True, but this most definitely is not the first 
time. The book is 150 years old, and for most 
of that time, it was outside our purview. 
There's no way it could have been kept secret 
for that long. It's too bloody useful. 


It's a printed book, right? There must have 
been hundreds printed. Have we searched for 
any more of these? 


We've looked for the books, haven't found any. 
We've looked for the printing house, found it, 
but they had no records of ever having printed 
the book. 


Where did we find this book? 


It was in a Marshall, Carter, & Dark production 
house located near Cape Fear. A boutique 
biochemical and electronic craft house, 
apparently involving programmable mnestics. 
The owner collected antique books in bulk. A 
cardboard box of them was found by a hastily 
abandoned workstation. 


Mnestics? Are you sure? 


That's what the folks down in Pharmacology 
said. Why, you think it's important? 


Could the anomalous disassembly be 
knowledge we've forgotten? 


Forgotten? What, you mean all of humanity 
just woke up one day and didn't know about 
taking ourselves apart anymore? 


Maybe not in so dramatic a turn, but it has 
happened before. The native Tasmanians did 
not know how to make a bow and arrow, 
despite being common Aboriginal tools, and 
apparently never learned how again for 
thousands of years. In Europe, sailors knew 
how to cure scurvy in the 1200s, then forgot all 
about it and had to rediscover methods all over 
again 500 years later. We're only now able to 
reproduce Damascus steel. Maybe. Whole 
populations forget things. It happens. 


Yes, but this isn't some technique that is 
passed down by word of mouth. This is written 


down in a book. Actually, not even written. 
Printed. Bound. Someone assembled plates 
with these words and pictures and ran this 
book through a printing press. Probably at 
least a hundred such books were made and 
disseminated into places of learning. And it's 
such a fascinating skill that people would be 
compelled to look it up. Try it out. Make a 
business out of it. But what do we see in our 
history? Nothing. Heck, if this is not 
anomalous, what does that mean for 
SCP-291? SCP-418? Are they not 
anomalous? Just using some technique we 
forgot? 


Well, perhaps Page 87 can shed some light on 
this. 


How so? 


Page 87 describes palpation markers for the 
disassembly of the human brain. Of note is a 
diagram that purports to show how to detach 
the "Augenlappen." The literal translation of 
this word is eye-lobe, and the diagram shows 
a human brain with an additional cerebral lobe, 
located directly posterior to the ocular orbit. 
This lobe does not exist. 


Wait, are you insinuating that everyone around 
the world just decided to open their heads up, 
remove a section of their brains that just so 
happened to contain the knowledge of how to 
open people up and put them back together, 
then, while no longer knowing how to 
reassemble people, since that part was just 
removed, still somehow put ourselves back 
together and forgot about the event in its 
entirety? No, sorry, | can't believe that. We 
deal with the impossible daily, and that still 
makes no sense. If we're going with this 


forgetting hypothesis, then we can accomplish 
these effects with good old fashioned 
amnestics. 


Amnestics? For the whole world? 
We've done it before, you know. 


And we keep records of it, yes. We've only 
dosed the world a handful of times, and we 
specifically keep records of each time on 
purpose. Because it's that risky to lose 
information. If we dosed the world, we, of all 
people, would know it. 


Conclusion: SCP-3484 is to remain Safe for 
now and not updated to Explained. No update 
to SCP-001 is to be made at this time. O5 
directs MTF Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") to be 
placed on LETHE protocol alert. 


good times with him. This is going to be tougher than | 
thought. 


06/08/20 : Went back to the cafeteria this morning. Food 
was still steaming in the trays, half-eaten meals all over 
the tables. Checked in the fridge to help myself to some 
reheated tomato soup and couldn't find it anywhere. And 
then | realized that the breakfast menu is up. What the 
hell? Maybe | didn't read it right yesterday and it was the 
same menu then. But still, where the hell did my soup 
go? 


Maybe the boredom is getting to me. Haven't done 
anything constructive since | got here. Tomorrow, I'm 
going to start looking through recent documents and see 
if anyone noticed anything. 


06/09/20 : Terminals won't accept my access codes! 
Should have known it wouldn't be that easy. | managed 
to find Rommel's codes where he usually hides them. 
God bless your shitty memory, Rommel, wherever you 
are. So far, all | could find were some of his active cases. 
Tomorrow, I'm going to use some backdoors with 
Rommel's access and find me some good stuff in there. 


06/10/20 : Went to the terminal right after getting up. 
Now Rommel's password won't work either. Spent 2 

hours trying to get in before | gave up. Might have to 

start looking for paper records. 


Went to cafeteria and found the lunch menu up. No 
tomato soup. There was cream of mushroom instead. No 
plates on the tables anymore either. Took some grilled 
ham and cheese and went back to my quarters. | need to 
think. 


06/11/20 : Starting to feel like I'm being followed. 
Probably just paranoid. Broke into Dr. 's office. File 
folder was on her desk. Looked away for a moment and 
it was gone. | might be going crazy but | know it was 
there! Managed to pick the lock on the file cabinets but 


SCP-3485: Omega Messier 


Item #: SCP-3485 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Foundation agents within 
aerospace organizations are to monitor for discovery of SCP-3485. 
Class-A amnestics are to be administered to personnel with 
memories of SCP-3485. In the event that the discovery of SCP-3485 
is published, false information is to be disseminated flagging it as a 
hoax. 


Description: SCP-3485 is an extranormally large specimen of 
Homarus gammarus, or common lobster, located seventeen light- 
years away from Earth. SCP-3485 measures approximately 1.57 x 
106 kilometers from head to tail. For comparison, the Sun is 1.39 x 
106 kilometers in diameter. 


Multiple major differences have been noted between SCP-3485 and 
non-anomalous lobsters, aside from its massive difference in size. 
Firstly, the carapace of SCP-3485 is abnormally resistant to 
damage. In multiple instances, collisions with exo-planets have left 
no signs of damage. In addition, SCP-3485 shows no signs of burns 
or radiation damage from its regular, extended contact with small 
stars. 


Secondly, SCP-3485 has a complex digestive system adapted to its 
esoteric diet. The primary food source of SCP-3485 is residue 
created by stars during fission reactions, such as leftover hydrogen 
and helium. SCP-3485 has also been observed to feed on star 
material by itself; feeding is accomplished using heat-resistant 
tendons located in its mouth. 


To digest this material, SCP-3485 has an extremely efficient 
digestive system that uses a poorly understood nuclear reaction to 
process material. This digestive system is capable of complete 


mass-energy conversion and produces no waste products. 


Thirdly, SCP-3485 has an efficient transportation system that 
negates the need for nutrients and oxygen. The bloodstream of 
SCP-3485 does not use blood, but rather a highly conductive 
gaseous solution to transport electrical energy. In addition to this, 
multiple high-efficiency recycling systems replace regular respiratory 
procedures responsible for life. This fluid also heats up during 
energy transportation, generating enough heat to keep SCP-3485 
alive, essentially negating the Square Cube Law. 


Finally, SCP-3485 is capable of instantaneously teleporting itself to 
other stars to use them as a fuel source. It is unknown how 
SCP-3485 accomplishes this. 


Aside from these modifications, SCP-3485 has the same systems as 
a non-anomalous lobster, although scaled up by several 
magnitudes. SCP-3485 is normally very sluggish, due to its large 
size and the time required for nervous signals to travel across its 
body. However, it is unknown how SCP-3485 does not collapse 
according to the rules of gravity, or how it is biologically immortal. 


Discovery: SCP-3485 was discovered by amateur astronomer 
Ronald in 1998. He attempted to publish his findings in a 
scientific journal, and was met with mass ridicule. The Foundation 
discovered SCP-3485 after investigating 's findings in 2001. 


View Attachment: History of SCP-3485 


EVE 


09/08/2001: Atmos Telescope is directed towards [EXACT 
feeding off of a smaller star. SCP-3485 is classified in the F 


04/05/2003: SCP-3485 observed to transport itself to anoth: 


06/07/2004: SCP-3485 transports itself to the Crab Nebula. 


09/30/2004: SCP-3485 transports itself to the Crab Nebula | 


08/22/2007: 
SCP-3485-1 


06/25/2007: 
06/27/2007: 
08/14/2008: 
09/01/2008: 
10/12/2008: 
11/12/2008: 
11/25/2008: 
11/26/2008: 
11/28/2008: 
12/05/2008: 
04/12/2008: 


05/06/2014 - 


09/12/2015: 


SCP-3485 transports itself to another star in th 
appears to be the shell of another specimen of 


SCP-3485 transports both itself and SCP-3485 
SCP-3485 observed to feed star material direc! 
SCP-3485 transports itself and SCP-3485-1 to 
SCP-3485 and SCP-3485-1 return to the previc 
SCP-3485 attempts to initiate mating rituals wit 
SCP-3485 attempts to initiate mating rituals ag. 
SCP-3485 uses its claws to create a hole insid 
SCP-3485 incinerates SCP-3485-1 in the star i 
SCP-3485 reaches into the star, possibly in an 
SCP-3485 transports itself to the Crab Nebula, 
SCP-3485 transports itself to a third star, and r 
05/13/2014: 2014 expedition to SCP-3485 occ 


SCP-3485 transports itself to an area of space 


discernable food source. 


03/03/2016: 


Due to the fact that SCP-3485 has not moved f 


expedition commences. 


03/05/2016: 


Dr. notes the similarities between the are< 


Entry" wormholes. 


03/07/2016: 


The 2016 expedition ends. 


SCP-3486: Baby Mine 


Item #: SCP-3486 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Personnel are to monitor the 
Cooke County Landfill and bar civilian access, providing the cover 
story of dilapidation due to catastrophic equipment failure. Daily 
rations of food and water are to deposited at disposal chutes 
42A-46C. As SCP-3486 have made no attempts to exit Cooke 
County Landifill, it has been reassigned the purpose of a Foundation 
facility. Should any instance of SCP-3486 attempt to breach 
containment, it is to be re-contained within a standard human 
containment cell at Site 25. 


Information regarding the research and/or whereabouts of POI 
#33508 are to be reported to the current lead researcher on 
SCP-3486; at the time of writing, this position has been assigned to 
Dr. Khan. 


Description: SCP-3486 is the collective designation for 43 
humanoids ranging in development from fetal period! to 
adolescence. All instances of SCP-3486 suffer from severe 
malformation or genetic mutations, including but not limited to: 
Proteus syndrome?, clubfoot, congenital heart defects, phocomelias, 
EV4, alopecia, and kyphosis9. 


As of 05/05/20 _, all Known instances of SCP-3486 reside within the 
abandoned Cooke County Landfill and its accompanying buildings. 
Cooke County Landfill has since been abandoned due to company 
relocation and, as such, SCP-3486 have become reliant on 
Foundation personnel for anonymous deliveries of basic resources 
via garbage chutes. Previous sources of food and water had been 
acquired through consistent deliveries of refuse from local garbage 
trucks. It is assumed that all instances of SCP-3486 were delivered 
to the Cooke County Landfill via garbage trucks, potentially after 


being abandoned in local dumpsters. 


SCP-3486 are nonverbal, and display varying levels of cognitive and 
muscular function disproportionate to their developmental stage; 
behaviors displayed by SCP-3486 are parallel to those commonly 
associated with "feral children". SCP-3486 live in a loosely 
organized hierarchy, with the more physically capable instances 
tending to the needs of less capable instances. SCP-3486 are able 
to survive conditions not withstandable by non-anomalous 
individuals, including levels of force comparable to a 60kph car 
crash, and starvation/dehydration for an upwards of 84 days. When 
interviewed, those capable of communication disclosed that they 
had once been referred to as "Hunter". Later interviews® with 
adolescent instances have revealed that SCP-3486 have stayed in 
Cooke County Landfill on the reasoning that they may be easily 
located by a guardian, should one attempt to locate them, as they 
have remained in one location since their initial abandonment at a 
Cooke County-owned refuse bin, dumpster, or similar receptacle’. 


SCP-3486 have been observed to administer amateur surgical 
procedures to one another. These procedures range from medical 
necessities to wholly cosmetic. Cosmetic procedures typically take 
place following a visitation to SCP-3486-A by the instance 
undergoing the procedure. Instances have also been witnessed to 
fashion prostheses for themselves from debris, notably of children's 
toys. 


+ Video Log 3486-018 


Foreword: The following video log is an 
observation of an infantile instance of 
SCP-3486 (SCP-3486-018, henceforth 
referred to as "subject") administering a 
cosmetic procedure to itself using an X-Acto- 
brand precision knife, an unlabeled tube of 
adhesive, a broken pane of acrylic glass, and 
a 53cm 1998 Teletubbies plush toy. Prior to 
Video Log 3486-018, SCP-3486-018's facial 
features were severely malformed due to 
Proteus syndrome and other defects. 


[BEGIN LOG] 


[00:00]: Subject is sitting beneath a table in 
the northernmost region of Room W900, an 
area previously utilized for separation of solid 
waste. Using its single functional arm, subject 
is handling the plush toy. Subject runs its 
fingers over the plastic shell of the toy's face, 
and turns to the left. Subject sets the toy down 
in front of itself, and adjusts the glass pane to 
lean against a leg of the table. 


[01:10]: Subject fumbles with the handle of the 
precision blade, and looks down to the plush 
toy. Subject inserts the tip of the blade into the 
edge of the plastic shell, and begins to carve it 
away from the plush lining. Subject's 
movements stutter, causing the blade to miss 
the plastic shell and dig into its calf. Subject 
gurgles. 


[03:02]: The shell of the plastic face is 
removed from the plush lining. Subject kicks 
the toy over, and turns to the glass pane. 
Subject hesitates, then lifts the precision blade 
up to its right temple. 


[04:46]: Subject digs tip of precision blade into 
the epidermis, and drives it into the dermis, 
breaching the subcutaneous layer of flesh. 
Subject mewls and rips the blade out of its 
temple. A trickle of blood drips from the 
wound. 


[08:19]: Subject is now visibly shaking as it 
picks up the precision blade. Second incision 
is made as subject drags the blade down past 
cheekbone. The blade suddenly dips into 
cheek, causing subject to emanate a guttural 
howling noise. Subject releases the handle of 
the blade, but the blade itself remains lodged 


in the subject's lower jaw. Subject flails wildly 
and grabs at the handle. The blade does not 
move.