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A photo of various instances of SCP-XXXX upon initial anomalous discovery in 1967.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: In cooperation with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, public access to SCP-XXXX is to be restricted to SCP-XXXX-Sites 3, 8, and 24. Due to ethical and political reasons, all instances of SCP-XXXX are to remain on location. In accordance with Misinformation Protocal XXXX-E-Alpha ("Terra Pericolosa"), the public is to be informed that all sites that contain instances of SCP-XXXX are to be stated to have unexploded ordnance within their vicinities. SCP-XXXX-Sites 3, 8, and 24 are to be designated as safe areas for civilians as per the agreement with the Lao government.

Undercover Foundation agents are to impersonate local residents, mine clearing teams, and tour guides while civilian tours are occurring in SCP-XXXX-Sites 3, 8, and 24. Applied Task Force Soteria-3 “Obscure Observers” is to actively ensure that instances of SCP-XXXX are not impaired, moved, or destroyed in any way, regardless of circumstances. Following incident XXXX-3-Bravo, any individual that activates the anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX outside of Level 4 approved testing is to be amnesticized. As of 6/18/2007, due to political reasons, no physical testing of SCP-XXXX by Foundation researchers may occur.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a collection of approximately 1,325 megalithic stone jars located in the western portion of Xiangkhoang province, Laos. Instances of SCP-XXXX range in size on average from 1 to 3 meters by 1 meter wide and each weighing approximately 14 tons. If destroyed, an instance of SCP-XXXX will release its anomalous properties on the individual who destroyed it, hereforth designated SCP-XXXX-1.

Upon activation, several anomalous symptoms will passively occur in SCP-XXXX-1 including but not limited to the following:

  • Significantly weakened immune system
  • Increased probability of depression
  • Significant statistical increase in negative events affecting the individual
  • Sporadic hallucinations
  • Increase in nightmares

In addition, various other unexplained symptoms caused by SCP-XXXX have been found to occur on a case-by-case basis, that of which varies in severity (See Addendum-XXXX-B). Research into the potentiality of reversing these symptoms upon instigation is ongoing.

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A T-28 pilot claiming to be experiencing abnormal symptoms approximately 16 minutes after bombing of SCP-XXXX.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was discovered in 1967 when various Royal Lao Air Force and USAF pilots began reporting abnormal symptoms after successful bombing runs during the Laotian Civil War. These abnormal symptoms continued to be reported until Foundation officials embedded in the Kingdom of Laos heard rumors among pilots that bombing runs near Phonsavan were bad luck. Foundation agents were eventually able to correlate the jars with the symptoms through observation of bombing runs via an O-1 Bird Dog. By 1975 and the subsequent end of the conflict, Foundation officials were able to amnesticize all affected pilots. The origin of SCP-XXXX's anomalous property is currently unknown. Research by Foundation historians is ongoing to determine if the anomaly was active prior to the Laotian Civil War.

Historical records show that SCP-XXXX originated between 700BCE and 400BCE. As a result of it's near untouched state, it has become one of Southeast Asia's most important cultural relics from the Iron Age. The local inhabitants of the region observe SCP-XXXX to be of high cultural significance. Despite years of negotiation with the Lao Democratic People's Republic, making arrangements with the government have proven intractable. The ethics of containing a collection of artifacts with such high cultural significant have been disputed. On 6/18/2007, a deal was reached in which a minimum of three locations in SCP-XXXX are to be open to tourism and civilian access under secretive supervision by the Foundation.