Summary: Agent Washington made an unauthorized 
entry into SCP-2315's temporary containment chamber. 
Automatic surveillance equipment recorded Agent 
Washington grabbing SCP-2315 when it rang and 
answered the call. The following conversation was 
recorded. 


<Begin Log> 
Washington: Hello there. 


SCP-2315-1: Rashaun? Is that you? It's your 
mother. 


Washington: You're not my mother. 


SCP-2315-1: Rashaun! What kind of a 
greeting is that? 


Washington: Listen, | know you weren't Mrs. 
Hintz when you were calling him. | was there. 
She never called when he picked up. | never 
told her anything about the Foundation, but 
somehow, you know all about us. | don't know 
how you keep managing to keep up this 
plausible deniability, why people's real mom 
just might be calling, but | know that's not 
what's happening, so you can just drop this 
mother game and talk to me straight. You. Are. 


Not. My. Mother. 


SCP-2315-1: Well, you certainly ain't no son of 
mine, because | taught my kids proper respect 
growing up. What, Foundation? You always 
told me you got a job with the feds. Is the truth 
coming out now? Are you ready to stop lying to 
me? Or did you get too chummy with that 
Mexican hit man? 


Washington: What? I-| never talked about 
him. 


SCP-2315-1: Oh, but that sort of thing is clear 
on a boy's face when he comes home for 
Christmas. Sirens made you so jumpy, | knew 
you were up to no good. Mother always 
knows, Rashaun. You can't keep secrets from 
me. 


Washington: Information transfer... visual, 
network, anomalous... 


SCP-2315-1: Oh, no. I'm not letting you 
withdraw now, Rashaun. You're a grown man, 
no hiding in the cupboard reciting your 
multiplication tables anymore. We're having a 
conversation, and you're going to respond to 
me and talk to your mother like a goddamned 
adult! 


Washington: All knowledge - knowledge of 
subject's mother, knowledge of mother's 
whereabouts, knowledge of environs, secrets 
held by each party, all information transfer 
requires the proximity of an appropriate 
transmitter and receiver, whether by sight, 
sound, radio, networks, or anomalous.... 


SCP-2315-1: | don't believe it. You really are 
just going to pretend you're seven again, and 


hide in the cupboard. The lies and secrets just 
keep going on, don't they? When are you 
going to grow up, Rashaun? 


Washington: No, Mom! You're just sucking in 
knowledge from everyone near the phone, or 
near their mother, somehow. But why? Are 
you an infovore or something? Why did you 
make Thomas draw that pentagram? Is this all 
just a ploy to get us to summon something? 
Do you just want to make us feel bad? Is that 
why you lied about killing the D-class and all? 


SCP-2315-1: Infovore? Feel bad? Pentagram? 
Did you just call me the devil? Darling, no! 
What kind of a son calls their own mother the 
devil?! Oh, Rashaun, my lovely little boy! Do 
you know what you're doing to your mother? 


Washington: You're not my mother. 
SCP-2315-1: ...Because | do. 
<End Log> 


Discussion: Agent Washington turned himself in 
immediately after the encounter with SCP-2315, 
accepting an official reprimand and requesting 
psychological counseling. Further investigation cleared 
him of any wrongdoing with regards to his performance 
during the testing with D-135. 


Additional commentary: D-135's mother was 
diagnosed with a supratemporal meningioma 
approximately 10 months after his testing with 
SCP-2315. Surgery was successful in removing the 
tumor. The tumor demonstrated RF transmission along 
802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth v4.0, A-GPS, and NFC 
protocols. Agent Washington's mother has been placed 
under medical watch. - Dr. Perry 


Footnotes 

1. Used in the Apple iPhone 6. 

2. An event during which anomalies are spontaneously generated 
through the nearby location of other anomalies; 
seeSCP-970,SCP-2305, andSCP-2403as anomalies so generated. 


« SCP-2314 | SCP-2315 | SCP-2316 » 


SCP-2316: Field Trip 


The following file contains images and text that are 
carriers for anomalous cognitohazardous influences. You 
do not recognize the bodies in the water. Due to this, it is 

imperative that all personnel accessing this file be 
certified as having a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of 

no less than 14.5. Should you fail an automated CRV 

verification, please remain calm and do not move. A 

member of your site's medical staff will be with you 

shortly. 


Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into 
your terminal microphone: 


| do not recognize the bodies in the water. 
CL) Run adjusted tonal variance processor. 


[V] Verification complete. User CRV is within 
acceptable limits. 


Special Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances are 
Foundation personnel to approach SCP-2316. Observation of 
SCP-2316 must only be carried out by remote dummy probes 
utilizing video and audio recording equipment. Only those personnel 
adequately rated for exposure to cognitohazardous anomalies may 


review footage and audio of SCP-2316. 


The lake in which SCP-2316 is located has been quarantined and 
fenced off, and is to be routinely patrolled by individuals who have 
not been exposed to SCP-2316, and have no prior knowledge of its 
characteristics. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. 
Individuals who attempt to bypass the enforced quarantine must be 
apprehended and moved to Site-33 for a full cognitive influence 
screening. Individuals who come within 50m of the lake containing 
SCP-2316 are to be considered lost. 


Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into 
your terminal microphone: 


| do not recognize the bodies in the water. 
CX Run adjusted tonal variance processor. 


[V] Verification complete. User CRV is within 
acceptable limits. 


Description: SCP-2316 is the designation for an anomalous 
phenomenon existing within Lake within County, 
SCP-2316 manifests as a group of human corpses! floating in a 
small group at the surface of the water. The identities of these 
corpses are [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Change: 
UNKNOWN], though DNA testing has been inconclusive. 


While SCP-2316 appears to be individual instances, it is theorized 
that SCP-2316 may instead be an entity composed of a collective 
consciousness. Individual instances of SCP-2316 do not act on their 
own, but do seem to be able to act collectively as a2 single unit. The 
individual instances of SCP-2316 are? unrecognizable, and you do 
not recognize the bodies in the water. 


SCP-2316 hosts a powerful cognitohazardous effect, causing those 
who have viewed SCP-2316, are aware of certain parts of its nature, 
or who were enrolled in the [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] 
[Automated Message: INVALID] to believe that the individual 
instances of SCP-2316 are human beings they recognize, typically 


unknown species. D-Class consumed product and reported a taste 
similar to very tough chicken. 


Money entered: 555 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Unpowered 

Item description: A tall pink soda can without a label. Opening the 
can produced a sound similar to a grenade exploding, and inside 
was a fizzy transparent liquid. D-Class declined to drink the liquid 
after an amount was accidentally spilled on a table and small round 
objects grew from the plastic. Analysis indicated the objects were 
eggs containing fetal creatures resembling amphibians. 


Money entered: 1025 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Machine dispensed a cheap-looking flashlight 
and six colored lenses, each a different color of the rainbow. After 
an hour, during which a small group had gathered in an attempt to 
discover its purpose, Dr. accidentally shone the flashlight on a 
nearby D-Class' face while the red lens was attached. Subject 
reported a vague taste of cherry. The other lenses were shown to 
cause tastes of orange, banana, lime, blueberry, and grape. Testing 
revealed the flashlight and lenses to be ordinary plastic. 


Money Entered: 600 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label. 
Text on label consists mostly of characters in the Armenian alphabet 
but does not correspond to any identifiable words. Bottle contains a 
mixture of 30% ethyl alcohol, 45% eel blood (species unidentified), 
25% water, with trace amounts of cedarwood resin and lead. 


Money Entered: 600 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: White cellophane envelope. Lettering on 
envelope reads "Aged meat product" in Gujarat language, 
phonetically transcribed into Hebrew alphabet. Envelope contains 
rotten, maggot-infested meat (probably avian in origin). 


Money Entered: 600 yen 
SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 
Item description: Pull-tab aluminium can labeled "BILLY BEER" 


from their childhood‘. 


Attempting to come into contact with SCP-2316 instances, by way of 
entering Lake or touching an instance of SCP-2316, will 
cause other instances of SCP-2316 to appear. You do not recognize 
the bodies in the water. The additional instances only serve to 
reinforce and add to the strength of the cognitohazard®, compelling 
affected individuals into the lake. Individuals who enter the lake in 
this way are lost, and to date none have been recovered. 


Addendum 2316.1: Interview 


[DATA EXPUNGED]6 


ERROR: UNRECOGNIZED USER. PLEASE 
LOGIN TO VIEW Fli[\[aeO[[< 


[Xxx] Verification comf[e\\\i.-a\\\. User Ccccrl\\\ 
is within acceptable letmeshowyoutheirfaces. 


[BEGIN LOG] 


Dr. Harrison: Did you ever feel compelled to enter 
the water? Like something was pulling you in? 


Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: What? 
No! Of course not. There's nothing wrong with 
them, they didn't drag me in. | saw them in the 
water and went in myself. | needed to see them, | 
wanted to hear what they were saying. They're my 
friends. 


Dr. Harrison: When you entered the water, what 
did you see?” 


Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Faces. 
My friends. Faces | recognized, some | didn't, but 
they became more familiar as | saw them. I'd 


known them my whole life, but there was 
something wrong with them. 


Dr. Harrison: Wrong with them? 


Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Like the 
face of someone you see in a dream, where you 
can't remember it right. There's something wrong. 
And the way they were speaking, they— 


Dr. Harrison: Speaking? No, that's impossible, 
they're simply not... 


Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Not 
moving their mouths, but | could hear them, asking 
for help. They told me... they told me who they 
were. They told me you knew who they were, that 
you— 


Dr. Harrison: Enough of that. You're clearly 
succumbing to the cognitohazard, we need to get 
you medical attention, agent, if you would— 


YouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouMe: Get 
your hands off of me! | know all their names, 
Harrison, | heard them speaking to me! Every 
single one. All it takes is one person to see them 
and tell people, and they'll Know what you've been 
trying to hide. Birchwood High School, Class of— 


Dr. Harrison: Subdue them! Get them out of here. 
Take them to amnestics, and turn that goddamn 
recorder off. 


[END LOG] 


Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into 


your terminal microphone: 


| do not recognize the bodies in the water. 


C1 Run adjusted tonal variance processor. 


[X] Verification incomplete. User CRV is not 
within acceptable limits. User CRV influenced 
by active cognitohazards. Please stay still, a 
member of your site's medical staf["/// 
afe44/25\23 will be with you shortly. 


[TERMINAL LOCKOUT] 


Addendum 2316.2: INVALID ENTRY 


You don't have a lot of time, you'll need to get away 
quickly. Go back to the lake, go into the water, look into 
their eyes. It's your friends, your classmates. You took 
the trip to the lake in the fall of '75, together, when you 
were young. Don't you remember? Look into their eyes. | 
know you can hear them talking to you, just like they 
talked to me. Don't let them tell you it's just a 
cognitohazard. This was their fault, they caused this. We 
were all innocent kids, don't you remember? And you just 
got away, you and |? The rest of them are at the bottom 
of that lake, waiting for us to go back to them and be 
whole together again. They want us to know. They want 
us to remember. Wake up, goddammit. Remember the 
fall of '75. The year we were supposed to graduate. Don't 
let them make you forget. They're calling to you, can't 
you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Look into their eyes. 

Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can8t you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 


Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
| Know you can. 

Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 
Can't you hear them? 


They're waiting for you. 


Go back to the lake. 


Footnotes 

1. Due to the nature of SCP-2316, it is uncertain how many 
individual corpses exist within the group. The number is currently 
estimated at forty-five, but has been estimated as high as two- 
hundred or more. 

2.1 know who they are, | Know their names. Each and every one of 
them. Don't you? 

3. Jeremiah Feinman, Arthur Scott, Denice Clark, 
Har[COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED][Automated Message: EDIT 
LOCKED] 

4.They're lying. They know damn well who they are. The 


cognitohazard is real, but it's just their way of crying for help. Of 
letting people know who they are, who they were. 

5.How can you not recognize the bodies in the water? 

6.They don't want to show you, but | will. Below. 

7. You do not recognize the bodies in the water.