Description: SCP-2169 is an anomalous phenomenon that affects 
a single operating room with an adjoining observation suite, 
designated SCP-2169-1. While affected, any surgical procedures 
scheduled for this operating room will cause SCP-2169 to activate. 


When the patient scheduled for surgery within the affected operating 
room is sedated and moved into the room, the affected operating 
room will become unreachable; any attempt to open the doors or 
enter the operating room will inevitably fail, though the observation 
suite can still be entered and exited. Subsequently, individuals 
designated SCP-2169-2 will manifest within the room and begin to 
perform the scheduled surgical procedure on the subject: 


1. One surgeon. 

2. One anesthesiologist. 

3. One scrub nurse or tech. 

4. One specialist specific to the surgical procedure (such as a 
perfusionist for heart procedures) or an additional nurse. 


During the procedure, instances of SCP-2169-2 will converse 


among themselves on a number of esoteric and often anomalous 
topics. When the procedure is complete, all instances of 
SCP-2169-2 will demanifest and SCP-2169-1 will become 
reachable, after which the affected patient can be removed. 


If SCP-2169 is not activated for periods exceeding thirty (30) days, 
SCP-2169 will move to a new location. Prior to the implementation 
of current containment procedures, SCP-2169 had affected three 
different hospital operating wards, all of which were within the 
eastern seaboard of the continental United States. Staff at the 
affected hospitals were unable to recall any details of the 
procedures scheduled for SCP-2169-1 or the supposedly involved 
surgeons. 


Addendum 2169-1: Log of Notable SCP-2169-2 Instances 


Several instances of SCP-2169-2 have repeatedly and 
consistently manifested during SCP-2169 activations and 
are listed below: 


SCP-2169-2-1 — Appears to be a middle-aged male of 
indeterminate ancestry, and has filled the role of the 
surgeon in 83% of recorded activations. Has repeatedly 
been called "Dave" by other instances of SCP-2169-2. 


SCP-2169-2-2 — Appears to be a middle-aged female of 
possibly Hispanic ancestry, and has filled the role of 
scrub nurse in 68% of recorded activations. Appears to 
be named "Norma". 


SCP-2169-2-4 — Appears to be a male Asian 
approximately 40 years of age. Consistently filled the 
role of anesthesiologist following initial containment, but 
eventually was replaced by other individuals. Appeared 
to have been named "Sam". 


SCP-2169-2-6 — Appears to be a male African- 
American approximately 30 years of age. Has filled the 
role of perfusionist in 98% of all recorded activations 
involving heart surgery. Called "Joe" by other instances 
of SCP-2169-2. 


SCP-2169-2-11 — Appears to be a female European- 
American approximately 25 years of age. Filled the role 
of anesthesiologist following the disappearance of 
SCP-2169-2-4. Name unknown. 


Addendum 2169-2: Log of Notable Activations 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-3358 (liver transplant) 

Instances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), 
SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-4 
(anesthesiologist), SCP-2169-2-7 (scrub nurse) 


SCP-2169-2-1: ...so | said to him, "that's completely 
ridiculous, you'll never get that much plasma through the 
tertiary pipeline”. 


SCP-2169-2-2: (laughs) No kidding, he's a complete 
goofball. 


SCP-2169-2-1: | know, right? | don't know why the super 
even keeps him around. Between you and me, he's a 
complete liability and I'm not just saying that because he 
might take my job. 


SCP-2169-2-7: Watch it. 
SCP-2169-2-1: Whoops, | got it. And... done. 
SCP-2169-2-4: Nicely done. Let's log. 


(Instances demanifested. Subject later made a full 
recovery.) 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-4425 (heart transplant) 

Instances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), 
SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-6 
(perfusionist), SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist) 


SCP-2169-2-2: So what's it like to be unemployed? 


SCP-2169-2-1: Not so bad, actually. | have enough 
saved up to actually take my time looking for something 
that isn't going to feel like a grind, and hey, it lets me be 
on more often, so silver lining, right? 


SCP-2169-2-2: | hear that. Hey, wait, something's... 
(Alarms sound.) 

SCP-2169-2-11: Oh crap, | screwed up. Crap, crap crap. 
SCP-2169-2-2: Hold it, try to resuscitate. 

(Irrelevant dialogue abridged.) 

SCP-2169-2-1: Ahhh shit, | think we lost him. 
SCP-2169-2-11: I'm so sorry, it was my first— 


SCP-2169-2-2: Hey, don't worry about it, hon. It 
happens. 


SCP-2169-2-1: Yep, everyone's gotta learn sometime. 
We'll give it another shot later. 


(Instances demanifest. Subject confirmed dead.) 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-4429 (displaced multiple fractures in right 
femur) 

Instances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), 
SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-19 (scrub 
nurse), SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist) 


SCP-2169-2-1: And now, we just have finish up the last 
couple of stitches... and done. 


SCP-2169-2-11: We're done? 
SCP-2169-2-1: Yep! See, that wasn't so bad. 


SCP-2169-2-2: Yay! 


SCP-2169-2-11: Aww, thanks guys. | really appreciate it. 
SCP-2169-2-2: You should totally take a screenie. 
SCP-2169-2-11: Oh, hey, good idea. 


(At this point, all four instances of SCP-2169-2 faced the 
observation suite and posed over the subject for several 
seconds.) 


SCP-2169-2-2: Got it? 
SCP-2169-2-11: Yep! Thanks, guys! 


(Instances demanifested, subject confirmed alive and 
well.) 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-4811 (heart bypass) 

Instances Involved: SCP-2169-2-1 (surgeon), 
SCP-2169-2-2 (scrub nurse), SCP-2169-2-25 (unknown), 
SCP-2169-2-11 (anesthesiologist) 


(Upon manifesting, SCP-2169-2-25 began vocalizing 
loudly, grabbed a scalpel, and began stabbing the 
subject repeatedly in the chest.) 


SCP-2169-2-25: TRO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO-LO- 
LO 


SCP-2169-2-1: Damnit! 
SCP-2169-2-2: Goddamn pugs. 


(SCP-2169-2-25 demanifests. Medical monitoring 
equipment confirms subject is dead at this point.) 


SCP-2169-2-1: Fuck, just wipe it. 
(Instances demanifest.) 


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SCP-2170: The Clown Vaccine 


Item #: SCP-2170 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Regular exposure to SCP-2170 
is necessary for its continued existence and containment. 


Site-2170 is publicly known as the Clown Motel, staffed by 
Foundation personnel for the purpose of memetic inoculation to 
prepare researchers and agents for SCP-2170 exposure. 


In order for the memetic inoculation to be effective all staff at 
Site-2170 must have a sincere appreciation of classical clown 
imagery and materials. Agents or personnel who find clowns 
disturbing or not amusing must not be allowed to visit Site-2170. 


Research personnel are to spend at least eight hours off-duty in 
Site-2170 before exposure to SCP-2170 


For safety purposes, please view the following image inoculation 
before reading about SCP-2170: 


Display inoculation 


Description: SCP-2170 are non-physical memetic entities which 
are experienced within the abandoned Mine in Tonopah, NV. As 
memetic entities they exist within the senses of nearby sentient 
beings. Exposed personnel describe them as whispering voices and 
fleeting images. 


The entities themselves are non-malicious and only seek interaction 
for the purpose of self-preservation, but exposure is detrimental to 
the long term physical and mental health of those who perceive 
them unless, for undetermined reasons, subjects have recently 
enjoyed thoughts about clowns. 


There is no direct relation between clowns and SCP-2170 beyond 
this fact, and SCP-2170 expresses distaste for clown iconography. 


Symptoms of mild SCP-2170 exposure begin with an inability to 
accurately read written language due to auditory and visual 
hallucinations. Continued exposure results in paranoia, increased 
hostility, self-harming and seizures. 


Sustained unprotected exposure to SCP-2170 leads to death in 
most cases except for individuals diagnosed with sociopathic 
tendencies. 


Please view the following image inoculation before continuing: 
Display inoculation 


symptoms 100% lethal to adult males, after 24 hours 
body tissue becomes cancerous and generates sufficient 
heat to burn skin 


SCP-2170 entities are dormant when not being perceived, and will 
cease to exist if not perceived on a regular basis. SCP-2170 enjoys 
regular communication with trained Foundation staff. 
Communication with SCP-2170 entities is best achieved indirectly 
via written messages. Although SCP-2170 cannot physically alter 
written material, they can alter a reader's perception sufficiently to 
communicate. This exposure is safe provided inoculation measures 
are carefully maintained. 


Most information regarding the history and nature of SCP-2170 has 
been given by the entities themselves. Local historical records do 
not corroborate the testimony of SCP-2170 and despite the benign 
nature of the entities no information that they provide is to be taken 
as fact until physically verified off-site by unexposed personnel. 


Please view the following image inoculation before continuing: 
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[image]cute clown[/image] FILE NOT FOUND 


as memetic entities they are capable of existing within written 


DOCUMENEATION, pmicesisserderenvsrarrman.. SP@Cifically including new 
research regarding exposure 


The following material are communications and claims by SCP-2170 
entities that have been transcribed by on site staff, including 
annotations from independent research. Please note that as 
SCP-2170 is memetic in nature even sanitized logs of 
communication with SCP-2170 can trigger symptoms of exposure. If 
you experience any feelings of unease or confusion please stare at 
the following emergency image inoculation to counteract SCP-2170 
exposure: 


please DISPLAY INOCULATION for your own safety 


fragments of updated documentation remain, but corruption persists 


PEEASE PROGEED ALES WEEi. Dees cece 


You need to love clowns but nobody loves clowns not 


even us. 
Date Statements from, Verified/Not verified 
2170 and context 

1901 "Cracks in the night | VERIFIED, 
sky, falling stars open Foundation quarantine 
new world as they successful in 
crumple in fire." preventing memetic 
Regarding first contactoutbreak. Cover story 
with human of pneumonia 
consciousness. See} disseminated. 
document 2170aa 
regarding Tonopah 
Death Piague 

1903 "Distrust builds, NOT VERIFIED, 
whispering sees Foundation 
brother turn upon surveillance indicates 


brother.” Claim by riots were between 
SCP-2170 that they | local workers and 


were indirectly Chinese immigrants 
responsible for rioting over mundane issues, 
miners. participants 


unexposed to 


SCP-247: A Harmless Kitten 


Item #: SCP-247 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-247 is kept in an 
enclosure of at least 20 (twenty) by 40 (forty) meters, furnished 
based on the plans provided by the [REDACTED] Zoo and lined with 
SCP-148 offset from the rest of Site- by at least 50 (fifty) meters in 
order to mitigate its psychic effect. (As per current containment 
procedures for SCP-148, its use in the containment of other SCPs is 
to be avoided if at all possible. - O5- ). SCP-247 is to be fed 18 
kilograms of fresh meat on a tri-weekly basis. Feeding occurs ina 
separate enclosure. Cleaning staff should enter the enclosure only 
during designated feeding times. No other access to the enclosure is 
allowed. The footage resulting from any violation of this order is to 
be archived for use in training the cleaning and monitoring staff of 
SCP-247. 


In case of a containment breach, the entire wing must be evacuated 
and all live footage of the incident heavily censored. The area 
SCP-247 occupies will be sealed off and gassed, followed by the 
return of SCP-247 to containment. If for any reason this should 
become impossible, a retrieval team will be sent in armed with 
heavy tranquilizer rifles. Retrieval team Agents must be specially 
selected for high reflexes, excellent marksmanship, unquestioning 
obedience, and low empathy scores. 


Description: SCP-247 is a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris; adult 
female) which, to all observers, appears to be a harmless cat (Felis 
catus; juvenile female) with an orange-and-black striped coat 
resembling that of a tiger. 


Remote feeds and still photos also show this illusion, although it is 
unknown whether the photo itself is affected or merely the observer. 
SCP-247's true nature has been confirmed by analysis of weight, 


1910 


1919 


1931 


194 


NOW 
19 


"Paradise found in its 
shining home, 
everything that man 
and whisper could 
wish for in harmony" 
Claim that a team of 
miners had found the 
secret golden city of 
SCP-2770 


SCP-2170 

NOT VERIFIED, 
Agents Culver and 
Fredricks KIA in 
expedition to find 
location, no rumors 
among local miners of 
such a discovery. 


"As brother turns awayNOT VERIFIED, later 
unsatisfied, new blood determined to be hoax 
runs untapped deeper by SCP-2170 to 


within the land." 
Claims of 


undiscovered veins of 


silver and gold within 
Mine 


increase exposure. 


"A lost behemoth diés VERIFIED, a circus 


in the desert, a pale 


elephant from a 


mask haunts the night traveling show 
in vengeance. We are escaped its enclosure 


afraid." 


"We foresee a 
stunning light that 
makes the ground 
boil. Salvation comes 
with a price." 
Prediction of terrible 
destruction which will 
result in steady 
sustenance. 

we just want to talk 


and fell into a 
mineshaft. One of the 
clowns went on a 
drunken rampage 
afterward. 
Containment 
procedures updated. 
VERIFIED, reference 
predicted nuclear 
testing at the Tonopah 
Test Range which 
began . The test range 
becomes the primary 
economic activity 
within Tonopah. 


iTS TRUE 


| will kiss your shadow VERFIED, they will 


19 


179 


3450 


993 


while you sleep kiss your shadow, and 
you will be able to feel 
it 

"molesting a ham will NOT VERIFIED, the 

go unpunished." ham was of age and 

Context unknown gave consent 

"Swett sale swett sale VERIFIED, the motel's 

free internet good rates are very 

rates pets ok doesn't competitive but 

matter everyone hatesbusiness is slow 


them" because of all the 
damn ciowns 

"Truckers ok" TRUCKERS ARE 
NOT OKAY 


"Change the channel VERIFIED, he is 
change the channel | educational 
change the channel" 


please pay attention PLEASE pay attention VIEW INNOCULATION IN 
chives/imagedump/clasd/bobble.gif 


"you would make a tasty soup" - VERIFIED, the broth 
created by stewing your flesh and bones would create a 
nutritious meal for a large group on a cold, cold day 


Addendum: My favorite color is clear. That way | can 
always see you. 
VERIFIED 


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SCP-2171: Autumn Shepherds 


Item #: SCP-2171 
Object Class: Euclid Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All areas affected by SCP-2171 
are to be placed under permanent video surveillance and / or 
botanical field supervision, on a case-by-case basis. 


New instances of SCP-2171 should be subject to a thorough 
botanical analysis and, when necessary, restored through 
environmental engineering operations conducted by Containment 
Task Force 0-6 ("Green Gale") personnel. 


During seasonal autumn and until the demanifestation of all 
SCP-2171-1 entities, areas affected by SCP-2171 are to remain 
closed to all civilian transit.