Special Containment Procedures: SCP-375 is to be kept under 
full surveillance by a security detail of no less than five personnel 
disguised as renovators and contractors. Any subjects attempting to 
enter SCP-375 are to be turned away, with the cover story of 
indefinite renovations. All instances of SCP-375-1 are to be kept 
incapacitated within the bank. In the event of an attempted robbery, 
personnel are to follow procedure to deposit the robbers as outlined 
in Protocol Document 375-I2-Linnel. 


Description: SCP-375 designates a bank, inside a small strip mall 
in , Wyoming. The primary elements of SCP-375 are a large, 
steel-titanium bank vault equipped with a multi-stage locking 
mechanism, signage advertising SCP-375, and any reproductions of 
SCP-375-related materials. 


Subjects who perceive SCP-375 as a place to store valued items 
are subject to a cognitohazardous effect. When affected by 
SCP-375, a subject may enter it and make a transaction, depositing 
items that they consider significantly financial or sentimentally 
valuable into SCP-375. 


SCP-375-1 designates eleven humanoid entities, who claim to be 
employees of SCP-375. When a subject enters SCP-375, these 
entities will provide information about SCP-375 and the banking 
options it provides. As discussion continues, the subjects will begin 
discussing subjects they would normally be secretive of, referring to 
them in the context of banking. If the subject opens an account with 
SCP-375, instances of SCP-375-1 will coach the subject on ways to 
properly deposit items they consider to be sentimental into 
SCP-375, and how to maximize gains by depositing them in certain 
ways. 


bible verse was interupted. "What do you mean," Mariam 
said. "| know it hurts. Trust me, | know, but please, kneel 
here, hamishira. And look down." And in confusion, 
Mariam did as she was told. 


Notes: It seems that not only is SCP-3059's importance 
to the story affected by the time spent in close proximity, 
but other character's reactions to differences from the 
original text. 


Type of Text: Dictionary 
Title: Dictionary of English Language and Culture 
Author: Longman Dictionaries 


Excerpt: Sam Micheals /szem matkals/ proper noun 
The name given to the bleeding vagrant: My name is 
Sam Micheals. It hurts. It's like being pulled in a million 
different directions. | don't know where | am. This place 
isn't right. 


Notes: It is possible that a degree of SCP-3059's 
feelings also bleed into the texts as well. The pain and 
confusion seem to be a recurring theme. 


Type of Text: Nonfiction 
Title: The Elements 
Author: Theodore Gray 


Excerpt: And | have to thank my good friend, Sam 
Micheals. It was only with his help and love of the 
elements that | was able to foster my own. Sadly, he is 
currently going through great sickness, one that you 
don't recover from. | wish him luck in dealing with it and 
in what comes after. 


Notes: Theodore Gray was later questioned about the 
excerpt. He expressed familiarity with the written text and 
Sam Micheals, despite the fact that he was unable to 
recall what he looked like or where they met. Research 
into the possibility of a memetic side affect of the texts 
are undergoing. 


Type of Text: Historical Piece 
Title: [REDACTED] 
Author: [REDACTED] 


Excerpt of Affected Text: [REDACTED] 
Additional Notes: See Addendum-3059-2 
Addendum-3059-1: 
Access Interview 
Interviewed: SCP-3059 
Interviewer: Dr. Dartshire 
Date: 12/23/2013 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. Dartshire: Good morning SCP-3059. How 
are we doing today? 


SCP-3059: Better, | guess. 


Dr. Dartshire: Well that's good to hear. I'm 
going to ask you some questions now, so we 
can better understand your affliction, and 
hopefully stop it. You OK with that? 


SCP-3059: Yeah, of course. I'll, uh, I'll try my 
best anyways. 


Dr. Dartshire: Well then, wonderful, let's 
begin. So then, when did you discover this 
thing affecting you? 


SCP-3059: At the, uh, at the library. 


Dr. Dartshire: Where you were recovered, 
right? 


SCP-3059: Yeah, there. | was trying to geta 


book to read, but | couldn't. 


Dr. Dartshire: What do you mean? Were you 
unable to physically pick it up or what? 


SCP-3059: | could pick it up but | couldn't read 
it. The words were there, they existed, but | 
just couldn't read them. It just hurt. 


Dr. Dartshire: Really? Was there any 
particular area it hurt? 


SCP-3059: At first it was just a dull throb in my 
hands, but the moment | tried to read, | felt 
something go through my chest. | fell to the 
ground and then | was...| was there. In the 
book, | mean. It was Harry Potter and the 
Order of the Phoenix. | could see the room, the 
people. | had never read the books, yet | knew 
all of them. There was a girl named Ginny 
there, casting jinxes. That part was vivid. | was 
there, holding a wand. Then a haze as |sawa 
mother, there, black hair, green eyes. | 
remembered friends, family, teachers, my 
whole life there flashed before my eyes. But 
that part...1 don't know how to describe it. It 
wasn't a dream, it was real, but it felt like one. 
Then it all disappeared. For a flash | was 
somewhere else. | was on my knees and there 
was a spear through my chest. | remember 
screaming and then breaking. Then falling. | 
blinked and | was lying on the floor. | was 
bleeding. Everywhere. | called for help, but no 
One came. | tried to call out for my mom but 
names kept popping up. | didn't know which 
one was right. 


Dr. Dartshire: Are you sure you were 
bleeding? There were no reports of blood in 
the library at all. 


SCP-3059: | am still bleeding. | don't know 
what it is, but it's blood. | bleed around books 
more strongly than anything else, but | am 
always bleeding. Slipping through the cracks, 
the only way to go is down. 


Dr. Dartshire: Alright, | think that's all we can 
get today, no need to press further. We'll see 
what we can do, alright? 


SCP-3059: Thank you. 
<End Log> 
Addendum-3059-2: 
Access Incident Report [LEVEL 4 ACCESS REQUIRED] 
Incident Report: 3059-1 
Date : 13/10/2015 
Location: "Valley of the Kings," Luxor, Egypt 


Summary of Events: 


8:32 AM: Several news outlets in Egypt report 
the discovery of a new tomb in the Valley of 
Kings, a location near Luxor, Egypt. The news 
outlets report that not only is it one of the 
largest discovered, it is mostly untouched. 
Foundation database intercept key word "Sam 
Micheals" and take over operations. 


9:47 AM: Foundation operations take over 
unearthing the tomb. A small exploration team 
is sent in to determine any possible hazards. 
Once the team returns and gives the go 
ahead, a full exploration group is formed and 
sent in. 


10:11 AM: Reports from the exploration team 


begin. The tomb seems unfinished, with many 
dead ends and empty rooms. All glyphs found 
leading up to the main tomb are nonsensical. 


11:58 AM: The main tomb is identified. The 
door to the room features eight women dead 
on the ground. In the middle of the scene three 
women are holding spears through a man's 
chest. All the women are wearing identical 
clothing and some sort of bird mask. The 
glyphs below it translate to mostly gibberish, 
but with recurring words ‘shattered,’ ‘hurt,’ and 
‘sealed.’ 


12:17 PM: The team enters the main tomb. A 
sarcophagus is found, completely featureless, 
roughly human shaped, and made out of iron. 
It lacks many of the features of other 
sarcophagi, having only a single layer and 
missing many of the features that would 
normally be found. The body found within is 
extracted from the site and sent to Site-19 for 
identification. 


Additional Notes: Test Results determined 
that there was a 98.6% match with SCP-3059. 


There's something wrong here. Not just the 
incident, but the entirety of SCP-3059. We're 
the only ones who have noticed any of the 
changes so far. Harry Potter is one of the most 
popular book series in the world, yet not one 
person noticed the change made, even if it 
was simple. Then this. The Valley of the Kings 
has been searched through extensively, and 
yet no one has questioned how a tomb this 
large just slipped by unnoticed. Why? Why did 
we notice these at all? Furthermore, what 
haven't we noticed? -Site Director Sam 


All | see before me are the endless ashes of the fallen. 
| was once so much. 

Ash to ash. 

Dust to dust. 

| am all that is left. 

And all | can do is scream. 


« SCP-3058 | SCP-3059 | SCP-3060 » 


SCP-3060: Sleep Paralysis 


Item #: SCP-3060 
Object Class: Euclid Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Individual instances of 
SCP-3060 are to be kept in high-security lockers within the storage 
wing of Site-64. All testing involving SCP-3060 requires approval 
of both the Site Ethics Committee and Site Command. No more than 
four individuals may be infected by SCP-3060 for testing purposes 
at any given time. 


Individuals infected by SCP-3060 are to be kept in Type-I Standard 
Humanoid Containment Chambers within the Humanoid Anomaly 
Containment Wing of Site-64. Cells have been equipped with alarm 
systems to prevent instances from entering REM sleep outside of 
designated sleeping hours, approximately 2200 to 0600 local time. 
During designated sleeping hours, all personnel are to evacuate 
from the radius of each infected individual's anomalous effect. 
Following termination of any individual infected by SCP-3060, 
containment personnel are to initiate a site-wide lockdown and begin 
the HYPNOS Protocol to prevent the spread of infection. 


Description: Instances of SCP-3060 are small medical devices that 
superficially resemble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) 
machines. The individual materials that compose SCP-3060 
instances are non-anomalous and operate identically to a typical 
CPAP machine of its size and make. The Foundation currently has 
five instances of SCP-3060 in its custody. 


SCP-3060's anomalous effects become apparent when worn by a 
sleeping human. When an individual wearing an instance of 
SCP-3060 enters their second REM cycle, a humanoid incorporeal 
entity, hereafter referred to as SCP-3060-A, will appear within a five 
meter radius of the individual and stand over them until they wake 
up. At this point, SCP-3060-A will disappear, and the individual 


wearing SCP-3060 will become infected. From that point on, 
regardless as to whether the individual wears SCP-3060, the 
SCP-3060-A entity will appear when they enter their second REM 
cycle each night and remain until awakening. 


While instances of of SCP-3060-A appear as featureless silhouettes 
upon first manifestation, they quickly take on a unique shape based 
on each infected individual. As such SCP-3060-A entities have no 
standard appearance. While a full list of observed SCP-3060-A 
instances can be found in Document 3060-B, notable observed 
instances include: 


¢ A figure roughly the size of a human infant composed entirely 
of fused teeth. 

¢« A humanoid superficially resembling an elderly woman 

dressed in dark clothes, lacking a mouth or eyes. The 

instance's arms are both severely injured, with compound 

fractures visible. 

A partially disintegrated humanoid composed of ash, dressed 

in red lingerie. 

¢ Anaked humanoid, covered in tire tracks and showing signs 
of severe crush injuries. 

¢« A humanoid whose torso consisted of a large mouth. 

¢« Aclown. 


While an SCP-3060-A entity stands within the presence of an 
infected individual, any additional human subject that enters a 50 
meter radius of the infected will enter a catatonic state. At this point, 
an additional instance of SCP-3060-A will appear within the 
proximity of the infected individual. The additional SCP-3060-A 
entity will then approach the catatonic subject, phasing through solid 
matter if the subject is in a separate room. Upon arriving at the 
subject, the new SCP-3060-A instance will phase its hand through 
the subject's skull and then vanish, causing the subject to 
immediately fall asleep. All subjects touched by the SCP-3060-A 
entity in this manner become new instances of SCP-3060 infected 
upon awakening. 


Testing has shown that awakening the infected, whether through 
physical or auditory stimuli, following the appearance of an 
SCP-3060-A entity, will cause the latter to immediately vanish and 


catatonic subjects to regain movement. Additionally, SCP-3060-A 
entities will not approach non-catatonic subjects outside the range of 
an infected individual's anomalous properties. Non-human subjects 
are immune to all of SCP-3060's effects. All attempts to 
communicate with SCP-3060-A instances have thus far been met 
with failure. 


SCP-3060 infection has long term effects on the health of infected 
persons. After at least three days, infected individuals often begin to 
display fatigue, mood changes, impaired performance, and memory 
problems, even after obtaining a full night's sleep. Infected 
individuals often report frequent nightmares, though no central 
themes or correlations have been observed in the content of said 
dreams. Within a month, infected individuals will often develop visual 
and auditory hallucinations, as well as delusions that their mind is no 
longer their own, but rather has been stolen by someone or 
something. Soon after, infected individuals descend into full 
psychosis as they become unable to distinguish the content of their 
dreams from reality. In extreme cases, after at least two months of 
infection, hair loss, canities subita, partial or complete blindness, 
somatic complaints, cataplexy, and alien limb syndrome have been 
observed. Attempts by medical staff to alleviate these conditions in 
the long term have thus far been met with failure, though symptoms 
are delayed in individuals with previous diagnosis of insomnia. Sleep 
deprivation has likewise proven effective in delaying the onset of the 
symptoms of SCP-3060 infection. Research into a cure is currently 
ongoing. 


If no human subjects enter the area of an SCP-3060 infected 
individual's effect during REM sleep for seven consecutive days, or 
the infected individual dies, an instance of SCP-3060-A will appear. 
The SCP-3060-A entity will then proceed to search for the nearest 
sleeping human. Upon location of this individual, SCP-3060-A will 
stand over them until they enter their next REM sleep cycle, at which 
point the SCP-3060-A entity will reach into their skull and vanish. At 
this point, the sleeping individual will become infected. Should the 
sleeping individual awaken during the process, or SCP-3060-A be 
unable to locate a suitable subject within three hours, it will vanish 
without spreading the SCP-3060 infection. 


Addendum 3060-A: Recovery 


Foundation agents first became aware of SCP-3060 on March 21st, 
2015 when the entire census of the Portland Sleep Medicine clinic 
became infected following a volunteer sleep study using SCP-3060 
to prevent hypnagogic sleep paralysis. All infected individuals 
thereafter were brought into Foundation custody, and all records 
related to the study seized by Foundation operatives. None of the 
records seized indicated an origin of the SCP-3060 instances, and 
all staff associated with the project died in their sleep shortly upon 
being brought into Foundation custody. Autopsies revealed large 
quantities of SCP-3966-A within the staff members' cerebrospinal 
fluid. Investigation into Dr. Cynthia Zhou, the primary investigator of 
the Portland Sleep Medicine study associated with SCP-3060, 
uncovered her to be a frequent user of SCP-2876.