Cup-o-Joe

Item #: SCP-4677

Class: Keter (formally Safe)

Special Containment Procedures:

Due to the nature of SCP-4677 and the limit of its abilities, it is to be kept in a 2mx2mx2m containment cell with a 3mm steel plate lining the floor of the containment cell, at Site-██ . There is to be at least one guard positioned outside of SCP-4677’s cell, and level 3 clearance is required to enter SCP-4677’s containment cell. Tests regarding SCP-4677 are to be allowed only by written approval by at least two (2) level 4 researchers. See Addendum 4677-F.

Discovery:

On July ██, 19██, The Foundation was made aware of SCP-4677’s existence when sitings of an amorphous sand monster were reported from █████ Beach, California. The Foundation managed to contain the entity, and administered Class C amnestics to any witnesses. The Foundation’s quick response prevented any casualties, and any media outlets from reporting on the sitings of SCP-4677.

Note: One of the witnesses was a young boy, who, when interrogated, was wearing very baggy clothes, reminiscent of what an elderly man would wear. He insisted that the “sand monster” had eaten him and spat him back out, somehow reverting his aging process. We’re going to keep him in containment for a while to study him. -Dr. █████

Description:

SCP-4677 is a seemingly amorphous pile of sand, a pile which is enough to fill a 0.5mx05mx0.5m bin. It is found to have some level of sentience and compassion. SCP-4677 is almost always passive, unless aggravated by a living creature, with humans gaining the most intense response. Upon aggravation, SCP-4677 will “melt” itself into the floor and begin to swirl in a kind of sandy whirlpool, approximately 15m deep, somehow increasing its size and area coverage as large as it needs to in order to “consume” its prey, although it has been observed to not require any sustenance at all. It cannot melt through steel and other strong alloys. It is not able to increase its size larger than the surface area of the floor, being easily stopped by walls of a room or building. Prey that attempts to escape SCP-4677’s attempt to “consume” them will be followed by a section of the whirlpool that grows to follow them wherever they may go, but the following section is easily stopped by walls and floor surface area restrictions as well. The larger an entity is, the slower it will sink into, or “be eaten” by SCP-4677. SCP-4677 will continue to “chase after” prey for approximately 20 hours following first contact, after which time it will return to its original form. If the prey is consumed, SCP-4677 will return to its original form nearly instantaneously, but the process will be slightly slower if the prey had not been consumed. In both cases, any ground that was “melted” will “regrow” back to its original state as SCP-4677 is reforming.

Another one of SCP-4677’s anomalous properties relates to its “melting” ability. If any decomposed body of an extinct living creature, or any fossil, is buried within the area that SCP-4677 “melts” into, it will rise above ground once SCP-4677’s feeding is over. The result, however, dubbed SCP-4677-1, is an exact replica of the decomposed part/parts of whatever creature was buried, but in the form the part was in during the adolescent stage of the creature’s life. Examples include the tail of a Smilidon Felidae, the thigh of a Mammuthus primigenius, and the head of a Carcharodon Megalodon. All instances have been observed to be seemingly freshly removed from the body of the original creature, even though this should not be possible. This was determined by using the tail bone of a Plethodon Ainsworthi, which, upon surfacing, was observed to be moving and twitching, which is the behavior of a freshly severed Plethodon Ainsworthi tail. If an entire skeleton undergoes this process, and is electrically shocked, it will be fully reanimated.

The third anomalous property held by SCP-4677 is its ability to revert elderly humans to their adolescent state. SCP-4677 will only do this once per individual, and only for elderly individuals it deems “worthy”. It seems that this “worthiness” is determined by how desperately an individual wishes for youth, and how good of a person they are by society’s standards. When in the presence of a worthy individual, SCP-4677 will immediately enter its “feeding” phase, “consume” the individual, and have them rise back up in its sand, as if floating. When they surface, they are found to be in their adolescent state, but with all of their memories mysteriously intact. It is unknown whether SCP-4677 reverts the aging process on the individual to return them to their adolescent state or if SCP-4677 simply creates a version of the individual in their adolescent form. This resulting individual has been dubbed SCP-4677-2.

Addendum 4677-A:

One (1) D-class, D-3778, was introduced into SCP-4677’s containment cell. D-3778 was instructed to prod at SCP-4677 with a simple metal rod he had been given. After prodding at and following SCP-4677 for approximately 15 seconds, D-3778 was subjected to SCP-4677’s feeding process. This is when the floor restoration property was first observed, as a random Equus Quagga Quagga leg rose from under the ground after the feeding process. The leg was analyzed and determined to be fresh, and upon excavation of the region of floor that SCP-4677 had previously “melted”, an empty air pocket was found. The air pocket was determined to have previously housed the tibia bone of an Equus Quagga Quagga, a lost item from the █████ Museum that was located where Site-█████ now stands. This event marked the discovery of SCP-4677’s first and second anomalous properties.

Addendum 4677-B:

An SCP-4677-2 instance, kept in containment after the incident that led to SCP-4677’s containment, is questioned by Dr.█████. The interview is recorded in the following transcript.

Interviewed: SCP-4677-2A

Interviewer: Dr.█████

<Begin Log>

Dr.█████: Good evening, Mr.█████, how are you?

SCP-4677-2A: I’m.. fine, I guess.

Dr.█████: Would you mind if I asked you a couple of questions?

SCP-4677-2A: No, not at all.

Dr.█████: So, where were you on July ██?

SCP-4677-2A: I.. I was at the beach with my grandchildren.

Dr.█████: Grandchildren, you say?

SCP-4677-2A: Yes. They were left with me while my son and daughter-in-law were organizing a surprise birthday party for all three of them. They were triplets.

Dr.█████: Interesting. Now, when did you first encounter SCP-4677?

SCP-4677-2A: The sand monster?

Dr.█████: Yes.

SCP-4677-2A: Well, I brought my grandchildren to go buy ice cream at the snack bar, and as we were coming back along the sidewalk we saw.. it. The kids were far too interested in it to listen to me when I told them to keep away from it, poking it and prodding it, and eventually it, it melted into the ground and they started sinking into it. I ran over and dragged all of them out, and other people around us started helping them out too. And then… [Pauses]

Dr.█████: Yes?

SCP-4677-2A: And then the whirlpool grew, and I was the closest to it, so I sunk in. I sunk in much faster than the kids, so no one had enough time to help me. The last thing I remember is darkness, and then silence. Then I woke up on the beach, looking like.. [Points at self] this.

Dr.█████: Interesting.

SCP-4677-2A: Tell me, are my grandchildren okay? Is everyone okay?

Dr.█████: There were no reported casualties during the incident.

SCP-4677-2A: Oh, thank God.

Dr.█████: Yes, yes. So, by your account, you can’t recall much of anything that happened when you were consumed by SCP-4677, or what happened after?

SCP-4677-2A: Not in the least.

Dr.█████: Interesting. Well, we’ve already taken a sample of your DNA, and it seems you truly are ███ █████. Since you’re approximately 24 years old now, we’ll return you to your home in █████ after administering you some amnestics.

SCP-4677-2A: What? What do you mean?

Dr.█████: This concludes our interview.

<End Log>

SCP-477-2A was later given Class B amnestics, and returned to █████ Apartment Complex in █████, California.

Addendum 4677-C:

By request of Dr. █████, a Carcharodon Megalodon maw fossil was buried close to the surface of the ground of a 3mx3mx3m dirt-floor cell. SCP-4677 was transferred to the previously mentioned cell, and later approached and harassed by D-3687. SCP-4677 entered its feeding stage and consumed D-3687. Once SCP-4677 had reverted to its original form and the ground had “regrown”, the severed head of a Carcharodon Megalodon rose up, bleeding profusely from the severed surface. DNA samples were taken from the head, after which it was transferred to the cryogenic freezing chambers at Site-█████.

Note: That was a real megalodon head. We’re going to study it more, see if there’s anything wrong with the body parts SCP-4677 brings back to.. life? Anyway, once we’ve got enough info on the SCP-4677-1 instances, we’ll know whether to carry out an experiment we’ve been really curious about. - Dr.█████

Addendum 4677-D:

After experimentation and analysis of the SCP-4677-1 instances obtained thus far, it was determined by Dr.█████ and Dr.█████ that restoring the entirety of an extinct animal would not pose a threat if a passive animal’s fossils were used. The following are the details of the experiment:

A complete Raphus cucullatus bone structure was buried in a 3mx3mx3m dirt-floor containment cell. SCP-4677 was transferred to this cell, and approached and harassed by D-4532. SCP-4677 consumes D-4532 and returns to its original form. The floor regrows, and the resulting SCP-4677-1 instance appears to be a deceased, but perfectly intact, Raphus cucullatus. An electrical shock was administered to the SCP-4677-1 instance, and after approximately three (3) attempts spanning 32 seconds, the SCP-4677-1 instance was reanimated. Its behavior and appearance matched that of a Raphus cucullatus, and no anomalous properties were observed.

Note: The experiment was successful, which causes me to wonder if we could achieve the same result with another extinct creature. One of more importance. One of.. possibly larger magnitude. -Dr.█████

Addendum 4677-E:

After the success of the first SCP-4677-1 reanimation test, Dr.█████ and Dr.█████ proposed a new test using the completed fossil of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Although Head Researcher Schmidt was initially unsure on whether something as potentially dangerous as a Tyrannosaurus Rex should be reanimated, the benefits to the Foundation’s knowledge were hard to ignore, thus resulting in Head Researcher Schmidt giving Dr.█████ and Dr.█████ approval for the experiment. The following are the details of the experiment:

A complete Tyrannosaurus Rex fossilized bone structure was buried in a 6mx6mx6m dirt-floor containment chamber. SCP-4677 was then transferred to the chamber. D-3142 entered the containment chamber and was instructed to poke and prod at SCP-4677. SCP-4677 entered its feeding state and consumed D-3142. SCP-4677 returned to its original state, the floor regrew, and the resulting SCP-4677-1 instance is a deceased, but perfectly intact, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Electrical shocks are administered every 10 seconds, increasing in power each time. After 115 seconds, SCP-4677-1 instance reanimates. appears tired, and slowly moves its head around, observing its surroundings. A very low-pitch rumble is detected within the containment cell. The SCP-4677-1 instance does not seem to acknowledge SCP-4677’s presence. SCP-4677-1 appears somewhat confused, pacing back and forth within the containment chamber, observing its surroundings with no clear intention or focus. After 24 minutes of uneventful activity, SCP-4677-1 finally acknowledges the presence of SCP-4677. It notices SCP-4677’s movement, and, likely by instinct, runs over and attempts to crush SCP-4677 under its large foot. SCP-4677 is shown to display new behavior, as it separates itself into two piles moments before SCP-4677-1’s foot hits the ground. SCP-4677 proceeds to enter its feeding phase, growing large enough to consume the entirety of SCP-4677-1. Guards enter the containment chamber and attach harnesses to SCP-4677-1 in different areas, including its arms, legs, shoulders and upper torso. They are given enough time to do this by the remarkably slow speed at which SCP-4677-1 is being consumed. They attach wires to these harnesses, and the wires are hooked up to a rope-retracting device powerful enough to retract rope attached to SCP-4677-1. The device is activated, and SCP-4677-1 is pulled out of SCP-4677 and held mid-air. SCP-4677-1 is sedated and relocated. SCP-4677 attempts to reach SCP-4677-1 for another 20 hours, but eventually returns to its original form, with the floor regrowing slower than usual.

Note: So, if what SCP-4677 brings back decides to bother it, it’ll “send them back from whence they came.” Just goes to show that no one but nice old people can get away with bothering this thing. More importantly, we now have a live, non-anomalous Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen. We’ll have someone else take over research and testing with that big guy, because there’s one last thing we want to try with SCP-4677. -Dr.█████

Addendum 4677-F:

Due to the nature of this test, there was no need to receive approval to continue forward. However, due to the results of this experiment, any experiment involving SCP-4677 requires the written approval of at least two (2) level 4 researchers. The details of the experiment are as follows:

D-2134 was outfitted with a wireless shoulder-mounted camera equipped with an extra durable lens, a 15cm dagger, a suit specially designed to withstand SCP-4677’s feeding process, and food rations consisting of two (2) energy bars and two (2) 2-liter water bottles, a torch, and two (2) extra AA batteries. D-2134 has a vest attached to a metal cable connected to a rope-retracting device for recovery after exploration. D-2134 enters SCP-4677’s containment cell. D-2134 is instructed to poke and prod at SCP-4677. SCP-4677 enters its feeding phase and consumes D-2134. Visibility on D-2134’s camera is reduced to 0%, the only thing visible being grains of sand directly in front of the camera lens. D-2134 continues to sink downwards, much deeper than the 15m reach SCP-4677 has been shown to possess. Strangely, pressure is remaining constant as D-2134 descends. After approximately 34 minutes of descent, D-2134 seems to fall out of SCP-2134 onto a pile of corpses in what appears to be a pocket dimension. Visibility restored to 100%, but video quality is reduced. All of the bodies’ orifices appear to be filled with sand, and all subjects died of asphyxiation. This pocket dimension’s appearance includes a maroon sky, bright red clouds, a blood-red moon, no sun, no grass or plant life, and a ground composed of what appears to be volcanic rock, but that cannot be confirmed. A single structure was observed approximately 20m from D-2134. The structure was composed of a blood-soaked version of the volcanic rock-like substance that forms the ground. The structure has an architectural design reminiscent of a Mayan temple. D-2134 looks up to see that SCP-4677’s body abruptly stops mid-air, but still seems to flow down continuously. D-2134 is instructed to continue forward towards the volcanic rock-blood temple. D-2134 is hesitant, and requests if he can be allowed to eat one of the energy bars packed in his resource pack. Permission is granted. After eating one of the energy bars out of the resource pack, and drinking out of one of the 2-liter water bottles, D-2134 continues on towards the temple. At a distance of approximately 4m distance from the stairs of the temple, D-2134 and the shoulder-mounted camera capture a blood-red entity 50m away, to the left of the temple. Camera quality is reduced significantly. The creature’s features cannot be made out clearly, other than it being humanoid in shape and its body being a very dark red. The creature turns to face D-2134, and immediately starts running towards him, at speeds of roughly 50km/h. D-2134 immediately turns back to SCP-4677 and runs towards it. Dr.█████ determines that having D-2134 for analysis would be crucial, and instructs technician █████ to power on the rope-retracting device at full speed. D-2134 is pulled up into SCP-4677, and is dragged through it up to the surface, while the entity is still in pursuit. After approximately 14 minutes, D-2134 is brought up out of the body of SCP-4677. It is assumed that, because of SCP-4677’s 20 hour-long chase tendency, it remained in its feeding state. It may have been due to the humanoid entity still being inside of SCP-4677, but this cannot be confirmed. After D-2134 was recovered and removed from the containment cell, he was quickly transferred to a holding cell where he would receive further analysis and questioning.

Eight (8) minutes after D-2134 had been recovered from SCP-4677, the humanoid entity, who appeared to have been “burrowing” through SCP-4677, emerged. The entity’s features could now be clearly observed. The humanoid entity, dubbed SCP-4677-3, is a humanoid entity made of a volcanic rock-like substance of maroon coloration. It has no facial features aside from a gaping mouth with very sharp, volcanic rock-like teeth. Its hands appear to be long, sharp, rock appendages, rather than hands with fingers. SCP-4677-3 made its way out of SCP-4677, and began attacking the walls of the containment cell. Its sharp appendages appear to be much more durable than the volcanic rock they were assumed to be composed of, and are therefore capable of chipping away at and breaking through the walls of the containment cell. The damage caused by SCP-4677-3 that ensued caused a containment breach of near Site-wide magnitude, due to SCP-4677-3’s incredibly durable body, which caused most weapons, such as firearms or explosives, to be completely useless against it. SCP-4677-3 was eventually terminated once it was discovered that extremely high-temperature flames would cause it to melt. The resulting liquid was retrieved and contained in a 20cmx20cmx20cm steel cube, and has been inactive since the incident. There were ██ casualties during the incident.

Note: We had no idea that there was some kind of.. ancient demon hell spawning grounds inside of SCP-4677. That was way more intense than we were anticipating. I don’t want this happening again, so I’m having SCP-4677 be reassigned to Keter, and we’re keeping testing for this little monstrosity to an absolute minimum. -Head Researcher Schmidt