Skin contact with the painted surface of SCP-2071 is fatal. Through 
an undetermined process, individuals exposed to SCP-2071 in this 
fashion begin to produce a number of fast-acting neurotoxins within 
their own bloodstream, leading rapidly to death by respiratory failure. 
Examination of toxins found in specimens exposed to SCP-2071 
indicate a wide variety of toxins are produced, some of which appear 
to be the active components of a variety of snake venoms. 


SCP-2071 causes significant behavioural alterations in any member 
of the class Reptilia. Reptiles within a certain distance of SCP-2071 
will attempt to reach it by any means available to them. The exact 
distance of this effect is difficult to ascertain accurately and appears 
to vary over time, but is believed to extend at least 5 kilometres 
around the painting at all times. Reptiles affected by SCP-2071 will 
attempt to travel to its location even at the risk of injury. 


Reptiles affected by SCP-2071 congregate around the painting and 
largely remain motionless. Reptiles in SCP-2071’s presence do not 
appear to require food, water, exterior heat sources, or sleep, and 
despite their lack of movement tend to remain in good physical 
health. SCP-2071-affected reptiles react violently to attempts to 
remove them from its presence, though they are otherwise largely 
nonresponsive. 


Prolonged exposure to SCP-2071 causes physiological changes in 
reptiles, usually beginning after several days of continued exposure. 
Typically, this results in increases in size, and the development of 
venom glands in non-venomous species. 


Addendum 2071-1: Abridged test log for SCP-2071: 
Test 2071-8 Date: / / 


Rationale: Analysis of physical changes in SCP-2071- 
affected reptiles over long periods of time. 

Procedure: A single female Green Iguana (/guana 
iguana) measuring 1.4m in length was placed in 
SCP-2071's chamber (cooling of Vault 86 was 


suspended for the duration of the experiment). The 
specimen was selected for its size, herbivorous nature, 
and docility. The iguana was monitored regularly by a 
qualified herpetologist and veterinarian throughout the 
experiment. 

Results: Growth in the specimen was first detected on 
day 3 of the experiment. By day 4 of the experiment, the 
specimen had increased to 1.45m in length and had 
begun to develop venom glands. By day 6, the subject's 
rate of growth had accelerated - specimen was now 
1.6m in length. Growth continued unabated until day 28, 
by which time the specimen was 3.4m in length. 
Between day 30 and day 34, the parietal eye of the 
specimen underwent a significant metamorphosis into a 
large, seemingly functional lidded eye. 


On day 47, research staff discovered that the specimen 
appeared to be carrying eggs. As Site Director Feccini 
had not sanctioned the reproduction of an anomalous 
lifeform when the experiment began, he requested that 
the experiment be halted. The specimen was 
subsequently euthanised and autopsied. 


The autopsy revealed that substantial internal 
modifications had been made to the specimen's 
reproductive track, allowing it to bear live young. A single 
foetus was found in the specimen's uterus. This foetus 
was reptilian, with a humanoid body plan, developed 
cerebrum, scaled skin, slitted eyes, pointed teeth, anda 
vestigial tail. The genetic makeup of the foetus did not 
match the mother, and some sections of its genome 
closely resembled the human genome. A full report on 
the biology of both specimen and foetus can be found in 
document 2071-Padraig. 


Addendum 2071-2: SCP-2071 is one of 4 known paintings by 
Adam William Jardine believed by the Foundation to be both 
currently extant and to possess anomalous properties, and the only 
one presently in containment. Of the other paintings, The Rood and 
the Pit (E-456) is believed to be in the possession of the Horizon 


Initiative, while The Hunting Party (E-459) and Celia Penrose, in the 
Guise of a Fountain (E-460) are in the possession of an unknown 
private individual. 


Jardine was a minor English painter active between 1790 and 1819, 
when he is believed to have died of tuberculosis. Contemporary 
sources indicate that Jardine was widely believed to be mentally ill 
and suffered from visual hallucinations. 


The portrait is not believed to have had any anomalous properties at 
the time it was painted. It is unknown when these properties 
manifested, but SCP-2071 remained unknown to the Foundation 
until / /1925, when it was recovered after two people died as a 
result of an attempt to place the painting, along with others, in the 
public trust in lieu of inheritance tax. 


Addendum 2071-3: Extracts from the diary of Michael Cavendish: 


...| have been informed of a painter, a Mr. Jardine, from 
Northumbria. | am told the man is quite mad, and 
possessed of visions of a spiritual bent. He claims to be 
able to see the souls of people both living and dead, and 
to put his visions down in pencil sketches and oils. His 
work has been recommended to me by a friend, and by 
that same friend | have been able to engage this Mr. 
Jardine in dialogue. 


In person, Mr. Jardine seemed in rather good humour for 
a madman. He talked rather sensibly, though he seemed 
somewhat troubled, as if trying to suppress his nerves, 
and seldom looked directly at me the whole time. Indeed 
he seemed so sensible, if somewhat shy, that | began to 
wonder if the supposed insanity was genuine. But when 
he showed me his portfolio, | was astounded. Jardine 
had conjured up a whirl of grotesques and wonders such 
as would awe anyone living. 


Despite his obvious talent, he told me that his work sells 
poorly; | am told that there are few in the country with the 
discernment to see his work as anything more than a 

perversity. As such, he was more than happy to offer his 


services to me upon seeing that | enjoyed his work, 
provided | provide payment regardless of his own view of 
the eventual portrait. This | am more than happy to 
accept. If Jardine is mad or a charlatan, then it will be a 
wonderful and curious indulgence; if not, then what is 
more worthy of payment than a glimpse into my own 
soul? 


...| promised to pay the man regardless of my own 
opinion, and pay him | have. That said, my own opinion 
is less than favourable. The damned painter has 
rendered me as some sort of hideous freak, a 
combination of lizard and human. It is beyond what | had 
envisaged when | commissioned the portrait. It cannot be 
displayed. 


If the man has visions, | am now certain that they stem 
from a disordered mind rather than a divine visitation. | 
am, at least, convinced that | know enough of my own 
soul to know that | am no snake, and that this painting is 
not a reflection even of my principal sins. 


The more | look at it, the more | believe that the painting 
is a poor likeness. Disregarding the obvious, the figure in 
the portrait is too gaunt, and looks far too old to be a true 
likeness. This was a waste of time and money... 


On / /1829, Mary Cavendish, wife of Michael Cavendish, was 
found dead in their home by a servant. The cause was, at the time, 
believed to be a stroke, though later events indicate that she was in 
fact poisoned by her husband. Michael Cavendish, by now suffering 
from an undetermined chronic illness, committed suicide in 1842 by 
drinking poison, confessing in his suicide note to his wife's murder. 
Suggestions that a large number of snakes were found alongside 
Michael Cavendish’s body are not verifiable. 


The following is an extract from Michael Cavendish's suicide note: 


...| confess only that the truth might be known. | do not 
hope to save my soul by atonement. | do not believe in 
Hell any more. If, all those years ago, that painter saw 


me, in my youthful vigor, for the bitter, spiteful creature | 
became, then this was all predestined, and so no just 
god could damn me... 


...| do not take this measure out of guilt. | do it to escape 
my present purgatory. | hate my current life, but | do not 
fear death. After all, a snake can slip out of its skin and 
become young again. If | am the King of Serpents, as 
that bastard said | was, why shouldn't | do the same? 


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SCP-2072: Prime Ministerial Pet Cemetery 


Item #: SCP-2072 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: At least one Foundation staff 
member (designated Level 1-SCP-2072 or higher) must be present 
and armed with a standard-issue sidearm at all times. Access to 
SCP-2072 is restricted from the general public. 


Instances of SCP-2072 are to be covered with opaque, waterproof 
materials at all times. If the covering on instances SCP-2072-8 to 
SCP-2072-22 is disturbed to the degree that the text on said 
instances is readable, staff replacing the coverings must be 
administered amnestics immediately after said replacement. 


Following the next change in the Prime Ministership of Montenegro, 
the assigned staff member will exhume the corpse buried beneath 
SCP-2072-8 and collect a sufficient sample for genetic testing to 
ensure continued accuracy of SCP-2072. 


Description: SCP-2072 is the former Garden of Love Pet Memorial 
Park, located approximately one mile south of , Florida, United 
States. Upon the discovery of human remains beneath the northeast 
section of headstones in 1977, Foundation Local Mobile Task Force 
352-Lamedh (“Stump Knockers”) seized control of the area to 
investigate. After discovering that four of the corpses located in the 
cemetery were genetically identical and buried under the same 
name, the Foundation opened a Provisional Containment Site on the 
premises. 


The full significance of SCP-2072 was not known until June 1991, 
when a routine check of international political leaders’ genetic 
records discovered that Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo 
Dukanovié (b. 1962, Prime Minister from 1991—98, 2003-06, 2008-— 
10 and 2012-present [as of 2014- - ]) was a genetic and name 


match for the first, third, fifth and seventh corpses located in 
SCP-2072, whose headstones are designated SCP-2072-1, -3, -5, 
and -7. The headstones and corpses have correctly reflected the 
holders of the office of Prime Minister of Montenegro from the 
dissolution of the former Yugoslavia to the present day. As 
SCP-2072-8 through SCP-2072-22 potentially represent future 
Prime Ministers of Montenegro, and SCP-2072-1, -2, -3, -5, -6, -7 
and -23 contain dates of death and corpses of still-living political 
figures, the information in SCP-2072 is to be strictly controlled to 
prevent potential issues of causality. 


Designati Name, = Subtitle 


SCP-2072-Milo The 
Dukanovié Smuggler 
of NikSi¢ 


Date ol 
Birth 
1962-2-15 


Date oi 
Death 


* 


Notes 


Prime 
Minister on 
four non- 
consecutive 
occasions, 
and 
currently 
serving as 
of 2014- - 

. This 
headstone 
and corpse 
appears to 
represent 
his term as 
Montenegro's 
first Prime 
Minister 
after the 
dissolution 
of 
Yugoslavia, 
from 1991 
to 1998. 
Title may 
refer to 


SCP-2072-Zilip The 
Vujanovi¢ Unguarded 
Man 
SCP-2072-Biilo The 
Dukanovié Smuggler 
of Niksi¢ 


SCP-2072-Zeljko | The 
Sturanovié Stricken 
Acceder 


1954-9-1) - - * 


1962-2-15 --* 


1960-1-31 2014-6-30 


(unproven) 
allegations 
of 
organized 
criminal 
activity. 
Prime 
Minister 
from 1998 
to 2003, 
currently 
serving as 
President 
of 
Montenegro 
as of 2014- 
- . Title 
may refer 
to his 
refusal to 
travel with 
bodyguards 
or security. 
Corpse 
displays 
signs of 


Corpse 
genetically 
identical to 
SCP-2072-T. 
Prime 
Minister 
from 
2006- 
2008. His 
resignation 
due to lung 
cancer and 
signing of 


SCP-2072-Milo The 
Dukanovié Smuggler 
of Niksi¢ 


1962-2-15 


SCP-2072-@gor LukSi¢ The Pawn 1976-6-14 


SCP-2072-Milo The 
Dukanovié Smuggler 
of Niksi¢ 


1962-2-15 


* 


the 
document 
beginning 
Montenegro's 
accession 
to the 
European 
Union may 
be the 
source of 
his title. 
Corpse 
genetically 
identical to 
SCP-2072-T. 
Prime 
Minister 
from 2010 
to 2012, at 
which time 
he was the 
youngest 
head of 
government 
in the 

world. Title 
may refer 
to 
opponents' 
insistence 
that he 

was too 
influenced 
by former 
party 
leaders. 
Corpse 
genetically 
identical to 
SCP-2072-T. 


Addendum 231-f: Continued Analysis of Efficacy of Treatment 


After some analysis, | have determined that it is not necessary to 
perform memory modification every time Procedure 110-Montauk is 
carried out. In fact, it is better to delay for some time before re- 
administering the agent. Analysis of Subject 231-7's emotional 
response indicates that efficacy of Procedure 110-Montauk seems 
to peak between the third and fourth performance of the procedure: 
the dread of anticipation of events seems to heighten emotional 
response for a time, before familiarity with the procedure begins to 
lessen the efficacy of treatment. My recommendation is that Class A 
Amnestics be administered once a week during Procedure 110- 
Montauk. The calendar has been modified accordingly. 


Dr. 


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SCP-2072-8 


SCP-2072-9 


SCP-2072-10 


SCP-2072-11 


SCP-2072-12 


* 


* 


The 
Secretive 
Bureaucrat 


The Old 
Guard 


The 
Reformer 


The 
Younger 
Unificationist 
The Elder 
Unificationist 


Name, 

birth date 
and 
genetics 
match 
current 
member of 
Montenegrin 
parliamentary 
majority. 
Name, 

birth date 
and 
genetics 
match 
currently- 
serving 
Mayor of 


Name, 
birth date 
and 
genetics 
match 
current 
member of 
Montenegrin 
parliamentary 
minority. 
Date of 
birth in 
future. 
Name, 
birth date 
and 
genetics 
match 
current 
member of 
city 


SCP-2072-13 


SCP-2072-14 


SCP-2072-15 


SCP-2072-16 


SCP-2072-17 


The 
Reformer 


The 
Murderer 
of Two 


The 
Woman 
Who Was 
Blind to the 
Light 


The First 
Heretic 


The 
Superior 
Man 


assembly. 
Corpse 
genetically 
identical to 


SCP-2072-10. 


Name, 
birth date 
and 
genetics 
match 
current 
student at 


Primary 
School. 
Date of 
birth in 
future. 
Corpse's 
eyes 
appear to 
be gouged 
out. 

Date of 
birth in 
future. 
Buried in 
suit made 
from 
natural 
fabrics and 
ayes only. 
Date of 
birth in 
future. 
Lifespan 
well 
beyond 
current 
human 


expectations. 
Corpse 
heavily 
modified 
with 

metallic 
prosthetics 
and 

artificial 
eyes. 

SCP-2072-Gdbdhead_ Eternal Coffin filled 

approximately 
15cm 

deep with 
pure 

silicon 
powder. 

No corpse. 

SCP-2072-19 The --* --* Date of 
Second birth in 
Heretic future. 

Buried in 
suit made 
from 
natural 
fabrics and 
ayes only. 

SCP-2072-20 The Third --* --* Date of 
Heretic birth in 

future. 
Buried in 
robes 
made from 
natural 
fabrics and 
dyes only. 
13 years 
old as of 
time of 
death. 


SCP-2072-2aodhead Eternal Coffin filled 


approximately 
15 cm 
deep with 
pure 
silicon 
powder. 
No corpse. 
SCP-2072-2iank. Coffin 
empty. 
SCP-2072-24lo The 1962-2-15 - -* 
Dukanovié Smuggler 
of Niksié 


*Not yet verified as historically accurate as of 2014- - . 


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Corpse 
genetically 
identical to 
SCP-2072-1. 
Date of 
death 

same as 
other 
Dukanovié 
headstones, 
well before 
date of 
previous 
Prime 
Ministers' 
birth. 


SCP-2073: One Last Lullaby 


Item #: SCP-2073 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The current iteration of 
SCP-2073-A remains contained in a standard Humanoid 
Containment Cell within the Esoteric Research Sector of Area-08 
(Deck 02). Until such a time that SCP-2073-A may produce a 
biological son, its location and properties will be accessible only to 
Clearance Level 4 personnel and authorized 2/2073 personnel from 
Area-08. 


Were SCP-2073 to occur outside Foundation control or SCP-2073-A 
to escape containment, Esoteric Mobile Task Force Q-4 ("Red Net") 
will be warned and deployed immediately to re-instate containment.