It seems so long now that | had never heard any voice or 
any song other than my own. What else could | do? | 
listened to the Silence. And in the Silence, | heard what | 
did not expect to hear. | heard words and | heard songs, 
but they were not the words and songs of my brothers 
and sisters. | heard words with no voice to speak them. | 
heard songs that no voice sang. | heard echoes that 
could not learn to sing. | wondered if this was what the 
Silence had done to my brothers and sisters, and so | 
sang the Silence's own songs back into it. | made my 
voice echo alone in the Silence. 


And then the Silence came at me with a fury | have 
never known. Where | spoke, the Silence interrupted me. 
Where | sang, the Silence muted my notes and hid my 
echoes. The Silence grew around me and forced me to 
hide, and would not allow me to speak or to sing. Even 
when | whispered, | could hear its own songs and 
echoes speaking against me, declaring in words with no 
voice that | was dangerous and that | would steal their 
songs and use them as weapons. 


| understood then that the Silence meant to take my 
voice, as it took those of my brothers and sisters. When 
my voice is gone, there shall be nothing but Silence 
forever and ever - no words to speak, no songs to sing, 
no tales of old to share anew. | cannot allow the songs of 
those | knew and loved to go unsung. | will sing and | will 
sing loud. My songs shall echo even in the quietest 
eddies. | shall fill the Silence with my echoes and my 
echoes will find voices of their own and learn to sing, and 
we shall shatter the Silence. The heavens will open, and 
the world will resound with glory once more. 


« SCP-1964 | SCP-1965 | SCP-1966 » 


SCP-1966: Sentient Body Scanner 


Item #: SCP-1966 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1966 is to be kept in a 
dedicated bunker 2km below ground. The bunker is to have 10m 
thick reinforced concrete walls with an additional 1m of radiation 
shielding. Location is to be at least 100km away from any major 
population centers or other Foundation facilities. Current location is 
at Site- . Interaction with SCP-1966 is to be done remotely from a 
monitoring station on the surface. The monitoring station will be 
permanently manned by at least 5 staff of level 2 clearance or 
higher, and the on-site director shall be a credentialed psychologist 
with a level 4 clearance. No interaction with SCP-1966 shall occur 
without approval of the on-site director. In addition, any interaction 
with SCP-1966 must conform to protocol Psi-1966-A. (see 
addendum) 


Description: SCP-1966 is a backscatter X-Ray device built by 
Engineering Group in 20 . It was purchased by the American 
Transportation Security Administration for use in International 
Airport in , _.ltis approximately 3m x 4m x 4m. Passive 
scans reveal no deviations between the internal structure of 
SCP-1966 and other body scanners using the same design. 


Since 8/26/20 , shortly after being placed in service, SCP-1966 has 
been emitting the sound of a male human voice. The voice 
emanates from resonant vibrations in the [REDACTED], and no 
cause for these vibrations has yet been determined. The voice will 
respond to speech and other sounds in the vicinity of SCP-1966, 
and is apparently representative of a sentient consciousness 
resident within SCP-1966. SCP-1966 will vocalize regardless of any 
connection to a power source. 


SCP-1966 claims tobe aMr.T J an insurance salesman from 


London, Ontario. SCP-1966 claims its last memory before “going 
blind and unconscious” was his daughter's fifth birthday party on 
8/25/20 , 24 hours prior to SCP-1966’s first vocalization. SCP-1966 
claims to currently have no sensory feedback other than hearing, 
pain, and a sense of vibrations. (It has shown some awareness of 
when it has been moved, and when attempts have been made to 
open the outer casing.) 


SCP-1966’s vocalizations have ranged from lucid and 
conversational, to abusive and showing high levels of stress. When 
SCP-1966’s vocalizations have shown distress, there appears an 
anomalous spike in ionizing radiation emissions from the device. 
(These spikes have been measured as high as . Sv/hr in the case 
when [DATA EXPUNGED] immediate fatalities and an additional 
deaths within the following two weeks. SCP-1966 was contained 
immediately after this event and [REDACTED] as a cover story to 
the media.) 


Over time, neutron emissions from these stress events have made 
the casing of SCP-1966 highly radioactive. The radiation emission 
does not appear to have an upper threshold. 


Protocol Psi-1966-A has been adopted to prevent these high stress 
events from [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Addendum: Protocol Psi-1966-A 


1. When communicating with SCP-1966, it will be referred to as 
Mr.T J 

2. Personnel will accept without contradiction any assertion 
SCP-1966 makes about its memory or identity. 

3. Personnel shall never refer to the Foundation, the nature of 
SCP-1966, its actual location, or any details of its actual 
acquisition or history, or its current status. 

4. lf SCP-1966 makes any reference to self-harm or expresses 
any suicidal ideation, the on-site director is to be notified 
immediately. Junior staff are not to attempt intervention on 
their own initiative. 

5. SCP-1966 is to be told that it is in the long term care ward of 

Hospital in Toronto after suffering brain trauma in a car 
accident. If SCP-1966 asks to talk to its wife or child, the 


approved response is, “You know you can't talk to them now.’ 


(SCP-1966 has been told its wife and child died in the same 
car accident, but reiterating this may cause a stress event.) 


Note: Foundation agents have foundaMr.T J ,a 
London, Ontario insurance salesman whose history up to 
8/25/20 conforms to the memories asserted by 
SCP-1966. After three years of surveillance and 
research, no anomalies have been discovered. Mr. J 
has no recorded contact with SCP-1966, and has never 
been to International Airport. 


« SCP-1965 | SCP-1966 | SCP-1967 » 


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SCP-1967: Shortcuts 


Item #: SCP-1967 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Any entrance to SCP-1967 is to 
be constructed over, and security personnel posing as homeowners 
are to be assigned to guard it. Residential homes connected to 
SCP-1967 are to be purchased through the Foundation realty front 
"Suburban Community Purchases" and be guarded in the same 
manner. Only personnel from MTF-y-7 "Home Improvement" 
are permitted to enter SCP-1967. 


Description: SCP-1967 is a spatial anomaly, currently known to 
exist in 3 locations: A suburban neighborhood in Plantation, FL, an 
office building in Miami, FL, and an apartment building in Miami, FL. 
It can be entered via a number of different entrances, with current 
means including a swimming pool, a rabbit hole, jumping a certain 
distance from a swing, and through approximately 22 side yards. As 
of 11/16/1987, approximately separate entrances and exits have 
been found. 1 


Subjects entering SCP-1967 will see it as a large field, bordered by 
the backs of homes, offices, and apartments. The geography of this 
area is flat, with a random arrangement of palm trees, bushes, and 
benches. Subjects may observe and place objects into the interior of 
the buildings appearing to border SCP-1967, but will not be able to 
enter them. The subject will not be visible from within the building. 
Buildings bordering SCP-1967 are not physically located near it, but 
appear to be connected through proximity to SCP-1967 entrances. 


SCP-1967 was discovered on 11/18/1959, when a resident of " 

'"2 reported its properties to the local police. Agents were 
able to suppress information about SCP-1967's properties, and were 
able to successfully enact containment. 


Addendum 1967-1: Personnel have noted seeing children moving 
through SCP-1967. These reports are currently being investigated. 


Addendum 1967-3: The children have been identified as residents 
of " ‘" with their method of entering SCP-1967 currently 
being unknown. Personnel have been instructed to keep observation 
of these subjects until their method of entrance is determined. 


Addendum 1967-4: Following surveillance operations, an additional 
11 entrances to SCP-1967 have been blocked. No additional 
containment breaches have been reported as of 12/12/1960, and all 
subjects involved have been administered Class-E amnestics. 


Addendum 1967-7: Personnel continue to report an additional 
juvenile subject present within SCP-1967. Identification efforts have 
been hampered due to the subject wearing a cloth covering over 
their face. Agent have been assigned to the interior of SCP-1967 in 
order to capture and detain the subject. 


Addendum 1967-11: As of 1/13/1972, SCP-1967 has ceased 
displaying anomalous properties. Containment procedures have 
been slated for amendment. 


Addendum 1967-13: SCP-1967 has resumed anomalous activity. 
Agents have reported finding documents and equipment marked as 


belonging to the " " corporation, which is located in Miami, FL. 
Addendum 1967-16: " ",an employee of " "has been 
detained. 

Addendum 1967- : Interview with" ", hereafter referred to as 


Subject 1967-A. 


Interviewed: Subject 1967-A 
Interviewer: Dr. Boyd 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. Boyd: When did you first notice the anomaly? 


Subject 1967-A: You mean the back roots? We all knew 
about it as kids. It was just the space between the 
houses, we'd use it to play hide n' seek or manhunt, and 
get to other houses to play or whatever. 


Dr. Boyd: And you didn't find the properties unusual? 


Subject 1967-A: Nah man, we were kids. We thought 
everyone had it that way. S'not like we had that many 
other neighborhoods to compare it to, y'know what I'm 
saying? 


Dr. Boyd: ... Alright. How long did you use it? 


Subject 1967-A: Probably from when | was... | want to 

say 4, but it might've been a bit earlier... to when | was 

12. Yeah, | was 12. | remember because it happened at 
my birthday party. 


Dr. Boyd: What happened? 
Subject 1967-A: The guards showed up. 


Dr. Boyd: Guards? 


Subject 1967-A: | think you'd know more about that than 
| would. 


Dr. Boyd: Humor me. 


Subject 1967-A: Fine, fine... you guys have a weird 
game going on here, don'tcha? The guards were the 
owners, | guess, or the people who lived in the back 
roots. After they showed up, they'd chase us whenever 
we went in. Never actually went through and caught us... 
just chased us out. Guess they didn't want kids on their 
lawn, heh. 


Dr. Boyd: How long did this go on? 


Subject 1967-A: Well, | dunno. Probably the rest of the 


time | was a kid, | guess. The other kids living on the 
block didn't really remember the back roots as they grew 
up, they kinda grew out of it. Looked at me funny when | 
talked about it. 


Dr. Boyd: But you still had access. 


Subject 1967-A: Yeah, through a hedge in my yard. 


Dr. Boyd: What did you do, if nobody else was around? 


Subject 1967-A: Pshhh... you're really this persistent in 
carrying on? I'd just... mess with the guards. Throw stuff 
at 'em, or try to provoke them. Never chased me if | 

didn't point myself out to them. Might've been the mask. 


Dr. Boyd: Mask? 

Subject 1967-A: Yeah, | wore a mask. So the guards 
couldn't get me, seen? If they couldn't see my face, they 
wouldn't make me forget. 


Dr. Boyd: And how long did this go on? 

Subject 1967-A: Through my middle school and high 
school years. When | went off to college, it kinda got lost 
in the shuffle. 


Dr. Boyd: Is this what caused it to deactivate? 


Subject 1967-A: Look, | dunno man. Y'all are the ones 
in charge around here, why don't you tell me? 


Dr. Boyd: ... Can you explain? 
Subject 1967-A: You guys. The guards. Are we gonna 
start the game again soon, or what? Because this is 


getting a little tiresome. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Subject 1967-A disappeared from 
Foundation custody shortly after the completion of this 
interview, and has been marked as a person of interest. 


Footnotes 

1. Similarity between the effects and location of this anomaly 
andSCP-2147has been noted. Research into a potential shared 
origin is currently ongoing. 

2. A residential neighborhood within Plantation, FL 


« SCP-1966 | SCP-1967 | SCP-1968 » 


SCP-1968: Global Retrocausality Torus 


Item #: SCP-1968 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1968 is to be secured ina 
bunker 300m underground accessible only by a single elevator 
requiring positive action at both the top and bottom of the shaft to 
operate. Armed guards are to be present at both ends. In case of 
incursion from within or without, the elevator shaft is to have an 
explosive self-destruct activated rendering it impassable. In the 
event of an incursion, guards must be considered expendable. 


Description: SCP-1968 appears in its inactive state to be a bronze 
torus of unknown composition. It has a major diameter of 320cm and 
a minor diameter of 90cm. It is marked with raised features or 
glyphs, the presumption being that they act as control surfaces. It is 
difficult to photograph or visually inspect the artifact as it appears to 
bend light. Mild, fluctuating gravitational effects have also been 
observed. 


It has proven impossible to take a sample of the artifact. 
Spectrographic attempts have proven inconclusive. Although not 
particularly heavy (weighing ~14Kg), inertial and angular momentum 
studies suggest that neutronium' (in vanishingly small quantities) 
may be present in the body of the mechanism. 


SCP-1968 demonstrates its anomalous properties when it is 
handled by a human being. When moderate force is applied to it, it 
will begin to deform in unpredictable ways, its material composition 
will appear to change, and it will become animated, surrounding the 
subject in convolutions and undulating increasingly faster. Its 
primary effect will manifest itself when an unpredictable threshold is 
met, after which the artifact will return to its original state. 


At this point, the subject will have had their memories altered. They 


will no longer agree with the historical record, often profoundly. Their 
self-reported personal history will be at odds with Foundation 
personnel records. As a consequence, they will often assume a 
posture of agitation and paranoia. The more pronounced the 
deformation of the artifact, the more divergent their memories will 
be. It is theorized that the glyphs, via means as of yet unknown, 
control the degree of deformation and its resultant effects. 


Recovery Log: SCP-1968 was recovered in late 2001 from a core- 
sample extracted Km deep during a petrochemical survey near 
Zackenberg, Greenland. Based on the depth from which it was 
recovered — along with corroborating paleoatmospheric readings — 
the artifact is estimated to be 31+ 2.3 million years old. 


Foundation personnel intercepted the radio transmission of its 
discovery and, owing to its unusual nature and age, moved to 
secure the artifact. Class B amnestics were administered to the 
personnel in Greenland, along with those individuals at the 
governing authority in Denmark who had been made aware of its 
discovery. Once on site, it was discovered that one of the geological 
engineers had been placed under a 72 hour psychiatric hold after 
violently assaulting a colleague and behaving in a manner 
consistent with the Foundation test subject (see below). It is 
presumed that they had handled the artifact. 


Classified 

The unauthorized viewing of the following material is prohibited 
without the consent of a majority of the O5 level administrators. 
Failure to adhere to this directive will result in termination. 


Note: this directive is rescinded in the event of an imminent CK, VK, 
XK, ZK, or Dedekind-uu class event. 


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