Recovery Information: SCP-1163 was discovered in the small 
town of Pennsylvania, where several friends and relatives had 
previously reported the residents having drastically changed 
appearances. Police were skeptical, and refused to begin a formal 
investigation themselves before the Foundation became involved. 
When investigated by Foundation agents, it was found that during 
SCP-1163’s attempts to avoid notice, it had exchanged the faces of 
a large portion of the town. SCP-1163 was then found by 
Foundation agents hiding inside an abandoned house under severe 
distress. Through the use of an agent’s bag of _ brand candy, 
SCP-1163 was easily convinced to enter the custody of the 
Foundation. 


Addendum 1163-A: It has been found that excessive contact with 
SCP-1163’s anomalous properties can cause detrimental physical 
effects. Continuous changing of facial structure, especially between 
two states with differently sized eyes, can cause accelerated vision 
loss. Ahuman who has been in control of a body of a different sex 
may experience issues with bladder control. 


Addendum 1163-B: SCP-1163 attempted to breach containment 
during an interview with Agent __, where SCP-1163 used its 
anomalous property to switch bodies with Agent __, and attempted 
to impersonate her. Though this goes beyond the initial estimate of 
SCP-1163’s understanding of its own properties, it is still not 
complete, as it believed itself to fully resemble Agent _. After 


incapacitated and returned to its cell, SCP-1163 was convinced to 
return Agent to her original body. Individual meetings with 
SCP-1163 are no longer authorized. 


Interview 1163-01 


SCP-1163 was introduced to Dr. , two weeks after 
recovery, in order to gain more information on 
SCP-1163’s knowledge of its own abilities. Dr. was 


supplied with three brand chocolate bars. Dr. 
was previously trained to work with children. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. : Hello SCP-1163, my name is Dr. , how are 
you doing? 


SCP-1163: Okay. 


Dr. : I’m going to have to ask you a few questions, is 
that alright? 


SCP-1163: Agent — said | could have some candy. 
Dr. : You can have some if you cooperate. 
[SCP-1163 refuses to speak or make eye-contact after 
hearing this until Dr. gives SCP-1163 one of the 


chocolate bars, which is immediately placed by 
SCP-1163 into a pocket.] 


Dr. : Are you ready to answer questions now? 
[SCP-1163 nods] 

Dr. : Could you tell me what your name is? 
SCP-1163: No. 

Dr. : Alright, do you mind if | call you SCP-1163? 
SCP-1163: That’s okay. 


Dr. : Do you know how old you are? 
SCP-1163: No, I’m sorry. 


Dr. : That’s fine, what’s the earliest event you can 
remember? 


SCP-1163: | remember going into a town. 

Dr. : Do you mean ? 

SCP-1163: | don’t know. 

Dr. : Do you remember ever leaving a town? 
SCP-1163: | don’t remember. 


[SCP-1163 becomes fairly upset, and refuses to respond 
to Dr. . Instead, SCP-1163 silently eats the candy 
bar. By the time SCP-1163 is finished, Dr. is able to 
resume the interview. ] 


Dr. : So, SCP-1163, when you were in , YOU 
caused a lot of people a lot of trouble. 


[SCP-1163 does not respond to this] 
Dr. : Do you feel bad about this at all? 
SCP-1163: Feel bad about what? 


Dr. : When you moved through the different people, 
you moved them into different bodies also, and this 
made them unhappy. 


SCP-1163: Why? 


Dr. :They felt uncomfortable when they had to 
change what the rest of their bodies look and feel like. 


SCP-1163: | don’t understand. What rest of bodies 
changed? 


Dr. : When you moved through the people in : 
you made them move into bodies that they weren't born 
into. 


SCP-1163: Born into? | don’t understand. 


[SCP-1163 became extremely distressed, and refused to 
respond further to Dr. , even when given the 
remaining two candy bars.] 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Dr. was largely unsuccessful at 
getting more information on SCP-1163’s awareness of 
anomalous properties, but results of this interview show 
that that the subject is largely ignorant. Later testing 
revealed that SCP-1163 suffers from apperceptive 
prosopagnosia. 


Interview 1163-02 


SCP-1163 was introduced to Agent __, two weeks after 
the interview with Dr. , in an attempt to retrieve more 
information on SCP-1163’s awareness of the subject’s 
own anomalous properties. Agent has previous 
experience in investigating or interrogating of children or 
individuals with cognitive deficits. Agent was also 
granted three brand chocolate bars. 


Agent :SCP-1163 
SCP-1163: Yes? 


Agent’ : Do you have any idea why you’re being kept 
here? 


SCP-1163: Is it because of something | did? 


Agent: That is part of it. Do you have any idea of how 
you are different than the other people you met in ? 


[SCP-1163 becomes very distressed at this point, and 


stutters more frequently, but does not refuse to respond 
as with Dr. J 


SCP-1163: They didn’t like me there. They kept moving 
all around me. It was bad. 


Agent’ : Do you have any idea why they acted like that 
around you? 


SCP-1163: No! | tried acting normal but they kept 
noticing me and acting like | was scary. 


Agent’ : Do you understand why they acted that way, 
even when you “acted normal”? 


SCP-1163: No. 


[Note: This interview was performed before it was shown 
that SCP-1163 suffers from prosopagnosia. It is likely 
that the subject did not realize how it could be identified 
by the abnormal face.] 


Agent’ : Do you have any other ideas about how you 
are different from those other people? 


[SCP-1163 thinks for a full minute before responding] 


SCP-1163: | think I’m faster. When the people used to 
yell at me, | could just move away in a second. 


Agent : And you used this to get away when people 
are yelling? 


SCP-1163: Yes. 


Agent’ : Is there any reason why you have not yet tried 
to breach containment here? 


[Note: Agent was severely reprimanded for suggesting 
a containment breach to a Euclid SCP.] 


SCP-1163: Breaching what? 


Agent’ : Is there any reason you have stayed here 
without trying to run away? 


SCP-1163: You act nice sometimes when you are here 
and people give me candy. | don’t want to go back where 
people yell when they see me. 


[Note: SCP-1163 had not previously been exposed to 
Agent .] 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: SCP-1163, while aware that some 
of the anomalous properties exist, is not fully aware of 
their capabilities, and is not willing to use them in order 
to breach containment. (See Addendum 1163-B). 


« SCP-1162 | SCP-1163 | SCP-1164 » 


SCP-1164: Echoing Epitaph 


Item #: SCP-1164 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1164 is to be contained in 
a sealed chamber at Site , placed atop a steel platform 1m off the 
floor. All surfaces of the containment chamber must be composed of 
stainless steel over a brick support interior, as should all 
construction within a 50m radius. No samples of worked stone, 
unworked stone, or concrete should be brought within SCP-1164's 
containment radius. 


Description: While inert, SCP-1164 resembles a mundane paving 
slab of poured concrete, 3.6m x 4.5m x 0.3m in dimensions. It 
exhibits signs of wear and tear consistent with repeated exposure to 
outdoor elements. It can be handled by remote equipment safely, 
and shows no anomalous properties while being manipulated by 
such. Tests have shown that SCP is capable of transferring its 
anomalous properties in full to any volume of stone or concrete 
within 25m that measures at least 1m x 1m x 0.25m, while its 
previous manifestation becomes inert and non-anomalous. 


At any time, should a living human being or an article of clothing 
worn by a living human being make contact with SCP-1164's 
surface, they will adhere to the object's surface and be unable to 
remove themselves. Approximately five (5) seconds after making 
contact, the subject will begin to be drawn into SCP-1164, starting at 
the point of contact, and four (4) male humanoid faces will rise out of 
the top surface of SCP-1164. The subject will be absorbed at a rate 
of 10cm/minute, during which only physical separation from the 
surface of the object via amputation will halt the absorption. The 
object's mass does not change during this process, though the rate 
of absorption is greatly degraded if the surface of the object directly 
opposite the point of contact is exposed to open air. Only one 
subject can be absorbed by SCP-1164 at a time, though absorption 


can be accelerated by having multiple simultaneous points of 
contact. Subjects being absorbed have described an inability to feel 
or move any portion of their body ‘inside’ the object, as if under 
heavy local anesthetic, though all other motor and cognitive 
functions remain unimpaired. 


While the subject is being absorbed, any noises or vocalizations 
uttered by the subject will be echoed by the four manifested faces in 
the a capella style of a barbershop quartet. The face closest to the 
point of contact will act as the quartet's lead, with the tenor, bass, 
and baritone proceeding clockwise around the slab. When the 
subject has been completely absorbed, the protruding faces 
undergo one of two changes. If the absorbed subject was male, the 
‘lead' face shifts to resemble that of the tenor, the tenor to that of the 
bass, the bass to that of the baritone, and the baritone face 
transforms into the face of the absorbed subject. Otherwise, the four 
faces simply rotate their appearances one 'step' clockwise, then all 
four faces recede into the surface and disappear. 


« SCP-1163 | SCP-1164 | SCP-1165 » 


SCP-1165: Minus Level 


Item #: SCP-1165 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1165 is to remain 
permanently closed to civilian traffic. Both entrances to SCP-1165 
are to be fenced and marked with quarantine signs, in English and 
Spanish, warning of high concentrations of toxic contaminants. 
Plainclothes security personnel are to monitor entrances and act as 
necessary to discourage unauthorized entrance. 


All businesses with doors or windows facing SCP-1165 are to have 
said exits walled over, padlocked, or otherwise rendered 
inaccessible to prevent unsecured access. Any municipal or utility 
vehicles requiring access to SCP-1165 are to enter by the western 
entrance and exit by the east entrance only. 


All survey teams entering SCP-1165 are to be accompanied by a 
squad-strength detachment from MTF Tau-1165 ("Snickelway"). All 
individuals operating within SCP-1165 are to keep a GPS beacon, 
wireless communication device, and helmet camera on their person 
at all times. Surveys are not to enter SCP-1165 at night or when 
there is a possibility of electric power outage due to weather or grid 
overload. 


Any unauthorized persons entering or exiting SCP-1165 are to be 
detained, debriefed, and administered a Class-B amnestic. Any 
person observed exiting SCP-1165 is to be assumed to be hostile 
until a contrary determination can be made. 


Description: SCP-1165 consists of an alley located in , and 
an anomalous urban area connecting to it. The alley runs east to 
west for approximately 0.3 km in downtown , bisecting the city 
block created by St. and St. on the east and west, and by 
St.and Ave. onthe north and south. City records indicate that 


the alley was laid out when the streets of were first paved in the 
early 20th century. Aside from construction and renovation of 
abutting structures, utility work, and a repaving in 19 , it has 
undergone no significant changes since then. 


The alley exhibits no anomalous effects to traffic entering from the 
west or exiting from the east. When a traveler enters the alley's 
eastern exit and proceeds westward, however, there is a 36% 
probability that the alley will not exit onto St., but onto a street 
not accessible by other means. This street connects to a network of 
other streets that extend outwards in no particular pattern, none of 
which can be accessed by any means other than the alley. These 
streets, while almost always meeting at four-way grid intersections, 
are highly irregular in layout and begin and end abruptly. Traffic 
lights, lampposts, and other electronics present within SCP-1165, 
have power received from an as-yet unidentified source, and 
function reliably without any indication of human intervention. 


The streets of SCP-1165 are lined with buildings mostly 
demonstrating examples of 20th century American architecture. The 
vast majority of the buildings appear to be of a business storefront or 
industrial nature - less than 6% of buildings surveyed are residential 
structures. Of buildings surveyed to date, 17% have been identified 
as strongly resembling or being identical to buildings known to exist 
in the area. 24% have been identified as resembling buildings 
found in other locations, most notably a 300 m. structure resembling 
the Eiffel Tower, visible in the distance northeast from the entrance 
to the alley. Road signage exhibits names of known and unknown 
streets in a similar manner. 


No automobiles or people (except as per Survey Log 1165) have 
been spotted within SCP-1165, nor any animal or insect life. Plant 
life is limited to grass, flowers, and small trees found growing in 
yards of buildings or along sidewalk easements. 


SCP-1165 extends outward in all directions from the entrance point 
of the alley. To date, Foundation teams have fully surveyed and 
charted 27 sq. km. of SCP-1165, an area of land encompassing the 
entirety of downtown and surrounding neighborhoods, and 
extending outwards into Bay and . No geographical 
boundary to SCP-1165 has yet been determined (except as per 


Survey Log 1165). 


The streets and buildings found within SCP-1165 have not changed 
since the first Foundation survey entered SCP-1165 in 19 . 
Returning down the entrance alley will return any traveler to — St. 
100% of the time. Cellular phones and GPS devices continue to 
function within SCP-1165 and indicate that the device is in a location 
relative to the distance the bearer has traveled from the western exit 
of the alley. 


The Foundation discovered SCP-1165 in 19 when ,an 
politician of note, disappeared in midday while on a walking 
tour of downtown with several campaign volunteers. Police identified 

the alley as 's last known whereabouts and encountered 
SCP-1165 while canvassing the area. A police liaison informed the 
Foundation of the anomalous effect, which lead to the Foundation 
assuming jurisdiction over SCP-1165. Neither nor any of his 
walking companions were ever found. 


For detailed findings regarding discoveries within SCP-1165, refer to 
Survey Log 1165. 


« SCP-1164 | SCP-1165 | SCP-1166 » 


Survey Log 1165 


Survey Log 1165 


The Foundation has conducted 283 sorties into SCP-1165 since its 
discovery in 19 . The following is an abridged log containing 
information on notable discoveries made during exploration thereof. 


Level 3 access is required to view unabridged logs. Please contact 
Dr. Samesh for access. 


Survey 1165-1 
Date: / /19 


Findings: First formal Foundation sortie into SCP-1165. Surveyors 
explored an area of 1 sq. km. around the entry point. A circuit was 
completed of the block that the alley exits onto and no eastern point 
of entrance was found. Air, soil, and plant samples taken. No 
anomalous properties found in air or soil. Plant samples were found 
to exhibit an abnormally high amount of mutation. 


Survey 1165-3 
Date: / /19