SCP-1031 appears to be inert unless it is (a) attached to a traffic 
light pole (with lights actively operating in a sequence including red 
and green phases) in the manner described on the label, and (b) set 
to "enforce" or "mark" using SCP-1031-2. See attached logs for 
more information on the item's effects. 


It should be noted that SCP-1031 does not require (indeed, has no 
connections for) any power or other connection, and has not been 
observed to actually do anything itself (although the effects noted in 
the test log below are clearly caused by SCP-1031's presence and 
the position of its keyway). There are no lamps or other indicators on 
the box. How its effects are caused is currently unknown. 


SCP-1031 was retrieved by Agent from a road-side location in 
south-west ,UKon // after analysis of road traffic accident 
data revealed the recent very sudden formation of an accident 

black-spot. SCP-1031-2 had been left in the keyway of SCP-1031. 


Test log 1031-01: Testing was carried out at Research Site- .A 
traffic signal was installed at a suitable position in the car park, 
programmed with a simple 30-second green/red sequence and 
SCP-1031 was installed on the same pole according to its attached 
instructions. A white line was painted across the road beside the 
pole, and D-class test subjects ordered to drive a vehicle across the 
line. 


Date: / / 


Subject: D-3879 

Key setting: Off 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 30kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during green phase 

Result: No effect. Subject stopped vehicle 14m beyond line for 
further instructions. 


Subject: D-3879 

Key setting: Off 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 30kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: No effect. Subject stopped vehicle 12m beyond line for 
further instructions. 


Subject: D-3879 
Key setting: Enforce 
Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 


Speed: 30kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during green phase 

Result: No effect. Subject stopped vehicle 9m beyond line for 
further instructions. 


Subject: D-3879 

Key setting: Enforce 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 30kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: Vehicle halted suddenly at line, as if in collision with a fixed 
object. Air bag deployed. Subject suffered bruising to chest due to 
seat belt and reported feeling "shaken". Full width of vehicle front 
bumper crushed; little other damage to vehicle. 


Subject: D-3880 

Key setting: Enforce 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 30kph 

Phase: Vehicle's front bumper crossed line 0.2 seconds before start 
of red phase; vehicle still crossing line at start of red phase 

Result: No effect. Subject stopped vehicle 17m beyond line for 
further instructions. 


Subject: D-3880 

Key setting: Enforce 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 50kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: Upon crossing line, front tyres immediately deflated with a 
loud "bang" causing subject to lose control. Vehicle halted 27m past 
line, facing sideways relative to its direction of travel. Subject 
physically unhurt but claimed to be "out of sorts". 


Subject: D-3881 

Key setting: Enforce 

Vehicle type: Bicycle 

Speed: 15kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: Upon crossing line, front wheel became solidly fixed to road 
surface. Subject flung over handle-bars and suffered bruising and 


minor cuts on impact with road surface. Bicycle remained upright 
with wheel fixed in position; bicycle could be rotated around fixed 
wheel. 5 seconds before red phase ended, wheel became free to 
move and bicycle fell to road surface. No damage discovered to 
road surface, tyre or wheel at point of adhesion. 


Subject: D-3882 

Key setting: Enforce 

Vehicle type: Motorcycle, 750cc 

Speed: 40kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: Upon crossing line, vehicle's drive chain broke. Subject 
reported momentary loss of control but was able to bring the 
machine to a halt safely 8m beyond line. Subject physically unhurt. 


Subject: D-3880 

Key setting: Mark 

Vehicle type: Hatchback, 1.1L 

Speed: 50kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: As vehicle crossed the line, horizontal red stripes 23cm 
wide appeared along both left and right sides of the vehicle 
approximately 80cm above ground level, as if spray-painted by a 
stationary agent while the vehicle was in motion. Later examination 
showed no evidence of an extra layer of paint having been added; 
the original paint-work's colour seems to have been altered. 
Removal of the stripes is estimated to require a full respray of the 
affected panels. 


Subject: D-3882 

Key setting: Mark 

Vehicle type: Motorcycle, 750cc 

Speed: 40kph 

Phase: Vehicle reached line during red phase 

Result: Red stripes 23cm wide and 80cm above ground level 
appeared on both sides of the motorcycle. Where the stripe crossed 
the subject's leg, the colour change appeared on the subject's 
clothing (shorts) and, where not covered, skin. Subject screamed as 
the colour change occurred; subject later reported that pain had 
occurred in the affected area and had disappeared as quickly as it 


had appeared. Affected areas of the subject's skin have become a 
uniform bright red colour matching the stripe on the vehicle. 
Washing with soap and water does not affect colouration; study of 
skin biopsies is recommended to determine how the change has 
been effected. 


Footnotes 

1. Ltd has been traced through Companies House and 
contacted by a Foundation front organisation. They claim never to 
have produced such a device, and that they are, in fact, a fashion 
clothing manufacturer. 


« SCP-1030 | SCP-1031 | SCP-1032 » 


SCP-1032: The Prediction Clock 


Item #: SCP-1032 
Object Class: Safe Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1032 is to be stored ina 
high-value inanimate-item cell at Sector-19. One unarmed guard is 
to be posted inside the cell at all times to prevent tampering. 


SCP-1032 is to be monitored at all times by a high-speed camera 
fitted with a macro lens capable of no less than 20x magnification, or 
greater as necessary to ensure that all text on the hands is legible. 
The footage from this camera is to be searched daily for any 
instances of any hand passing the 12 o'clock position ("midnight 
events"; see Description). After each midnight event, the new text 
for the hand involved must be recorded, and its current speed and 
estimated time to midnight calculated. 


Description: SCP-10382 is a silver alarm clock of unknown make 
and origin. The clock is made from silver, plastic, and glass, and 
bears twenty-two (22) hands of various sizes and shapes. 


The movements of SCP-1032's hands do not measure the passage 
of time. Each hand instead measures the time until the end of an 
ongoing event or the destruction of an extant entity. White text on 
the front of each hand, in sizes ranging from barely legible to 
microscopic, describes the event to be measured by that hand. 


When one of SCP-1032's hands reaches the twelve o'clock position, 
several events occur simultaneously, the combination of which is 
referred to as a "midnight event". First, the event or entity currently 
written on the hand ends or is destroyed. Second, the text on the 
hand spontaneously changes to describe a new event or entity, 
which need not bear any relation to the previous one. Third, the 
hand's rotational velocity changes. 


To date, SCP-1032 has never been wrong: every event appearing 
on its hands has ended precisely at the moment of the 
corresponding midnight event. It has accurately predicted the deaths 
of over individual organisms, the fall of governments, the 
dissolution of | major agencies and institutions, the death of a 
language, and the beginning of the . Since any given hand's 
speed remains constant at all times except during midnight events, 
the time to the end of any entity measured by one of the object's 
hands can be predicted precisely. 


The hands are designated SCP-1032-01 through -1032-22, in order 
of size from smallest to largest. 


The following is a list of SCP-1032's hands and their current 
inscriptions. A full log of all relevant past inscriptions can be found at 
[FILE ACCESS RESTRICTED] 


SCP-1032-01 

Current text: SCP-1032-01 rotates too fast to have a 
constant measurement. 

Predicted date (of next midnight event): N/A 

Notes: SCP-1032-01's only recorded text to date has 
been one of the three following: "A thought." "A sound." 
or "A sensation." 


SCP-1032-02 

Current text: "The worst thing that will ever happen to 
anybody." 

Predicted date: SCP-1032-02 moves too slowly to 
measure. 

Notes: Due to the vagueness of this inscription and the 
impossibility of calculating the time until its next midnight 
event, no useful information on SCP-1032-2 is available. 


SCP-1032-03 

Current text: "My Safe classification." 

Predicted date: 02/06/2012 

Notes: Dr. Guenther has suggested that, since 
SCP-1032 shows signs of self-awareness, it should be 
promoted to a Euclid-class threat. This proposal is 
scheduled for review on the 2nd of June, 2012. 


Current text: "My Euclid classification." 

Predicted date: 09/01/2015 

Notes: As SCP-1032 has yet to manifest any properties 
warranting a Keter classification, Dr. Edison has 
proposed that SCP-1032 should be demoted to Safe. 
This proposal is scheduled for review on the 9th of 
January, 2015. 


Yes, blindly following this prediction isn't very productive, 
especially when it's probably just going to make us 
change it back anyway. But the way these things usually 
work if we don't demote it, it might start doing things that 
force us to make it Keter. We have enough of those 
things on our hands thank you very much. -Dr. Edison 


SCP-1032-04 

Current text: "The Universe." 

Predicted date: [DATA EXPUNGED] 

Notes: It is unknown whether this refers to the actual end 
of our universe, to the end of all entities that could be 
referred to as universes, or merely to the end of the 
concept of universality. 


SCP-1032-05 

Current text: "A failed infomercial." 

Predicted date: N/A 

Notes: SCP-1032-05 moves very quickly, cycling two to 
five times per day. To date, it has never displayed any 
other inscription. 


SCP-1032-06 

Current text: "Freedom of the Press." 

Predicted date: 16/05/2073 

Notes: SCP-1032-06 does not specify the country or 
countries whose freedom of the press will end. 


SCP-1032-07 

Current text: "Humor." 
Predicted date: 22/03/2052 
Notes: N/A 


SCP-1032-08 

Current text: "The use of the phrase 'You can say that 
again’." 

Predicted date: 22/03/2267 
Notes: N/A 


SCP-1032-09 

Current text: "Hostilities between the nations of Africa." 
Predicted date: [DATA EXPUNGED] 

Notes: As SCP-1032 has often predicted violent or 
disturbing events using apparently harmless phrases, 
this inscription is considered equally likely to predict 
peace in Africa or the destruction of the continent. 


SCP-1032-10 

Current text: "Jason W. Tailor Jr.'s sister's daughter." 
Predicted date: 14/10/2029 

Notes: To date, all inscriptions on SCP-1032-10 have 
described individual human beings. These people are 
usually difficult or impossible to identify and locate. On 
12/04/2011, however, SCP-1032-10 predicted the death 
of D-56342, a Class D subject then assigned to 
SCP-1032. Five minutes before his predicted death, the 
subject was sealed in an airtight steel chamber with two 
guards; all three were equipped with self-contained 
breathing apparatus. Despite all precautions taken, 
D-56342 expired exactly at the predicted time. His 
guards were initially unable to determine the cause of 
death, until it was discovered that his oxygen tank had 
mistakenly been filled with the pressurized VX nerve gas 
used to control SCP-__. Further investigation is in 
progress. 


SCP-1032-011 


Current text: "President 's term in office." 
Predicted date: / / 
Notes: is currently the president of 


SCP-1032-012 
Current text: " Burger Joint" 
Predicted date: 04/07/2016 


Notes: All SCP-1032-012 inscriptions describe non- 
corporate restaurants. On 06/10/1993, in an attempt to 
keep" 's Hotdogs" from closing as predicted, the SCP 
Foundation donated an anonymous $10,000 to the 
restaurant on condition that it remain in business. The 
owner renovated and renamed it " e 


SCP-1032-013 

Current text: "2020" 

Predicted date: 01/01/2022 

Notes: Researchers are attempting to discern whether or 
not this will constitute SCP-1032's first failure. 


[DATA EXPUNGED] 


SCP-1032-15 

Current text: "Effective Containment" 

Predicted date: 09/04/2690 

Notes: SCP-1032-15 will achieve its "midnight event" at 
approximately the same date as SCP-094 will fully engulf 
the Earth at its current rate of expansion. 


SCP-1032-16 

Current text: "Project Serapis" 
Predicted date: 02/11/2016 
Notes: [DATA EXPUNGED] 


[DATA EXPUNGED] 


SCP-1032-020 
Current text: " 
Predicted date: / / 
Notes: is a popular Mexican soap 
opera. 


SCP-1032-021 

Current text: "The SCP Foundation." 
Predicted date: [DATA EXPUNGED] 
Notes: [DATA EXPUNGED] 


SCP-1032-022 


Current text: "Concern for public health." 

Predicted date: 28/07/2032 

Notes: It is unclear whether this inscription predicts a 
lack of need for concern or a lack of concern in general. 


« SCP-1031 | SCP-1032 | SCP-1033 » 


SCP-1033: 33 Second Man 


Item #: SCP-1033 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1033 is to be held in a 
15m by 5m standard cell, lined with 5m thick lead plating. Personnel 
entering SCP-1033's chamber must wear approved Level A hazmat 
suits. If SCP-1033's routine changes or if SCP-1033 attempts to 
escape, the two guards stationed outside SCP-1033's chamber are 
to be reinforced with eight more, all armed with Containment Kit 4- 
MK3 (consisting of a SCAR-L assault rifle with underbarrel net 
launcher, two (2) flashbang grenades and one (1) M67 
fragmentation grenade). 


Description: SCP-1033 is a middle-aged Caucasian male, 
approximately 193 centimetres, or six feet and four inches tall. 
SCP-1033 was discovered in New York, having, according to 
several witnesses, "materialised in the middle of the road”. 
Interviews with witnesses found that people in the area experienced 
a vision-encompassing white flash, accompanied by hearing a two- 
second burst of static from all directions. Witnesses were 
administered a Class A amnestic after the completion of the 
interview, followed by a media blackout regarding the incident. 


Upon initial inspection at the site of materialisation, Foundation 
researchers found that SCP-1033 was emitting well over the 
instantaneous lethal dose rate limit of high-energy gamma, neutron, 
and x radiation at approximately 15,000Sv/hr. SCP-1033 was initially 
contained within a shipping container surrounded by lead bricks, 
which was placed in his path. SCP-1033 was subsequently moved 
to Storage site K , where he now resides. 


In all physical aspects, SCP-1033 is an unremarkable, balding 
middle aged male. He is dressed in a business suit and carrying a 
briefcase. SCP-1033's behaviour is cyclic, with each cycle beginning 


approximately every 33 seconds. The following timeline is a 


transcription of that routine. 


0 - 10 seconds: 


10 - 15 seconds: 


15 - 21 seconds: