closer. 


Operator: Can you make out who it is, Frank? 


Person: No! He looks... bad, off. | think he's hurt. He's 
limping, or stuttering, or something. 


Operator: Let him in then, nobody should be in a storm 
like that with a bum leg. 


<Noise can be heard over the line, in addition to at least 
three muffled voices> 


Operator: Frank, are you there? 


Person: <At a distance> [He's] supposed to look that 
way. 


Operator: Frank? 


10 minutes and 14 seconds pass, during which the 
sound of rising winds can be heard. The operator 
occasionally attempts to inquire into the persons current 
status, with no response 


Unknown: ... just breathe, Frank. It's all okay now. We 
don't have to fight. 


<End Log> 
Addendum 1929-B: Interview with local resident D 


Interviewed: D 


Interviewer: Dr. Boyd 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Boyd: Can you tell me your take on the incident? 


D : Well... I'd just come home from town, been 
trying to get some more work. Mary and Albert were 
asleep, but | wasn't really... | was too worried to sleep. 
So, | was walking around outside. 


Dr. Boyd: That was when it happened? 


D : (Nods) | was just leaning on the door when | 
heard it. Another dust storm, coming in from the east. 
But... it was different. Just... darker than pitch black, and 
the howling sounded like the hounds of hell brayin’. | got 
inside quick, locked the doors, and hunkered down with 
Mary and Albert in the bedroom. We waited for it to pass. 


Dr. Boyd: Did it pass? 


D :... No. It just kept going, on and on... for days. 
It didn't feel right. The dust caught on your arm hair and 
stuck, clumpin' and crystilatin' like nothin’ I'd seen before 
that storm. Albert... Christ, it got in his eyes. Couldn't 
see, but he told us they were still lookin’, but they took 
his eyes. Lord help him, they took his eyes. 


Dr. Boyd: They? 

D : The geeks out there... they take the eyes. 
Skin, voice... they want them. When we itch, they catch 
it in their baskets, and leave us to dry out in the dust. 
We're not sharp anymore, but we still know what it does. 
Dr. Boyd: Alright, thank you for- 


D : So, when are you helping us? 


Dr. Boyd: Excuse me? 


D : When are you going to put things back the way 
they were, before it happened? 


Dr. Boyd: It's being- 


D : You think we like living like this? There's the 
god forsaken dust eroding everybody into soil! Do you 
know what it feels like to have one of your arms scatter 
like So much soil, but still able to feel every little bit 
floatin' in the wastes? You don't! So help us! Aren't we 
still human beings, or what? 


<End Log> 
Addendum 1929-C: 
Anomalous Events Noted to have been caused by SCP-1929 


Several pairs of scissors become animate within a 
drugstore, causing significant harm to several patrons as 
well as SCP Foundation agents. After 3 hours, they 
become inert. Confiscated by agents and classified as 
instances of SCP-1929-1. When examined, it is 
determined that the scissors were lifted into the air by 
currents of air and dust particles. 


Several spigots within the town begin to produce large 
quantities of dust, which townsfolk interpret as water. 
Several people consume enough sand to completely 
coat the inside of their throat and mute themselves, while 
others have large portions of their bodies embedded with 
dust. After 3 days, none of the involved persons claimed 
any memory of the event. 


A feline creature with humanoid facial features and 
fingers in place of paws breaches an SCP Foundation 
observation site, killing Agent J and wounding two 
others before being hosed and dissolved. Analysis of the 


remains showed a mixture of at least 4 different human 
remains, in addition to the remains of one rabbit. Agent 
J's body dissolved into dust 2 hours after the 
incident. 


A canid creature with human-like arms was seen running 
at high speeds through several abandoned farms. After 
agents began to pursue it, the creature began increasing 
its soeed dramatically and escaped sight. Several 
townspeople have reported seeing this creature as well. 


Subjects within SCP-1929 have also repeatedly reported 
several repeated types of anomalous phenomenon, such 
as: 


¢ The sounds of glass shattering loudly, occurring 
randomly and without any type of warning. The 
sound have been compared to sheet glass 
impacting a wall, dropping a wine glass onto tile 
floor, a series of glass objects breaking in 
succession. This sound has not been reported by 
subjects deafened due to SCP-1929's effect, and 
is assumed to be a non-cognitohazard. 

Several townspeople in Kansas reported hearing 
something pressing on their doors at night. SCP 
Foundation personnel deemed these claims to be 
accurate, but no further action has been taken. 
Several town residents reported that a masked 
woman had been watching them sleep. No such 
figure is witnessed by agents. 

Feelings of dread or anxiety at random times, 
which seems to precipitate the arrival of additional 
dust storms to the area. Residents are 
occasionally seized with the urge to leave their 
homes, and attempt to enter these storms as they 
pass. Subjects will claim to hear deceased family 
members or friends urging them to join the cloud, 
and to abandon their lives. In addition, a humanoid 


male has been spotted within these dust clouds, 
knocking on each door under storm conditions. No 
agent has reported hearing these knocks, even 
when they are within the buildings. 


« SCP-1928 | SCP-1929 | SCP-1930 » 


SCP-1930: The Surgeon in the Box 


Item #: SCP-1930 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1930 is stored ina 
standard Safe-class secure item locker at Site 19. Experimentation 
with SCP-1930 may only be performed with Class D personnel, and 
a digital audio recorder is to be kept on in SCP-1930's locker and 
checked every 24 hours for any anomalous audio, which should be 
forwarded to research staff for analysis.