Addendum 3989-1: During inspection by Biological Containment 
Specialist Dr. Marshall Grant on 19/06/2015, 19 instances of 
SCP-3989- spontaneously appeared beyond the perimeter of the 
active zone and proceeded to dismantle primary containment. Dr. 
Grant initiated containment breach alarm but received no response 
from assets within Area-126. An unknown number of security assets 
on-site proceeded to release all biological anomalies in permanent 
containment: 2 instances of SCP-3989- and 47 instances of 
SCP-3989- . A firefight ensued wherein 30 Area-126 personnel 
were terminated, as well as 15 members of the Biological 
Containment inspection team. Foundation MTF assets in Damascus 
were scrambled, and successfully terminated all 21 instances of 
SCP-3989- outside of containment. 25 tagged instances of 
SCP-3989- were recovered from the bodies of Area-126 personnel, 
the rest remain unaccounted for. Containment procedures are 
currently under review by Dr. Grant. 


+ Interview AA-3989-03: Dr. Marshall Grant. 


Interview AA-3989-03, 19/06/2015: Dr. 
Marshall Grant 


Introduction: Standard after-action interview 
to establish details surrounding the 19/06 
containment breach at Area-126 performed by 
Dr. Mara Jamus. 


Dr. Marshall Grant is visibly distressed and is 
experiencing mild tremors throughout the 
interview. 


Jamus: Good afternoon Dr. Grant. 


Grant: Heh... No miss, it is definitely a bad 
afternoon. 


Jamus: Yes, | understand. Thank you very 


much for agreeing to do this interview. Do you 
need some more time before we proceed? 


Grant: No, thank you. | just— I— | wanna get 
this over with. Phew... You know, I've been 
working for the Foundation for almost 40 
years, and I've never seen... y'know, combat. 


Jamus: Based on what I've heard, you did 
very well for the circumstances. Let's proceed, 
shall we? First, what is it that led you to come 
to Area-126 today? 


Grant: You— You don't think that I— ? 


Jamus: We just need to get a full picture of 
the circumstances. Normally one of our local 
assets would have carried out this inspection, 
I'm curious why you came here. 


Grant: I— well— I'm a biologist, right? And | 
have a good long record, so the Foundation 
made me into a kind of consultant. | was 
flipping through a large stack of records when | 
saw this— this site here, middle of a war zone, 
popping out exobiological entities, surrounded 
by— what, a fence? No mention of Biosafety 
precautions, no pathologists on staff. Nothing. 
It just— It's dangerous, very dangerous. 


Jamus: Yes, but, coming all this way. Was 
that really necessary? 


Grant: Oh yes! | uh, called the uh... 
whaddayacallit, HMCL! Dr. Ghazalie and left 
messages. Email, phone calls, contacted the 
director. They just waved me off. ‘Don't worry 
about it, it's under control.' And the Damascus 
branch is... well, busy dodging bombs, so | 
figured I'd come out and see for myself. If it's 
under control, no harm, but if it's not, y'know, | 


can tell them what... Phew, sorry. 


Dr. Grant rests his head on the table and takes 
several deep breaths. 


Jamus: ...Marshall? Are you alright? 


Grant: Yeah just... | gotta slow down... Okay. 
Jesus. Adrenaline. 


Dr. Grant raises his head and takes a sip from 
a small cup of water. Nods and motions with 
his hand to continue. 


Jamus: So, going back to our discussion, 
what was the status of Area-126 when you first 
arrived? 


Grant: As soon as we pulled up | could smell 
it. The team | had with me couldn't but | could. 
Something was rotten, like dead or dying 
rotten. And | swear this... it's hard to describe, 
but there was a kind of dusty yellow haze over 
the whole place. 


Jamus: Agent [REDACTED] didn't report 
anything like that. 


Grant: | know, but, | used to HMCL for... 
Nevermind, the point is | had to get myself 
inoculated against basic cognitive hazards and 
hallucinogens, so... 


Jamus: | see. At what point did you sound the 
breach alarm? 


Grant: Well I— | tried to call someone out to 
talk, no answer again. And | wasn't about to 
step into that... stuff, who knows what. | had 
one of the Security Team radio the Armory, 
and all we got back was this... gibberish 
talking that | tried very hard not to hear. We 


start suiting up masks to head in there when... 
Jamus: Take your time. 


Grant: ...I've seen a lot of gross things but... | 
can't— It was like looking at something out of 
a video game or something, | couldn't believe 
what | was seeing. Three meters tall, maybe 
four, no skin, teeth the size of my thumbs. One 
arm was just enormous, the other cradled up 
next to it and | swear | watched it inflate to 
match the other one. Skin just suddenly wraps 
around it like plastic molding. It had no eyes, 
but | swear the bastard saw me. And it smiled. 


Jamus: And that— 


Grant: Then, boom, boom, boom, a bunch of 
‘em shoot up from the ground and there's 
bullets flying everywhere. | fell back to the van 
and got on the radio to Damascus because | 
have no idea if small arms can do anything to 
this thing. There was a lot of screaming and | 
didn't... | didn't watch, | couldn't watch. 


Jamus: What about inside the facility? Can 
you tell us about that? 


Dr. Grant shudders and nods. 


Grant: | crept out when | heard the helicopter 
overhead and the fence was all twisted and 
gone. Two of those ... | guess I'd call them 
humanoids, are slumped down on the ground 
not moving, a few more are surrounded further 
up. There were a couple of bodies nearby, 
partially— um— consumed. By now my 
adrenaline is up so | secured my mask, 
grabbed a rifle and started to make my way to 
the facility. That's when | noticed that the 
guys... the people inside were shooting out at 


me SO... 
Jamus: You did what you had to. 


Grant: ...Yeah... Yeah, | suppose. Luckily one 
of my team saw me and ran over to take the 
lead. Inside was a mess. Weird symbols on 
the walls, | can feel my head warping around 
it, so | just keep my eyes forward and focus on 
helping clear the hallway. Some of them 
surrendered; | don't— | don't think it works on 
everyone, whatever the... Anyway, we get 
down to the containment level and all the 
doors are just... open. Empty terrariums 
everywhere, and this... fuck. 


Jamus: You're referring to SCP-3989- ? 


Grant: RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
ATRIUM! SOMEONE WAS GROWING A 
TREE MADE OUT OF BACK-BONES RIGHT 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATRIUM! I— I— I— 
At first | thought it was like, a fetish or 
something, some sick construction they made 
in reverence to whatever's inside but... Then | 
heard its heartbeat. | heard it breathing. They 
had been growing it, culturing it, harvesting... 
things from it. Using some of the people on 
site to feed it. OUR people! The only locked 
cells had— I— I— | dunno, thirty unaffected 
people huddled inside, stripped nude and 
covered in... | don't wanna even guess. It was 
all over the logs, like they were— Some of this 
is going to have to go higher! And— ...I'm 
sorry, I'm rambling. 


Dr. Grant wipes his eyes and takes another 
drink of water. 


Grant: Okay, two things. Number 1, whatever 
is in there, it wants out. It wants our planet 


for... something. Food? Worship? | don't 
know. But there is no way this anomaly intends 
to stay put. 


Jamus: And the second? 


Grant: Containment procedures say its 
diameter is 12 meters here on our side? That's 
not even close. It's growing. We need to get 
someone down here yesterday. 


Addendum 3989-2: SCP-3989 has been upgraded to a "Keter" 
class anomaly. Biosafety Level 4 precautions are in effect to prevent 
future infestations of SCP-3989- within Area-126. New containment 
procedures complete as of 05/07/2015. Additional information is 
accessible only to personnel with L4 general or SCP-3989 project 
specific clearance. 


Personnel able to perceive this message are 
authorized to access the remainder of this 
document. If you are reading this and have 
not been inoculated via agent IH-3989-B, 
please contact Dr. Sahir Ywakim immediately 
to verify your clearance. Failure to do so may 
result in permanent cognitive impairment. 
Please note that inoculation does not lift all 
redactions for all readers. 


Exploration Logs 


+ Exploration Log 3989-15, 15/02/2014 
Exploration Log 3989-15, 15/02/2014 


Participants: D-126-15, Dr. Farik Ghazalie 
(remote observer) 


Introduction: Exploration of SCP-3989 began 
as of containment in December 2009. Initial 
surveys determined extent of the initial spatial 
anomaly, but were unable to identify additional 
anomalous properties. Subsequent research 
requests involving the effects of long-term 
exposure to non-euclidean spaces in live 
human subjects extended normal testing times 
beyond sunset, and allowed D-126-15 to 
directly observe SCP-3989-1, SCP-3989-1A, 
and SCP-3989-A for the first time. The 
experiment was re-purposed and D-126-15 
was fitted with audio and video surveillance 
equipment before being re-deployed within 
SCP-3989. 


D-126-15: Alright, how about now? 


Dr. Ghazalie: There you are! Okay, good, 
we're recording both audio and video; go 
ahead and turn on your headlamp and 
adjust... perfect. 


D-126-15: Heh, yeah, ain't my first rodeo. You 
want me to head back in? 


Dr. Ghazalie: Yes, please proceed toward the 
center of SCP-3989. 


Camera view turns and proceeds past several 
normal olive trees. After approx 15 seconds, a 
pair of trees at the edge of the visible field 
appear to stop moving as several more trees 
manifest through them and move past. 


D-126-15: ... That smell is coming back. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Can you describe it for the 
tape? 


D-126-15: Old blood. Something rotten and a 


from various points to the northeast. Fire-damaged 
or destroyed limbs retract out of sight. Pieces left 
behind collected by entity. No hostility reported 
directly towards Foundation teams. 


02:24 - Squads report some difficulty keeping up 
with the rate of replacement. Explosive weapons 
authorized against origin points. No hostility 
reported directly towards Foundation teams. 


02:39 - Dr. Meil and aerial squad go airborne. 


02:41 - Arms generate “from the walls” within 
Cafeteria 1, ground floor. Later examination 
reveals the arms had formed irregular holes in the 
drywall consistent with blunt force. Ground-floor 
squad engages, utilizing close-quarters weaponry. 
No hostility reported directly towards Foundation 
teams. 


02:49 - SCP-517-01 appears within Cafeteria 1 
ventilation system. Roof squad engages. Ground- 
based instances of SCP-517-01 are noted to 
continue reaching in the direction of Cafeteria 1, 
even while Dr. Meil has gone airborne within the 
evacuation vehicle. 200 estimated to have 
appeared. 


03:04 - SCP-517-01 appear on roof of Cafeteria 1, 
generating from kitchen exhaust ports. Damage 
done to structural mesh. Entity engaged. 


03:11 - SCP-517-01 observed to remove the 
locked fire-escape door on the north side of 

Cafeteria 1. Said instances generated within 
Cafeteria 1’s ventilation systems. 


03:22 - 4 SCP-517-01 limbs, generating from the 
exhaust system of Cafeteria 1, reach helicopter. 
Roof crew alerted, limbs culled. 


little sweet. Whoa... you seeing these? They 
look like little... maggot noodles. 


Camera pans to the left, revealing several 
small worm like creatures. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Yes. See if you can collect a 
few. 


D-126-15 produces a specimen bag and 
collects a few of the creatures. 


D-126-15: They're warm to the touch. Very 
soft. Kinda hard to pull off. Get a load of this 
bark. It's powdery, white... very brittle. 


Bark is covered in white patches. D-126-15 
scratches one of the white patches with his 
fingernail. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Can you remove a section for 
us? 


D-126-15 pulls a flake from the white portion of 
the tree, bringing some normal bark with it, 
and puts it in a separate bag. 


D-126-15: Got it. 
Dr. Ghazalie: Good. Keep moving. 


D-126-15: Goddamn, this smell keeps getting 
stronger. Look at these maggots. 


Camera pans quickly across several trees. 
Bark is not visible on some due to coverage of 
the small worms. D-126-15 coughs and gags. 


D-126-15: There's a lot- a lot of leaves on the 
ground here. Not much foliage left on the 
trees. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Do you need further assistance? 


D-126-15: Nah I'm good. It just reeks in here. 
Okay, something just shifted... |... | think I'm 
through. 


Trees that were formerly stationary at the edge 
of visibility continue moving forward. More 
trees become visible beyond. Dull yellow 
ambient light begins to grow. 


Dr. Ghazalie: We lost you on GPS, but we're 
still receiving you. Can you hear me? 


D-126-15: Loud and clear... not as many 
worms anymore, but all the trees are bone- 
white. | think | see a light up ahead. It can't be 
dawn already, can it? 


Dr. Ghazalie: Negative. Please proceed. 


Proceeds forward slowly. Ambient light 
increases and maintains a deep yellow color. 
D-126-15 stops suddenly as if startled. 
Camera pans around in all directions rapidly. 


D-126-15: | swear I'm being watched. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Try to remain calm and move 
your head slowly. It's hard for us to see if you 
start to panic like that. 


D-126-15: Yeah, easy for your ass to say. 
Grove of SCP-3989-1 taken within SCP-3989-A 


D-126-15 takes a long breath and walks 
forward. A low-hanging branch comes into 
view, apparently bearing red foliage. 


D-126-15: Oh that is just gross. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Please describe what you're 
seeing. 


D-126-15: The leaves are... beating. Christ. 
Dr. Ghazalie: Can you give us a closer look? 


D-126-15 reaches up to a branch and pulls it in 
front of the camera. Fluid is seen rushing 
through veins in a leaf-like structure. Structure 
regularly contracts and expands as though 
pumping the fluid. The branch in D-126-15's 
hand fractures, leaking a steady stream of 
thick, black fluid onto his hand. D-126-15 
begins to gag again before quickly putting the 
broken branch into a specimen bag. Camera 
pans down to reveal D-126-15's legs are 
apparently covered with the small white worms 
found on the forest floor. 


D-126-15: Nope, that's it. I'm done. 


Dr. Ghazalie: Please continue, D-126-15, we 
need to get as much information as we can. 


D-126-15: Don't care. I'm coming out. You do 
what you gotta do. 


Camera turns and D-126-15 begins to leave 
the anomaly. 


Dr. Ghazalie: [inaudible conversation]... 
Harrick, we need you to go further into the 
anomaly and collect more— 


Loud cracking sound from off camera, followed 
by a deep, guttural sound. Camera captures a 
large, pale hind limb moving out of sight 
behind a nearby tree. D-126-15 extinguishes 
headlamp and can be heard running 


Afterword: D-126-15 suffered minor 


lacerations on his shins and feet, though no 
trace of the worm-like creatures from the video 
could be found on or about his person. 
Specimens collected yielded valuable 
anatomical information for biology found within 
the anomalous space, designated SCP-3989- 
A. Branch returned by D-126-15 included an 
olive like structure in addition to the leaf-like 
structures of the anomalous plants. 
Composition of the branch and small wood 
sample were confirmed to be human bone. 
Leaves confirmed to consist of human cardiac 
tissue. No sample of the fluid was able to be 
retrieved. Anomalies designated SCP-3989-1 
and SCP-3989-1A respectively. D-126-15 was 
reprimanded and given 5 day extension to his 
term of service. 


+ Exploration Log 3989-16, 17/02/2014 
Exploration Log 3989-16, 17/02/2014 


Participants: D-126-15, D-126-16, Dr. Farik 
Ghazalie (remote observer)