me. He led me to the room where they had poor Mrs. RF laid out on 
a low table covered with...some canvas groundcloths, | think; to 
make her more comfortable. 


Interviewer: What was her condition when you arrived? 


Dr. Ehrenfeld: Thinking back now | should have realized...it was 
very bad. But | was young and had not much experience. She was 
quiet and only grunted with each contraction; she did not respond 
when | checked her vital signs and spoke to her. She did not even 
look at me. There was quite a bit of blood; a gush of it covered my 
hands as | reached down to begin helping her with the birth. The 
floor was slick with it underneath her. And the baby had not crowned 
yet; she was dilated well and the contractions were quite close 
together, and this made me fear she may be having a breech birth. | 
showed a calm face, though. | did not want to panic my nurse, or the 
researcher Doctor Merrill, who was nearby... a dignified older man. | 
believe | wanted to impress him. 


[A pause, breathing sounds, more sipping] 
Interviewer: And then, doctor? 


Dr. Ehrenfeld: | was concerned because of all the blood, that her 
life was in danger. | told her to push, and she was pushing...and my 
nurse helped her, putting downward pressure on the abdomen, as | 
attempted to manually aid the infant's emergence. | will spare you 
the details of a breech-birth procedure; it can be found in any 
obstetrics manual of the time. 


| probed blindly and felt... | thought it was a coil of the umbilicus, 
perhaps tangled around the baby's neck. | almost withdrew, thinking 
that an episiotomy would be required, but she tore before | could 
proceed. There was more blood, and the baby began to emerge into 
my hands. 


[a pause] 


| had never seen such a thing. You are a researcher; do you know 
much of the common cephalic birth defects? This was uncommon. | 
thought at first that the infant must be stillborn. Its flesh was gray — 


not the vernix-covered gray of a normal birth, but lifeless and 
degraded. The smell of decay... 


| recoiled, and the poor mother screamed on her last push, and the 
infant was delivered into my arms, with a great rush of hemorrhage. 
The deformity... unspeakable. The thoracic cavity was completely 
open, the limbs.... 


Interviewer: But it wasn't a stillbirth. 


Dr. Ehrenfeld: It looked at me. | heard the nurse above me, 
beginning resuscitation attempts... then heard her gasp and falter as 
she saw what | held. Gagging as the smell filled the room. | tried to 
drop the creature, but it clung to my hands, | felt my skin begin to 
blister and crack. 


Strange how clearly | can remember it. At my age, sometimes | 
cannot even remember what | had for dinner. The infant was almost 
double the length of a normal, viable fetus at eight months. Its lower 
body... segmented... 


[coughing, almost choking; a pause of two minutes while the 
interviewer assists Dr. Ehrenfeld with a nearby oxygen mask. ] 


Interviewer: What did you do then? 


Dr. Ehrenfeld: It began to laugh...and | killed it. [a pause] | broke its 
neck while it looked at me. 


Interviewer: Were there ever any questions or consequences? 


Dr. Ehrenfeld: [thin laughter] In 1942, with the country at war, and 
two respected professional men to give their testimony? No. The 
museum building had a furnace; | disposed of the infant's body 
myself. We claimed some more normal defect had taken the lives of 
mother and child. The husband was a drunkard and cared for 
nothing but her life-insurance policy. | believe he was drafted shortly 
thereafter, and died somewhere in France. And | left my practice 
almost immediately. | never delivered another child. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Dr. Ehrenfeld expired four months later of 
pneumonia. 


SCP-052: Time-Traveling Train 


Item #: SCP-052 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Although it is not possible to 
remove SCP-052 from the New York City subway system, its 
predictable behavior allows The Foundation to prevent the public 
from encountering it. The 59th St. A/B/C/D Station is to be closed to 
the public from 11pm-1am on Saturdays/Sundays under the pretext 
of “track maintenance.” During that time, the station is to be staffed 
with agents from Mobile Task Force Gamma-6. Agents have been 
ordered to prevent accidental public access to the station, and to 
capture anyone seen leaving SCP-052. Anyone who has been on 
SCP-052 must be transported to Site-21 for debriefing and 
processing. Members of the public who see SCP-052 may be 
released after the administration of a Class B amnestic. 


Description: SCP-052 is a type R4 New York City subway train. 
Official records indicate this train was built in 1932 and 
decommissioned for scrap in 1975. Nevertheless, it continues to 
appear on the Uptown A/D track at the 59th St. and 8th Avenue 
station at 11:57 p.m. every Saturday. The train is in perfect condition 
and labeled as an “A” train. SCP-052 appears at the designated 
time, opens its doors to accept/discharge passengers for 
approximately five minutes, then closes its doors and disappears. It 
does not appear to ever contain passengers, except for those 
leaving the train during its appearance. 


The majority of subjects that have boarded SCP-052 have not been 
recovered. Passengers leaving SCP-052 claim to have boarded on 
various dates, from 1976, up to 2204; the latter claims he thought 
SCP-052 was a 300th Anniversary Special train. Subjects retain no 
knowledge of time on board. 


Addendum: Passengers leaving SCP-052 must be brought to 


Site-21 and interrogated to determine their origin and possible threat 
to the current timestream. Generally, passengers from the past may 
be given Class A amnestics and reintegrated into society. 
Passengers from the future must be held indefinitely (see order 69- 
A1 from 05-9). Site-21 currently holds 26 recovered passengers. 


Despite our protocols to prevent public access, we are still receiving 
subjects from the future. Although some are from alternate timelines, 
it is possible SCP-052 will begin to appear at another time/place, 
requiring expanded containment. 


The Foundation has placed several subjects onto the train, in an 
attempt to understand its activities when not visible. 


Test 052-1: May 31, 2009. Agent _—_ placed on train. Not recovered 
as of present date. 


Test 052-2: June 6, 2009. Agent enters train. Not recovered, 
as he apparently returned to 1980 and was killed in a confrontation 
with [REDACTED]. 


Test 052-3: See notes on recovered passenger 052-4. 


After Test 052-3, O5 Command issued orders that no further agents 
should be risked as passengers on SCP-052. Consideration has 
been given to using Class D Personnel in their place, but the risk of 
releasing them into the past is too great. 


Log of Recovered Passengers in Foundation Custody 


Passenger 052-1: Entered train July 14, 2012; recovered: March 8, 
2008. 

Notes: An accountant on the way home from the theatre when she 
entered the train, 052-1 has expressed surprise and dismay to have 
traveled back in time four years, but appears to be otherwise 
unchanged and unharmed. She has been determined to currently 
exist in this timeline and must be held indefinitely to prevent 
unwanted temporal effects. 


Passenger 052-2: Entered train June 12, 1976; recovered: March 
15, 2008. 


Notes: Subject entered train when lost on the way to “Studio 54”. 
Although unharmed and not a temporal threat, 052-2 is being held 
as the examining psychiatrist believes 32 years is too long a period 
over which to facilitate successful reintegration. 


Passenger 052-3: Entered train December 6, 2014; recovered June 
20, 2009. 

Notes: A tourist from Jacksonville, Florida; subject 052-3 now 
speaks Albanian instead of English. Held due to O5 orders re: 
subjects from the future, as well as possible reintegration difficulties. 


Passenger 052-4: Entered train June 13, 2009; recovered June 27, 
2009. 

Notes: Agent from Test 052-3. Agent returned with his hands 
surgically removed and a note in his pocket with the message “Send 
no more.” Subject does not remember his experience on the train, 
but when subjected to hypnosis, revealed [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Passenger 052-5: Agent _ . Entered train at unknown future date, 
in violation of protocol. On July 11, 2009, body of subject was 
violently thrown from the train, landing 10 meters away. On 
examination, subject was found to have been [DATA EXPUNGED]. 
Whether security should be increased to prevent subject from 
entering SCP-052 is under consideration. 


Passenger 052-6: claims to be a Level 4 Supervisor from 
the “SCP Federation” who entered the train in December 2124. 
Subject had been administered a Class A-Prime amnestic prior to 
boarding, in a successful attempt to avoid the fate of Passengers 
052-4 and 052-5. Recovered Feb. 6, 2010. As he will never be 
released from Foundation custody, O5 Command has approved 
sharing otherwise classified information about other artifacts in our 
possession, in hopes of gaining new methods of containment, and 
becoming aware of future security breaches. Agent has been 
cooperative, and claims: 


— That it is good we do not know how to open SCP-699. Subject 
turned visibly pale and refused to discuss this item further. 


— To be a Survivor of the “Great Zombie Plague of 2092” caused by 
an SCP-008 containment breach. 


— That SCP- canbe killed by [DATA EXPUNGED] with a [DATA 
EXPUNGED] and SCP-_. [Permission to try this has been denied 
by O5- .] 


— That he worked for Dr. Jack Bright. 
« SCP-051 | SCP-052 | SCP-053 » 


SCP-053: Young Girl 


Item #: SCP-053 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-053 is to be contained in 
an area no less than 5 m x 5 m (16 ft x 16 ft) and given adequate 
room to move. Toys, books, games, and other recreational devices 
are to be amply provided and rotated every three (3) months. Proper 
bedding, bathroom, and medical facilities are to be maintained at all 
times. Food should be provided three (3) times daily, and two (2) 
snacks are allowed if requested. 


No physical contact is to be made with SCP-053 without full 
atmosphere-containment suit and eye shield. No eye contact is to be 
made with SCP-053 for any reason. Any objects given to personnel 
by SCP-053 may be removed, but must be given to quarantine for 
examination. Only one (1) member of personnel may be present in 
the room at any given time and must be secured by a safety line of 
steel cable. All personnel must be removed from SCP-053's 
containment chamber within 10 minutes of entering. 


Any personnel who begin to act erratically, scream, or attempt to 
grab SCP-053 are to be removed and quarantined. Any personnel 
attempting to remove their suit are also to be removed and 
quarantined. No sharp objects or firearms are allowed in SCP-053's 
containment room. 


Description: SCP-053 appears to be a small 3-year-old girl. She is 
capable of basic speech and appears to be slightly above average in 
mental development. She has a generally pleasant personality and 
rarely seems upset, becoming agitated only in the presence of 
groups of people. 


Any and all humans over the age of three who make eye contact 
with, physically touch, or remain around SCP-053 for longer than 10 


minutes will rapidly become irrational, paranoid, and homicidal. 
Most, if not all, of these feelings will be directed at SCP-053, and 
afflicted subjects will attempt to kill SCP-053 after first killing or 
driving off all humans visible to them. Those attempting to kill 
SCP-053 will suffer massive heart attacks or seizures and die 
seconds after doing any physical damage to SCP-053. SCP-053 will 
regenerate almost instantaneously from any wound, regardless of 
severity. 


SCP-053 appears wholly ignorant of these effects, and ignores any 
and all subjects affected. When questioned about the effect, 
SCP-053 is incapable of response. 


« SCP-052 | SCP-053 | SCP-054 » 


SCP-054: Water Nymph 


Item #: SCP-054 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Subject is held in a watertight 
isolation room outfitted with specialized climate control equipment. 
An ornate fountain filled with water stands in the center of the 
enclosure. Maintenance personnel are required to wear NBC suits 
while inside the containment area and must spend ten minutes in a 
special drying room after exiting. In the event of a breach, the 
surrounding area should be evacuated and the enclosure flushed 
with liquid nitrogen. 


The fountain's chemical levels and volume are to be monitored and 
maintained. Spring water from should be used as SCP-054 is 
highly sensitive to hydrological conditions. SCP-054 has developed 
a mistrust for human males during its confinement; thus, assignment 
of female personnel is recommended. 


Description: Out of the water, the subject most often appears as a 
female humanoid with a mean volume of 90 L comprised entirely of 
water (other forms are possible, commonly geometric shapes). 
When it enters a body of water, it becomes indistinguishable from its 
surroundings. The subject must periodically return to a body of water 
in order to maintain its volume due to evaporation. Initially found in 

, it was moved to Site-08 for further study. Subject was initially 
curious about Foundation personnel and seemed to enjoy 
interacting with maintenance staff and researchers, and mimicking 
their forms. After a number of weeks, the creature apparently felt 
comfortable enough to remain out of the water during routine 
monitoring, though it retreated when attempts were made to study 
its composition. 


SCP-054 is apparently composed of normal water, with no 
detectable differences compared to ordinary spring water from the 


same source. No thermal, electromagnetic, biological, or other 
phenomenon has ever been detected in its "body" that would 
suggest how it animates. Water lost by SCP-054 to evaporation 
exhibits no special properties when condensed. 


Experiments with SCP-054 were halted following [DATA 
EXPUNGED] two researchers injured. After this incident 
containment protocols were updated. Subject thereafter exhibited 
signs of mistrust and aggression around male personnel (which 
made up the majority of the original research staff). Subject 
reclassified Euclid. 


Partial transcripts, Audio Journal 054-A: 


Water loss experiment 

"Subject becomes withdrawn and inactive when denied 
access to water. Its compact shape is theorized to 
reduce surface area exposed to evaporation. For the first 
few days it moved eagerly to greet anyone entering its 
enclosure, and behaved excitably. Possibly indicates an 
understanding by the subject that we control its access 
to water supplies. Subject ceased this behavior 
yesterday, presumably in recognition that no help was 
forthcoming." 


Temperature extremes testing 

"We got authorization to attempt sub-zero testing this 
morning. The subject became lethargic as the 
temperature fell, and froze completely after 
Spectroscopy of the ice crystal revealed no 
abnormalities. Ice chips were collected for study. This is 
in stark contrast to its behavior in the 95 degree tests, 
when it became aggressive and attempted to escape its 
enclosure. We've submitted a work order to combine the 
climate control equipment with the subject's standard 
enclosure, as it has begun to resist efforts to transport it 
to experimental chambers with increasingly desperate 
behavior." 


Memory and conditioning evaluation 
"Subject has proven unexpectedly adept at navigating