Note: Henceforth it can be assumed that the responses 
of SCP-1044 are heard in the form of an echo, in the 
same voice as the person who made the initial 
statement. 


Researcher F ~ : [shouting] Dog. 

SCP-1044: Dog. 

Dr.C :| suppose there is no opposite statement to 
dog. 

Researcher F — : Cat? 

Dr.C_ :Notatrue opposite. The phenomenon appears 
to follow a consistent logic. Observe: [shouting] | ama 
man. 

SCP-1044: | am not a man. 

Researcher F — : And so, rather than echoing 'lama 
woman,’ it attempts to relay the logical opposite. 

Dr.C  :Itis not yet clear that it has the awareness 
required to attempt anything. 

Researcher F — : What about the ‘hello?’ from the 
previous experiment? The echo said ‘goodbye.’ 

Dr.C_ : It would make sense, possibly, that a statement 


of parting ways is logically opposite to a statement of 
greeting. 

Researcher F — : Maybe. Or it is not as logically 
infallible as we think. 

Dr.C : Suggesting what, precisely? 


Experiment 1044-3 
[DATA EXPUNGED] 


Analyses of the audio transcripts of the experiments all conclude 
that SCP-1044 is an echo, localised to a single valley, that directly 
contradicts the speaker wherever logical contradiction of a 
statement or question is possible. Where multiple echoes are heard, 
each subsequent echo will contradict the previous. 


In the later experiments, attempts were made to test SCP-1044 by 
calling out self-contradictory statements such as 'This sentence is 
false.’ This invariably resulted in [DATA EXPUNGED]. Future 
experiments are to avoid such attempts. 


« SCP-1043 | SCP-1044 | SCP-1045 » 


SCP-1045: Candle of Life 


Item #: SCP-1045 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1045 is stored in Low- 
Security Locker 17 at Site 21. No flammable materials or sources of 
open flame are to be brought within 5 meters of SCP-1045 except 
for testing purposes. 


Description: SCP-1045 is a square wood-framed candle lantern 
measuring 15 cm x 15 cm x 32 cm. Its sides are made of translucent 
waxed paper and its interior framework provides a nested support 
for a circular glass cup measuring 6.5 cm in diameter and 10 cm in 
height. The anomalous properties of SCP-1045 do not manifest 
unless both components are used together. 


When a candle is placed within SCP-1045 and lit, the walls of 
SCP-1045 depict the shadow of a miniature humanoid, as if lit from 
behind by the candle. The shadow on each side of the lantern 
depicts a different angle of the same subject. The shadow of the 
humanoid is always writhing, as if in pain, and it is surrounded by 
what appear to be semi-opaque flames. The shadow of the figure 
will persist as long as the candle is burning. Its motions become 
more frantic as the candle comes closer to burning out. 


All candle residue recovered from SCP-1045 consists of rendered 
human fat, regardless of the original makeup of the candle. 
Damaged DNA samples have been recovered, but the identity of the 
source individual(s) has yet to be determined. 


Addendum: Testing has revealed that burning scented candles 
produces shadows of different figures. In addition, burning a scented 
candle allows the shadows to emit sound. The volume of the sound 
is dependent on the strength of the scent. To date, all shadows have 
only produced incoherent screams. 


« SCP-1044 | SCP-1045 | SCP-1046 » 


SCP-1046: A House Without a Bedroom 


Item #: SCP-1046 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The building currently 
integrated with SCP-1046 is to be contained in a standard domicile 
containment unit. All surfaces contacting the building are to be 
constructed out of wooden materials. In the event of a containment 
breach, all portions of SCP-1046 found outside of containment are 
to be surgically removed and transplanted into the original building 
or a Suitable replacement building. 


Description: SCP-1046 is a collection of 781 separate human body 
parts, formerly a man named . The portions of SCP-1046's 
body are alive and fully functional, despite not receiving any 
sustenance or containing any blood. 


SCP-1046 is located within the former home of . Portions of 
SCP-1046 are located throughout the home, with some portions of 
the body replacing utilities within the home (Such as portions of the 
skin replacing three curtains and a lampshade) and some inhibiting 
function of objects within the home (such as a sink being clogged by 
an artery, and a large portion of the face being permanently affixed 
to the living room television). 


At random intervals, portions of SCP-1046 will shift throughout any 
nonbiological surface into which they are currently integrated. This 
shift can take anywhere from 45 minutes to several weeks. 
Additionally, the portion of the face integrated into the television, and 
any other portion of SCP-1046 capable of producing sound will 
begin to make distraught vocalizations. Faucets located within 
SCP-1046 will begin to produce small amounts of saline during this 
time, despite the building not being connected to any water source. 


SCP-1046 was discovered on 9/18/1994, after Foundation assets in 


the Davie Sheriff's Department followed up on reports of a "house 
with people parts”. Investigation into the alleged house revealed 
SCP-1046's anomalous properties. Subsequent surgical intervention 
allowed agents to achieve successful containment. SCP-1046 was 
contained on 11/19/1994, and classified as Euclid. Similarities 
between SCP-1046 and SCP-1582 have been noted, and 
investigation into a similar origin of the two phenomena is currently 
ongoing. 


Addendum Documents recovered from the residence SCP-1046 
was located in have proven to be relevant to SCP-1046's current 
condition. Further investigation into the "Malva Real Estate 
Corporation" are ongoing. The letters were found in a bureau 
drawer, and appear to be copies of letters that were sent to an 
unknown party. 


Dear Mr. Baer, 


Recently | moved into one of your company's marvelous 
new homes, and found it to be quite luxurious. The ads 
are right, you really do feel like part of the home. 
However, | am writing you this letter due to the fact that 
my new house no longer contains the bedroom. Would it 
be possible to get a contractor out here to remedy the 
situation? 

Sincerely, 


Dear Mr. Baer 

| don't believe you recieved my last correspondence, and 
as such | am writing to you again. Since you did not send 
a contractor, as | requested, | have decided to hire one 
of my own. Unfortunately, several injuries sustained on 
my property compelled them to leave without finishing. | 
once again compel you to remedy the error. 

Sincerely, 


Mr. Baer 
This is the third time | have contacted you, and | do not 
believe your ignorance of my issue is accidental. | 


demand that you send a contractor to finish my home at 
once. It is unacceptable for a gentleman of my stature to 
be reduced to sleeping in the living room. If my home is 
not supplied with a master bedroom within the next three 
weeks, | will be forced to summon my lawyer. 


To those who it may concern 

| am alone and trapped and dark. | am all over. | feel the 
creaks of the beams. i taste the staleness of the wall. i 
am dry. ineed my bedroom. several days into the 
dawning of the suncere letter sent t an insincere man he 
said i would be my hous iam a man dont take me 
anynmore please 

i cant getsleepO/the remainder of the note is 
unintelligible.] 


« SCP-1045 | SCP-1046 | SCP-1047 » 


SCP-1047: Vengefully Ironic Street Signs 


Item#: SCP-1047 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-1047-1 
through -5 are to be individually shrink-wrapped in a nitrogenous 
atmosphere to minimize their exposure to atmospheric carbon 
dioxide, and stored in standard inanimate-object lockers equipped 
with atmospheric sensors to measure carbon dioxide 
concentrations, and automatic halon dispensers set to activate in 
case of fire. 


All instances of SCP-1047-1 are to be stored with their arrow 
pointing towards the ground. 


SCP-1047-6 cannot currently be taken into custody, and is 
contained at the location where it was discovered. The apartment 
building has been purchased by the Foundation via a front company, 
and is to be kept unoccupied. Dual pump systems have been 
constructed to evacuate the atmosphere in the room containing 
SCP-1047-6 and replace it with nitrogen (see appendix 1047-B26 for 
mechanical specifications and diagrams); these pumps are to run 
continuously. All personnel maintaining the pumps and/or 
researching the interface into the room containing SCP-1047-6 
should wear standard radiation dosimeters, and comply with 
standard health and safety regulations for radiation exposure. 


Description: SCP-1047 is a collection of 6 standard types of traffic 
and street signs, each type of which induces a different anomalous 
effect. These anomalous effects activate when an instance of 
SCP-1047 is taken from its standard pole, and contained in a room 
where there are atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide 
greater than approximately 600 ppm and/or atmospheric 
concentrations of the various combustion products of marijuana 
(Cannabis sativa) greater than 100 ppm; specific activation 


parameters for atmospheric conditions remain to be determined, as 
does the precise operational definition of 'room’. In all situations, 
these properties do not extend beyond the walls of the room in 
question, and can be interrupted by opening a door or window from 
the outside to promote gas exchange. 


SCP-1047-1 (18 instances in custody) is a 'One Way' sign. When 
SCP-1047-1 is activated, the force of gravity within the room will 
immediately reorient itself so that 'down’' is the direction of the arrow 
on the One Way sign. If, when falling towards the new direction of 
gravity, the direction of the arrow is changed (i.e., because the sign 
spins in midair, or collides with an object during freefall), the 
direction of gravity will then immediately point in the new direction of 
the arrow. If the room is an independent structure rather than part of 
a larger structure (e.g., mobile homes, camping tents, or portable 
toilets), the gravitational reorientation can lead to the forcible and 
continuous displacement of the structure in question; such 
displacements tend to result in the structure being destroyed by 
multiple collisions with its environment (at which point SCP-1047-1 
deactivates), but have also been known to lift the structures to the 
upper levels of the atmosphere (at which point SCP-1047-1 likewise 
deactivates due to reduced air pressure). 


SCP-1047-2 (23 instances in custody) is a 'Stop' sign. When 
SCP-1047-2 is activated, all vertebrate organisms within the room 
will immediately experience total paralysis of all voluntary muscles. 
Causes of death for individuals afflicted by SCP-1047-2 include fall- 
related injuries, aspiration on food, and starvation. 


SCP-1047-3 (31 instances in custody) is a 'No Parking’ sign. When 
SCP-1047-3 is activated, all vertebrate organisms within the room 
become unable to stop moving or to lose consciousness, and 
instead pace constantly until they die of exhaustion. As well, afflicted 
organisms are unable to leave SCP-1047-3's zone of influence. 


SCP-1047-4 (15 instances in custody) is a 'Merge' sign. When 
SCP-1047-4 is activated, the skin of all vertebrate organisms within 
the room, and all surfaces (with the exception of SCP-1047-4 itself) 
that have touched skin within the past 24 hours will immediately take 
on a semiliquid consistency, causing them to bond with each other 
at a molecular level upon contact. 


SCP-1047-5 (4 instances in custody) is a 'Yield' sign. When 
SCP-1047-5 is activated, all vertebrate organisms within the room 
will immediately lose all volition, and will sit motionless until such 
time as they see or hear any statement which can be interpreted as 
a command, at which point they will expend the minimum effort 
necessary to obey if this can be accomplished without leaving the 
room. [NOTE: although it can reasonably be assumed that 
SCP-1047-5's effects apply to all vertebrate organisms, the 
‘obedience’ effect has only been tested on humans and on trained 
mammals.] 


SCP-1047-6 is presumed to be a 'Speed Limit 55' sign, although this 
cannot be directly verified due to the nature of its anomalous effect. 
Within its area of effect (Apartment 6, #239 [REDACTED] Avenue) 
the speed of light is 55 miles (88 km) per hour. As a result, 
relativistic effects and Cherenkov radiation’ at the interface mean 
that it is impossible to enter the apartment. Dual pumps have been 
constructed on site to drain the atmosphere within the apartment 
and replace it with nitrogen; atmospheric concentrations are 
expected to drop below SCP-1047-6's activation parameters after 
473 (four hundred and seventy-three) years of continuous operation. 


Acquisition log: SCP-1047 was discovered on / /20 , following 
Incident 1047-A, involving an instance of SCP-1047-1 being stolen 
from a telephone pole in the city of [REDACTED] and installed as a 
‘wall decoration’ in a nearby apartment. The resulting five deaths 
were explained as the result of a truck crashing into the building. 


Investigation showed that City Councillor [REDACTED] had recently 
spoken out against an increase in street sign thefts, and had 
claimed that all sign thieves would "get what they deserve". When 
approached by the Foundation for an interview, Councillor 
[REDACTED] immediately committed suicide; a second 
Councilmember died of a cerebral hemorrhage at that time, as did 
two employees of the city's Department of Infrastructure. Another 
two employees of the Department of Infrastructure were struck and 
killed by lightning at that moment. Autopsies revealed no anomalies, 
except that all six corpses had identical teeth. 


Footnotes 
1. Due to the gross differences between the local speed of light and 


the average particle speed in a 22°C room, Cherenkov radiation 
emitted at the threshold of the effect consists of high-energy gamma 
rays rather than visible light. 


« SCP-1046 | SCP-1047 | SCP-1048 » 


SCP-1048: Builder Bear 


Item #: SCP-1048 
Object Class: Safe Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1048 is currently free to 
roam Site 24, as it poses no threat and has been observed to greatly 
improve the morale of personnel that interact with it. The 
whereabouts of SCP-1048 are currently unknown, though it is still 
believed to be somewhere in Site 24. Subject is to be secured for 
containment, but any creation of SCP-1048's should be destroyed 
on sight, unless further evidence warrants less extreme actions. No 
teddy bears are to be allowed in Site 24 to prevent any confusion or 
mistaken identity. Any object that resembles a teddy bear is to be 
reported to the security team immediately. 


-This is not a joke. We have no idea what SCP-1048's full 
capabilities are. Who knows how many of the damn things are out 
there by now? - Dr. Carver 


Description: SCP-1048 is a small teddy bear, approximately 33 cm 
in height. Through testing, composition of the subject revealed no 
unusual qualities that make it discernible from a non-sapient teddy 
bear. Subject is capable of moving of its own accord, and can 
communicate through a small range of gestures. The subject 
regularly shows affection to individuals in ways found endearing by 
most people. Affection is usually given in the form of a hug to the 
lower leg, but subject has also been observed dancing, jumping in 
place, and in two separate events it has even drawn child-like 
pictures for janitorial staff. All Foundation personnel that have 
interacted with the subject have responded positively to its affection, 
even D-class with normally sociopathic tendencies.