Personnel report sounds of scraping stone originating from within 
the container when no one is present inside. This is considered 
normal, and any change in this behaviour should be reported to the 
acting HMCL supervisor on duty. 


The reddish brown substance on the floor is a combination of feces 
and blood. Origin of these materials is unknown. The enclosure 
must be cleaned on a bi-weekly basis. 


Creator Information 


The image used in the SCP-178 article is the art piece "Untitled 2004" by toumi 
Kato: |he photograph was taken by peisuke Yamamoto: All rights are 
reserved by the artists. 


A note of caution: SCP-173 is a secondary use of the image of the art piece 
"Untitled 2004", which was created by youmi Kato: |he concept of SCP-173 
does not have any relationship with the artist's original concept of "Untitled 2004". 


The sculpture, its likeness, and the photograph have not been released under any 
Creative Commons license. Only the text of this article is released under Creative 
Commons. This sculpture and its likeness may not be used for commercial 
purposes under any circumstances. Izumi Kato has graciously chosen to 


allow the use of the image of "Untitled 2004" by the SCP Foundation and its 
fanbase for non-commercial purposes only. 


« SCP-172 | SCP-173 | SCP-174 » 


SCP-174: Ventriloquist's Dummy 


Item #: SCP-174 
Object Class: Safe Euclid, see Incident 174-A 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-174 is to be contained 
within Storage Unit-07 at Site-19. Removal of SCP-174 from 
containment requires the approval of two (2) Level-4 personnel 
familiar with the entity. It is preferable to use personnel with high 
Psychic Resistance Scale scores when interacting with SCP-174. All 
personnel in contact with SCP-174 are to undergo psychological 
evaluation; those who display obsessive or protective tendencies 
toward the item are to be treated with Class-B amnestics and 
monitored for 72 hours. 


Addendum to containment procedures, / /20 : Following Incident 
174-A, SCP-174 and the main chamber of Storage Unit-07 are to be 
monitored at all times via video surveillance. Abnormal activity must 
be reported to Dr. A immediately. Furthermore, a GPS tracking 
device is to be installed on SCP-174 in order to expedite recovery 
should the item translocate outside of Foundation custody. 


Description: SCP-174 is a wooden ventriloquial figure measuring 
21 cm from head to toe, with somewhat ragged clothing and slight 
damage to several sections. Judging by the item's style and state of 
repair, it dates from the early 20th Century. The eyes and mouth of 
SCP-174 can be manipulated by means of a mechanism inside the 
figure. 


When viewed in peripheral vision, subjects report on occasion that 
SCP-174 is looking directly at them with an expression of longing or 
sadness. When subjects look directly at SCP-174, this anomalous 
expression is not visible. Viewing SCP-174 indirectly, such as ina 
mirror or a live video feed, appears to increase the likelihood of this 
effect manifesting itself. Personnel in the vicinity of SCP-174 report 
a general feeling of sadness or sympathy directed toward the figure, 


but cannot explain any reason for these feelings. Prolonged 
exposure can lead to personnel personifying the figure to greater 
extents; those with particularly low Psychic Resistance Scale scores 
will in some cases begin to act as if SCP-174 were a living being 
(e.g. cradling it as if it were a baby). When informed of their 
abnormal behaviour, all personnel revert to standard behaviour 
patterns for at least several minutes. 


Subjects who place SCP-174 on their hand report an urge to 
‘converse’ with it. When questioned, they frequently report that the 
figure is ‘lonely' and needs companionship. The subject will also 
begin speaking for SCP-174 and manipulating its expression. When 
speaking for the figure, the subject's voice will take on a higher- 
pitched, childlike tone. Recordings taken with high-sensitivity 
microphones have determined that at no point does the figure itself 
actually speak, or make any discernible noise. Regardless of the 
subject's experience, the act will be almost perfect. The 
‘conversation’ will quickly move toward a discussion of the figure's 
emotional state, particularly in relation to its past, in most cases 
leading to the retelling by the figure of a story of how it was 
abandoned or mistreated. No one story has ever been repeated, 
and therefore which, if any, is true is unknown. Researchers have 
theorised that SCP-174 may have low-level telepathic abilities, as 
each story seems to be based around a theme that will have 
particular resonance with the current subject. 


Past this point, subjects will show great affection for SCP-174, and 
will attempt to ‘protect’ it from people who come too close or try to 
interact with it, in some cases with deadly force. Subjects often refer 
to SCP-174 as their 'baby’, or use similarly strong terms of 
endearment when referring to it. This effect persists for several 
hours after SCP-174 and the subject have been separated, and in at 
least one case the effect had not dissipated 2 weeks after final 
interaction. Whether the effect would ever have lessened is 
unknown, as the subject in question was terminated owing to lack of 
compelling reason for further study. Subjects who are completely 
isolated from SCP-174 will become paranoid as to the figure's 
safety, and often undergo a mental collapse similar to that observed 
in mothers separated from young children. Class-B or stronger 
amnestics have been shown to be effective in curing both the 


obsessive effect and the majority of any resultant mental trauma; 
however, almost all who undergo such treatment complain of 
feelings of loss and can become depressive. 


Addendum 174-1: Experiment Log (transcription of video 
footage) 

Subject: D-14285; Female, 21, no history of violent crime. 
Supervising researcher: Dr. A 

Location: Containment cell-A4 (researcher and staff observing from 
behind two-way mirror), Site-19 


D-14285 is ordered to place SCP-174 on their hand. Subject does 
so after initial hesitation. After several seconds, subject begins a 
mundane conversation with SCP-174. After ~2 minutes, the subject 
asks SCP-174 'What happened to you?’, at which point the figure 
begins to recount a story of how it was left behind and damaged in a 
house fire and subsequently discarded by its original owner. <Note: 
Subject's records indicate that her house was the victim of an arson 
attack in 19 .> Subject begins to console the figure, and reassure it 
with standard positive statements. Figure remarks that it is lonely 
and wants to find friends. Subject begins to punch and pound the 
door with their free hand. When guards enter the cell sidearms 
raised, the subject recoils to the corner of the cell, cradling the figure 
and whispering to it (exact words not picked up by microphone). 
Guards succeed in removing SCP-174 from the subject, and leave 
the cell. At this point the subject screams ‘they have him, my 
wonderful baby’, and begins punching and kicking the door in a futile 
escape attempt. 


Note: At this point Dr. A ordered the experiment concluded. 
D-14285 was terminated after attempts to calm her failed (this 
experiment was one of the first conducted with SCP-174, before the 
efficacy of amnestics had become apparent). 


Addendum 174-2: Incident 174-A 

On / /20 ,Dr.A entered Storage Unit-07 to find SCP-174 
sitting on the floor next to its containment unit, looking directly at the 
main entrance door. The door to SCP-174's unit had been sealed 
shut, with no access having been logged in the previous week. After 
being replaced in containment, video surveillance was installed 
within Storage Unit-07 as a precaution against future translocations, 


and a GPS tracking unit was attached to SCP-174. 


« SCP-173 | SCP-174 | SCP-175 » 


SCP-175: Treasure Map 


Item #: SCP-175 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-175 is to be kept ina 
metal safe when not undergoing testing. The safe is to be secured in 
a storage room at Site- , with other low-maintenance SCPs. The 
room will be guarded by two security guards at all times in 
accordance with security protocol [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Description: When not “active,” SCP-175 resembles a yellowed 
piece of parchment, slightly larger than a standard piece of paper. 
The edges are torn, and it appears weathered and brittle. However, 
SCP-175 is actually quite supple and is indestructible despite its 
worn appearance, having resisted all attempts to remove pieces for 
testing. 


The more interesting properties of SCP-175 are revealed when 
moved in relative proximity to a buried object. The proximity range 
seems to vary under unknown parameters: SCP-175 has become 
“active” in distances from as short as 30 meters to as far as several 
kilometers. However, on average the distance ranges between 100 
and 200 meters. 


When SCP-175 becomes “active,” its appearance changes to 
become either a map, a set of directions to the buried object, or 
some hybrid thereof. Though the approximate size and shape of 
SCP-175 remain constant, its appearance may change to resemble 
various other paper and parchment varieties, and the writing or 
drawing implement and style vary as well, seemingly based on the 
mindset of the individual or individuals who buried the object. For a 
partial list of buried objects and their buriers, see Document 175-08. 


If the buried object is dug up, or the map is removed from the 
proximity of the object, SCP-175 reverts back to its normal state. 


Document #175-08: Partial list of buriers, buried objects, and 
appearances of SCP-175. All experiments took place at [DATA 
EXPUNGED] unless otherwise stated. 


Dr. buried a wooden box. SCP-175 became a piece of graph 
paper, with a pencil-drawn map of the surrounding area, complete 
with a legend in the bottom-left. The location of the treasure was 
clearly marked. Dr. remarked that the handwriting on SCP-175 
looked identical to his own. 


, a 5-year-old female child of Dr. __, was instructed to bury a 
wooden box with a couple of her toys in it. SCP-175 became a 
crayon-drawn map of the surrounding area on a white piece of 
paper, clearly modeled on the style of a normal child of that age. 


, a 10-year-old male child of Agent __, was instructed to 
bury a box containing some of his comic books. SCP-175 became a 
list of instructions on lined yellow paper, based on several 
landmarks in the area (trees, rocks, etc). The instructions included 
where to start, and how many paces to take to the next landmark, 
the direction to turn, and eventually, where to dig. The instructions 
were complete with misspellings appropriate for the knowledge of a 
child of that age. 


, a well-respected professional landscape artist, was 
instructed to bury an empty wooden box. SCP-175 became a 
canvas with an accurately painted overhead view of the surrounding 
area, with an “x” to mark the spot where the box was buried. 


, a professional puzzle-maker and crossword-puzzle 
maker, was instructed to bury a wooden box. SCP-175 became a 
piece of graph paper with several inked crossword and various other 
word puzzles, along with a meta-puzzle. Solving the smaller puzzles 
was necessary to find the letters to solve the meta-puzzle, which 
was a list of instructions for where to find the buried object. 


Agent , who remembered a box with various objects that he had 
buried in his backyard at the age of 8, traveled with a research team 
to [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-175 became a pencil-drawn map of 
the surrounding area, along with labels that did not match his current 
handwriting, but did match his handwriting from papers his parents 


had kept that he had done at that age. Most remarkably, the map 
included several trees that had been cut down in the years since the 
box was buried. 


A D-class personnel who had been a professional architect before 
his conviction as a serial killer was instructed to bury a wooden box. 
[DATA EXPUNGED]. For full details, those with sufficient clearance 
should see Addendum 175-13. 


During transport of SCP-175, along with numerous other safe SCPs 
to [DATA EXPUNGED], one of the guards in the truck reported a 
high-pitched whine coming from the crate containing SCP-175. As 
per protocol, the truck was stopped and evacuated, and the nearest 
task force, Mobile Task Force Omega-7 (Pandora’s Box) was sent to 
investigate after being briefed on the contents of the crate. 
According to the debrief, they found a sheet of metal which was 
emitting the whine, and the sound increased in pitch and volume as 
they neared a specific location. Digging in this area uncovered SCP- 

, at which point the metal sheet reverted to the “inactive” state of 
SCP-175. 


Addendum 175-13: On , a D-class personnel who had been a 
professional architect prior to his conviction as a serial killer was 
instructed to bury a wooden box; the intended purpose of this 
experiment was to see what SCP-175 would look like when buried 
by an architect. When Dr. looked at SCP-175, once the box was 
buried, he immediately screamed, dropped to his knees, clutching 
his head with both hands, dropping SCP-175 to the ground, luckily, 
face-down. Agent __, who was standing by the side of Dr. 

during this experiment, reported a flickering mass of color anda 
sense of extreme nausea at a glimpse of SCP-175 before it drifted 
to the ground. He quickly dug up the box, in order to reset SCP-175. 
Dr. went into a coma after this incident, and intense 
psychological screening of the D-class subject revealed a well- 
hidden schizophrenia and sociopathy. Since this experiment, strict 
protocol has been put in place to protect the mental health of 
researchers. 


« SCP-174 | SCP-175 | SCP-176 » 


SCP-176: Observable Time Loop 


Item #: SCP-176 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-176 is contained on-site 
under the cover of industrial chemical contamination. Any civilians 
attempting to enter SCP-176 must be detained. 


Multiple high-speed cameras are set up within the observation room 
and linked to continuously running analysis computers. If any 
deviation is observed in the recorded sequence, all recorded data 
must be immediately backed up and senior staff notified. 


Description: SCP-176 is an abandoned chemical factory situated 
near [DATA EXPUNGED]. The building consists of a factory floor 
and an observation room on the second floor, separated from the 
main room by one-way mirrors. There are three entrances to the 
building: 


¢ A three-bay loading dock, whose doors have been welded 
shut. 

¢ A ground-floor employee entrance. 

¢ A second-floor observation room entrance, accessible via a 
metal staircase on the north end of the building. 


When the main building is entered via the loading dock or employee 
entrance, no anomalies are observed, merely an empty room in 
severe disuse and disrepair with a small amount of metallic debris 
consistent with a stripped down, abandoned factory. The inside 
staircase leading up to the observation room is missing and 
inaccessible, and so far every attempt to enter the observation room 
via the inside of the factory through the access door or windows has 
failed. 


When the observation room is entered via the second-floor outside 


door, a factory observation room consistent in disuse and disrepair 
to the rest of the building is found. However, when the factory floor is 
viewed through the observation room windows, the anomalous 
property of SCP-176 is visible.