We made significant progress today, covering 
a lot of ground. Mohammed held the compass. 
The rations and water are running out quicker 


than | thought, but | expect we'll reach the 
Sub-Sahara before they go completely. 
Mohammed is looking wearier than when | 
found him, | will admit. Walking must have 
taken its toll on him. 


19th July 1942 


We've been moving for the last two days. Food 
ran out on the 18th, we still have some water 
left. Mohammed's condition hasn't improved, 
I've had to support him with my shoulder for 
the last few hours before we set up camp. I'm 
not sure the boy is going to make it if we don't 
reach the end of the sands soon. 


20th July 1942 


| think it's the end for Mohammed. He 
collapsed today and is struggling to breathe. 
I've given him water. I've been trying to get a 
full name from him so | can try and find his 
family when | escape the desert. It's been 
unsuccessful so far. I've also been 
unsuccessful at finding food, there's no insects 
or lizards or anything. 


21st July 1942 


Mohammed has passed, it happened this 
afternoon. There's nothing to bury him with, 
and | don't know what religion he is, so his 
corpse is just lying there. I'm not sure what to 
do with it. I'm not going to last much longer 
without food in this heat. The water is running 
dangerously low, too. For the first time, I'm 
having doubts about my fate. 


22nd July 1942 


| don't kno 


| gave in to a horrible desire. | knew | couldn't 
go another day without food before | collapsed 
from exhaustion. | tried to devour Mohammed. 
| found a sharp rock and tried to dig into his 
flesh. All that came out was sand. Sand and 
dust, pouring out. His body collapsed inwards 
and the sand mixed in with the ground. | don't 
know what Mohammed was. Go 


23rd July 1942 


All day. There's been a sound ringing in my 
ears. A scr a laugh. A visceral, shattering 
laugh. It conjures something deep inside my 
being. Mohammed was taking us the wrong 
way. He was taking us North. I'm probably in 
Libya now. So it's probably a better idea to 
head North than South now. | don't know how 
much water I've got left. 


24th 


| noted my water flask was feeling much 
heavier. | thought, by some miracle, 
condensation had perhaps collected in the 
flask. | took a sip. Gasoline. All of it. So now | 
have nothing to drink. | need to When | took 
the sip the laughing started again, only this 
time it was louder and much more harsh. 


25th 


| found some dirty water underneath a rock, so 
I've got some more days until | die of thirst. | 
saw something on the horizon. A tank, moving 
faster than a tank ever should. If it wasn't a 
German tank | would have gone to approach it. 
| don't want to be killed or taken as a prisoner. 
The sands are still better than that. 


26th 


SCP-376: The Traffic Light Tree 


Item #: SCP-376 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-376 is to remain in the 
Secure Agriculture Facility at Site- . It is to be linked to a single 
underground electric cable that is to be powered by a single 
generator not attached to the main power grid. There is no need for 
any additional security measures to contain SCP-376 other than the 
existing security at the Secure Agriculture Facility. 


Description: At first glance, SCP-376 appears to be an irregular 
traffic light with far too many components attached. However, 
SCP-376 is not a man-made object, but is in fact a naturally 
occurring organism. It is currently unknown how or why SCP-376 
has managed to mimic the appearance of a traffic light. 


Testing has revealed that the exterior of SCP-376 is actually 
composed of organic material, rather than steel. The bark that it 
produces hardens to form a protective coating around SCP-376 that 
takes the appearance of steel. However, while the bark does appear 
and feel like steel to the touch, the bark is not nearly as strong, only 
able to withstand stresses similar to regular tree bark. The light that 
SCP-376 produces is a form of bioluminescence, which it is able to 
manipulate to glow in the three colors commonly associated with 
traffic lights: red, green, and yellow. SCP-376 is somehow able to 
control which light activates and does so in a predictable sequence, 
though it is not known how or why. 


Extended video recording of SCP-376 shows that it has an 
uncontrolled growth rate, necessitating constant care and trimming. 
Each individual traffic light begins as a bud, but will quickly mature 
into a full size traffic light within the space of several minutes. The 
appearance of a new light on SCP-376 typically happens every nine 
to ten days. Removing one of the lights causes it to cease 


| didn't confront the tank, it found me. | was 
walking and it rolled up behind me at an 
unimaginable speed. The hatch opened and a 
man came out. It was Mohammed, but his face 
was Caved in and burned. He pointed a finger 
at me and let out a scream not befitting that of 
a man. If | get out of here I'm never going to 
forget that scream. He left a live beetle grub 
which | was forced to devour. 


27th 


My compass is gone. | was looking at it, and it 
became encrusted with what | can only 
assume is rust and the needle stopped turning. 
The compass is made of aluminium. When | 
was walking today | suddenly saw a red gash 
open up in the sky for a few seconds, before it 
fizzled. This repeated serveral times before an 
unholy yell rang out, and the event stopped. 


28th 


There's something sinister in these sands, | 
know that for a fact now. | was hiding from the 
sun inside a cave and something started 
pounding on the outside. Something huge. The 
cave filled with water and | drunk as much as | 
could before it turned into fine sand. The 
laughing started again. That same laughing 
after Mohammed died. It caused the cave to fill 
with the most retched stench | have ever been 
exposed to, like a rotting corpse. I'll be 
cowering in this cave until | know I'm alone 
again. 


29th 


For most of my life, I've never been the most 
religious man. But | think I've seen the face of 
s what | can only explain as a devil. | left the 


cave and wandered, and it stalked over a sand 
dune. A tall, angular face with eyes sunk into 
deep craters, and a grin of pure sadism. Arms 
that tapered off into thin claws supporting a 
skeletal body. Back legs hunched like an 
ape’s. Sand fell off the body of the beast in 
piles, and as it got closer | could smell the 
same scent as in the cave. It walked over me 
and collapsed into dust, a red hue radiating. 
He 


30th 


| ran for my life from what | thought was a 
German unit, but | believe it was just another 
manifestation of the beast. All the soldiers 
were joined by a bridge of flesh at the hip. | 
was shot at numerous times, but the bullets 
turned to sand as they hit my skin. I've had no 
luck finding water or any more food. 


31st 


He came to me. The demon, but smaller. 
Those eyes in craters, that skeletal body. He It 
was man-sized. He told me he would never let 
me leave and that | was cursed with him, 
before leaving a grub and a bowl of stagnant 
water. | was forced to devour them once again. 


The logs abruptly cut out at this point. The book was 
found bonded to a large boulder. Nearby, a pencil with 
the graphite inside replaced with sand was discovered. It 
is unknown what happened to James 


Addendum 2: Following is a summary of the most notable D-Class 
test. Summary contains notable log extracts. 


+ Class-D Personnel Experiment 11 


D-AP0391 was a 44 year old man convicted of murder. It 


is noted that D-AP0391 converted to devout Catholicism 
while awaiting execution. D-AP0391 was left abandoned 
in north Mali with several days worth of food, water, and 
live audio and video feeds. 


Notable Log Extracts 
[EXTRACT 1] 


D-AP0391 is heading North. SCP-3062 
manifests as an angel-like entity, levitating 
above D-AP0391. 


SCP-3062: Son... You have sinned. This is 
your curse. 


D-AP0391: | have repented! For the last 8 
years | have repented! 


SCP-3062: You have failed us all. 


SCP-3062 vanishes. D-AP0391 stops and 
rests, seeming distressed. 


[EXTRACT 2] 


D-AP0391 is seemingly wandering in an 
aimless direction. SCP-3062 manifests walking 
in front of D-AP0391, resembling modern 
depictions of Jesus Christ. D-AP0391 
stumbles and seems shocked. 


SCP-3062: My son... | have come to help you. 
Come to me. 


D-AP0391 approaches SCP-3062 tentatively. 
D-AP0391: Thank you, father. 


SCP-3062 suddenly pulls out a khopesh? and 
pierces D-AP0391's chest. D-AP0391 screams 
and falls back, weeping. 


SCP-3062: Scum. 


SCP-3062 vanishes. The weapon in D- 
AP0391's chest turns into sand and collapses, 
and the wound heals. 


[EXTRACT 3] 


D-AP0391 is lying on a rock. SCP-3062 
manifests in the form of stereotypical western 
depictions of Satan. 


D-AP0391: Get away from me, please! 


SCP-3062: I'm not going to hurt you. | just 
want to help you. SCP-3062 extends a hand 
with a bowl of water inside it. 


D-AP0391: Why this kindness? Starts to 
consume the water 


SCP-3062: To remind you that kindness 
existed. 


The water turns to sand in D-AP0391's mouth. 
SCP-3062 starts laughing and vanishes. The 
laughing remains in the radio signal to 
researchers. The laughing stops, and 
researchers record a voice speaking directly 
into the radio. Communications are lost with D- 
AP0391, who has not yet been recovered. 


Addendum 3: An unrelated Foundation excursion into the Egyptian 
Sahara uncovered a structure believed to be around 3000 years old. 


The structure was ancient Egyptian in origin and appeared to be a 
site of worship at first. Upon entering the subterranean portion of the 
structure, personnel discovered the scene of an apparent struggle. A 
large coffin-like structure lay in the centre, surrounded by mummified 
corpses, which all displayed unusual scarring - for example, one 
body possessed a rib cage comprised of lead. The lid of the coffin 
was found several metres across the room. 


At one point on the wall, several lines of hieroglyphics were written. 
A good portion of these hieroglyphics were illegible. Personnel have 
translated as much as they could, and the translation is found below. 


Here is buried [ILLEGIBLE] ...from the red gate 


[ILLEGIBLE] Caused [ILLEGIBLE] and suffering, across 
the lands 


Vanquished [ILLEGIBLE] armies of the righteous 
[ILLEGIBLE] cursed to these sands forevermore. 


Shortly after discovery, SCP-3062 manifested outside the structure. 
Personnel were unable to prevent SCP-3062's advance, and the 
entity turned the structure into sand, destroying it. Several personnel 
received severe injuries. 


Footnotes 
1. For example, sand into water or vice versa 
2. An Egyptian sickle-sword 


SCP-3063: A fly 


A manifestation of SCP-3063. 


Item #: SCP-3063 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Newly discovered SCP-3063 
manifestations are to be reported immediately, and destroyed as 
soon as possible by whatever means are appropriate. All 
Foundation buildings, and the residences of all Foundation 
personnel are to be equipped with the most effective insect control 
measures available. At no point should personnel ever interact with 
or acknowledge SCP-3063 manifestations outside of immediately 
destroying said manifestation. 


Any Foundation personnel or civilian individuals known or suspected 
to have made an agreement with SCP-3063 are to be immediately 
contained in the nearest Foundation facility equipped with 
appropriate containment facilities! until the event of said individual's 
death. Once the affected individual has died, their remains are to be 
incinerated along with any organisms that may have emerged from 
them during their containment. Individuals affected by SCP-3063 do 
not require food or other external attention, and under no 
circumstances are they to be removed from containment while alive. 


lf affected individuals are unable to be contained for any reason, 
every effort should be made by Foundation operatives to kill said 
individuals before the event of their natural death. If this is 

impossible, or if affected individuals are not discovered until their 
deaths, Mobile Task Force Beta-5 is to enact Procedure 18-Islip. 


Description: SCP-3063 is a telepathic, class-5 reality bending 
entity. SCP-3063 invariably manifests as a physiologically non- 
anomalous adult male housefly (Musca domestica). |t is currently 
believed that only one manifestation of SCP-3063 exists at any 


given time, but this is yet to be confirmed. Manifestations are to be 
considered “destroyed” when they have sustained damage that 
would be sufficient to kill a non-anomalous housefly, after which 
SCP-3063 will manifest elsewhere on Earth. No manifestation event 
has been observed as of yet, and it is not currently known whether 
SCP-3063 manifests as an entirely new individual housefly, or 
simply inhabits the body of an existing housefly. 


All SCP-3063 manifestations operate with a single goal; namely 
making an agreement with an individual. The terms of such 
agreement vary greatly, but almost always involve SCP-3063 
promising an individual any single thing they greatly desire in 
exchange for an unspecified price. Such offers have included large 
sums of money, the love of other individuals, political power, and 
reality bending ability. It is hypothesized that SCP-3063 reads the 
thoughts of its target to tailor an offer specific to them. SCP-3063 
refuses to discuss anything other than the terms of its agreement. 


If an individual accepts the terms of agreement, the SCP-3063 
manifestation will immediately combust and die, at which point the 
individual will receive what they were promised. If an individual does 
not accept, SCP-3063 will continue to attempt to tempt them with 
larger and larger offers until either the individual accepts or the 
manifestation is destroyed. If SCP-3063 manifestation is destroyed, 
successive manifestations will continue to contact the individual until 
they consent to the agreement. 


After a period of 2,376 days from the moment an agreement with 
SCP-3063 is made, affected individuals will undergo a process as 
detailed below: 


¢ Fertilized eggs representing virtually all known species of the 
order Diptera will spontaneously appear within the lungs, 
throat, stomach, intestines, sinuses, ear canals, rectum, 
urethra, and muscle tissues of affected individual. The number 
of such eggs typically ranges from 5,000 to 20,000. 

¢ The eggs will hatch naturally, and the resulting maggots will 
begin consuming tissues of the affected individuals for 
between 3 and 14 days in order to escape the body. 


« When this period has elapsed, the maggots will pupate, and 

lie dormant. 

Within 2 to 6 days, pupae will emerge as adult imago® flies. 

« Newly emerged flies will continue consuming their host and 

breeding with each other until the host has sustained sufficient 

damage and dies. This typically takes between one and five 

weeks, and has been known to produce upwards of 50 million 

individual flies. 

When the affected individual has died, the remaining flies will 

cease reproducing, and enter a stage of dormancy, during 

which they will eventually starve and die. 

« Anew manifestation of SCP-3063 will appear shortly after the 
death of the affected individual.