All instances of SCP-1736-1 and SCP-1736-2 share a common 
religion that bears strong similarities to [REDACTED]. SCP-1736-1 
fulfills the role of a shaman or priest in this common religion whereas 
instances of SCP-1736-2 fulfills the role of followers or acolytes. The 
theological beliefs that comprise this religion feature a messianic 
deity that its followers call upon to return and bring the universe out 
of darkness and ignorance. This deity is most often referred to as 
[REDACTED] or [REDACTED]. SCP-1736-1 will often give sermons 
in the "voice" of this deity. Transcriptions of these events often 
appear semantically nonsensical, but SCP-1736-2 will accept any 
such pronouncements of SCP-1736-1 as literal gospel and 
incorporate them into the general belief system. This appears true of 
all SCP-1736-2 simultaneously, regardless of their contact with 
SCP-1736-1 or each other. When SCP-1736-1 does this, 
SCP-1736-1 emits dangerously high levels of ionizing radiation, 
measured as high as [REDACTED] death within 48 to 72 hours for a 
typical human subject.’ This hazard does not apply to SCP-1736-2, 
who appear to be able to withstand arbitrary doses of radiation 
without suffering any adverse effects. 


Outside containment, SCP-1736-1 and SCP-1736-2 will periodically 
congregate in public spaces such as parks, street corners, parking 
lots, shopping malls and other such venues. Once congregated, 
SCP-1736-1 will begin preaching to SCP-1736-2. During such an 
event, approximately 20% of SCP-1736-2 in attendance will attempt 
to persuade passers-by to come and listen to SCP-1736-1 using 
language such as, “Come, He brings enlightenment,” “He is here to 
lead us away from the darkness,” and [REDACTED]. An estimated 
25% of non-SCP-1736-2 attendees of such a sermon will convert 
and become an instance of SCP-1736-2 themselves. The remaining 
audience will suffer from radiation sickness and a typical 50% 
mortality rate over the initial month, increasing to 90% over the next 
years. 


Upon the death of SCP-1736-1, some other, apparently random, 
instance of SCP-1736-2 will emit a short burst of radiation and 


thereafter fulfill the role of SCP-1736-1. As of this time there are 
estimates that between and SCP-1736-2 remain uncontained 
and at large. 


Addendum 1: 
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Document IG-1736A-ex1: Excerpts from Inspector 
General’s Report on SCP-1736 to Overwatch Command 
/ /20 


Interview #27 Excerpt: Post-recovery 
background investigation on SCP-1736. 


Interviewer: Inspector General 


Interviewee: Dr.L W_ , Foundation 
mathematician assigned to SCP-286 


<Begin Log, 5/20/20 1330> 
IG: Tell me about Dr. Kennerman. 


Dr. W : He contacted me after the 
[REDACTED] incident. 


IG: A post-incident debriefing? 
Dr.W : Yes... 


IG: You didn’t find that odd, at all? He was 
from a completely different department. 


Dr. W_ : After being mind-controlled by some 
extra-dimensional entity, protocol wasn’t high 
on my list of concerns. He was level four. He 
had the right forms. Who was | to question 
why? 


IG: What was the focus of the debriefing? 


Dr. W_ : He was interested in any... spiritual 
side-effects. 


Interview #52 Excerpt: Post-recovery 
background investigation on SCP-1736. 


Interviewer: Inspector General 


Interviewee: Dr. A R , Current 
director, Site-319 


<Begin Log, 6/13/20 1015> 


IG: 319 is an Alpha-level Keter. Didn't Dr. 
Kennerman's inquiry raise any security 
concerns? 


Dr. R : Not really. The request was just for 
paperwork and records of some historical 
import. It'd be different if he had requested 
access to the skip itself, or even monitoring or 
containment records. But all he asked about 
were the text of the journals we recovered with 
it. 


IG: So you just handed over all of the ... 
Lawhead-Smythe journals? 


Dr. R : Well we didn't just hand them over. 
We ran them past site security before we sent 
facsimiles, and the determination was that 
there was nothing critical in them. 


Interview #98 Excerpt: Post-recovery 
background investigation on SCP-1736. 


Interviewer: Inspector General 


Interviewee: Mr.D W__ , former 
administrative assistant for Dr. Geoff 
Kennerman 


<Begin Log, 6/21/20 1605> 


IG: Dr. Kennerman made a significant number 
of requests from other departments, didn't he? 


Mr. W _ : Yes he did. | don't have the exact 
figures here. But, near the end, dozens. 


IG: Did you find these requests unusual? 


Mr. W _ : I’ve worked at the Foundation for 30 
years. “Unusual” is a pretty high bar around 
here. Pretty much all the requests were just for 
research notes, historical documents, interview 
logs. Nothing remotely eyebrow-raising. 


IG: But more than was typical. 


Mr. W ~ : “Typical” isn’t a word I’d use about 
our research staff, but yes, more than average. 


IG: And all these requests were in relation to a 
fairly limited population of skips, weren't they. 


Mr.W_ : He's... He was... the project head 
for SCP-719, and he believed those other 
artifacts were all related to it. | wasn’t privy to 
the research, but | remember him saying that 
someone with contact with 286 had founded 
the cult that was worshipping 719. 


IG: All these related skips, was 1127 one of 
them? 


Mr.W  : 1127? 1 can't say | recall that one. 
Addendum 2: 
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Incident Report I-719-5: 


SCPs involved: SCP-1127, SCP-719 
Date: 12/23/20 


Location: SCP-719's shielded viewing area, 
Site-15 


Description: Dr. Geoff Kennerman, project 
leader for SCP-719 research, oversaw a day 
of typical testing on SCP-719. Upon 
conclusion of testing, Dr. Kennerman violated 
protocol by dismissing the entire research staff 
early for the holiday, leaving SCP-719 in its 
testing area. Once alone in the lab, he secured 
the lab from outside entry and disabled the 
primary security feed. While no direct record of 
subsequent events exists, forensic analysis of 
the lab and monitoring of [REDACTED] shows 
the following sequence of events: 1) The 
prepping of SCP-719 to record its reception of 
standard digital input following the normal 
protocols of SCP-719 testing. 2) The activation 
of the lab's camera DVD recorder to record 
SCP-719. 3) The activation of the lab's Blu- 
Ray player as the signal input for SCP-719. 4) 
The playing of an unauthorized 23 minute 
recording of SCP-1127-1. 5) Shutdown of 
SCP-719 and its return to its storage unit. 6) 
Removal of the DVD recording of SCP-719's 
modified rebroadcast of SCP-1127-1. 


Dr. Kennerman left the lab 68 minutes after 
dismissing his staff. The security breach was 
not discovered until 01/02/20 , after Dr. 
Kennerman's third straight day of unauthorized 
absence. Subsequent investigation discovered 
intentional data corruption of all of Dr. 
Kennerman's research materials on the 
Foundation's network. MTF teams were 
dispatched to Dr. Kennerman's residence, and 
found no signs of occupancy within the prior 


month. Both Dr. Kennerman and the missing 
DVD recording have yet to be recovered. 


Addendum 3: 
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Document IG-1736S1-ex5: Excerpt from Inspector 
General’s Statement at O5 Council Hearing on 
SCP-1736 / /20 


Distinguished council members, | am bringing 
you the conclusion of twelve months of 
investigation by the Inspector General's Office 
into the disappearance of Dr. Geoff 
Kennerman and the subsequent appearance 
of SCP-1736. It is the opinion of the IG that 
these two events are indeed linked, and you all 
have a copy of our report, 1500 pages of 
interviews, documents and evidence 
supporting that conclusion. 


It is our conclusion that Dr. Geoff Kennerman, 
under no duress, compulsion, or obvious 
abnormal influence, began a path of research 
intending to recover and document a proto- 
religion associated with a number of SCPs 
related to SCP-719. Dr. Kennerman's behavior 
subsequent to the start of this research leads 
us to the conclusion that, at some point, his 
academic interest turned into an actual belief, 
and his efforts turned from recovery of this 
religion to its re-creation. 


Aided by the complacency of our staff, the 
chain of command, and the morass of 
bureaucracy we've constructed, he was able to 
act with relative impunity. His ability to amass 
such research material without anyone 
questioning him was a colossal failure of 
security. 


It is the opinion of the IG that Dr. Geoff 
Kennerman created a Keter-level SCP, and 
walked out of the building with it in his pocket. 


Note: The DVD recording created by Dr. 
Kennerman is tentatively designated 
SCP-1736-0, and its recovery is of paramount 
importance —O5- 


Footnotes 
1. This effect is moderated by reducing SCP-1736-1's exposure to 
EM radiation, especially wavelengths in the visible spectrum. 


« SCP-1735 | SCP-1736 | SCP-1737 » 


SCP-1737: The Referee 


Item #: SCP-1737 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Once SCP-1737's position has 
stabilized to a specific location for greater than 3 minutes per GPS 
tracker, the closest available MTF will be dispatched to the site in 
order to take it into custody. Although SCP-1737 demanifests upon 
the completion of any sporting event it attends, the apprehension 
allows the Foundation to prevent the remainder of SCP-1737's 
anomalous activities. 


In the event that Foundation personnel are unable to arrive at 
SCP-1737's location prior to the onset of anomalous activities, they 
are to administer Class C amnestics to all witnesses, acquire the 
resultant products from the location at which they were deposited, 
and disseminate a cover story that affected individuals died on route 
to medical care. 


Description: SCP-1737 is a male humanoid of indeterminate 
ethnicity. SCP-1737 appears at amateur sporting events as a 
replacement for a referee for the game, wherein the missing referee 
is unexpectedly ill, injured, or otherwise detained or prevented from 
arriving at the sporting venue. SCP-1737's appearance varies 
slightly between manifestations, but is generally slightly taller than 
the average height of the local population, has dark-colored hair and 
eyes, and is always continually chewing an unknown substance 
without replenishing it. 


SCP-1737 invariably knows all the rules of the game it is refereeing, 

including detailed minutiae and local variations on standard rules. At 
some point during the game that it is refereeing, at least two players 
will simultaneously suffer potentially life-threatening injuries requiring 
immediate emergency medical treatment. Regardless of whether or 

not any attendees have contacted local emergency services, an 


ambulance will arrive at the sporting venue within 4 minutes of the 
time of injury. 


Exactly two of the injured players will be loaded into the ambulance 
by SCP-1737, who will accompany them in the ambulance. Any 
additional injured individuals will be informed that the ambulance is 
full and to wait for the next one to arrive. Audiovisual surveillance 
equipment placed in the ambulance during this time suffers from 
data corruption or hardware failure consistent with extreme 
electromagnetic flux, although GPS location trackers are unaffected. 
The reason for this exemption is unknown, but has been exploited to 
place GPS trackers within SCP-1737's personal effects. 


The ambulance will drive to the nearest hospital or trauma center 
and, upon arrival, SCP-1737 will offload a single stretcher bearing 
an individual appearing to be an amalgamation of the two players 
originally loaded into the ambulance. This entails the repair of any 
injuries suffered by either player with flesh from the other, and 
includes such extremes as partial or total organ transplants, bone 
grafts, blood transfusions, and brain tissue transplants. The resulting 
creature typically expires within two weeks due to systemic shock 
and organ rejection. 


In addition to the hybrid creature, SCP-1737 will offload a plastic bin 
similar to those used for organ transfers, labelled "REJECTED 
TISSUE". This bin will contain all portions of each original player 
which were not used to produce the amalgamation and show signs 
of tearing, burns, and blunt force trauma. Analysis of the tissue 
reveals chimeric intermingling of cells, as well as massive numbers 
of bacteria responsible for necrotizing fasciitis. An exception to this 
is that the amount of cartilage present accounts for only 
approximately a third of the amount of "excess" cartilage that should 
be expected, and the samples retrieved uniformly display ripping 
damage. 


After transferring the hybridized creature to medical personnel, 
SCP-1737 will state that it must return to the game in order to 
continue refereeing and attempt to leave the premises by any 
means necessary. If allowed to leave, it will return to the sporting 
event by non-anomalous means and attempt to continue officiating, 
and will disappear between camera frames upon the conclusion of 


the game. 


If forcibly restrained from returning to the sporting venue, it will self- 
terminate using any method available, including deliberately 
swallowing and choking on the substance it chews or holding its 
breath until it asohyxiates. Once SCP-1737 is deceased, its remains 
will dissolve into a slurry of undifferentiated human cellular tissue. 
DNA analysis of this tissue matches that of the most recently 
amalgamated individuals in approximately 37% of all cases. 


Future manifestations of SCP-1737 retain copies of whatever 
objects were in its possession during its last demanifestation, 
including duplicates of Foundation-issue tracking devices. Although 
the original objects are not affected by SCP-1737, these copies will 
also degenerate in the event that the current manifestation does. 


« SCP-1736 | SCP-1737 | SCP-1738 » 


SCP-1738: Phobia Sampler 


Item #: SCP-1738 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1738 is to be held in a 
containment chamber, located in Site-77. No personnel are to be 
seated in SCP-1738 outside of testing, and any personnel displaying 
sudden new phobias or unusual behavior are to be reported to site 
command immediately. All personnel assigned to SCP-1738 are to 
undergo regularly scheduled psychological screenings. In the event 
that a member of site personnel is confirmed to be affected by 
SCP-1738, they are to be given Class-A amnestics and reassigned 
to clerical work at a Foundation front corporation. 


Description: SCP-1738 is a barber's chair, manufactured sometime 
before 1999. All identifying markings were forcibly removed from 
SCP-1738 prior to initial containment. The only identifying mark is a 
small logo reading "MC&D". The back of SCP-1738 has a small 
control panel with a detached typewriter, and keys made from pure 
ivory, with letters from a variety of alphabets (Roman, Cyrillic, 
Armenian). This apparatus is not fully understood, and appears to 
be the primary mechanism for controlling SCP-1738's anomalous 
effect. 


When a human subject is seated in SCP-1738, they will enter a 
comatose state until they are removed. Once removed, they will 
report to have an intense and specific fear which they did not suffer 
from prior to using SCP-1738. It is possible to manipulate this effect 
using the console on the back of SCP-1738, with different inputs and 
use of the keyboard yielding unique, different fears. Testing on D- 
Class personnel is currently suspended due to the massive 
expenditure of resources that testing SCP-1738's effect with trial- 
and-error would require. 


SCP-1738 was recovered from a Marshall, Carter, and Dark facility