Containment Class:
esoteric
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First known photograph of the tree. Date taken: Unclear
Object Class: Safe
Special Personnel Requirements:
Security officers on site must:
- be female
- be widowed
- having birthed a child in the past
No specific requirements for Monitoring personnel, although the same characteristics as those of Security officers should be present when possible.
Special Containment Procedures: Constant monitoring of a 1 km perimeter around the object with minimum assigned personnel of two female widowed Security officers with children is to be maintained. Multiple intranetworked CCTV equipment is to be set up and serviced as to provide constant video surveillance of the site. One agent located within the village of Matenitsa, monitoring the anomaly and reporting in intervals of 30 minutes (when within 2 days of a waxing to full moon or waning after a full moon) or 24 hours (at all other times), due to the nature of SCP-XXXX-1 instances. When specified personnel is unavailable, it's best to establish a perimeter with a radius of 3 km of SCP-XXXX, frequently patrol the trail and turn away any civilians under the pretext of a natural disaster or animal attacks, that makes the zone unsafe.
Due to the nature of SCP-XXXX-1 instances, children that have begun to exhibit secondary sexual characteristics, females that lack children or partners, are wedded, in relationships or otherwise not widowed, are to be denied entry under any circumstances. When impossible, the Sladuk ruchey trail should be blocked by means of physical obstacles, such as tree trunks, large boulders and shrubbery of the Juniperus oxycedrus species, blue marking lines should be removed from trees and any marking stones should be destroyed. There are no other known trails that lead to SCP-XXXX. The natural density of the forest keeps SCP-XXXX undiscoverable in any other way. The specificity of appearance of SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 provides with a 99.9% certainty undiscoverability, even with the trail unobstructed, but extra measures should still be taken that instances of SCP-XXXX-1 be kept away from locals, tourists, civilians and unauthorized personnel by any means necessary.
The local water sources that are located in close proximity to SCP-XXXX should be surrounded by specimens of Juniperus oxycedrus, which are to be maintained by on-site personnel.
A disinfo campaign should be prepared and constantly broadcasted to Bulgarian communication channels. The specifics of the broadcast are described in detail in SCP-XXXX-P1 and should be followed to a reasonable degree.
Description:
SCP-XXXX is a an anomalous object located in the Sredna Gora mountain range in central Bulgaria.
Coordinates: [REDACTED]
The object is in the form of a tree stump. The original tree was an Quercus robur, genus Quercus, widely spread across the whole continent. As seen in the photograph of the tree rings, taken and described by Dr. Simone Derma, the dendrachronology dates the original form of the object as at least seven centuries old, which is within the expected lifespan for this species. The stump is an ovaloid, 9m 18 cm at it's widest part, and 3m 94cm at it's narrowest. The original oak tree has been cut at an angle of 7 degrees and at 47cm from the ground. The cut is clean, without any visible saw or burn marks. There appear to be no other flora or fungi surrounding the object, which is unusual for the genus. Expected mossing and fungification of the bark is absent. There are a 4 burn spots that seem to be from the previous Foundation attempts at containment. Other burn marks have faded, leaving little to no trace from containment attempt SCP-XXXX-а.
SCP-XXXX-2. Date taken: June 16, 1983
Echo surveillance suggests a robust root system, reaching at least 50m underground. Soil analysis suggest that the roots are still functioning, extracting mainly nitrogen and water from the ground. Atmosphere composition in a 1.5m radius of SCP-XXXX:
N: 54%
O: 34%
H: 2%
Ar: 0,99%
Other:
The atmosphere analysis shows abnormal concentration of Bis(chloromethyl) ether around the anomaly. This compound is a know carcinogen. An unusual dopamine-like compound has been discovered with the analysis that, when inhaled, blocks D2 receptors and causes symptoms mimicking an acute psychotic episode. All personnel required to wear atmosphere-supplying respirator when approaching within 2m of interacting with SCP-XXXX or any of the instances of SCP-XXXX-1.
Nearby specimens have withered as of writing this report. Local fauna has been found expired in unusual for the location numbers as far as 45km away from the anomaly, with blood observed around the carcasses, including the mouth and snout. After autopsy, the cause of death has been determined to be a squamous cell carcinoma, originating in the lungs, causing internal organ rupture, respiratory failure or septic shock. The most likely cause of the cancer is the Bis(chloromethyl) present in the atmosphere around SCP-XXXX, although the spread and size of the cancers is inconsistent with the small radius in which the ether is concentrated. An insignificant amount of the chemical is expected to be breathed in as the animals pass around the anomaly, but it is highly unlikely that it would cause the formation of a cancerous mass of such size so fast.
Photograph taken of the closest to the stump slice. Numbered and dated by [REDACTED]. Date taken: January 7, 1992
It should be noted that expired fauna seems to be all male.
SCP-XXXX seems to be connected to multiple sightings of female-looking humanoid figures, hereby referred to as SCP-XXXX-1. The entities are of normal human stature, pale-skinned, with mostly blonde or light-brown hair. SCP-XXXX-1 wear clothing similar to a linen garment, worn by locals as a nightgown.
It has been sighted in groups of at least three instances, near water sources, where SCP-XXXX-1 take off their garment and commence to wash themselves. Their corporeal forms seem to exclude any visible secondary sexual characteristics - mammary glands, breasts or any other type of way to feed an infant. As of yet, it is unknown if they possess any sexual organ.
It is to be noted that SCP-XXXX-1 instances seem to be guarding it's garment, constantly looking at it, as if to make sure it hasn't been stolen.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 reacted aggressively when approached by a male or female field operatives, releasing a loud shriek and after attempting to cover it's body, disappearing. The garments left on the shore dematerializing with it. In one instance, after dematerialization of the garments, an operative observed an object 16cm in length, 6cm in width left on the ground where the garments were. After further examination, the object appears to be made of a fish skeleton with the head removed. Further study and monitoring has shown that SCP-XXXX-1 use similar objects as combs twice - before and after bathing. There are multiple folk tales that suggest that the object itself and/or hair found on it have anomalous properties, but none has been observed so far. Object has been stored on-site for further analysis and study.
In accordance to interviews conducted with local residents, one young boy (aged 9) and one young girl (aged 8) that have not yet started to exhibit secondary sexual characteristics have been sent to the site, accompanied by a widowed field operative with a toddler (aged 28 and 2, respectively). The entities seem to either not acknowledge their presence, or smile briefly and continue bathing. Any attempt at communicating with SCP-XXXX-1 instances has been proven ineffective, as they are unreactive to external stimuli. When attempting to touch it's garments, SCP-XXXX-1 shrieked and disappeared.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 have exhibited healing properties on one occasion, when a 17 year old male cancer patient, as per Foundation instruction, was sent at full moon on [REDACTED].2019. The subject was instructed to neither attempt communication with the entities, nor touch their clothing, but to move past them and proceed to the site of SCP-XXXX, lay motionless on the ground and attempt sleeping.
After returning to the operatives located in [REDACTED] and continuous testing and interviews, subject is observed to be in full remission. The subject is put on an ongoing monitoring.
The subject interviews can be found in log file SCP-XXXX-L-CP. The "vivid dreams" described by the subject are believed to be a consequence of an acute psychotic episode, caused by a dopamine-like compound of natural origin, known to be in the atmosphere at the site.
The acute psychotic episode is no more than 34 minutes in length, although durations vary according to subject weight, synapse neurotransmitter saturation and age. It doesn't seem to be affected by the subject's sex. Female D-class subjects however report less vivid imagery, generally more saturated with colors and "soft" shapes experiences and lower levels of anxiety, fear and paranoia when exposed to SCP-XXXX or SCP-XXXX-1, regardless of marital status, progenies or other factors, associated with communicating to SCP-XXXX-1 instances.
After the episode, subjects fall unconscious and exhibit Delta wave brain function, commonly associated with stage 3 NREM sleep. All recordings with EEG have been documented accordingly and can be found in SCP-XXXX-L-SS.
Male subject exhibit short bursts of sleep paralysis every 90 minutes (1 sleep cycle), accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations of varying characteristics.
Addendum 23S\\21 of xx\\xx\\xxxx: Due to incident, described in SCP-XXXX-I3, as of today all personnel required to wear atmosphere-supplying respirator when approaching within 2m of or interacting with SCP-XXXX or any of the instances of SCP-XXXX-1. The document has been redacted accordingly.
Procedures for analysis of soil and atmosphere around SCP-XXXX have now been triggered.
Addendum #2: Experiment logs
SCP-XXXX-E-1 Encase
Subject: SCP-XXXX
Method: The object is encased with a sturdy dome, preventing interaction with the outside.
Result: This proved to be impossible. Echographics of the nearby land in preparation for the procedure showed a robust and extensive root system. Atmosphere analysis suggests that the object is absorbing nitrogen and h2o from the atmosphere and releasing Bis(chloromethyl). There also seem to be an unusual concentration of dopamine-like compound that, when inhaled, blocks D2 receptors and causes symptoms, mimicking an acute psychotic episode.
All results and exact measurements have been logged in file SCP-XXXX-L-E1. Procedure terminated due to high risk of abnormal pressurization in the region and unsustainable containment requirements.
SCP-XXXX-E-2 Burn
Subject: SCP-XXXX
Method: The object is encased in an ultra-high-carbon steel with 1.9% carbon content. The inside of the dome is coated with reflective heat resistant foil. Nichrome heating elements are inserted through a small opening and powered for 3 minutes. After 5 minutes and the object reaching 500 degrees C, the elements are turned off. After cooling, the crucible is removed.
Result:
After the procedure, the object exhibits multiple surface level zones of charring. The zones seem to regenerate and disappear. The method by which the object does this is as of yet unknown. High temperatures don't seem to affect the object in any meaningful way.
Addendum #3: Multiple folklorists dealing with local folklore have been questioned during the initial investigation, although for the sake of brevity, the interview transcripts have been omitted from this report. The academics seem to be dismissive of the anomalous nature of the object and proved of no use to the Foundation. Amnestics have been administered to all civilians involved.
Addendum #4:
It appears that local residents have multiple legends, songs and poems that reference either SCP-XXXX or it's instances - SCP-XXXX-1. It is noted that tales of SCP-XXXX-1 are much more prevalent throughout the geographical region, than instances of SCP-XXXX itself. Attached below are the two transcripts and translations of interviews that should prove useful for future reference.
Multiple folklore songs with minimum variance have been recorded and are stored for future reference at SCP-XXXX-L
Interview regarding SCP-XXXX-1
Date: June 27, 2006
Interviewer: Dr. Kirilova
Interviewee: A.
Team Members: Operator: Walter Evens, Transcript: Yana Bakalova
Foreword:
A. is a female local resident. Age: 87. A. lives alone, no known family members.
[BEGIN LOG]
Team enters A.'s house and sit at a round table in the kitchen. It's a run-down cottage. Nothing extraordinary. A. brings an assortment of jams, as is custom when having guests in the region.
Dr. K: God bless, grandma A.
A: God bless you, child.
Dr. K: You told my colleagues about your son's encounter with some women in the forest. Can you elaborate, please?
A: Ooh, yes, yes. Can you turn off that demonic thing first, please? Don't you know it steals your soul?
A. points to the camera. Walter Evens points the camera downwards, but doesn't stop the recording.
A: Thank you, child. Yes, Rumencho did see some women taking a bath in the river long ago. He did. He tried stealing the clothes that they left on the shore. You know what happens when you steal their clothes? The women become yours. Forever. Samodivas rarely leave their clothes unattended. They must've been really into playing around that night. The full moon does affect them like that. They become playful, leave their clothes to dry and jump in the water. Swim around, scrub, yes. Rumen tried stealing one garment. He barely touched it when the women shrieked and disappeared. He was about 15 then, a boy. Big illness struck him the next morning. Fever, shakes. It was summer. How could he have became ill at all? He didn't even work the field anymore. I tried blankets and pig fat from the special jar, but no. It was useless. He was delirious for four more weeks, until we took him to the circle. It's right over there.
It is to be noted that A. points NE, approximately the location of SCP-XXXX.
You start walking through the forest, reach a stream bubbling out of the roots of an oak. Climb the oak at midday and should see a clearing of about yay-big in the branches. Walk towards that clearing.
It is there. They dance at every full moon, after they have bathed, so that their sweat shoos the zmeys and they don't take them away.
Dr. K: Who are these zmeys?
A.: They come from the roots of the tree. Slither out and steal maidens. Awful things.
Dr. K: Have you ever seen one?
A.: I am here, am I not? I would've been on a cloud, had I ever seen one. They do not hesitate. They're not like local boys, grabbing girls by the hand, sweating and red-faced. If one wants you, he gets you.
Dr. K: So what happened to Rumen?
A.: He's in [REDACTED]. Works, the boy, works hard. Rarely comes anymore.
Dr. K: I mean after you took him to the circle?
A.: Ah, he got better, slept it off up there. We left him alone for the night. He returned invigorated in the morning, alone, with the second calls of our rooster.
[END LOG]
Interview regarding SCP-XXXX
Date: OPTIONAL
Interviewer: TEAM NAME - OPTIONAL
Interviewee: AREA/ANOMALY - OPTIONAL
Team Lead: OPTIONAL
Team Members: OPTIONAL
Foreword:
[BEGIN LOG]
Person A: Dialogue
Person B: Dialogue
STUFF HAPPENS
Person A: Dialogue
[END LOG]
Addendum #5:
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 have been observed performing purposeful, repeating sequences of movements and gesture around SCP-XXXX.
Addendum #6:
The trunk and crown of the original tree that has been cut from SCP-XXXX has been found 83km away from the site. Locals of [REDACTED] reported a huge cut-down tree appearing "out of nowhere" in the middle of the city square. The tree had been removed by local authorities and discarded in the nearby forest. The tree does not exhibit any signs of rot, thermites, local fauna interference or other damage, despite being exposed to atmospheric conditions for more than 50 years. The exact moment of the removal of the trunk from SPC-XXXX and the reason for that is, as of yet, unknown.
Foundation researcher Dr. Simone Derma has performed dendrochronological procedures and determined the tree had been at least 800 years old, and of the Quercus robur species, which is widely spread across the whole region. Other than that, the trunk and crown of SCP-XXXX do not seem to be exhibit any anomalous properties, and have been
Multiple interviews with academics on national TV and radio.
Book writing in YA genre with creatures, similar to SCP-XXXX-1 instances, where characters learn not to engage with them and are rewarded.
Multiple commercials with SCP-XXXX-1-instance-like humanoids, that reward ignoring them with free product.
A musical album centered around local mythos and legends, that incorporates folk songs.
Addendum #6:
As per incident ST-XX-2-a, all personnel is strictly forbidden from entering a zone of 100m in diameter during a full moon night and disrupting SCP-XXXX-1's rituals in any way. Any attempts at communicating with the instances would interfere with the entities' ritual and lead to a security breach of unknown consequences.
SCP Involved: SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-1, Unknown anomalous entity
Personnel Involved:
Site security personnel - Milena Hristova, Lora Topalova;
Maintenance - Rumyana Tsvetkova;
Surveillance - Neli Hadzikoseva;
Date: 08/27/2018
Location: [REDACTED]
During an evening patrol procedure, security personnel approached the location of SCP-XXXX. Withing 50m SW of the location, officers noticed 4 instances of SCP-XXXX-1 performing movements, coinciding with previously observed rituals. Officer Hristova noticed multiple different wildflowers on top of SCP-XXXX. Officer Hadzikoseva reports that there are no abnormal occurrences. Officers Hristova and Topalova continue their patrol route.
CCTV#4 experiences unusual interference. Rumyana Tsvetkova was sent to investigate.
Due to the use of a handheld mirror during repairs, instances of SCP-XXXX-1 shriek and disappear.
Tsvetkova, upon noticing this, buries the mirror near CCTV#4 in a shallow hole.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 were seen flickering in and out of view around the perimeter. The wildflowers dissipate violently with no apparent reason. No sound was heard. No visible signs of combustion.
appendage coming out of burying site, presumably through the dropped mirror.
SCP-XXXX-2 pulling instances of SCP-XXXX-1 back to their original dimension, fatherly protection.
ALL USES OF REFLECTIVE MATERIALS AND MIRRORS ON SITE IS FORBIDDEN!
Initiated CODE: BLANK. Threat is of unknown properties and undetermined threat level.
As of Aug 28, 2018 all interactions with instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are forbidden 2 days before, during, or 2 days after periods of full moon. All available measures should be taken to prevent such interactions. An interrupted ring of Juniperus oxycedrus species should be maintained for 50m with SCP-XXXX at the center.
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