Recovery: SCP-3430 was under surveillance for suspected 
anomalous phenomena when it was killed during an altercation at 
the Bar in , Washington. Witnesses’ accounts suggest 
SCP-3430's anomalous properties manifested upon its death, 
affecting surviving patrons and employees; all subjects affected 
were reported suddenly crying, hugging and reassuring each other 
over the corpses of deceased patrons. These reports drew 
paramedics and reporters to arrive on the scene, however upon 
reaching proximity to SCP-3430's corpse, they too joined the group. 
SCP-3430 was recovered from the site by automated drone, and 
Class B amnestics were applied to witnesses and affected subjects. 


Addendum 3430-01: The following is a selection of entries from a 
journal recovered from SCP-3430's former residence. Journal is 
included for research purposes, in an attempt to determine the 
cause of SCP-3430's anomalous properties. 


Transcript of Journal Entries 
September 28th, 


Something weird as shit happened to me 
today. At work | accidentally dropped a 
produce crate on my foot, and naturally, it hurt 
like hell. | was just about to take off my shoe to 
check it, see if anything was broken, when this 
old man just hobbled up to me, bent down, and 
started hugging me, patting me on the back 
and telling me that everything was going to be 
okay. It was... a little creepy. 


The hug lasted much longer than | really 
wanted, even if | wanted the hug, it shouldn't 
have lasted 4 minutes. Then the old man just 
stood up, and hobbled away. It was... an 
experience. 


The weirdest thing though? When the guy left, 
my foot didn't hurt anymore. | could have 
sworn | had broken something too, but it was 
just fine when | checked it out. 


September 29th, 


Okay, it happened again. The weird thing. But 
it wasn't with an old guy, it was with some kid. 


During break, | was on the phone with Rick 
and eating lunch, and | accidentally burned my 
tongue on my broccoli beef, and just all of a 
sudden this kid who was just passing by, 
turned around and started hugging my and 
telling me everything was going to be okay. 


Just like last time, she hugged me for a really 
long time, let go, walked off, and then | didn't 
hurt anymore. My tongue wasn't burning, and | 
didn't even feel any like, residual pain. 


Is it normal for people to get this much 
attention? Or am | just weird? 


September 30th, 


So... | tried something out today. It was a bit 
weird of a coincidence that | got that hugging 
thing two days in a row after | got hurt twice, 
so when | was waiting by the bus, | did some 
science. 


It was just me and this old lady next to me, and 
she seemed completely disinterested with me, 
so it's not like she was actively looking to hug 
someone. So... | bit my tongue to see if | could 
get her attention. 


Literally the MOMENT | said "Ow" after biting 
my tongue, this little old lady just started 


hugging me and kissing my forehead just like 
the others. Giving me nice compliments, all of 
that stuff. And just like the other times, after a 
few minutes she just stopped and my tongue 

didn't hurt anymore. 


I'm pretty sure | need to test this more, but this 
could be BIG if it's what | think it is. 


October 1st, 


Okay, | did some more shit to try to figure this 
out. Apparently, if | just get hurt, the guys and 
gals around me just start being aggressively 
nice to me. | told a few of my buds about what 
happened last night and like, they were chill 
with trying to figure this out with me. Rick even 
coined the phrase that I'm "Spreading the 
Love" (God he's such a dweeb, | love him). So 
like, the gist of it is the more | get hurt, the 
more people wanna love me, and after a bit, 
I'm all patched up like nothing happened. 


And like, we came up with A LOT of ideas that 
we could use this stuff for, like, if | can 
somehow get down to the Middle East, | can 
stop the whole war! Just get shot a little, and 
suddenly all the soldiers on both sides just 
stop all the fighting to get down with the good 
stuff. We'll be trying to find some way to stow 
away over there, but we'll get there. We can 
finally stop it. 


November 12, 


Okay, so it's getting a little stressful trying to 
avoid any sort of hurt to stop people around 
me from latching onto me and kissing me all 
over. Like, yeah, | know it's probably not the 
worst thing to complain about, but like, | don't 
need all that just to heal up a paper cut. 


Work is especially bad, cause like, if | ever do 
so much as stub my toe restocking fruit, | just 
get humped by some old coot who just wanted 
to make a fruit salad. It'll all be worth it, | know. 
Just... it's starting to feel a little gross. 


February 22, 


Well, we haven't exactly been making a lot of 
progress with the whole "get on a plane and 
stop the whole war" plan. With our shitty jobs, 
none of us can so much as afford new socks. 
Rick's been trying extra hard to make sure we 
can get the money, he's really excited to do 
this with me. | think he wants to come with me, 
but I'd be an idiot to let him follow me there. 


Oh yeah, going back to work, | actually got 
fired from my job, because apparently even 
though | was the one getting humped by 
customers, | got canned for "harassing 
customers". lronic, | guess. 


Well, at least | won't have to worry about that 
stuff from strangers as often, now. 


March 30th, 


| can't leave the house anymore. I'm not going 
to go out any FUCKING more. 


| accidentally walked into the bus sign, 
bumped my head and the ENTIRE BUS 
unloaded and just started... It might as well 
have been rape. 


And they were apologizing the whole time, too, 
saying that they were sorry for this and that 
they just wanted me to feel better. Like that 
helps the fact that | was being crushed under 
30 people all trying to hug me and kiss me. 


| want to... | don't know, | don't want to do 
anything, I'm terrified to even leave my room 
now. 


April 2nd, 


| told Rick about what happened. He said he'd 
come over. 


I'd probably be dead if it weren't for Rick, he's 
just... he's such a good partner. He's the only 
person it seems that actually cares about me, 
and doesn't want to just rush in and try to 
make me feel better about everything. 


He's just... | don't know. He'll be here soon, so 
| probably should look like | didn't spend three 
days lying in bed doing nothing. 


May 25th, 2 


I'm not getting older. Like, I'm seeing Rick and 
Scott and Gary all get older around me but 
like... I'm still looking as old as | was five years 
ago. | guess I'll be stuck like this forever then. | 
can't even shoot up without my neighbors 
trying to get into my house just to cradle my 
head in their arms and tell me everything is 
going to be okay. 


| really shouldn't be surprised that this power 
has found even more ways to screw me over, 
it's basically all it really does for me. 


June 2nd, 


| guess | can't starve, either. Counts as 
"hurting myself". I'd block my door, but I'm too 
worried I'd get a splinter. 


| called Rick about this and he said he'd take 
care of me, make sure | get food and stuff. 


Weird way to finally get us to move in with 
each other. He's just so good to me, | don't 
know what I'd do without him. 


July 4th, 


It's been a few weeks since Rick moved in 
and... God, | never knew how much | loved 
him until | saw how committed he was to me. | 
can tell that he gets a little worn from time to 
time, but he still just smiles at me and makes 
sure I'm okay. Not like the other people that do 
it when | get physically hurt, he knows how to 
comfort emotional hurt. 


We watched the fireworks together. It was 
beautiful. Just... the two of us. 


After years of all of this fakeness with these 
powers | have... it's good to have someone 
want to love me as much as | want to love 
them. 


October 18th, 


| think my powers are getting stronger. We've 
had to physically barricade the doors and 
windows to make sure strangers aren't 
climbing in and trying to make me feel better. It 
doesn't help that it's been taking a bit of a 
stronger toll on Rick. 


We've been fighting more. Sometimes one of 
us sleeps on the couch. Sometimes Rick just 
leaves the house for a few hours and doesn't 
come back hours later. | want to follow him, 
but... I'm too scared to leave the house. 


I've thought of things like baby-proofing the 
house, but Rick's wallet is pretty thin as is... | 
don't want to get him any angrier. 


| just want him to care about me, he's all I've 
got. 


April 16th, 


It's over. Rick couldn't handle the 
responsibilities of being around me for so long, 
the not aging, the neighbors trying to break in, 
the powers affecting him... It was a strain, | 
guess. To calm me down, we had sex one last 
time, but... there was no love. None. | couldn't 
even feel it anymore, no matter how much | 
desperately wanted to feel it. After | fell asleep 
for the night, he was gone. 


I'm just... empty now. 

April 20th, 

I'm so lonely. 

May 12th, 

| can't stay indoors like this forever. 
Fuck it. I'm getting something to drink. 


Note: The entry on May 12th was the final entry in the 
journal. The date corresponds to the date of the shooting 
at the bar. 


Footnotes 

1. Such actions include hugging, kissing, holding its head, brushing 
its hair, and giving it reassuring compliments. 

2.Researcher Note:Journal Entry recorded approximately four years 
after the first instance of SCP-3430's anomalous effects taking 
place. 


SCP-3432: Blank 


Item #: SCP-3432 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3432 is at this time not 
considered directly containable, and containment effort is directed at 
suppressing public knowledge of SCP-3432 events, and limiting the 
impact of such events. 


Upon discovery of an SCP-3432-A instance, the area should be 
evacuated and a perimeter established to control access until 
dissipation of the instance. Civilians affected by or witness to an 
SCP-3432 manifestation are to be interviewed and administered 
amnestics. 

Access to the area covered by an SCP-3432-A instance is strictly 
forbidden to any Foundation personnel, and should only be entered 
by D-class personnel for approved testing. 


Upon dissipation of the SCP-3432-A instance, the area is to be 
searched for traces of SCP-3432 influence. Recovered objects are 
to be either destroyed or kept for further research, at the discretion 
of the researcher in charge of SCP-3432 (currently Senior 
Researcher Kyle Peterson). Once the area has been cleared, it is to 
be considered non-anomalous and returned its previous state. 


Description: SCP-3432 is the given designation of an infophage 
entity currently theorized to exist outside of baseline reality. 
Interaction between SCP-3432 and any kind of information will result 
in the complete and irreversible loss of that information. It should be 
noted that this phenomenon will only affect the particular information 
SCP-3432 was in contact with, and notably any copy of this 
information will not be affected. 


Because of this property, an SCP-3432 manifestation will degrade 
the quantum information of the medium supporting the instance 


causing immediate cessation of existence. For this reason it had 
been thought that the existence of an entity similar to SCP-3432 was 
implausible or that such an entity would not be able to interact with 
baseline reality, prior to the discovery of SCP-3432-A. 

SCP-3432-A is the designation for areas of low Humes levels where 
the lessened effects of the laws of physics allow for stable 
manifestations of SCP-3432 to occur. SCP-3432-A instances 
themselves appear impermanent, only existing for a period 
determined to be around a few days for most instances. The size of 
SCP-3432-A instances have been measured between one to two 
meters up to a few hundred meters in radius, with one notable 
exception (see Incident-3432-05). Upon disappearance of 
SCP-3432-A, remaining SCP-3432 manifestations will immediately 
collapse because of its primary effect. 


The mechanism behind the creation of SCP-3432-A instances is 
currently unclear, and it is not known if SCP-3432 is directly 
responsible for their creation or if they are an unrelated 
phenomenon that incidentally allows for manifestations to occur. 


Observations of SCP-3432 manifestations inside SCP-3432-A 
instances suggest that the primary effect of SCP-3432 is lessened in 
two major ways. First information destruction is not instantaneous, 
but takes a time measured from a few minutes to several hours; and 
second is not complete, with more complex information generally 
being preferred. Particularly, devices capable of information 
manipulation, such as computers and brains, seem to attract 
SCP-3432 manifestations. Based on this and further observation 
conducted on SCP-3432-instances (see Addendum A) it is currently 
believed that SCP-3432 is not sapient, but possess a degree of 
sentience in the way that it targets information and adapts to 
computation mediums. As such, caution is to be taken when testing 
with devices capable of complex computations, including humans. 


Incident-3432-03: On // aninstance of SCP-3432-A was 
discovered in Germany, with a radius much larger than 
previously observed SCP-3432-A instances, covering an area 
encompassing several small towns. The instance was discovered by 
the GOC several days prior, and its existence obscured from the 
public and other groups of interest, including the Foundation. After 


confirmation that the instance had lasted for more than a week 
(much longer than any previously observed instances) dialog was 
opened to gain access to the instance. After several days of fruitless 
negotiations the area was the target of an aerial strike by the GOC, 
destroying the towns affected by the anomaly. Three hours later 
several observations were made of incidents consistent with an 
SCP-3432-A dissipation and the area was reclassified as non- 
anomalous. It is theorized that the destruction of most sources of 
complex information by the strike was the cause of this dissipation, 
but this has not been confirmed. 


Addendum A: After the discovery of the first SCP-3432-A instance, 
it was initially thought to be an isolated anomalous event, and it was 
only after several other instances were discovered and the existence 
of SCP-3432 was theorized that the anomaly was given an official 
SCP designation. Below are the research notes from Senior 
Researcher Kyle Peterson who was assigned to the initial 
investigation of the phenomenon. 


This anomaly is truly fascinating. Anything brought within 
the active area containing any kind of complex 
information will see that information erased. | find it quite 
interesting that there seems to be a limit to what 
information it will consume: for example the many plants 
in the active zone seem to fine, even though | would 
have expected an anomaly targeting all information to 
destroy their genetic information. There is much research 
needed on the exact limits and target selection. 


[redacted for brevity] 


It disappeared! The anomaly vanished in seconds, with a 
flash of light and a loud thundering sound. The entire 
area has reverted to being non-anomalous, although 
there are numerous patches of plants that seems to have 
suffered something resembling acute radiation 
poisoning. My working hypothesis right now is that 
whatever limits there were to this anomaly, they 
suddenly ceased to be effective and it consumed all the 
available information to the point of self-destruction. 
Well, | guess this one will stay a mystery on the 


A variant of SCP-445, designated SCP-445-a, was created on 06/