If you never come back, then I'll always remember your 
laugh, your smile... the good times and the bad. | hope 


the world is kind to you. | hope you learn to love again. 


No matter how much you wish | wouldn't, and no matter 
how far you go, remember that there's someone in this 
world who loves you. And they always will. 


al 


PS. If you change your mind you'll find me at that little 
cafe on 52nd. Just... think of me and you'll never be 
alone. If you ever wanna try again... we can have coffee. 


Addendum 3: During a cataloging of items in SCP-2623's former 
apartment, an agent noted that the letter was addressed to a Karen 
James in another apartment from the same building. Further 
investigation has indicated that the intended recipient had previously 
ended a relationship with the individual now known as SCP-2623-1. 


Additional questioning of SCP-2623 has indicated that SCP-2623 
and Karen James often received correspondence addressed to the 
other individual due to the close proximity of their addresses and the 
similarity of their names. 


« SCP-2622 | SCP-2623 | SCP-2624 » 


SCP-2624: Laika's Sweetheart Space-Beacon 


Item #: SCP-2624 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2624 is designated to 
civilian sources as a piece of space debris. All civilians who travel 
above low Earth orbit are to be interviewed upon landing for 
evidence of having experienced or seen SCP-2624-1, SCP-2624-2, 
or SCP-2624-3 and, if necessary, given targeted amnestic 
treatment. 


For space missions which involve the live transmission to the public 
of video or audio from the spacecraft, the Foundation is to, through 
computer generated imagery or through recreation with actors and 
models on soundstages, create alternate recordings of the mission 
in question to be disseminated in the case that the original mission 
is interfered with by SCP-2624-3. 


Description: SCP-2624 is an artificial satellite of Earth, composed 
of approximately 60 living dogs assembled in a roughly spherical 
shape 5m in radius around the presumed remnants of Sputnik 2. 
Each constituent dog appears to be an adult, mixed-breed female, 
visually identical to Laika, the canine test subject of Sputnik 2 and 
the first animal to enter orbit around the Earth. 


SCP-2624 was first designated shortly after the launch of Sputnik 2 
by the USSR on November 3, 1957. Upon reaching orbit, the craft 
suffered from severe overheating issues that led to Laika's 
premature death. At this point, anomalous dogs began to manifest 
on the exterior of the probe, forming a sphere over several hours. It 
was only several days later, when the spheroid had fully manifested, 
that the Foundation was contacted by leaders of the Soviet space 
program and notified of the situation's anomalous nature. 


It is believed that SCP-2624 was the result of a malfunction within a 


paratechnological communication system, meant to be clandestinely 
tested on behalf of Soviet parascientists during Sputnik 2's mission. 
It is unclear whether the malfunction was a result of Soviet error or 
of sabotage by United States intelligence agencies. 


The dogs that compose SCP-2624 appear to be living, in that they 
may be observed twitching, panting, and breathing. They do not 
otherwise move on the surface of SCP-2624. SCP-2624 is capable 
of ejecting singular dogs at velocities exceeding 10 km/s as 
propulsion to alter its orbit and counteract orbital decay. It is 
believed that SCP-2624 anomalously replenishes its population of 
dogs following propulsion sequences. All attempts to make physical 
contact with SCP-2624 by any means have resulted in SCP-2624 
propelling away from the object in this manner before it can make 
contact. 


Subsequent to SCP-2624's manifestation, the following related 
anomalous effects, designated SCP-2624-1 through -3, have been 
noted: 


* SCP-2624-1: Approximately 80% of people who have traveled 
to space post-SCP-2624 have reported intermittently hearing 
faint noises similar to the sound of dogs barking. 


* SCP-2624-2: Approximately 40% of people who have traveled 
to space post-SCP-2624 have reported vivid dreams in which 
a dog or group of dogs visually similar to Laika attempt to 
explain the workings of unidentified complex machinery to the 
dreamer. Due to the dogs' lack of vocal cords or opposable 
thumbs, these dreams primarily consist of them destroying the 
machinery in question with their teeth while barking 
incessantly. 


* SCP-2624-3: On at least three separate occasions, fully 
animate dogs identical to Laika have appeared in space or on 
celestial bodies. These incidents are enumerated in 
Addendum 2624-1 below. 


As such, SCP-2624 poses an increasing threat to normalcy as 
space travel becomes more commonplace. Proposals to 
decommission SCP-2624 are under consideration. 


Addendum: Notable SCP-2624-3 Occurrences 


SCP-2624-3's first known manifestation occurred during the flight of 
Vostok 1, the first Soviet mission to orbit a manned spacecraft, 
crewed by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. Upon achieving orbit, 
Gagarin reported seeing a single dog floating just outside the 
porthole of the Vostok. Gagarin recollected afterwards that the dog 
placed its paws against the porthole and tapped on it rhythmically 
while peering within. This continued for several minutes before the 
dog floated away. 


A significant SCP-2624-3 manifestation occurred during the Gemini 
4 mission launched by NASA on June 3, 1965. During Edward 
White's spacewalk, a malfunction in his Hand-Held Maneuvering 
Unit caused him to be thrown unexpectedly around the spacecraft, 
impacting the ship's side and stressing the umbilical air tether 
connecting him to the ship. While White's crewmate, James 
McDivitt, attempted to reel him back to the hatch, White reported 
seeing a dog matching Laika's description in front of him, before 
feeling a distinct force pushing on his back, maneuvering him 
towards the hatch of the spacecraft, where White was recovered. 
The SCP-2624-3 instance was not seen by McDivitt. This is the only 
known occurrence in which an SCP-2624-3 instance made contact 
with a human. 


SCP-2624-3 was next documented by Alan Bean while on the 
surface of the Moon on November 20, 1969, during the Apollo 12 
mission. While on spacewalk, Bean noticed a dog matching Laika's 
description in the distance, running in a small circle. The dog then 
ran over to Bean, sitting and looking up at him from several meters 
away. Bean turned around to verify the location of his crewmate 
Charles Conrad, but when he turned back, the dog had vanished, 
leaving no traces. 


SCP-2624-3 may have manifested on the surface of Earth on 
February 20, 2000. Moscow City Police reported finding a dog 
similar in appearance to Laika whining loudly while lying in front of 
the grave of Vladimir Yazdovsky, a Soviet scientist who led the 
Sputnik 2 program, in Donskoye Cemetery. A police officer 
attempted to shoo the dog away, but became surrounded by a mob 
of identical dogs, who had come running from elsewhere in the 


cemetery. As they barked at the officer, each instance began to 
hover into the air. After several seconds, all instances vanished in a 
flash of white light. The incident was picked up by several local news 
agencies before suppression by the Foundation. 


« SCP-2623 | SCP-2624 | SCP-2625 » 


Experiment Log 295-1-a 


Experiment Log of: Dr. Kondraki, testing practical uses of 
SCP-295-1 


Date: - - to -- 


Experiment 1: Human consumption testing 
Materials: 5 ml of SCP-295-1 
Procedure: Class D personnel given SCP-295-1 to ingest 


Result: Subject reported mild heartburn and nausea, but no serious 
adverse effects observed. Subject’s digestive system temporarily 
operated at 25% additional efficiency. 


Experiment 2: Usage as a portable source of light. 
Materials: 20 ml of SCP-295-1, glass tubing, rubber grip, lighter. 


Procedure: Glass tubing filled with SCP-295-1, reinforced by rubber 
grip. 


Result: Device produced sufficient light to completely illuminate an 
area of 31m? at 16145 Ix for several hours. Applying a lighter to the 
surface of the glass relit the solution completely. 


Experiment 3: Usage as an incendiary device 


Materials: 200 ml of SCP-295-1, glass globe. 


Procedure: Globe filled with SCP-295-1 and thrown into wooden 
test structure. 


SCP-2625: Chipperee Mine 


Item #: SCP-2625 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2625 is to 
be sealed off as a dangerous mine prone to collapse. A standard 
guard picket surrounding the area should be staffed with no fewer 
than 6 guards on active duty and 6 on reserve. Observation Post 
280 has been established as a local center of command in the area 
to monitor SCP-2625. 


Communication with SCP-2625-1 instances is to be done only in 
necessary circumstances. Personnel should not bother or otherwise 
distract SCP-2625-1 instances from their normal behavior, as this 
leads to potentially violent repercussions. No attempts to locate or 
otherwise identify the individual known as the “Foreman” should be 
made without authorization to do so. 


Dr. Keller is currently the project lead for containment of 
SCP-2625-1 at Site 139. Questions regarding containment should 
be directed to her or a relevant researcher at Site 139. 


Description: SCP-2625 is an abandoned iron mine located in a 
mountain of eastern Kentucky, United States. According to official 
records, the mine was last operated in the late 19th century, when 
dangerous conditions forced the mine to be shut down due to 
constant collapses and other hazards. 


Currently, SCP-2625 is inhabited by a group of diminutive 
anomalous creatures collectively referred to as SCP-2625-1. 
SCP-2625-1 instances are, on average, 1.2 meter tall humanoids. 
The instances describe themselves as miners who are working in 
SCP-2625 (which they refer to as “Chipperee Mine"). All instances 
seem to work with rudimentary mining tools such as shovels and 
pickaxes, while hauling dirt away with basic wheelbarrows. No 


evidence of machine tools have been found in SCP-2625-1. 


All SCP-2625-1 instances demonstrate extremely high levels of 
happiness and excitement at all times. The miners often express 
their joy and happiness to be working in SCP-2625, though they will 
ignore questions directed towards the purpose, origin and history of 
the mine. 


SCP-2625-1 instances have demonstrated no signs of aging. When 
said instances suffer injuries, they seem to ignore the expected pain 
from these injuries and continue working. Due to the usual danger 
associated with mining, as well as the inherently unsafe nature of 
this particular mine, SCP-2625-1 instances often possess numerous 
wounds, including broken or missing limbs/digits; open, festering 
wounds; burns/bruises; and other assorted trauma. No miner has 
ever been seen to die from its injuries.’ In one particular viewed 
instance, a collapse buried one miner in rubble. 10 hours later, the 
miner emerged from the rubble, having burrowed its way out despite 
being heavily injured and possessing three broken limbs. 


All instances of SCP-2625-1 commonly refer to an individual known 
as the “Foreman”, though they have refused to release any 
information about said individual besides the fact that the “Foreman” 
is the boss/owner of the mine, and that it expects high quality work. 
Some instances have described the Foreman's office as an iron 
hemisphere with four doors, though the veracity of this is unknown. 
Further prodding of the question has lead to violence from 
SCP-2625-1 instances. 


While individual SCP-2625-1 instances will voluntarily come forward 
and begin speaking to visitors, SCP-2625-1 instances that are 
prevented from working will respond violently to any perceived 
intruders, and will attempt to injure said individuals, while 
maintaining their normal overjoyed demeanor at the same time. This 
may be fatal due to the tools normally carried by SCP-2625-1 
instances, but is usually dependent on the severity of their work 
interruption. 


Universally, SCP-2625-1 instances have demonstrated the ability to 
sing. These songs are upbeat and fast-paced in style and melody, 
but also feature somewhat disturbing and violent lyrics. When one 


instance begins singing, all instances within earshot will join. A list of 
commonly sung songs is included below. 


Oh I’ve been minin’ all the day! 

And I’ve been minin’ all the night! 
Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! 

Boiling, bubbling, festering day! 
Shadowing, creepering, devouring night! 
Scour the wound! Boil the brains! 

Feast on the flesh! Taste of the eyes! 
Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! 

Minin’ away all our days! 


| once met a man from Jimmering town 

Who came up to me and said with a frown 

*I love this one girl who doesn’t love me.” 

*What'’s a fellow to do for some glee? 

So | put him to work to go mining all day 

Til his hands scrubbed off and his face burned away 
He said “Wow, yay, what a fine day!” 

Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! 


| love to mine away the day 

Even through the bloody spray 
Hacking, slashing, burrow away 

So we can reach the core some day 
To reach the world of men of sun 
Wouldn’t that day just be so fun? 
Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! 


Interview Log: The following interview was done by Field 
Containment Specialist Tyler Forall on 5/3/12. FCS Forall entered 
the mine and was immediately greeted by an SCP-2625-1 instance. 


+ Interview Log SCP-2625 


SCP-2625-1: Hello there! Welcome to the 
Chip-Chip-Chipperee Mine! What’s your name, 
stranger? 


Forall: Zachary. FCS Forall was instructed not 


to give any true identifying information. What's 
your name? 


SCP-2625-1: | like that name! It makes me 
happy! Hee hee! SCP-2625-1 giggles for 10 
seconds. Let me show you around the mine! 
SCP-2625-1 grabs Forall by the hand and 
pulls him deeper into the mine. 


Forall: So, what do you do in this mine? 


SCP-2625-1: We mine away all the day, of 
course! Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! 
Several SCP-2625-1 instances in the area 
echo the original instance. 


Forall: No, | mean what is the purpose of this 
mine? What are you looking for? 


SCP-2625-1: Look at how busy our mines are! 
We work hard all day so the Foreman can rest! 


Forall: Who is the “Foreman"? 


SCP-2625-1: The boss, silly. Every mine has a 
Foreman! 


Forall: May | meet the Foreman? 


SCP-2625-1: He’s busy and needs to rest! He 
works harder than any of us in his iron office! 
Chipperee hey! Chipperee yay! Again, several 
SCP-2625-1 instances echo the original. 


Forall: lron office? 


SCP-2625-1: It's big and round and made of 
iron! Pretty neat, huh? 


SCP-2625-1: Hey, let’s sing a song! Everyone 
loves songs here! A/l SCP-2625-1 instances in 
the area cheer. SCP-2625-1 instances begin 


loudly singing a song. 


All SCP-2625-1 instances: We're looking for 
our mine! It will be ours in time! We'll find the 
ore and melt it down so we can wake the rest! 
A tunnel here, a tunnel there, we'll find it, don’t 
you fret! We’re waiting for our time at last so 
we can wake the rest! Chipperee hey! 
Chipperee yay! 


Exploration Log: On 8/2/14, D-82018 was sent into the mine to 
attempt to explore deeper into the mine. The audio transcript of his 
exploration is here. 


+ Exploration Log SCP-2625 


Previous parts redacted for non-essential 
information similar to the above interview log. 
D-82018: Okay, | finally managed to get past 
those little bastards. I’m alone now. 


Dr. Keller: Please try to make your way further 
into the mine if possible. 


D-82018: Alright, I’m trying. It's tough to stay 
quiet here, don’t want those fuckers to hear 
me. 


Dr. Keller: Understandable. Report anything 
interesting that you see.