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Item #: SCP-CH3

Object Class: Spooky

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-CH3 is to be kept in an electrically airgapped, two-factor, double-airlock sealed cell (volume 5 x 5 x 5 meters, per standard) with no internal illumination. 11 fiber optic viewscopes are mounted in the containment cell (one placed on each wall, one each on the floor and ceiling, and one in each corner, with one tethered mobile scope carried by any service personnel entering the chamber).

Twelve staff with level 2 or higher clearance should be present in the monitoring room at all times, with allowances for no more than two (2) staff to take breaks of no more than ten (10) minutes at once. The fiber optic scopes shall be monitored at all times via the observation room, which is also to be kept in complete darkness. Flashlights, personal electronics, and entertaining board games are not allowed the observation room. Site director █████████ ████ has provisionally approved Monopoly for observation room use.

Any visuals observed within the chamber are to be recorded, on paper, and submitted via facsimile (fax) to the Site-███ supervisory committee, in ██████████ Czechoslovakia.

Description: SCP-CH3 is a home media center, including a 1992 Sony Trinitron XBR (Designated SCP-CH3-1), a Motorola DSH200 satellite receiver (SCP-CH3-2) and a television stand (SCP-CH3-3).

The 3 items display no anomalous properties when kept apart, however, in the event that they are arranged correctly in a dark room, provided with no power source, and left untouched for at least 12 years, a number of phenomena are reported to occur.

Per reports from the original owner of the set (Subject CH3-A), after being left in a dark space (in prior instances, an attic) for approximately 12 years, the devices will power on autonomously and begin displaying anomalous media. The original owner conveyed that all of the following anomalous broadcasts were observed between the years 20██ and 20██:

(Subject's commentary removed, along with accounts of non-anomalous broadcasts, for brevity)

  • All 4 seasons of George Lucas' Lost, which is nominally a 6 season series created by J.J. Abrams. The series played sequentially, without commercial breaks, and heavily featured talking animals, product placement, and an animated mascot named "Gooble"
  • A commercial for a children's medical back brace, played on loop for 12 hours.
  • An audiovisual S.O.S. message from ██████. The owner referenced ██████ by name, but when pressed for description, proved grossly inaccurate.
  • A marathon broadcast of season 100 of a series matching the description of SCP-2030. Observed by the subject to no ill effects. It should be noted that season 100 is projected to take place in the year 2076.
  • A normal episode of the British children's show Teletubbies, which caused the subject to vacate his house for 24 hours in fear for his life.
  • Scattered episodes of an unknown public access show called "Diggin' with Dave," wherein the host (Dave) manually digs small holes for some utility or his own entertainment.
  • The 2015 finale/holiday episode of Seinfeld, which ended in 1998. Actors appeared aged appropriately, including the corpse of Jerry Stiller reprising his role as Frank Costanza.

Research staff are encouraged to connect this material to any known anomalous source, by way of database browsing that could be characterized as (but is not limited to) obsessive.

Addendum CH3-2049-12-A: As of November 2020, no activity has been yet observed by Foundation personnel.