Day 1: Subject appears to shrink as we get 
closer to it, which is strange, because it was 
growing until we got to a certain point. Also, its 
horrifically large tentacles move ina 
particularly strange manner. | plan to 
investigate further in the coming days, and 
hopefully do a bit of my own research before 
they send in the main researchers and guards 
to take over. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 2: Last night as | tried to sleep, | kept 
hearing a strange voice. While | cannot 
currently recall what it was saying, | am sure it 
has something to do with the beast out there. | 
personally see no other explanation, as | was 
alone, and | have no history of hearing voices. 


Signed, Mann 


Day 2, afternoon: I've gathered a few 
volunteers from the task force. Our job is to 
secure the anomaly until the main guards can 
get here, not research it, so | won't be forcing 
anyone to come along with me. But it's not 
against my orders to carry out some extra 
research, and | wouldn't mind having some 
other folks investigating with me. Always better 
to have more than one person when it comes 
to witnessing events. | managed to convince 3 
other guys to come with me. | plan to approach 
the anomaly very closely, and | made this very 
clear to everyone as | announced that | 
needed volunteers. We will begin our 
exploration tomorrow. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 2, evening: | am hearing this voice again. 
It is currently about ten o' clock, PM, and | am 
trying to comprehend what it is saying. It's like 
it's speaking English, and | know it is, but | just 
can't work out what it is saying. 


Signed, Mann 


Day 3: One of the guys that volunteered came 
to my tent in the early hours of the morning 
and said he couldn't go through with it. | told 
him that it was fine, and that | don't blame him. 
When | asked him why he changed his mind, 
though, he told me that he had been hearing 


[Last entry. Journal ends] 


Footnotes 

1. Precise measurements have determined microscopic variations in 
position due to gravitational tidal effects but, to date, these have 
appeared to be within acceptable margins. 

2. This would represent a ZK-0 Reality Failure scenario. The 
universe would continue to exist, but would not only cease to 
support life as we know it, but would fail to supportchemistryas we 
know it. 


« SCP-318 | SCP-319 | SCP-320 » 


something talking to him last night, and 
suspected that it was connected to the 
anomaly. When | heard about this, | asked him 
if he Knew what it was saying. He said that he 
couldn't recall exactly what it was saying, but 
its words evoked a terrible fear in him that he 
never wished to experience again. When | 
inquired, he also stated that it was speaking 
English, but again, he can't recall what it's 
saying, exactly. | then revealed that I, too, had 
been hearing voices, but had not been terrified 
by them. This did not convince him to stay on 
the exploration team with us, but it seemed to 
comfort him that he was not the only one 
hearing things. | hope the other two are still in 
for it. 


Signed, Mann 


Day 3, afternoon: | asked the other guys if they 
experienced anything out of the ordinary in the 
past few days, and neither of them said that 
they had. This is a good thing for me, as | will 
have a couple of companions on my research 
venture, but | also feel like | will be lying to 
them if they haven't experienced the voices. | 
won't tell them about the voices myself, as | 
fear they will get spooked out of coming with 
me, but on the same token, they volunteered 
to venture very closely to a large horrible 
creature, so maybe the story about the voices 
won't deter them. For now, | will proceed with 
discretion. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 3, Evening: We set out around 4 o' clock 
in the afternoon, and the other two guys 
seemed as excited to get closer to the thing as 
| was apprehensive. Don't get me wrong, |, 
too, was excited, it just seemed that they were 


a little too excited. | guess it isn't out of 
character for those two. As we got closer, 
indeed, the thing kept growing smaller, which 
sort of cooled my anxiety for a bit, but then we 
started seeing oddities in the snow. Of course 
we are dealing with a giant anomaly, but the 
snow prints just seemed off. There wasn't 
anything wrong with their pattern. They just 
seemed out of place. 


Signed, J. Mann 
{+}Investigative Log, Day[4-6] 


Day 4: We set up camp about a quarter way to 
the thing. The snow was deep and thick, and 
to be honest, | was surprised we made it even 
a quarter of the way. No signs of any voices 
heard by myself or the other two last night. I'm 
making sure to be very discreet when | ask 
them about any oddities. | don't want to put up 
a red flag. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 4, afternoon: We covered about half the 
distance we did yesterday, so | would say 
we're close to halfway there. About three 
eights of the way, to be exact. The snow is 
getting deeper as we approach the thing. It 
continues to shrink as we approach it, so 
nothing too out of the ordinary thus far, with 
the exception of the out of place prints in the 
snow. None of us can work out what creature 
they originate from. Yesterday, | thought they 
were human tracks. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 4, evening: A particularly quiet evening, 
nothing notable has occurred. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 5: One of the guys reported that he'd 
heard some strange voices last night. | asked 
him what they were saying before | revealed 
that I, too, had been hearing voices. He told 
me that they were unintelligible. | expected 
this, but it is now getting quite frustrating that 
no one can decipher what the voices are 
saying. Hopefully this expedition to the thing 
out there will bring us more information. 


Signed, Mann 


Day 5, afternoon: We made very little progress 
today. We neglected to bring our tissue 
analyzer from the last tent we set up, so we 
had to go back. We'll be back on track 
hopefully by the day after tomorrow. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 5, evening: The evening is quiet once 
again. I've heard no voices thus far, and the 
tracks in the snow were absent during our trek 
back to the old tent today. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 5, midnight: \'ve been lying awake for 
some time now, and I've realized that 
something was horribly out of the ordinary. | 
recall that as we approached the thing, it got 
smaller. Well, | would expect it to grow larger 
as we put more distance between it and 
ourselves. The problem is, it has not grown 
larger since this morning when we left to return 
to the tent. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 6: The first opportunity | had, | told the 
other guys about my realization, and | asked 
what they thought we should do. There was 
some debate, but ultimately, we came to the 
decision to continue forth toward the creature. 
On top of this, | can report that we have all 
now heard the voices. The last guy finally 
heard them last night. Once again, they were 
incomprehensible. To no surprise, of course. | 
hold the belief that we will eventually discover 
what the voices are saying, but for now, we 
trek on. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 6, afternoon: We made it back to the point 
we left from yesterday, and decided to 
continue on for a little while longer. The 
creature has continued to shrink, even as we 
traveled the same path we traveled the day 
before yesterday. The spatial anomaly is 
starting to get eerily disheartening. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 6, evening: The creature has 
disappeared. We all agree that it was due 
southeast, but we've checked the compasses 
again and again, but the thing is just no longer 
there. | hypothesize that it has grown so small 
that we can no longer see it, but the other two 
guys think it just disappeared. Regardless, we 
all agree to continue in the direction we were 
headed. We will continue on for a day, and if it 
has not reappeared at that point, then | see no 
reason to continue. We'll just have to go back. 


Signed, J. Mann 


{+}Investigative Log, Day[7-9] 


Day 7: Once again, | have heard the voice. It 
is now distinguishable as a single voice, as 
opposed to more than one, as | had previously 
believed. Some of the words were actually 
comprehensible and memorable, but they 
were simple things which actually made no 
sense when put together. The most distinct 
words were 'snow,' and 'back.' The latter is 
especially eerie, but | can't think anything of it, 
as there was no context. When | inquired, the 
other two guys had also heard the voice and 
came to the same conclusions as | had. 


Signed, Mann 


Day 7, afternoon: We've continued on for 
some time now, but it is only three o' clock. 
The creature has reappeared where we 
expected it to be, and it has grown 
considerably smaller since we last viewed it. 
So, | conclude that whatever occurred that 
affected its position did not affect the 
shrinkage anomaly. We look to be about three 
fourths of the way there now. We will continue 
on til’ about 5 o' clock. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 7, afternoon: It is 5 o' clock, and two 
oddities have occurred. One, we have all 
agreed that the past two hours were definitely 
a longer duration than two hours. On top of 
space, the creature must incur a temporal 
anomaly as well. Strangely enough, however, 
this is the first time any temporal anomaly has 
been noticed by myself or the other two. 
Second of all, and most disturbing, are the 
tracks in the snow. They reappeared last night, 
but | thought nothing of it, as it is a normality at 
this point. But the tracks are definitely no 
longer human at this point, or anything of this 


Earth. The closest thing | can think of is 
perhaps a squid which walks on land. 
Considering that the creature out there has 
tentacular appendages, | suppose this isn't too 
much of a surprise, but it is still certainly 
frightening. | am interested in following them, 
but | want to get to the creature above all else. 
The main guards were supposed to arrive this 
morning, but | see no signs of them thus far. | 
suppose they are just not visible to us, or 
perhaps the temporal anomaly has affected 
our view of time. At any rate, | expect to arrive 
at the creature's location by tomorrow if things 
go optimally. This expedition has certainly 
exceeded its expected duration. 


Signed, J. Mann 


Day 7, evening: New tracks have appeared 
around our tent. None of us heard anything out 
of the ordinary. Myself and one of the guys 
agreed that those tracks were not there before, 
but the other guy recalls their existence before 
this occurrence. We will have to be more 
mindful of things like this. It's beginning to 
become more dangerous than it already was, 
and | suspect something sinister about these 
new found tracks. 


J. Mann 


Day 8: We awoke early this morning to get a 
head start. Once again, new tracks appeared 
in the snow. This time, none of us had any 
doubt of their non-existence beforehand. If we 
do not make it to the creature within two days, 
we will abandon the trek and begin to follow 
the tracks. | fear for our safety at this point. We 
should be back at base greeting the new 
guards and allowing them to take over. 


J. Mann 


Day 8, afternoon: lt is 12 0' clock, and we have 
made it about nine tenths of the way there. 
The creature continues to shrink, but we are 
definitely very close at this point. We are going 
to take a brief break and get a few hours of 
sleep in before we continue on. We should 
lose little time, thanks to the temporal 
anomaly. 


J. Mann 


Day 8, midnight: Our reliance on the temporal 
anomaly's stability has failed us. It is currently 
midnight, but we only got a couple hours of 
sleep. I've made the decision to continue forth. 
My fear for my own safety, and more 
importantly, my fear for their safety, has grown 
to the point where | will have to take full control 
of this expedition. No more votes. | will take 
their opinions into consideration, but my word 
will be final from this point on. 


Day 8-9 transition, early morning Day 9: As we 
continued to walk, the voice made a very clear 
statement to all of us. This is not verbatim, as | 
could never hope to remember every 
incomprehensible word this horrible creature 
has spoken to us, and | apologize for my 
vagueness, but we got the intended message: 
‘Turn back.' No doubt, at this point, these 
words are those of the creature we hope to 
reach. The tone of the voice did not imply any 
sort of anger or even a hint of territorial 
jealousy. It sounded more fearful than anything 
else. 


Mann 


Day 9: Once again, the creature has 


disappeared. | do not credit this occurrence to 
its shrinkage this time around. | am certain that 
we would still be able to see this behemoth, 
even at this small size. From this distance, | 
am certain of that. To be truthful, | have had 
enough of this. Supplies are not a problem; we 
brought plenty to last. | am just seriously 
worried about our safety. Not only is the 
anomaly a main issue, but the antarctic is a 
frigid, stark place. We have made it thus far 
with no serious complaints about the cold, but | 
worry that will not last much longer. | have 
made the decision to lead us in the direction of 
the tentacular tracks, regardless of whether 
the creature reappears or not, which | am 
certain it will. | feel as though we will not make 
any more progress towards the creature itself, 
and its eerie statement last night has seriously 
stricken terror in me after I've given it more 
thought. 


Joseph Mann 


Day 9, morning: The tracks have led us back 
to one of our oldest tents, the one at which we 
left the tissue analyzer. | am thoroughly 
confused at this. First of all, and most obvious, 
it took us three hours to travel a distance 
which previously took us five or six days to 
travel. Second of all, | noticed no human 
tracks, as you may have expected to see as a 
result of our previous trek back to this tent. | 
will continue to record things in this log to the 
best of my ability, but my focus has shifted 
from researching this beast to getting us back 
to base safely. 


Joseph Mann 


Day 9, before noon: Something has been 
following us this entire time, since Day 1. To 


be frank, | do not care about thing out there 
any longer. Something has been following us, 
and this explains the strange tracks in the 
snow. This must be why those tracks led us 
back to our old tent. We were not following 
them forward; we were following them 
backward. 


Joseph 


Day 9, afternoon: | have come to the 
realization that | am now alone. Where | once 
heard the comforting sound of human 
footsteps crunching the snow behind me, | 
now hear nothing but the hollow wind and 
emptiness. | cannot recall at what point those 
two got away from me, or perhaps, at what 
point | got away from them, but | am now 
terrified of what is to come. | still have plenty of 
supplies packed, and as previously stated, 
food and water will really be no issue for at 
least the next fortnight, but | am alone. The 
tracks in the snow are now more terrifying than 
ever, and the voice more horrific than before. 


Joseph 
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Day 9, afternoon: | lost my log in the snow a 
few hours ago. It was a simple mishap, but | 
recovered it without any incident. It was a little 
wet, but otherwise untouched. 

| just took notice of the one-word entry above. | 
am trying to work out at what point | entered 
this, but | can't recall the point at which | did 
this for the life of me. 


Joseph 


Day 9, late afternoon: lt feels like it has been 


days since | last updated this log, but | know it 
cannot have been, as the sun has not set, and 
I've only eaten one meal since that time. To be 
frank,