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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures:

SCP-XXXX is to be monitored closely. Particular attention should be given to the nature of anomalous activity appearing within the vicinity of SCP-XXXX, as well as the events surrounding SCP-XXXX's acquisition of these anomalies. Research should be focused on determining whether SCP-XXXX itself is the source of these anomalies, whether SCP-XXXX shares a common source to these anomalies, or whether SCP-XXXX is simply attracted to objects and people that present with anomalous behavior.

Description:

Founded in ██/██/████, SCP-XXXX is a clandestine organization that operates with the task of containing anomalous objects, entities, and other phenomena. Since its inception, SCP-XXXX has shown incredible performance and success at containing anomalous objects. Against all odds, this organization has succeeded in protected humanity from a continuously escalating series of aberrant and world threatening activity.

However, closer inspection shows SCP-XXXX's track record to be a statistical impossibility. In particular, a significant number of anomalous objects under SCP-XXXX's care were contained despite being time sensitive and difficult to detect prior to escalating to an uncontrollable level. While the containment of any specific time sensitive anomaly could be contributed to luck, SCP-XXXX has succeeded in containing dozens of such anomalies against all odds. For example, SCPs 498 and 871.

In addition, Observation of historical data shows SCP-XXXX's founding precedes an immediate and significant spike in anomalous activity. It is currently unclear whether SCP-XXXX is an active source of anomalous activity, is evidence of some sort of human precognition to the aforementioned spike, or simply shares a common source with other anomalies.

Regardless, SCP-XXXX has no choice but to recognize itself as anomalous and log itself among its listing of anomalous entities.

Addendum XXXX-1: Further investigation into the source of SCP-XXXX's success has failed to turn up any sort of common source of information to explain its near omnipotent response to world threatening anomalies. Information regarding anomalous activities simply reaches SCP-XXXX through seemingly random and unrelated means with near 100% reliability. Failures due to miscommunication, mishandling, or lack of communication from unaffiliated parties simply has not been observed for anomalies with the highest threat level. In many cases, instances of SCP-XXXX are simply present at the right place and time through no discernible form of direction.

This research supports the conclusion that the entity itself is anomalous, rather than being manipulated or guided by an anomalous entity. Research is ongoing.

Addendum XXXX-2: Containment feasibility experiment #1

5/5/2017: A group of 50 SCP-XXXX volunteers have been selected for this experiment. They have been designated instances SCP-XXXX-1 through SCP-XXXX-50 and will be given extensive training in methods of containment breach. After 1 year of training they will be placed in a public maximum security containment facility for the duration of this experiment.

This test will determine the feasibility of containing SCP-XXXX with unknowing non-SCP-XXXX entities.

5/12/2018: SCP-XXXX instances 1 through 50 have now been placed in ██████ County Maximum Security Prison. Members of this facility were not notified of these experiments and all volunteers have been ordered not to speak of it during their stay. SCP-XXXX-7 and 49 have successfully smuggled breach facilitation devices Alpha and Beta. However, these devices have been locked for 14 days in order to better facilitate this study.

5/21/2018: SCP-XXXX instances 9 13 and 42 have executed the first attempt at an escape through the use of a tunnel. However, the surface was breached at the exact moment and time 7 of the facility's guards were on break and walked directly over the breach. SCP-XXXX Instances 9, 13, and 42 were promptly returned to the facility. These seven guards will be designated possible SCP instances 51 through 57.

5/25/2018: Breach facilitation device beta was destroyed when SCP-XXXX-49 mistook the nature of a gaseous bodily function. Device beta was subsequently dampened and rendered nonfunctional by the aforementioned event. Repair within the containment facility seems unlikely. It is currently unclear whether this failure is due to self containment by SCP-XXXX-49 or simply bad luck. Further study is required.

5/26/2018: A facility guard, now deemed probable SCP-XXXX instance 58, uncovered and confiscated device alpha after a swift slap to SCP-XXXX-9's posterior. Instance 58 has shown no previous history of sexual harassment or attachment to SCP-XXXXX-9 prior to this event.

At this point it seems probable that unwitting guardians of SCP-XXXX temporarily become instances of SCP-XXXX themselves. At least, during their custodianship of SCP-XXXX instances.

5/30/2018: Containment feasibility experiment #1 IS TO BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND ALL INSTANCES OF SCP-XXXX ARE TO BE RECOVERED. Probable SCP-XXXX instances 51 through 58 are to be administered amnesiacs and monitored going forward.

On this day an unrelated SCP was recovered. Upon investigation this SCP was reported by SCP-XXXX-51. This is the first confirmed instance of aberrant behavior of SCP-XXXX's caretakers outside of the controlled containment environment. Further exposure to SCP-XXXX under these conditions has been deemed a security risk and this experiment is to cease immediately.

Addendum XXXX-3: Containment feasibility experiment #2

8/17/2018: As exposure to SCP-XXXX from unaffiliated personnel has been deemed a security risk we have constructed a nearly inescapable underground facility that can house 20 personnel with minimal outside exposure. This facility has been designated "SCP-XXXX containment facility delta".

Volunteer SCP-XXXX instances 59 through 78 will be contained in this facility for a period of twenty days. The only contact to the outside world will be an elevator to supply food and a contact line to be used to confirm 59 through 78's safety at the end of the thirty day period. The entrance is to be welded shut for the duration of this experiment.

9/15/2018: This experiment has been successful as no anomalous behavior has been detected. Instances 59 through 78 have been contained without exposing anyone to SCP-XXXX and the safety of all instances within have been confirmed. Tomorrow we will extract Instances 59 through 78 and proceed with the next round of experiments.

Longer term experiments are to follow.

9/16/2018: All attempts to open facility delta have failed. This includes measures far in excess of those that should be necessary to enter the facility. Facility delta has now been deemed SCP-XXXX-79.

9/19/2018: The seventeen engineers responsible for the design of SCP-XXXX-79 have been called to the facility to advise on how to breach the facility. What followed was a completely incomprehensible explanation of why this was not possible, even for them. These engineers have been deemed SCP-XXXX instances 80 through 96.

SCP-XXXX instances 80 through 96 appear to be oblivious to the anomalous nature of their construction.

9/26/2018:: An exhaustive nine day expedition down the elevator has failed to reach the facility. Rescuers have been estimated to have traveled no less than eight miles down the elevator shaft without success. This is in spite of the fact that the facility is buried under no more than 20 feet of earth and concrete.

10/03/2018: Further attempts to recover SCP-XXXX instances 59 through 78 have been deemed futile while the exposure of seventeen engineers to SCP-XXXXX has been deemed "Unacceptable". All further experimentation regarding SCP-XXXX is to be henceforth banned.

With the failure of this experiment SCP-XXXX is to be re-classed from "Euclid" to "Keter".