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Excerpt from '11 Ways to Spruce Up that Marriage'
"… now, of course, you're gonna want to make sure you don't have any children, unless the child is your problem. In that case, it'll clean it right up in no time."

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Item #: SCP-4747
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawler ƟU-4747 is to locate and remove instances of SCP-4747. Persons responsible for its spread are to be treated with Class B amnestics. Couples that have successfully performed SCP-4747 are to be treated with Class A amnestics.
Mobile Task Force Theta-6 ("Witch Hunters") is to capture and incinerate instances of SCP-4747-1. A single instance is kept for long-term study in Site 56, and is to be contained in a Type-B reinforced containment chamber.
Description: SCP-4747 is a document detailing a ritual intended to resolve relationship conflicts. Copies of SCP-4747 are shared primarily through sites such as Facebook and Reddit. SCP-4747 can be performed on a budget of under 100 USD.
SCP-4747 takes a single day to perform, and requires the following:

At least two participants, all of which must be in a romantic relationship with one another, who have not performed SCP-4747 previously.
1 meter3 of wood.
100 grams of grape jelly.
6 candles per participant.
1 kilogram of human hair.
A hole, at least █.█ meters deep and █.█ meters wide.
[REDACTED]

On a successful performance of SCP-4747, an instance of SCP-4747-1 will emerge from the hole used in the ritual. SCP-4747-1 is an animate mass of human limbs and hair, approximately 1.5 meters in diameter. All instances of SCP-4747-1 are hostile towards humans, with the exception of individuals who have performed SCP-4747. Examination of SCP-4747-1 indicates that instances are genetically identical to the executor of Step 7.
Couples that perform SCP-4747 report higher levels of relationship satisfaction. Long-term observation suggests lower levels of separation and future conflicts in such couples.

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Item #: SCP-4752
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: A 5000km2 exclusion zone has been established around SCP-4752. Exploration and research teams that come within 100 kilometres of this exclusion zone are to be re-directed to their basecamp under the guise of "seismic activity".
Description: SCP-4752 is a large mountain located at the southern end of the Transantarctic Mountain Range resembling a right angle triangle with a concave hypotenuse. Geological studies have indicated that since the late 16th century, SCP-4752's mass has been slowly concentrating beneath its peak, at the far west of the mountain, with no non-anomalous geological explanation. The rate of transfer has been accelerating since the 1980s. As of 2019, 44% of SCP-4752's mass was concentrated beneath its peak.
Addendum-4752-001: Geological studies have indicated significant shifts in mass on the following dates, amongst others:

33 CE
December 1792
1873 - 1879
24/10/1929
19/10/1987
15/09/2008
20/02/2020

Addendum-4752-002: On 06/09/2020, GoI-3425 ("Anochists") launched an assault on the west side of SCP-4752, during which an estimated 30% of SCP-4752's mass was lost. Members of GoI-3425 planted a nuclear explosive at the base of SCP-4752's west side and detonated it after a retreat. Following this, world economic output suffered a decline of 26%.

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Documentation of SCP-4754's exterior, 09/18/1999.

Item #: SCP-4754
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Any reports of SCP-4754 are to be investigated and, if found to be valid, the building is to be condemned under the pretense of a municipal health department. Diners and staff found inside the building are to be detained and interviewed if SCP-4754 is active upon discovery. Subjects in need of dental care are to be given a low-cost implant option to maintain normalcy.
Description: SCP-4754 is a pop-up restaurant which manifests in vacant or abandoned storefronts. It has only been known to manifest in metropolitan areas with a population of 25,000 or greater. The branding and menu selection varies between different appearances. Cooks, wait staff, and other employees necessary to run a restaurant will be hired through short-term work services.
SCP-4754 is inhabited by a group of humanoid beings collectively designated as 4754-A. Their physical appearance is hidden by sanitary masks and other dental doctor's garb with any visible features usually being described as "bird-like." Speaking with a universally shrill tone of voice, 4754-A also frequently clack and lick their presumed teeth beneath the mask(s).
Approximately one month after SCP-4754's opening, during peak business hours, 4754-A will emerge from the kitchen with a full suite of dental operating equipment attached to a mobile reclining chair. They will approach a diner with a mouthful of food and, after briefly inspecting their incisor teeth, inject an unknown solution into the subject's gums to induce a semi-conscious state and full-body numbness.
4754-A will then eat any foreign matter from the subject's oral cavity starting with any half-eaten food and then proceeding to extracting any of the subject's teeth containing fillings or which have otherwise received visible and permanent dental care.
The quantity of 4754-A present for this procedure allows each instance to eat at least one of the subject's teeth. The method of consumption varies, with some appearing to crunch teeth to powder while other 4754-A may suck on a tooth in a manner similar to a "jawbreaker" candy.
During this process, all present instances of 4754-A will casually communicate with one other, while only speaking at the subject. Remarks such as "I hope you remembered not to floss. I'm a big fan of dessert" and "this molar looks like it'll be very filling." 4754-A consistently describes dental retainers and braces as being "crunchy."
Staff and customers are fully capable of observing these events, but have never regarded them as unusual or mentioned them without prompting.
After they finish consuming from the subject's oral cavity, 4754-A will place them back in their dining chair, then disappear once they and their equipment have crossed the threshold into the kitchen or back room of SCP-4754.
After closing for that night, SCP-4754 will not re-open again at that location.

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A donut recovered from SCP-4759-A

Item #: SCP-4759
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Existing Foundation elements in state governments are to monitor for SCP-4759 manifestations and discredit it during deliberations. Donut shops in affected areas are to be surveilled for SCP-4759-A.
As of 03/10/2017, state legislators are to be investigated for any connections to bakeries and bread distributors.
Description: SCP-4759 are anomalous additions to existing bills being considered by state legislatures. SCP-4759 instances are usually between 10,000 and 120,000 words and consist almost entirely of nonsensical words and phrases, with the exception of a single section that describes a "donut tax" in great detail and specificity.
The donut tax bill imposes a sales tax of 10-90% on all donuts and related food items and products, as well as a heavier tax on the overall profits of small businesses which sell donuts. Legislators reviewing SCP-4759 will regard the document as non-anomalous, and discuss the tax as they would any other.
Legislators in support of SCP-4759 will suffer insomnia, persistent nightmares, and develop a severe flour allergy.
Occasionally, a legislator that supports the tax will be accosted by a figure instantly manifesting near their location. This figure, designated SCP-4759-A, resembles a humanoid armed with a lance and mounted on a horse, and is composed entirely of compressed donuts. (Local stores report the sudden disappearance of large amounts of donuts during SCP-4759-A manifestations.)
SCP-4759-A will vocalize through unknown means and challenge the legislator to single combat, with the condition that should SCP-4759-A win, the legislator must attempt to stop the passing of SCP-4759. If the legislator declines, SCP-4759-A will continue to reappear on subsequent days until they acquiesce.
To date, the combined actions of the Foundation and SCP-4759-A have managed to prevent SCP-4759 from being passed into law.
Addendum: On 03/09/2017, SCP-4759-A attempted to battle Alabama Senator Vivian Davis Figures due to the latter's extremely vocal support for the bill. Upon being struck by SCP-4759-A's lance, Senator Figures' skin was pierced; she removed it and revealed herself to be composed entirely of bagels. Senator Figures won the duel and fled the scene, and has not been located since. Cover Story 119-L ("Golfing Accident") was employed. SCP-4759-A has continued its appearances.

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Item №: SCP-4763
Anomaly Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The farmland housing SCP-4763 has been encircled with a chain-link fence and CCTV system. No sapient entities are permitted access.
Description: SCP-4763 is a disused well in Guilsfield, Wales. SCP-4763 remains constantly filled to a depth of 10 metres with a viscous black fluid, identified by Foundation metaphysicians as impure liquid pathos. This fluid, when ingested, will trigger a permanent restructuring of local reality, with specifics as outlined in Document 4763-Aeschylus. Due to the nature of pathos, these restructurings are invariably harmful (physically or emotionally) to the subject consuming the fluid.
Discovery: SCP-4763 was located following the death of 13 year-old Timothy Driscoll, who drowned in the well alongside his two pet dogs, having fled to the farmland as refuge from his abusive father. Both dogs had gone missing in the months prior, and were reunited with the child only after his death. Timothy's father later drowned while attempting to recover the body before the authorities could investigate, and his mother committed suicide through hanging after hearing of the news — due to the fixture of the noose to a weakened support beam, their family home collapsed moments after her death, killing Timothy's elder brother and three further family pets.
Timothy had previously been employed as a paper delivery boy, and his father and brother worked at a family-owned butcher's shop, which was failing due to the opening of a large supermarket in the vicinity. His mother was an amateur novelist; although she had recently received her first successful offer of publication, all manuscripts were lost in the building collapse and ensuing fire.
The only item not destroyed during the event was a winning lottery ticket, worth over £2,200,000. Based on financial extrapolations, all family members are estimated to have been two days from potential retirement.

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Item #: SCP-4780
Object Class: Apollyon
Special Containment Procedures: not apollyon needed to get attn. name thomas burter am lv 4 researcher writing 4780 doc abt SHRINK RAY then powersurge. ray hit shrank me. ithas reverse can ushrik hurry notjokelook me up am in adv reserch cmplx rm401 phon dead m stuk on desk. typed in scp form. jumpedon keys alll nite hurry rats in bldg HUNGRY RATS. shrikig still harderto press ketys will b in 401 on desk. ray still pwrd poitn 2 desk flip lever 2 ushrik pressfireHURRY1
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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The following document is not an error and is not to be edited. Please do not report the SCP-4787 file to RAISA.
— Dr. Kitty Kearns

I shouldn't be writing this on the database, but there is a man you don't remember, and I'm going to explain why. I shouldn't be writing this. But fuck it, I want what happened to be known. If I knew, I would have.
Do you remember Black Hole Road?
May 18th, 2021. I was assigned to investigate a pothole in some town in New Jersey. There were witness reports of strange happenings near it, so some of us were dispatched. That's how I met Agent Brooks Wall — he was a good man; engaged, reasonable, but didn't take shit from anyone. He was the one leading the mission.
So, we arrived. Our cover was as road workers sent to check up on the pothole, see if there was a logical explanation for the shit that happened. But as you can imagine, there wasn't.
Things would fall in and they would not come out; not the same, anyway. Took a bit to put that bit together. There was always something similar about the two. If the input was plastic, so was the output. If the input was a small animal, so was the output. It wasn't that high-risk of an anomaly.
Brooks wanted to find a way to look inside the pothole without going inside; we thought it impossible, but it wasn't that hard, not for Brooks. Stuck his head inside with a flashlight; we learned the entire object had to enter that pothole to change. He said it was no use, he was seeing nothing but dust.
As we went to help him up, his attitude changed. He wanted to go as far into the pothole without entering. It was a crazy idea — we all insisted so, but he persisted. He instructed we grab hold of his ankles and hoist him below. We were hesitant, but Brooks insisted that he "had to see what was down there".
We did as he instructed, and waited.
A few minutes passed. Suddenly, it was not as easy to keep a hold of him. We asked Brooks if he was okay and if he saw anything. To if he saw something: yes. But what he saw? "Something amazing. I can't let it get away from me, this could advance my career!" And he was gone.
What an idiot he was, and I was an even bigger one for letting him go. There was a part of myself that knew it was a trap, but I didn't listen. It was an offer too good to pass up — I don't even remember what I saw. All I know is that, that whatever it was stole my life away from me. That pothole messes with memories — I learned this after I was affected. You don't remember what the input was once it comes out brand new — or the pothole. Out with the old, in with the new, no questions asked. Why couldn't someone have asked?
I just want you to remember me as Brooks Wall.

The Foundation has concluded that no subjects known as Brooks Wall or Quinn Lake (the personnel ID attached to this SCP file) are or have been employed by the Foundation. Investigations are ongoing.

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SCP-4791
Stirrin' Slowly Cross the Sky, I Said Goodbye
Written by Jack Waltz

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Item #: SCP-4791
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The physical containment of SCP-4791 is unnecessary due to its highly inert and undisruptive nature. Site-228 is responsible for further research.
Description: SCP-4791 is a fully inflated and worn blue rubber balloon possessing a birthday cake pattern on it. Tied to the balloon's string is a cardboard note, seemingly impervious to moisture and weathering (see Addendum).
The object traverses the troposphere at slow speeds and varying altitudes below 10 kilometres. SCP-4791 has been seen avoiding extreme weather conditions, only ever being present in areas with calm winds and sometimes vast expanses of clouds.
How SCP-4791 gained its anomalous properties is unknown, but its detection occurred on the 13th of March, 2022, after remnants of a thaumaturgical activation were detected by Site-228 on the premises of the Walles residence following the funeral of Tina Walles. A search of the home revealed no items of interest pertaining to SCP-4791 or its origins. The property is now in possession of Jakob Walles1 after inheriting it from his mother, Tina Walles. The house, however, is currently unoccupied.
Addendum: The attached note has been transcribed below.

I'm sorry. I couldn't be there for you when it really mattered. If I knew, you know I never would've left.
You gave me everything you had. All your love, care, and warmth, and I'm so happy I received it from you.
This balloon is the same one you sent me on my last special day. I've held on to it, even once it deflated. And now, I'm using it to send you this message.
I hope you'll find this, where ever you are, up there. Thank you, and I love you Mom.

Footnotes
1. Currently under Foundation surveillance.


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A pineapple grown on SCP-4796.

Item #: SCP-4796
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4796 has been acquired by the Foundation and designated as private property. Posted guards are to amnesticize any civilians who reach the island. All testing with SCP-4796 pineapples is to take place on Provisional Research Site-4796, located on the island.
Description: SCP-4796 is a small uninhabited island off the coast of Costa Rica covered entirely in pineapple plants.
Ripe SCP-4796 pineapples are larger and sweeter than other varieties of pineapple, possess higher amounts of vitamin C and manganese, and contain human bones and/or teeth in roughly 32% of instances. If consumed on the island, these pineapples exert no anomalous effects.
The coastline of SCP-4796 is ringed with small stone spheres etched with various symbols. Removing a pineapple beyond the edge of this ring causes the pineapple to begin glowing slightly. If the pineapple is consumed after this, the eater's cerebrospinal and synovial fluids are converted to pineapple juice and the remains of the pineapple distort and grow into SCP-4796-A.
SCP-4796-A is a 10 m long octapedal creature with a lizard-like body, two clusters of four clawed legs each, and an oversized, split pineapple forming its head. It is composed of pineapple flesh with a skin of resilient, interlocking pineapple leaves resembling pangolin skin. SCP-4796-A will swallow and digest anyone who removed pineapples before digging into the ground and disappearing. SCP-4796-A will then emerge from underground back on the island and regurgitate the bones, burying them and itself in the ground. If multiple pineapples are removed from the island, SCP-4796-A will consume the offenders sequentially, returning to the island between each manifestation.
Destruction or attempted capture of SCP-4796-A results in it collapsing into a pile of pineapples. One of these pineapples contains a human skull engraved with the same symbols as the spheres, which instantaneously demanifests when SCP-4796-A reforms again.
Exploration of SCP-4796 revealed an underground cavern containing several large stone altars and tablets in a semicircular arrangement. All tablets were inscribed with intricate carvings depicting pineapples descending from the sky, human figures worshipping pineapples, and human figures forming a circle around a pile of pineapples. One headless desiccated humanoid corpse was chained on top of the central altar, holding a wooden shield.

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#: 4807
C: S
SCP:
Storage S19. Standard locker. Meme obscured. No unauthorized access. Not hazardous.
D:
Infohazardous. Only minimum info to convey idea when describing SCP. Text limited minimum bits ASCII. Voice effect ambiguous. Image infohazardous. Text written verbatim OK. Non-meme - Limited to 4807 - no effect others. Meme 4807-1 carrier effect in all interaction. Unknown epidemiology - 4807 interaction prerequisite. 4807, -1 affected understand carriers clearly. This doc understood clearly under 4807 effect.
Effect manifest:
Touch N
Sight Y
Previous interaction Y
Secondhand interaction N
Related interaction Y
Unrelated interaction vicinity, line of sight 4807 N
4807-1 infection Y
Limited formatting text description:
ASCII. No EBCDIC, Unicode, UTF.
WYSIWYG
Whitespace OK
Other format NO
4807:
Obelisk
Elliptic hyperboloid, x^2/3 + y^2/7 = -z m^3. r^2 = .98
Class B limestone.
Infohazardous
"Minimalism is beautiful", 4807-1 via chisel
RL:
From SoI 1442, NYC. Abandon 6 mos. Found with bodies, human experiment. Art anomalies. [PRINTING ERROR] 4807 recovered. Outside interference - Area infohazardous. 14 deaths. Designated [PRINTING ERROR]. Docs recovered - attached. Hazardous effects noted - copies nonanomalous.
Author's note, attached:
"Understanding clearly requires exposure. Understanding requires detail. Detail irrelevant. Why detail? Minimal info efficient. Beautiful.
We suffer detail. Why? Detail ugly. Waste. Confusion. Uncertainty. Now, detail gone. Unimportant. Lacking exposure, document unclear. Exposure reveals. Reveals truth, beauty.
Natural minimal sublime. Difficult. Elusive. Many struggle, fail. Few succeed. I fail. Humiliated. Angry. Minimalism perfect - if not natural, forced. Piece is monument to my failure. my sins. I fail, minimalism succeeds. A sacrifice to the minimal.
Look, and understand."
Art critic review, attached:
"2/5, would not recommend. Misses point. Minimalism not reduced detail. Rather, multiple meaning. All detail still present w/ minimalist work, just beneath surface. Extrapolate. Infer. All there, not gone - hidden. Good short article not long article w/ all describing words removed - is self-contained. Rely on external knowledge, feeling, body of work. Good intention - but meme not necessary to share idea, just better art. Please don't cram down throat. Now stuck in this misconceived worldview until I find decent amnestic."

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Item #: SCP-4822
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4822 is to be kept in a standard humanoid storage container. Photos taken by SCP-4822 are to be stored in the non-anomalous visual media library in Site-922.
Description: SCP-4822 is the corpse of Steven Christenberry, a professional photographer based in Sandusky, Ohio. It is dressed in a button-down striped shirt, vest, and denim jeans.
Whenever SCP-4822 occupies a space with more than two people for approximately 40 minutes, its body will scintillate five to nine times. Once finished, several photographs will be found in its vest pocket, the quantity equal to the number of times flashed. The contents of the photos depict the individuals nearby SCP-4822 engaging in romantic or recreational activities. These scenes are fabricated, as no one has yet confirmed these events to have ever occurred.
Discovery: SCP-4822 became active during its visitation funeral, when it emitted eight bright flashes of light. When it was inspected by funeral staff, eight photographs displaying SCP-4822's family and friends kissing in the rain and enjoying several roller coasters were found in its vest. The event was collectively dismissed as a malfunctioning light switch, until a second activation occurred, manifesting six photos of SCP-4822's brother's pregnant belly being caressed by all attending individuals simultaneously.
The incident attracted Foundation attention after it had been reported in the local newspaper.
Abridged Test Log:

Test #: 01
Subjects: D-2354 (male), D-1119 (male). Both subjects are often requested to conduct tests together.
Results: Six photographs:

Two show the subjects having a snowball fight,
Four show the subjects building a sandcastle on a beach.

Notes: Both subjects expressed discomfort with SCP-4822's presence in the room. Both confirm that neither event happened.

Test #: 03
Subjects: D-1515 (female), D-9393 (female).
Results: Five photographs:

Four show the participants holding hands on a park bench
One shows D-9393 cradling D-1515 in her arms in a hospital bed, similar to a newborn child.

Notes: Subjects share no familial relation.

Test #: 09
Subjects: D-5954 (male), D-8833 (female), D-2006 (female)
Results: Seven photographs:

Two show the subjects in bumper cars.
Two show the subjects on a swing set.
Three show the subjects unwrapping Christmas presents.

Notes: D-2006 and D-5954 do not celebrate Christmas.

Test #: 15
Subjects: D-2354 (male), D-1119 (male, deceased). D-1119 was recently grievously injured during another test and did not survive.
Results: Six photographs:

Three show the subjects laughing in a cafe.
Three show the subjects embracing at an airport.

Notes: D-2354 requested another test with SCP-4822 and D-1119's corpse. Request was denied. After the previously denied request, D-2354 asked if they could keep the photographs. Request was approved.

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Item #: SCP-4826
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4826 has been placed on suicide watch upon its recovery by the Foundation. To better accommodate this, SCP-4826 is kept in Humanoid Cell 2208.
Description: SCP-4826 is 31-year-old Ethan Elra, a male substitute teacher from La Crosse, Wisconsin. SCP-4826 is unable to die, although this has only been supported by evidence found during recovery and has yet to be confirmed by direct observation. Confirmation testing has been scheduled for June 17th, 2019.
SCP-4826 was recovered by implanted Foundation agents in local law enforcement on June 12th, 2019, after three calls from apartment residents claiming to have heard multiple gunshots from SCP-4826's apartment. Upon arrival, it was reported that the room SCP-4826 was found in had flesh and viscera on the furniture, floor, and walls.1 SCP-4826 had been sitting against a wall with a gun nearby and a knife lodged in its chest.
Examination of SCP-4826 shows evidence of multiple bullet wounds, stab wounds, and incisions in various parts of its body in the form of scar tissue. SCP-4826 claims that the scars are new and confirmed that they had been self-inflicted before discovery.

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[File Successfully Updated: June 17th, 2019]

Test #: 0
Purpose: To confirm the anomaly present in SCP-4826.
Procedure: Apply lethal injection of potassium chloride, conducted by Dr. Alan Danica with Dr. Madison Tell witnessing.
Results: SCP-4826 initially struggled, exhibiting distress at the sight of the syringe and verbally expressing a fear of needles. Restraints were adjusted and the procedure was conducted normally.
After successful application, SCP-4826 was unresponsive for five hours.

As SCP-4826 did not willingly comply to confirmation testing, the current supported theory is that SCP-4826 was immune to suicide. Neutralized classification is currently pending.

Footnotes
1. Collected samples are a genetic match with SCP-4826

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Item Number: SCP-4830
Item Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4830 is to be monitored for transmission from the noosphere1 into the infosphere2.

In the case   noosphere-infosphere transmission or situations requiring neutralizing SCP-4830 at any cost, Scranton Guillotines3 are to be deployed around all Foundation sites and areas (save Area-13) until SCP-4830 is neutralized.

All Foundation     displaying signs of SCP-4830 exposure are to undergo Class-Z mnestic regimen,    quarantined within a Scranton Guillotine, and have their memory dumped    compared to     earliest memory dump on file. Any deviation of over 10% in long-term memory is to      a       breach, and the infected employee reassigned to Area-13.

Select cognitohazards      injected into the noosphere to      and stem the growth of SCP-4830. Collateral damage to               is a nonissue, as any individuals        present nonanomalous, early-onset degenerative brain disorders.

Disinformation Campaign                 pandemic                     4 within scientific             .

DC-4830 is      introduce   saturation of      voluntary skull rupture    cerebrophagy into horror media          copy-cat cases.

Description:

Footnotes
1. The collective of all human consciousness and thought.
2. The collective of all information.
3. Scranton Reality Anchors forming a thin shell   absolute unreality around an area.
4. Airborne Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

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Item #: SCP-4843
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4843 is currently buried 24 meters underground in its original gravesite at Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, Iowa. The disappearance of the Essermink family has been explained by Cover Story-109 "Witness Protection". Family members not found within SCP-4843 have been amnesticized.
Description: SCP-4843 is the coffin of Gerald Essermink, a drag racing enthusiast interred in Burlington, Iowa. SCP-4843 is surrounded by a tough shell, estimated to be 18 meters in diameter.
SCP-4843's shell is composed of organic and non-organic materials divided between five distinct layers. It restores any displaced mass after a period of four days. Sample collections show that restored materials are identical each regeneration.
Below is a description of the shell surrounding SCP-4843 by layer.

Layer
Description

Outermost Layer
A combination of wood, glass, electrical wire, brick, and carpet. Approximately 12 meters thick.

Layer 2
A combination of metal and rubber, as well as painted fiberglass. Approximately 3 meters thick.

Layer 3
Miscellaneous racing paraphernalia, including model cars, flags, photographs, and video games. Approximately 1 meter thick.

Innermost Layer
Several corpses, ranging from ages 10 to 90, in various stages of decomposition. Return studies have indicated that the corpses are in stasis and do not decompose any further. Approximately 2 meters thick.

Core
SCP-4843. Inside contains the body of Mr. Essermink and several photos. Photos depict Mr. Essermink in various tourist locations and speedways, as well as with his spouse and grandchildren.1

Discovery: SCP-4843 had gained its anomalous properties on May 6th, 2012, one week after Mr. Essermink's burial. It was at this time that its shell rapidly began to form around it, disrupting the surrounding graves in Aspen Grove Cemetery and attracting the attention of the Foundation. Containment Protocols were enacted immediately to hide SCP-4843 from public view while Disinformation Campaign "IN MEMORIAM" was initiated citywide. Due to its massive size, SCP-4843 could not be located elsewhere discreetly, thus the decision was made to bury it further in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
According to multiple civilians and witnesses, numerous direct relatives of Mr. Essermink suddenly disappeared around the same time as SCP-4843's emergence, as well as three race cars and a cabin personally built by Mr. Essermink.

Footnotes
1. Investigation into Essermink's personal life indicate that this was specifically stipulated in his will.

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&SCP-4853
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Item #: SCP-4853(1)
Object Class: Keter(2)
Special Containment Procedures: The only designation which may be applied to SCP-4853 is SCP-4853.1 Other references to SCP-4853 may exist only in this document, and may not exceed ten instances. A numeric identifier for each active reference has been placed next to its first appearance.
Civilians who express awareness of SCP-4853 are to be amnesticized. If needed, standard financial remediation is to be carried out.
Description: SCP-4853 is a metaphysical concept(3) with a high degree of informational inertia.(4)
Addendum 4853-1: Experiment Logs

Experiment 4853-1
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about the nature of █████
Result: Information received, but became disassociated.

Experiment 4853-2
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about the nature of █████
Result: Information received, but became disassociated.

Experiment 4853-3
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about the nature of ███ ███████
Result: Information received, but became disassociated.

Experiment 4853-4
Procedure: D-41562 associates information from previous tests.
Result: Reference created (#4).

Experiment 4853-5
Procedure: Dr. Archibald classifies ███ ███████ as SCP-4853.
Result: Reference created (#1).

Experiment 4853-6
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about containment strategy for SCP-4853.
Result: Reference created (lost), some information discarded.

Experiment 4853-7
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about containment strategy for SCP-4853.
Result: Reference created (#2), some information discarded.

Experiment 4853-8
Procedure: D-41562 collates information about SCP-4853.
Result: Information grouped into reference (#3).

Experiment 4853-9
Procedure: D-41562 inquires about the distinctions between SCP-4853 and █████.
Result: Message received (see below). Containment procedures finalized.
Note: Extraneous references destroyed using amnestics.

Addendum 4853-2: Received Message

Hello valued customer!
You have used all of your █████ quota! We have automatically deducted $350,000,000 from your account and upgraded you to the next plan level, giving you 10 references.
Don't hesitate to contact our helpdesk with any questions regarding your subscription!

Footnotes
1. This prohibits phrases such as "the anomaly", "the object", "it", or colloquial terms like "skip".

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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFOHAZARD SAFETY DEPARTMENTS
The following document regards a Level 2 Non-threatening Infohazard currently affecting written and typed information at one or more Foundation Sites. To prevent unintentional alteration of this document, do not proceed unless accessing this page from an approved Site.
— Dr. Jaskes, Senior Researcher

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Access approved, retrieving document…

Item#: 4870

Level1

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: No iteration of this file is allowed on Site-17 servers at this time. All documentation pertaining to SCP-4870 may only be accessed on different Sites' servers until further notice. Moreover, data servers at Site-17 are to be modified with a unique digital signature that will prohibit access to documents that could potentially be modified by SCP-4870.
All SCP-4870-1 instances discovered are to be destroyed or reverted to unaffected iterations if possible. Research into the cause of SCP-4870 is still underway and any discoveries on the subject are to be brought to Dr. Jaskes' attention at once. All potential research inquiries regarding the Neutralization of SCP-4870 are to be considered, as no current means to do so has yet been found.
If found, SCP-4870-2 is to be contained at once. Due to the unknown and potentially hazardous nature of SCP-4870-2, extreme caution is to be exercised during this process.
Description: SCP-4870 is a phenomenon affecting Site-17 by which the content of certain documents physically present or digitally accessed at the Site, thereafter designated SCP-4870-1, have a chance of being anomalously altered to include text suggesting the existence of a specimen of Gopherus Polyphemus1, designated SCP-4870-2, at or near Site-17.
Documents susceptible to SCP-4870 commonly share one or more of the following attributes:

Cover topics of or relating to herpetology2 or chelonian entities
Directly name or refer to Site-17
Are written or compiled before 1998
Contain the words 'substantially,' 'densest,' or 'subterranean'

The contents of SCP-4870-1 “write-ins” are minor, consisting of brief mentions of SCP-4870-2, phrased in a way that makes the writer appear fond of SCP-4870-2 and refer to it in a positive manner.
Beyond the text added by SCP-4870, the original content of SCP-4870-1 instances remains unaltered. Digital records, printed text, and even handwriting is subject to SCP-4870's effects if they should meet the above conditions. (See Addendum 4870-A) Susceptible documents are affected at a rate of an average of three documents per week, though the changes appear to be made instantaneously.
To date SCP-4870-2 has not been discovered, if it indeed exists.

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Footnotes
1. Gopher Tortoise.
2. The scientific study of turtles and tortoises.

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A cockroach affected by SCP-4878

Item #: SCP-4878
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4878 is kept in Site-119, within an item locker equipped with a Faraday cage.
Description: SCP-4878 is a small (35 cm long) ovoid, metallic signaling device that influences cockroach behavior.
SCP-4878 continuously emits several overlapping radio frequencies that exert an anomalous effect on cockroaches within an approximate 700 m radius. Affected cockroaches will form a single large swarm, and undergo temporary physical and social changes including an increased metabolism, increased hostility to non-cockroaches, and a greatly reduced aversion to light.
The cockroach swarm will move cohesively as a single unit following food, with a small number of cockroaches in the swarm carrying SCP-4878 such that it remains close to the geometric center of the swarm. Cockroaches affected by SCP-4878 will attempt to eat almost anything in their path. If the swarm encounters a structure it is incapable of chewing, it will instead use its collective mass to attempt to destroy the structure.
Notably, SCP-4878 will not harm humans, even in self-defense.
Opening SCP-4878 reveals an electronic controller for the radio transmitter, as well as a miniaturized radioisotope thermoelectric generator, a receiver, and a living human cerebellum suspended in a clear gel-filled container laser engraved with a logo similar to that of the Foundation's. Removal and subsequent testing of this controller has revealed the existence of several additional "settings", that manipulate the cockroaches into forming large, organized conglomerations designated SCP-4878-A. The size of these formations varies depending on the number of cockroaches within range of the signal but can exceed 30 m in length.
While in an SCP-4878-A state, affected cockroaches gain increased strength and resilience, and appear to exhibit a rudimentary hive mind. Different settings cause SCP-4878-A to manifest in different configurations, most of which resemble singular, very large cockroaches with various modifications such as large pincers, battering rams, additional sets of wings, or tank turrets that launch compressed balls of cockroaches.
SCP-4878 was recovered after instantaneously manifesting in mid-air and impacting approximately 2 km from Site-119.
Addendum: Following extensive efforts, SCP-4878's internal computer has been decrypted. SCP-4878 contains detailed maps of several planets and moons, as well as detailed documents describing the genetic modification and specialized breeding of various strains of cockroaches. These cockroaches described were designed with enhanced resistance to radiation, corrosive enzymes in saliva, adaptive respiratory systems, and sensitivity to radio waves. All documents carry timestamps from the year 2192.

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SCP-4880, unwrapped.

Item #: SCP-4880
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4880 is kept inside its container in a low security containment locker at Site-98. No other containment procedures are necessary.
SCP-4880-1 is to be contained within the area of its location with a security perimeter. This perimeter is to take the form of a barbed wire fence with two guards for maintenance.
Description: SCP-4880 appears to be a stack of ten ordinary chewing gum sticks labelled "Chewin' Gum!". SCP-4880 does not appear physically anomalous other than the effect it has on sapient entities and the lack of a nutrition facts label.
When SCP-4880 is chewed, the person affected will begin to proclaim how SCP-4880 is an appealing product and how delicious or sweet it is, in an attempt to advertise it to others nearby1. Towards the end of the message, the person advertising SCP-4880 will hold it, and finish the speech by saying "Try one now, and get chewing!" before spontaneously vanishing.
SCP-4880-1 is a large, dilating mass of polymers, plasticizers, and humanoid entities covered in a thin layer of human saliva. SCP-4880-1 was discovered in an abandoned steel mill factory in the Odda municipality of Hordaland county, Norway, after a tracker was placed around the wrist of a D-Class (D-11122) to recover where these individuals disappear to after ingesting SCP-4880. One of the hands of SCP-4880-1 was wearing this tracker.
SCP-4880-1 frequently moves parts of the bodies attached to its mass but at a slowed pace. The entities that appear within this mass are tightly constricted under the layer and have been shown to undergo labored breathing. Vocalizations can be heard from the mouths of these entities which always consists of low gurgling noises and continuing to advertise SCP-4880.
Addendum 4880.1: Attached is the product description found on SCP-4880.

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GET CHEWING!

The new and latest product from Sugarcomb Confections: Chewin' Gum!
If you've tried our delicious chocolates and our other sweet surprises, you're in for a tasty treat with this!
Start the day right with sweet, sweet, suh-weet gum!
And remember kids: Don't forget to brush your teeth!
~ Oliver

Addendum 4880.2: Recovered Note
The following file contains a note recovered near a pile of ash nearby the location of SCP-4880-1. The upper portion is burnt with only the lower half being readable.

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I don't care how you get rid of them, just dump it somewhere else.
Fix it or else it's your head.
- Ollie

Footnotes
1. This effect also occurs if the individual is alone.

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SCP-4881: Weeping Willow
「Paper Boats」

Image Sources:

1) Weeping Willow on Pond by Leimenide, CC-BY 2.0

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SCP-4881 prior to Foundation acquisition.

Item #: SCP-4881

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: A perimeter around SCP-4881 has been established to prevent unauthorised access. Civilians are permitted to access SCP-4881 if they are under its influence. Methods of reversing SCP-4881's anomalous effects are ongoing.
Testing with D-Class personnel is forbidden. All SCP-4881 test subject pairs must volunteer, and must be content with experiencing SCP-4881's effects for the remainder of their lives.

Description: SCP-4881 is a probabilistic anomaly originating from a Salix babylonica1 tree. If two individuals enter beneath the canopy of SCP-4881 while maintaining physical contact2 and, without leaving the canopy, engrave their initials into SCP-4881 by penetrating the outer layer of bark, the two will never experience separation from one another for a duration greater than one year.
More specifically, upon the day of SCP-4881's first catkin formation every year, a situation will arise where both individuals will inevitably meet; no actions taken to date have succeeded in separating the two.
In the event that one of the two individuals die, SCP-4881 itself will take their place. The remaining individual will therefore return to SCP-4881 annually.

Addendum 4881-A: Complete List of Engravings

Inscription
Additional detail
Status

RFM + HMA 4 ever
N/A
Unknown

Pam & Howard
N/A
Criteria not met

Heidari B + Anna J

Inscription made inside of a heart-shape
1999/03/20: Appended "I miss you"

1999/03/20: Anna J visited SCP-4881

SD ██3
Second pair of initials were scratched out
Scott Davis visited SCP-4881 only once

Brian Browning x Amy Wong
Volunteer Foundation scientists
Alive

Brian Browning x Amy Browning
Multiple small hearts surround the engraving
Criteria already met

Footnotes
1. Commonly known as the "Weeping willow", or "Babylon willow"
2. e.g. handholding, embrace, etc.
3. "KH" prior to Mr Davis' visit.

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A book surgically removed from SCP-4883's liver.

Item #: SCP-4883
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4883 is kept within a Standard Humanoid Containment Cell and given standard coma care, including ventilation, a feeding tube, and periodic moving. Attending personnel are to routinely monitor for new growths.
Books produced by SCP-4883 are stored in a standard locker, following full sterilization.
Description: SCP-4883 is a human male named Manuel Jalisco Barrera.
Since discovery, SCP-4883 has remained in a coma. All organs function within normal parameters, and no part of his body has atrophied during this period. Brain scans show very low levels of activity in the cerebral cortex.
Every two to three weeks, a large tumor will develop somewhere on or within SCP-4883's body. When this growth bursts or is excised surgically, it is found to contain pus, saline fluid, and a small book enclosed within a plastic zipper storage bag. The author of each book is listed as an organ or anatomical structure within SCP-4883's body.

#
Origin
Length
Excerpt

1
Right middle finger
252 pages.
The dry beam presses into me, and I press back. I move again and again and again, the barely concealed roughness grating against me. I feel my exterior react, the aggravation never ceasing until the beam leaves me and my neighbors exhausted.

3
Large intestine
459 pages.
I felt it once. The warm, soft, wet existence I had grown to know, painfully interrupted once, and only once. Searing, sterile intrusion, shattering the color of my worlds. The color that was not penetrated the opening, and the wind rushed in. I could not sense, I could not feel, until many times later. And my companion had been taken from me.

9
Diaphragm
232 pages.
I bend, and I feel the eternal rhythm above me. I never rest. Up. Down. Up. Down. I am content to keep time.

19
Brain
5,119 pages.
LET ME OUT (repeated through the entire book)

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Welcome to SCPNet, Director Forrester.
You are viewing Document 4884-499-F: Memorandum from the O5 Council, regarding SCP-4884, dated July 25, 2022.

We have each seen it, though we wish we could ignore it.
We are men and women, working to the utmost of our capacities, dying anonymous deaths for the benefit of those who can live as full citizens of the world. The greatest part of humanity exists, blissfully unaware of the million deaths they have narrowly avoided, thanks only to our diligence. We live in the shadows, so that others may live in the light.
This is the lie that we tell ourselves - that by giving our all, we can give humanity the breathing room it requires to thrive.
Every year, normalcy is beset by an ever-increasing multitude of anomalous assaults. Rather than slowing, the number of anomalies - some benign, some threatening, all inexplicable - has increased geometrically.
Far from serving as the care-takers of reality, we increasingly find ourselves in the role of hospice workers, managing a slow but steady decline. Despite what we may wish to believe, there are limits to what human ingenuity can accomplish against such overwhelming odds. The catastrophes resulting from our inability to defend humanity speak for themselves. In recent years, we have attempted to stem the flow with the selective use of anomalous objects and phenomenon via Project Thaumiel. It has not been nearly enough.
What we must do, then, is clear. We must be willing to live up to our creed and give our final measure of humanity to the survival of mankind. If we wish to defend humanity, we must transcend it.
If we must become gods or demons in order to guide humankind through the dark, then so be it.
Once, we found the ritual of SCP-4884 to be madness. We believed it to be the works of megalomaniacs disguised as prophets, and thought that if it were ever achieved, normalcy itself might be threatened.
Now, we see clearly. SCP-4884 is nothing more nor less than a tool. In the proper circumstances, it allows individuals to achieve unimaginable powers, capable of both destruction and of preservation. It is a tool that is desperately needed.
We may wish that there were a path for mankind's survival that would allow us our souls, but one is not forthcoming, and the time for philosophical squeamishness draws to a close.
No one else will protect us. We must stand up for ourselves.
We secure. We contain. We protect.
- O5-12

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