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Item #: SCP-5929

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: As SCP-5929 appears to be restricted to Foundation servers, it is effectively "contained". A list of confirmed SCP-5929-1 instances will be kept up-to-date and accessible to all Foundation sites with main database access; personnel attempting to access entries outside of their assigned projects must first consult this list to ensure existence. Personnel working primarily with memetics, antimemetics, infohazards, or cogitohazards of any kind should not be exposed to SCP-5929 under any circumstances. If accidental exposure occurs, the affected individual is to be placed into information quarantine under protocol 5929-Iota (see Addendum 5929.5), and any SCP-5929-1 reproductions made are to be destroyed without review.

SCP-5929-1 instances are to be monitored for any deviations from expected behavior, and other database entries are to be checked for the presence of SCP-5929 at least once every three months. Primary observation will be conducted using D-class personnel (see Addendum 5929.1 for details). If resources allow, a dedicated researcher should be assigned to secondary observation of SCP-5929-1 instances¹, as well as all other entries for which they have sufficient clearance.

Foundation web crawler TIMMY is to monitor the Internet for any reports of SCP-5929-like occurrences. Should any instances be found outside of Foundation servers, containment procedures are to be updated accordingly at the direction of Dr. Sareko (see Addendum 5929.3 for drafts covering several possible scenarios).

Description: SCP-5929 is a phenomenon whereby documents that do not exist appear to exist to one or more readers; these documents are referred to as SCP-5929-1 instances. The phenomenon has currently only been observed within Foundation servers. This document, the file for SCP-5929, is an SCP-5929-1 instance.

SCP-5929-1 instances do not exist by any known metric other than direct human observation - regular system scans indicate that the "documents" are all blank in accordance with Foundation Type-X information non-existence standards, with dHume² readings of 0. Despite this, upon accessing the SCP-5929 file, subjects typically report that the entry exists, and are able to describe and reproduce its contents with a high degree of precision.

It is possible for different viewers to perceive different versions of individual SCP-5929-1 instances. Many subjects have reported significant alterations to the contents of the file upon subsequent viewings; the mechanism determining the character and degree of these alterations is not yet fully understood, although informing an unaware subject of the nature of the anomaly tends to produce larger-scale changes (see Addendum 5929.4 for experimental evidence supporting this hypothesis). These effects seem to only extend to the database entry itself - reproductions are existent, differentiable, and unchanging once recorded, and can be viewed regardless of whether or not the viewer has previously seen SCP-5929. (See Addendum 5929.7 for a log of reproductions of SCP-5929-1 instances.)

Reproductions made of this document³, denoted collectively as SCP-5929-Δ, are of particular interest for study. Analysis of SCP-5929-Δ has revealed several common themes, including:

• Characterization of the SCP-5929 file as being either SCP-5929 itself or an instance of SCP-5929, depending on whether SCP-5929 is described as a single file or a phenomenon affecting multiple files;
• A Containment Class of either Safe or Euclid, strongly correlated with the above, unless the reader has experience with infohazards or cognitohazards;
• A Discovery section indicating that the reader has discovered SCP-5929, typically on the current date;
• A log claiming to contain reproductions of SCP-5929-1 instances, often with one or more of the following features:
  • References to individuals and locations that are purported to be part of or affiliated with the Foundation, covering a variety of backgrounds and roles;
  • References to individuals and locations that do not exist;
  • Writing style and substance corresponding to the reader's impressions of each author, based on their title and the brief description provided.
• An above average appearance frequency of the number 7, or objects/concepts appearing in groups of 7

It is conjectured that the perceived contents of SCP-5929-1 instances are related to human pattern recognition capabilities. (See Addendum 5929.6 for Dr. Sareko's notes on this conjecture.)

SCP-5929 does not seem to possess any inherent infohazardous or cognitohazardous qualities. However, due to the fact that SCP-5929 seems to draw on the mind of the reader, an SCP-5929-1 instance might gain those qualities when viewed by a mind containing both awareness of these types of hazards and sufficient understanding of the relevant mechanics involved.

Discovery: SCP-5929 was discovered on 2020/10/08 by Dr. Sareko. He realized that, despite purportedly having access to thousands of SCP documents in his capacity as Vice Chair of the Document Review Board, he had only read a fraction of them, and that fraction overlapped with his colleagues to an unusual degree. A survey of documents that had not been reviewed by any members of the board quickly revealed the existence of the SCP-5929 phenomenon.

Addendum 5929.1: Assignment of D-class personnel
Major considerations for documents related to existing projects:

• Condition 1: Project utilizes D-class personnel
• Condition 2: Role of D-class personnel is not compromised by knowledge of document contents
• Condition 3: D-class personnel assigned to project are rotated with sufficient frequency
• Condition 4: Project does not involve infohazards or cognitohazards, and D-class personnel have not previously been assigned to any project that does

(Note: Conditions 2 and 3 can be considered satisfied if D-class personnel can safely be administered amnestics. Condition 4 may or may not be considered satisfied by the use of amnestics, depending on the particular anomaly involved.)

For existing projects satisfying all 4 conditions above, D-class personnel should be chosen from those already assigned to the project.

For SCP-5929-1 instances, as well as existing projects that violate any of the conditions, D-class personnel will be chosen at random from uncompromised personnel scheduled for upcoming termination. If a sufficient supply of such personnel is not available, then the remainder can be drawn from newly acquired D-class prior to any other assignment; D-class used in this way are to be amnesticized and marked as such, to prevent cross-contamination.

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Addendum 5929.7: Reproduction of SCP-5929-1 instance, excerpted

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Footnotes

1. As SCP-5929-1 instances are not official Foundation documents, clearance restrictions do not apply.

2. Digital Hume, a measurement of the existence of digital information

3. The file for SCP-5929 you are currently reading