Gary McCammon

Name: SCP - XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment: SCP XXXX is to be contained in a standard secure documents storage cabinet in Site 19. SCP XXXX may not be examined in full by anyone with inherent or trained linguistic ability (defined as the capacity to analyze non-native languages on a morphemic basis) without express permission of at least two Level 4 personnel. SCP XXXX may be viewed safely by those without linguistic ability in full, or by anyone in part.
Description: SCP XXXX is a brass plate 40 cm by 30 cm by .25 cm, covered on one surface with characters of an unknown language. There are 133 characters in total, 22 of which are unique. The characters do not resemble any presently known orthography. Due to the small corpus sample, the language is untranslatable. in spite of this, if SCP XXXX is examined by anyone with linguistic ability or training for more than one minute, a translation will become evident to the examiner. Every time SCP XXXX is examined thusly the translation will be unique to the examiner, will be believed to be the one true correct translation, and disagreement with the translation will be met with increasing anger escalating to violence and homicide.
SCP-XXXX was first discovered in 200█, when a panel on untranslatable languages at a conference at ██████████ ██████ University erupted into violence, claiming the life of 5 attendees.