SCP-004

Item #: SCP-004
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: When handling items 
SCP-004-2 through SCP-004-13, proper procedure is vital. The items are 
not permitted to be moved off-site unless accompanied by two Level 4 
security personnel. Under no circumstances should any other component of
 SCP-004 be taken through SCP-004-1. The effects of doing so are as yet 
unknown, and the current cost of experimentation makes further research 
impractical. Should any of the objects contained within SCP-004-1 breach
 containment, or the facility be breached, the keys must be brought 
inside and the door closed prior to activation of Site 62’s on-site 
warhead. Unauthorized removal of keys from the testing area is grounds 
for immediate termination.
Level 1 clearance is required for basic access to SCP-004-1; Level 4 clearance is required for use of SCP-004-2 to -13.
Description: SCP-004 consists of an old wooden barn 
door (SCP-004-1) and a set of twelve rusted steel keys (SCP-004-2 
through SCP-004-13). The door itself is the entrance to an abandoned 
factory in [DATA EXPUNGED].
==== Chronological History ====
07/02/1949: A group of three juveniles trespassing 
on federal property near ██████████ find the door. According to their 
testimony, they found a set of rusted keys in an iron lockbox and 
determined what door the keys unlock. The juveniles are taken into 
custody after they contact Sheriff █████████████████ when one of their 
friends (SCP-004-CAS01) eats dicks
07/03/1949: Local authorities find the severed right
 hand of SCP-004-CAS01 eight kilometers from SCP-004-1. Other parts of 
SCP-004-CAS01's body are found scattered as far as 32 km from the 
factory. Under interrogation, the apprehended juveniles tell authorities
 that upon opening the door with one of the keys, SCP-004-CAS01 was torn
 into several pieces, each of which disappeared. At this point, the SCP 
Foundation takes over the investigation.
07/04/1949: SCP Agent █████ obtains the keys from 
the local authorities to begin testing. Tests show that SCP-004-2 
through SCP-004-13 all fit into a single lock on the large barred door. 
12 Class D personnel are assigned to test the effects of the door. Of 
the twelve test subjects each trying a different key to enter the room, 
only two survive. Opening the door with any key except SCP-004-7 or 
SCP-004-12 caused the test subjects to be torn apart in multiple 
directions; however, no dismembered parts were found until later. At the
 time of writing, only two parts of each subject have been recovered 
(with the exception of the subject using SCP-004-█, whose pieces were 
scattered in close proximity). The others have, for all intents and 
purposes, vanished from existence.
Of the two surviving subjects, only one (having used SCP-004-7) 
returned unharmed. The other came back in a near-catatonic state, able 
only to remove himself from the room and then collapse on the floor, and
 had to be restrained to prevent him from gouging out his eyes (see 
Appendix A: Mental Health Effects of SCP-004). The subject using 
SCP-004-7 said that he had entered a large room, impossibly big for the 
size of the attached building. After his exit, SCP-004-1 was propped 
open and an armed squad of Level 3 personnel entered. The size of the 
room is impossible to measure and the door frame and the individuals in 
the room are the only part of the room that can be felt or illuminated.
07/16/1949: The juvenile suspects and Sheriff █████████████████ are terminated.
08/02/1949: █████████████████ is declared a 
hazardous area "due to unexploded ordnance" and fences erected in order 
to prevent civilian ingress. Tests to determine safety of exposure to 
environment behind SCP-004-1 begin.
12/01/1950: Space-time anomalies resulting from exposure to SCP-004 are confirmed. Testing is suspended until further notice.
07/02/19██: The unaccounted-for remains of 
SCP-004-CAS01 appear unexpectedly outside SCP-004-1. Despite being 
killed decades before, the remains of SCP-004-CAS01 are not decomposed 
in any manner and are still warm to the touch. Blood remains 
uncoagulated. The remains are remanded for testing.
07/04/19██: The unaccounted-for remains of one of 
the twelve (12) original test subjects appear in similar manner to those
 of SCP-004-CAS01. The remains have been designated SCP-004-CAS02. 
Records suggest that both SCP-004-CAS01 and CAS02 used SCP-004-██.
03/21/1999: With the massive proliferation of 
nuclear weapons and World War III only ██ years away, construction has 
begun on a site inside SCP-004-1. The site is to stock supplies for 
███████ person-days.
04/21/1999: █████████████████ has ordered the site 
inside SCP-004-1 to be expanded to include emergency storage for all 
mobile SCP-███ specimens and a ██-petabyte database for the storage of 
all SCP data. The facility is now referred to as Site-62.
09/25/2000: Site-62 is operational. Labs and 
containment units are complete and can contain the most dangerous 
specimens. Backup of the SCP database has begun.
01/25/2001: Due to time anomalies (see “Space-Time 
Anomalies” below), all personnel working at Site-62 are now required to 
reside on-site permanently. Families of personnel are to be informed 
that loved ones perished in an industrial accident. Cloned bodies have 
been prepared for funeral.
08/14/2003: Massive power outage across Northeast 
United States and through Canada. Due to the initial failure of multiple
 SCP generators, Site-62 was without power for fifty-three (53) minutes.
 During those fifty-three (53) minutes, those on site were completely 
without any source of light. They reported "sensing" creatures and 
people, although no abnormal entities could be seen or felt. Selected 
facility personnel were allowed to read ████████████ (Appendix A) and 
said the creatures "sensed" were of humanoid size but otherwise similar 
to the massive green creature described.
==== Space-Time Anomalies ====
SCP-004 seems to propagate spatiotemporal anomalies. Personnel 
leaving the facility report losing time. Those who have been in the site
 for weeks insist that they had only been in the facility for several 
days, and records of work completed and supplies consumed support their 
claims. Other temporal anomalies involve SCP-004-2 through -13, 
especially the reappearance of SCP-004-CAS01 and SCP-004-CAS02 exactly 
██ years after using SCP-004-██. ████████████████████ has been assigned 
to investigate all aspects of these time anomalies. Spatial anomalies 
include the impossibly large dimensions of the area opened by SCP-004-7.
 Similarly, the 2003 blackout incident suggests that there exists an 
alternate plane of existence within the same space that Site-62 
occupies.
==== Additional Notes ====
Testing on SCP-004 reveals that ten of the keys open SCP-004-1 on a 
dimension where the laws of physics and topology are significantly 
different than those of our home dimension. Test subjects meeting these 
hostile conditions are torn apart, their body parts deposited in various
 locations, only three of which have been verified to be on Earth. 
Material deposited at two of these points appears immediately; material 
deposited at the third appears exactly ██ years into the future. The 
other seven locations are currently unknown.
Current testing focuses on two avenues of research. The first is 
finding ways to survive SCP-004’s hostile topologies. The second [DATA 
EXPUNGED] suggest that SCP-004-2 through -13 may open doors other than 
SCP-004-1.
==== Appendix A: Mental Health Effects of SCP-004-12 ====
All Class D personnel using SCP-004-12 return in a catatonic state, 
unable to speak. Some may have enough energy left to try to claw out 
their eyes. Of the 16 subjects, only 4 have survived. Only one has 
regained speech, following long-term psychotherapy. He was able to tell 
the psychiatrist that he saw a massive green creature, so large that 
much of its body extended beyond his field of view. He reported innate 
fear and sudden recognition, “as if it were something buried deep in 
[his] primal fears,” and forced implantation of “incomprehensible” 
memories. Subject displays acute anterograde and retrograde amnesia.
==== Appendix B: Additional Information ====
Item #: SCP-004-14
Date of Discovery: 09/02/1950
Origin of Object: Object was discovered elsewhere in factory area, in the previously undiscovered manager's office.
Description: Object appears as a large, unvarnished 
wooden box. The box may be unlocked by the "safe" key, SCP-004-7, as 
well as five of the "unsafe" keys (see Document SCP-004-1).
Upon unlocking SCP-004-14 with SCP-004-7, the box opens automatically
 on hinges. The volume of the space inside is precisely five times 
greater than the outer dimensions imply. Items placed within while the 
lid remains open do not affect the weight or any other properties of the
 box. When the lid is closed and locked, however, all items inside 
vanish irretrievably. Personnel locked inside the box are also 
irretrievable, although losing personnel in this fashion appears to 
affect significantly the dreams experienced by [DATA EXPUNGED].
Category:Series I
Category:Euclid