SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-XXXX are to be kept in a bulletproof glass box inside of a small room. This box is to be replaced twice a month, and any change in the rate of erosion on the sides of the box is to be reported immediately.
Upon the discovery of a new instance of XXXX, an MTF Team is to be sent out to the location and retrieve the instance, with clothing and armor that covers their entire body; no skin exposed. Once SCP-XXXX is retrieved, it is to be put in a temporary bulletproof glass box, and transported to the Site-28, where it is to be stored with all the other instances.
It's highly likely that there are no more instances than already contained, due to the long hiatus in new appearances of instances of XXXX, along with the coincidental number of 24 instances being reached. But this is no reason not to stay alert, since assumptions based on coincidences and changes in pattern are, simply stated, improper.
Testing with XXXX inside the facility without any clear circumstance that the subject can die to is strictly prohibited. Potentially harmful circumstances must be provided, or all tests must be done on the field, where potential for externally caused harm is already present.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a wide collection of musket balls dated back to the late-mid 19th century, approximately when the US Civil War took place. Instances of SCP-XXXX are able to propel themselves forward along the ground via rolling at roughly 10 centimeters a minute by unknown means, and any attempt by an entity which is not attached fully to some surface to prevent moving, such as an organism or a liquid, is unable to stop this constant movement. However, objects such as walls can block SCP-XXXX from moving in the direction it's headed for an extended period of time.
When any organism touches an instance of SCP-XXXX with an exposed part of their body, SCP-XXXX will stick to whatever touches it. There is no known way to remove SCP-XXXX from the subject1, aside from removing the contact point of the subject and XXXX by cutting off a section of flesh.
Upon making contact with SCP-XXXX, the subject will die exactly 24 hours later. However, there has been no recorded instance of an internal causation of death; rather, every death that has been caused by XXXX has been due to an external circumstance. Instead of something like heart failure or stroke, events such as being hit by a car or asphyxiating in a fire are more reasonable examples. The moment the subject expires, XXXX will become unstuck from the subject, and it will resume rolling slowly toward the nearest living organism.
Exactly 24 instances of SCP-XXXX have been contained as of yet, and no reports of entities with identical properties have been made since March 26th, 2003. The 24 instances of XXXX were retrieved from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after causing several deaths in the area. Retrieving the instances also caused many deaths among the MTF Teams dispatched to locate and retrieve them.
Once the first instance of XXXX was contained, testing with this instance immediately began, and opportunities for experiments only grew further with the more musket balls tracked down. See addendum XXXX-B for test logs, along with restrictions as to what XXXX should and should NOT be tested with.
First Discovery: On March 2nd, 1979 in the aforementioned town of Gettysburg, after a collection of amateur archaeologists reported finding "strange magnetic musket balls", a large string of deaths occurred in the town. This caught the attention of the Foundation, and Dr. Jaeger, a researcher with previous investigative experience, was sent out with MTF Epsilon-6 "Village Idiots" to determine what caused the deaths.
This string of deaths continued along through several towns in Pennsylvania, and the first instance of SCP-XXXX was finally captured. See Addendum XXXX-A for the report.
<Begin log>
[Dr. Jaeger clears her throat and begins speaking.]
"Out of the many strings of death I've had to follow, this one seems to be the longest by far. We've just arrived in Gettysburg, and the first thing to note is that the situation here is going to be very hard to cover up. Archaeologists uncover some little civil war souvenirs, and they all die, along with about ten other people in the town. People are going to think this is some kind of curse, no matter how hard we try to convince them otherwise. I'm thinking the only people that can cover this up will be Gamma-5. But before I can get clearance on that, I'm going to need help from the other personnel back at Site-28 to make a story for this. It's not my job to draw attention away from anomalous events, anyways."
[Brief pause.]
"What I've figured out so far is this: archaeologists stumble onto a hunter's property after doing whatever they did off in their dig spot, and the hunter shoots all three of them. It already starts to get strange at this point; either this hunter misfired three times- keep in mind, each died at a drastically different time (about an hour or so apart)- or he killed them with intent. My main guess is that he misfired on the first victim, and pursued the other two to shoot them so he could cover up what looked like a murder. This is the most rational scenario I can come up with, because the hunter later shot himself with his own rifle, probably out of guilt. If he'd shot with intent, he'd be far too twisted to feel guilt, and it's highly unlikely that he misfired three times."
[Brief pause.]
"This string of deaths continued on to the wife of the hunter, who was mauled by a fox after discovering the body of the hunter. The fox seems to have broken into the house for the sole purpose of killing the lady, because the glass door at the back of the house was broken, with glass on the inside, as well as the corpse of the wife. This is further proven by the body of the fox- later found in the middle of the forest, appearing to have bled out- having several shards of glass embedded in it. The fox was not found to have any sort of illness that may have caused it to do anything irrational like force its way into a house and kill a woman."
[Brief pause.]
"The thing that makes this all stand out to me, aside from the astounding amount of deaths all focused in one area without explanation, is that each of these people, according to postmortem decomposition, died almost exactly twenty four hours apart from each other, aside from the two archaeologists shot after the first. This is sure to be part of whatever anomaly’s going on here, and I’m guessing the two archaeologists killed after the first were killed outside anomalous bounds."
[An MTF Epsilon-6 agent behind Dr. Jaeger speaks. Dr. Jaeger's chair can be heard being pushed back, and she exchanges words with the agent, and picks up the recorder from the table it was on. She begins walking with the agents to their transport vehicle.]
"I’d continue my examination to the rest of the scenes in this town, but apparently there have been several more deaths in a nearby town. I’m going to have to skip over most of these people and find where the chain ends here so I can follow it, because this seems to be a lot more urgent than originally thought."
[Brief pause.]
"The last death that occurred here was in the police department, and there were several witnesses, all of them severely injured. They say one of the cops 'went berserk', shooting down everyone he saw. He only managed to kill one person, though. I'm going to assume that this body was the last one affected by the anomaly, and now the anomaly's following the rogue policeman. One of the witnesses reported seeing him driving off in a black 56 T Bird convertible. Shouldn't be hard to spot, especially considering that his big rush caused him to leave several skid marks along the road, showing right where he's headed."
[Doors of transportation vehicle open, and Epsilon-6 and Dr. Jaeger get into the vehicle and close the doors. The sound of the engine running can be heard in the background.]
"We'll check all the towns along the road, but it's hard to be sure which one he'll stop in. It's likely that the anomaly will kill him before he can make it far at all, so it's a help and a hindrance. But whatever this thing is, it's fast."
<End log>
Dr. Jaeger and Epsilon-6 eventually arrive in the town of Harrisburg, where the National Civil War Museum is located. Meanwhile, MTF Gamma-5 "Red Herrings" have been approved to help with the effort of covering up the anomalous string of deaths in Gettysburg.
<Begin log>
[Dr. Jaeger sighs, clears her throat, and begins speaking. Noises of ambiance from a forest can be heard.]
"Whatever this thing is, it's slow. Once it finds its next victim, it can make an incredibly quick getaway, but it seems that it can only victimize people in a close proximity to the person it killed last. Hopefully it hasn't made it far from the scene we just found. That 56 T Bird's been completely totaled into the trunk of a tree, and the policeman seems to have flown through the windshield and impaled himself on a branch. The man forgot to buckle his seatbelt in the rush."
[Brief pause.]
"I'm having Epsilon-6 search within a 3-kilometer proximity of the scene just to be safe. I should be having them do a much wider area, but I have a feeling it's already gotten away, and that it won't be long before we have to move on to the next body."
Layout:
Test Log ###
Setup:
Hypothesis:
Result:
Conclusion:
Test Log 001
Setup: Subject with an instance of XXXX placed on him, put in a room with a table in front of him, lined with several harmful devices. Subject is told nothing of what to do with such devices.
Hypothesis: Control Test.
Result: Subject sits for several hours, waiting in expectation for something bad to happen. Subject falls asleep, and awakes hours later, seeing that he's still in the room. He questions what he's supposed to do, and is given no response. He picks up a scalpel and looks closely at it. He says: "What, am I supposed to cut my own throat or something?," and as he does so, he makes a slicing motion across his throat. The 24-hour mark hits and in the process of this slicing motion, the subject accidentally cuts his own throat. XXXX falls off of the subject and rolls slowly toward the wall where the observation room is located on the other side.
Conclusion: Subjects affected with XXXX seem to be able to cause harm to themselves, whether by accident or on purpose.
Test Log 002
Setup: Subkect with two instances of XXXX placed on him, put out on the field to ensure maximum potential for fatal circumstances.
Hypothesis: Multiple instances of XXXX on the same subject can lead to multiple causes of death.
Result: Subject waits for approximately 12 hours, while a large storm starts to roll in. Upon later inspection, the storm was shown coming in over the past few days on local news networks with weather segments. Upon the 24-hour mark hitting, one of the MTF guards' guns misfired while pointed at the subject. At the same moment the bullet fired makes contact with the subject's head, a bolt of lightning strikes the subject. The subject instantly expires.
Conclusion: Hypothesis confirmed. More than one instance of XXXX placed on the same subject at the same time leads to multiple causes of death at the same time. Testing with more than 2 instances of XXXX placed on the same subject at the same time is prohibited for the time being.
Test Log 003
Setup: One instance of XXXX placed on the subject, and later removed via cutting the section of skin where the instance stuck off of the victim. Section of skin with XXXX stuck to it transported approximately 10 miles away from the subject. Subject put in a room with another subject.
Hypothesis: The subject is still affected by XXXX despite being disconnected from it.
Result: The two subjects spend most of the 24 hours talking with each other about mundane things. They're given mattresses to sleep on when needed, and they spend approximately 9 hours sleeping. Upon waking up, they resume conversation. Eventually, the conversation turns into an argument, and the unaffected subject becomes agitated. Subject attempts to calm the unaffected subject down, but to no avail. A fight breaks out between the two, and upon the 24-hour mark hitting, the unaffected subject punches the affected subject, causing him to hit the wall behind him and fracture his spine on the neck, instantly dying. XXXX falls off of the section of skin cut off of the subject, and rolls in the direction of the researcher observing it. XXXX makes contact with the researcher, and the researcher dies due to an on-site containment breach 24 hours later. XXXX located in an office, slowly rolling toward another researcher.
Conclusion: Hypothesis confirmed. XXXX still has its anomalous effects on the subject, even if removed from subject. All personnel observing instances of XXXX in the same room as the instances MUST be outfitted with clothes that don't have any skin exposed from now on.
Test Log 004
Setup: One instance of XXXX placed inside a glass box on top of a podium, the glass of which is not bulletproof. Subject placed outside of the glass box.
Hypothesis: XXXX can erode its way through materials given it's stronger than the material it's blocked by.
Result: XXXX slowly rolls up against the side of the box which is nearest to the subject, and the subject shows some interest in XXXX, watching it for half an hour or so before getting bored and waiting away from the box. After several hours, XXXX pops out of the box, seeming to have eroded through the glass over time. The subject, who was not briefed on the effects of XXXX, crouches down to look at it, and attempts to pick it up. XXXX sticks to his fingers, and the subject is severely alarmed. At this point the test is technically over, but since there is no clear harmful circumstance provided, the researchers conducting the test decide to simply fill the room with carbon monoxide gas. Despite choking and writhing on the floor, the subject doesn't expire for an exceptional amount of time. The 24-hour mark hits, and the subject expires.
Conclusion: Hypothesis confirmed. Firstly, XXXX is able to make its way through materials not strong enough for it. Later tests were made on the walls in its cell, and it was found to be able to erode through such walls, but only incredibly slowly. It's estimated that it would take XXXX several months to get all the way through the wall. Bulletproof glass is now to be used for all containment of instances of XXXX. Request to upgrade XXXX to Euclid class approved. Secondly, and much more alarmingly, subjects affected by XXXX don't seem to be able to die until the 24-hour mark hits, but they do still seem to suffer the pain caused by any harm made on them. This could prove somewhat useful, and opens up a lot of new opportunities for testing.
Test Log 005
Setup: Subject has one instance of XXXX placed on him. Section of skin with XXXX attached is cut off and stored in a bulletproof glass box. Subject is strapped to a table, and the heart is carefully extracted by medical personnel, with all pulmonary arteries and veins severed.
Hypothesis: Organisms can continue functioning without major organs
Result: Despite having its main source of life removed, the subject shows no change in vital signs. Subject screams and struggles while the surgical process is executed. All other organs appear in proper function even with the lack of a heart. Upon the 24-hour mark hitting, the subject expires.
Conclusion: It's unknown how, but subjects XXXX can have the very components that make them function removed, and yet they still continue to live and function.
Test Log 006
Setup: One instance of SCP-XXXX placed near a tree in the forest outside Site-23.
Hypothesis: XXXX will not only go after organisms of the Kingdom Animalia, but also organisms of the Kingdom Plantae.
Result: XXXX rolls toward the tree, slowed down significantly by the friction of the uneven dirt ground. XXXX eventually makes contact with a root of the tree that's protruding from the dirt, and XXXX sticks to it. A few hours later, a forest fire begins in a recreational site in the forest, allegedly started by a discarded cigarette. The forest fire quickly gets out of control, and approaches the forest area near Site-23. Subject is caught in the fire, and upon the 24-hour mark hitting, the subject expires and the musket ball rolls in the direction of the provisional observation area, due to all the trees near the subject having expired as well. XXXX is retrieved, and the forest fire is suppressed.
Conclusion: Hypothesis confirmed. XXXX considers all living organisms targets, including plant life. Further testing on plants in a natural environment without provided fatal circumstances is prohibited.
Test Log 007:
Setup: One instance of XXXX placed and held in one spot in a room where one plant and one human subject are situated to be of equal distance away from XXXX. XXXX is released from its constraints.
Hypothesis: XXXX will either choose one type of organism to roll to, or be stuck between organisms in a sort of magnetic lock.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for approximately 5 seconds, before rolling toward the human subject. Human subject instructed to pick up the instance without exposed hands. The subject stands in confusion before crouching down and attempting to pick it up with his teeth. XXXX gets stuck between the subject's upper and lower incisors, and the subject begins screaming. Subject then punches himself in the face in an attempt to knock the teeth attached to XXXX out. Subject succeeds, but begins bleeding profusely. Subject passes out from blood loss, and upon the 24-hour mark hitting, expires.
Conclusion: Former part of hypothesis confirmed. If given the option, XXXX goes in the direction of organisms from the Kingdom Animalia rather than from the Kingdom Plantae.
Test Log 008:
Setup: One instance of XXXX placed and held in one spot in a room where two subjects are situated to be of equal distance away from XXXX. XXXX is released from its constraints.
Hypothesis: XXXX, stuck between two targets of the same species, will be unable to move.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for approximately 5 seconds, before rolling toward the subject nearest to the West wall. The subject is instructed to pick up XXXX, this time given a pair of latex globes beforehand. The subject picks up XXXX, and XXXX is placed back in the bulletproof glass box where the other 23 instances are stored.
Conclusion: Hypothesis disproved. For some unknown reason, XXXX chooses one target of the same species and same distance away as the other, instead of being negated any movement. It is assumed that this is because of varying size between the two subjects.
Test Log 009:
Setup: One instance of XXXX placed and held in one spot in a room where two subjects- the one on the West side of the room weighing approximately 55 kilograms and the other approximately 63- situated to be of equal distance away from XXXX. XXXX is released from its constraints.
Hypothesis: XXXX chooses its target over another target based on size when exactly between two targets.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for approximately 5 seconds, before rolling toward the subject nearest to the West wall. XXXX is then retrieved and recontained.
Conclusion: Hypothesis disproved. Rather than based on size, XXXX seems to choose equally close targets depending on their location. Further testing is to be conducted with smaller organisms to more easily triangulate the preferred direction XXXX rolls in.
Test Log 010:
Setup: Mice placed in tubes just wide enough to contain their skeletal and muscular structure without crushing them are laid out in a half-circle covering the North-to-West-to-South directional area of the room, while XXXX is placed and held in the center of this half-circle so that all the mice are of equal distance from XXXX. A camera is placed on the ceiling of the test chamber directly above the half-circle so that the direction XXXX goes can easily be recorded. XXXX is released from its constraints.
Hypothesis: Finding the direction in which XXXX goes can show where it's headed, which might lead to a clear explanation of the origin of the 24 instances of XXXX.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for 5 seconds, and rolls in the direction of the mouse that's approximately S45ºW. XXXX is retrieved and recontained.
Conclusion: No substantial data can be retrieved from an exact Southwest bearing from the location of Site-23, so personnel are currently working on an improved bearings-measurer. If it provides a more specific bearing, then it is to be used in other locations to triangulate the location XXXX is trying to get to.
Test Log 011:
Setup: A new device approved with hesitation by the Ethics Committee is placed in a testing chamber with XXXX in the center of the device. The device is a simply made half-circle made of metal that hangs from the ceiling. Several strings hang from the half-circle, each string as close to the strings on either side of it as can be placed. At the end of these strings, worms are attached by fishhooks, given general anesthesia to eliminate any chance of movement, but simultaneously keep the worms alive. Each worm is the same length away from XXXX, and a camera is placed on the ceiling to record the exact direction XXXX rolls in.
Hypothesis: Bearing Location Test.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for 5 seconds, before rolling at an exact S██.█ºW toward one of the worms. XXXX is retrieved and recontained.
Conclusion: Bearing located. Due to the lack of need for hypotheses and conclusions for the bearing location tests, these sections of the tests are to be removed from further bearing location tests, but brought back upon the resumption of regular testing.
Test Log 012/013:
Setup: The device used in the previous test, now known as XXXX-B/L "Early Bird", is placed in a room in Site-██, and then in Site-██. XXXX is placed in the center of the device and released.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for 5 seconds, before rolling at an exact N██.█ºE toward one of the worms. XXXX is retrieved and prepared for transportation to the next location. The process is repeated at Site-██, and the bearing of N██.█ºE.
Conclusion: All the bearings triangulate exactly to the town of Salem, Massachusetts. It is unknown why as of yet.
Test Log 014:
Setup: XXXX-B/L is placed in a room, with a different instance of XXXX from the one previously used placed in the center. XXXX is released.
Hypothesis: Either different instances of XXXX will aim toward the same location, or they'll aim toward differing locations. If the latter is correct, all instances of XXXX are to be given separate designations.
Result: XXXX stays motionless for 5 seconds, before rolling at an exact N██.█ºE.
Conclusion: Latter part of hypothesis confirmed. Due to this bearing being different from the previous ones used to triangulate the location of Salem, Massachusetts, the instance of XXXX, which is now designated as XXXX-2, due to being the second instance of XXXX discovered, is being transported to two other sites to triangulate the location it's aiming for.
Test 015:
Setup: XXXX-B/L is set up with XXXX-2 at two other sites, and the bearing location process is repeated at both of these sites.
Result: Two bearings are located: the bearing from Site-██ is recorded as an exact S██.█ºE, and the bearing from Site-██ is recorded as an exact N██.█ºE.
Conclusion: The three bearings recorded, when triangulated, show that XXXX-2 is aiming directly for the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome in Japan.
The bearing location and triangulation process is repeated for each instance of XXXX, and each one seems to aim for a particular location where disastrous events have occurred that led to the deaths of many. The range of the amount of deaths varies from 7 to an estimated maximum of 146,000. The following locations are listed below.
XXXX-1: Salem, MA, USA
XXXX-2: Hiroshima, Japan
XXXX-3: Georgetown, Guyana
XXXX-4: Chernobyl, Russia
XXXX-5: Mystic, CT, USA
XXXX-6: Stockholm, Sweden
XXXX-7: Pripyat, Russia
XXXX-8: 37.888, -157.231
XXXX-9: Yungay, Peru
XXXX-10: Fukushima, Japan
XXXX-11: Kanungu, Rukungiri, Uganda
XXXX-12: Valdivia, Chile
XXXX-13: Nagasaki, Japan
XXXX-14: 75.589, 146.488
XXXX-15: Eilabun, Israel
XXXX-16: Yangzhou, China
XXXX-17: Amristar, India
XXXX-18: Oradour-sur-Glane, France
XXXX-19: Times Beach, Missouri
XXXX-20: Uva Province, Sri Lanka
XXXX-21: Mount Tambora, Sumbabwa
XXXX-22: Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China
XXXX-23: Drake Passage, Southern Ocean (Antarctica)
XXXX-24: 69.793, 108.241
Three of the locations are completely uninhabited- one is in the middle of the north Pacific Ocean- and there is no explanation for why -8, -14, and -24 aim for these locations. It's entirely possible that events causing several fatalities happened in these locations, but were never recorded due to their isolation from and lack of proximity to civilization.
Return to regular testing approved.
Test Log 016:
Setup: (Field Test) One instance of XXXX simultaneously placed on one subject each, of which there are two in total. This is repeated twice.
Hypothesis: Either both subjects will die by the same circumstances, they'll die by separate circumstances, or either of these scenarios can happen. Testing is to be repeated to confirm one of these parts of the hypothesis.
Result: During the first test, an incredibly strong windstorm begins developing in the forest around Site-██. According to reports, it nearly beat the state record by a close 3.2 miles per hour. Upon the 24-hour mark hitting, the two subjects are both crushed by a falling tree. During the second test, the weather stays relatively calm for the entire time. But, a minute before the 24-hour mark hits, the ground beneath one of the subjects collapses and they fall in. Upon later examination, a burial site holding 7 bodies is discovered. Upon the 24-hour mark hitting, the subject suffocates under the dirt fallen on top of them, while the other subject is struck by a chunk of blue ice that 'fell from the sky'. Both subjects expire. Upon examination of recent local flight patterns, it's found that an airplane passed directly over Site-██.
Conclusion: Latter part of hypothesis confirmed. If there are multiple subjects at the same time, they can either die by separate circumstances or the same circumstance. It is unknown what determines this, and it appears to be entirely random.
Test Log 017:
Setup: (Field Test) One instance of XXXX placed on a subject, and another placed on the same subject 5 seconds later.
Hypothesis: If provided fatal circumstances that occur at different times, the subject will either die by the first fatal circumstance, or the more likely result of enduring the first circumstance and expiring upon the occurrence of the next one.
Result: One instance placed on the subject. 5 seconds pass, and the second instance is placed on the subject. It falls off, failing to stick. Security personnel is ordered to hold the subject at gunpoint until the 24 hours is up. Subject expires 24 hours later due to a misfire of the security personnel's gun.
Conclusion: Both parts of hypothesis disproved. If instances don't make contact with the subject simultaneously, then all other instances of XXXX seem to lose their effect.
Test Log 018:
Setup: Subject placed in an empty testing chamber with one instance of XXXX attached.
Hypothesis: If no fatal circumstances are provided, the subject will find a way to die when the 24 hours are up.
Result: After being provided a regular sleep schedule, however given no bed or mattress to sleep on, subject awakes 3 hours before their expiration. However, the subject stays completely still where they fell asleep, looking around with visible anxiousness. They stay still for approximately 70 minutes, whereupon the subject jolts up and screams for help. The subject then runs up to the door and begins banging on it for about 15 minutes. The subject then ceases, hands visibly bruised and bleeding. The subject backs up to the wall adjacent to the door, and rams into the door with full force from his side, dislocating his shoulder joint and screaming in pain. The subject backs up again, and rams into the door, this time bent forward, smashing into the door with his head and snapping his neck at the third cervical cerebra. Subject instantly expires upon the 24-hour mark hitting. Upon later examination of the subject's personnel file, it's found that the subject had severe paranoia paired with claustrophobia, resulting in the strange reactions and eventual expiration of the subject.
Conclusion: It is unknown whether the variable of the mental state of the subject was a result that the anomalous ability of XXXX had set up, or whether it's a variable that warped any conclusive result of the test, and that should be taken out. Results inconclusive as of yet; further testing is approved.
Test Log 019:
Setup: Subject placed in a testing chamber
SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a 10m x 10m cell and provided everything required by a normal human. He is to be constantly monitored and observed in the case that any anomalous effects begin to show.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a seemingly normal human being that goes by the name of "John Davis". It's approximately 1.65 meters tall and 54 kilograms in weight. It has blue eyes, brown hair, and is of Irish and Welsh descent. Aside from this, XXXX has no remarkable or exceptional features.
SCP-XXXX's anomalous abilities are currently unknown. Extensive testing as been undertaken, but it seems that XXXX reacts incredibly averagely to every situation presented to it, and in interviews has said there's nothing special about him, despite persistent questioning.
SCP-XXXX was originally located in Brooklyn, New York City, when several reports were made out to the police referring to an "incredibly strange man that's way too suspicious to not be up to something". Despite the ridiculous and unnecessary nature of the calls, police eventually decided to investigate due to persistent calls from several people.
Despite not having any grounds to arrest XXXX, law enforcement tracked down XXXX decided to take it in for questioning. It was asked why several calls had been made about it, and responded with confusion and denial that it was "up to anything". XXXX was released shortly after, and later that day, a car crash occurred on the corner of █████ and ██████. XXXX was found at the scene, and was thought to have caused the crash whilst crossing the street.
The victims of the crash survived, and each driver of the respective cars reported a "strange man jumping out in front of [their] car". XXXX was taken in again, and simply responded with "I was just trying to cross the street".
This continued on for several days, each incident seemingly caused by a strange man "doing some kind of supernatural magics"2.
After about 20 of these incidents, the police gave up and the Foundation took notice of the situation. The MTF Pi-9 "City Slickers" team was sent to capture XXXX and attempt to figure out whatever anomalous abilities it might have in the process. See addendum XXXX-A for the audio log transcripts.
Upon capture of XXXX, the Foundation began extensive testing to attempt to figure out XXXX's anomalous properties, and despite constant perseverance, nothing anomalous has been found yet.
SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Facility-owned radio towers are to be set up across every nation in the world in order to send out electromagnetic fields specifically created for the blockage of SCP-XXXX from making contact with radios.
If SCP-XXXX manages to surpass these fields or makes contact with a radio in a maritime area located outside of the fields, anyone that hears XXXX through a radio is to be tracked down and given the appropriate class of amnestics.
Attempts to cover up SCP-XXXX as a joke channel via buying an internet domain for "98.6 Human FM" have been futile, as all domains related to the name have been bought out by an unknown source. The removal and replacement of these domains by the foundation is being undergone.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a radio signal coming from an as-of-yet unknown and constantly changing location on the surface of Mars. When making contact with any radio receiver, this radio signal appears to take the guise of a radio channel, named "98.6 Human FM".3
As a regular radio channel would, SCP-XXXX broadcasts the most popular songs from across the world at the time, along with other regular radio channel processes such as advertising, weather reports, a talk show, and comedy bits, all to further its normalcy.
SCP-XXXX has two radio show hosts, respectively known as SCP-XXXX-1 and -2. Each speaks in an unnaturally high-pitched and adenoidal voice- though each of their voices differs slightly from the other- and according to the most spoken language on Earth at the time of broadcast, the language they speak will change.