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Item #: SCP-6674

Site 901

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: In order to prevent the triggering of its cognitohazard effects, the true nature of SCP-6674 is to remain unknown to the Foundation's personnel. It is a consensus among the majority of the researchers that this is the most efficient way to prevent the anomaly from spreading itself, as currently, it appears to remain under control.

Any individuals who are possibly related to SCP-6674 occurrences, or to SCP-6674's victims, are to be captured for observation for a period of 30 days and treated with amnestics prior to being released. Moreover, they are not to be exposed to images, writings, and personal objects of possible victims of SCP-6674 under any circumstances.

One security guard is to monitor the surroundings of Site-901 at all times, in order to prevent invasions by civilians, and explorations within the facility are currently prohibited.

As of 22/03/2007 investigations related to SCP-6674 are suspended indefinitely.

Description: SCP-6674 is the designation of an anomaly that caused the disappearance of an uncertain number of individuals between the years 2004 and 2007, including a number of the Foundation's personnel (see Discovery section for details.)

The most prominent connection between SCP-6674's victims is that in none of the cases, close relatives or friends of these individuals are able to remember their former existences, claiming that they never met the subjects. The origins of SCP-6674 remain unknown.

Discovery: The Foundation became aware of SCP-6674's existence in March of 2012 when a logistics specialist from Site-19 noticed within the Foundation's database a register regarding a facility designated as "Site-901", located in Virginia, which apparently was formerly a Foundation facility focused on investigating specific cases of civilian disappearances, although none of the other researchers from Site-19, including the Site Director, were able to recognize or remember said Site's existence.

Immediately after the discovery, a team of Agents aided by members of MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") was deployed to investigate the location. Within 3 days of investigations, the team found out that Site-901 was created and started functioning in 2005 after the Foundation became aware of uncommon disappearance cases in the city of Roanoke.

The team also retrieved a number of personal documents of Site 901's personnel, however, no registers regarding these individuals were found within the Foundation's database, and their existences were never able to be confirmed.

Moreover, a transcript of an interview conducted with an individual who apparently was a victim of SCP-6674 was discovered on the personal computer of Site-901's Director. As no memetic effects were observed upon reading, the aforementioned interview was deemed safe to be included in this document, for informational purposes.

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Foreword: Interview conducted on 20/09/2007 by Agent Michael Howard, a Foundation's forensic scientist working on Site-901, with Susan Lincoln, a 32 years old female civilian who claims that she found in her house a room and several objects she is unable to remember the origin of. She was captured 1 month after an undercover Agent embedded within the local police became aware of her case.

A. Howard: Hello, Mrs. Lincoln. I'm Michael Howard and I need to ask you a few questions. But firstly, how are you doing?

Susan Lincoln: I'm fine, I guess… But I'm not sure what is going on, you people suddenly appeared in my house and took me here almost as if I'm a criminal. Could you explain what's happening?

A. Howard: Unfortunately, I can't give you any details about who we are, however, I can guarantee you that you're safe with us. No one here is going cause you any harm, on the contrary, we are here to help. And if you answer our questions honestly, you will make our job easier and safely return to your normal life afterward. So, are you willing to help us with this?

Susan Lincoln: Alright… But I doubt I can be much of a help, to be honest.

A. Howard: Thanks for your cooperation. So my first question is: How exactly did you find the mysterious room in your former house and what else did you find within it?

Susan Lincoln: Well… This topic is something that is just so… confusing and hard to explain. It's almost like my mind is in pain when I try to think about it, which is why I actually moved from that house two weeks ago, as I just wanted to forget about it. I had a confusing dream that night, it was something that I can't remember properly but I feel like it changed something in my head. When I woke up that morning, I felt like my memories were confused. I felt like I was trying to remember something important, but couldn't.

I went to work as usual and even talked with some of my colleagues about how I was feeling, but they didn't really care at all, saying things like "this happens with everyone" and "I think you just need some rest". So I decided to stop working a little earlier that day to rest a bit, and when I got home I noticed that there was an extra room in my house. For some weird reason, I didn't get scared of it at all though. It seemed so… familiar. (Susan pauses her speech at this point, seemingly thoughtful.)

A. Howard: Please continue Mrs. Lincoln.

Susan Lincoln: Oh my bad, I got lost in my thoughts… Well, when I entered that room for the first time I found a bed, a wardrobe, a table, a backpack filled with notebooks, and a laptop. All of those objects gave me a strong feeling of nostalgia, but I didn't know why. I decided to take a look at the notebooks and that was the moment things got even weirder…

A. Howard: What did you see in the notebooks?

Susan Lincoln: I saw the name of its owner… It was apparently from a middle schooler named… Hector Lincoln. When I saw that I didn't know what to think anymore… I thought that I was becoming crazy because there was no other possible explanation for that.

A. Howard: I can see how that probably was shocking for you. What did you decide to do after this discovery?

Susan Lincoln: I decided to call my husband who was still working. When he arrived home, his reaction was very similar to the one I had. He couldn't remember that room's existence and didn't know what to think. We didn't have a son, but that room was there proving us the contrary… For some reason, I began to cry after he saw the room. After discussing a while, we decided to call the police and explain the situation.

They took the laptop, and the backpack claiming that they were going to investigate more about the owner of those things and contact us afterward, but that happened 3 months ago, and when we went to the police station to ask why they didn't contact us anymore, they literally claimed that they never even went to my house and were not aware of the 2 objects they took with them…

A. Howard: Actually, I can explain that to you, Mrs. Lincoln. The reason why the police acted that way, is because one of our Agents was working with the police station under the disguise of a policeman and after hearing about your case he… let's say… made them forget what they were investigating and sent those 2 objects to us.

Susan Lincoln: (Raises her voice in anger.) WHAT? SO EVERYTHING WAS YOUR GUYS' FAULT?! OUR LIFE BECAME EVEN WORSE AFTER THAT, 'CAUSE A LOCAL TV CHANNEL WENT TO MY HOUSE TO INTERVIEW ME AND AFTER I TOLD EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO THEM, I AND MY HUSBAND BEGAN TO GET TREATED LIKE WE WERE INSANE AND WE GOT RIDICULED BY EVERYONE AROUND US! YOU GUYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT?! JUST TELL ME-

A. Howard: Please calm down Mrs. Lincoln. I truly apologize for what we caused you, but everything we did was necessary to prevent top-secret and possibly dangerous information to spread among the population. But I have good news! After investigating the laptop and its contents, we found 2 particular files that might interest you. We believe they can help you remember certain things you might've forgotten.

Susan Lincoln: (She looks down, while a single tear fall from her eyes.) I'm sorry… I've kinda lost control for a moment… Well, I'd really like to see these findings, if possible.

A. Howard: We understand your situation and don't worry, we'll let you see it. That actually is the main reason why we brought you here today. (Agent Howard picks up his telephone and makes a call.) Please bring the laptop here, we're gonna show it to her right now. (Agent Howard turns off the telephone.) Please wait a few minutes, Mrs. Lincoln.

Susan Lincoln: Sure…

(Approximately 3 minutes after the call, a researcher enters the room, carrying a laptop with him. He delivers it to Agent Howard and leaves the room quietly.)

A. Howard: (Agent Howard opens the laptop's screen.) Here is it, Mrs. Lincoln. We found this picture which apparently consists of you, your husband, and Hector Lincoln together in your residence. (Agent Howard shows the screen to Susan Lincoln.) Does it help you to remember this person?

Susan Lincoln: (Stares at the screen for about 10 seconds before tears begin to fall from her eyes.) Oh my god… I remember everything now… He… He is indeed my son!! My beloved Hector!!! I can't believe that I completely forgot about his existence… I'm so angry at myself right now… But, please… Please let me show this to my husband too, I'm sure it will make him remember our son as well!!

A. Howard: I am glad that you were finally able to remember about your son's existence, however, we can't allow you to do that. Please take a look at what we found written by Hector here.

(Agent Howard closes the picture, opens a ".doc" file named "The Truth" and shows it to Susan Lincoln, who begins crying desperately while reading the document.)

Susan Lincoln: I… I can't believe this… Everything makes sense now…

A. Howard: Calm down, Mrs. Lincoln. Care to explain what you mean by that?

Susan Lincoln: I can finally remember what happened on that night now… It wasn't a dream… My husband… No… Whatever is taking his form. It's the one who made my son disappear… I've seen it with my own eyes… All he did was to [DATA EXPUNGED]. I couldn't do anything about it… Afterward, he did something to me that made me forget Hector's existence and made me sleep.

Now that I think about it, this text was probably a cry for help that my son wrote! He probably knew that he couldn't tell anyone about his father's true nature and wrote that hoping for someone else to see it and save him somehow… Maybe he was suffering for a long time… I can't believe that I never noticed anything… I fucking hate myself.

A. Howard: Well, I know this moment is probably difficult for you, but it's good that you were able to remember what happened, Mrs. Lincoln. We will immediately send our Agents after your husband and capture-

(At this point Agent Howard freezes, as he sees an individual resembling Hector Lincoln manifesting behind Susan Lincoln. He instinctively turns his eyes away from the individual, as it [DATA EXPUNGED].)

Site's Director Closing Statement: As I write this, Site-901's personnel are vanishing one after another. If it wasn't for Agent Howard's last effort of sending this transcript to my computer, maybe even this document would not exist. I removed what I believe to be memetic triggers from this transcript so that it can remain as a warning for whoever reads this interview that it's probably better to not go further with this anomaly's investigations for the greater good. I can hear the screams getting closer and closer, each one of them ending abruptly… It seems like I got no time left. Farewell.

Addendum 1: By order of the O5 Council, further investigation of Site-901 was prohibited on the 4th day after its initial discovery, as it was deemed by most of the Council members as too risky. However, future exploration might be considered if further occurrences of SCP-6674 are registered. The number of individuals who might be affected by SCP-6674 currently is unknown.

Day 1
I walked behind my house, and when I came back to the living room, no one was there anymore. I got really shocked and confused at that moment… I thought I was becoming insane for a while, but later I realized that I couldn't see any person in the city anymore. The cars were empty still in the streets, and the buildings were also empty. The plates in restaurants were still filled with food, which means people disappeared suddenly for some reason. At this point, I started to panic. I felt my heartbeats speeding up really fast and I was feeling desperate. After walking around the city for a while, I decided to return back home… It was so weird because the objects in the house which belonged to my parents were all still there, and they were giving me the feeling that at any moment they would show up, saying it was just a prank or something… But that never happened. It started to get late and I went to my room and lay on my bed, hoping to sleep fast, and that things would somehow be normal again once I woke up… It was way harder to sleep than I wished for though… I couldn't stop thinking about what was going on, and I couldn't find any possible explanation for it. I was also really scared, I kept all of the lights in the house turned on during the night. None of the TV channels were working anymore, it was just static in all of them. The wifi, surprisingly, was still working, but all of my contacts didn't answer me, and there was no news on the internet, which I suppose was expected since there were no people anymore… At some point, I fell asleep. And to my surprise, when I woke up the next day. Things were once again, normal. I believed it was just a nightmare or something, but I was damn wrong…

Day 2
I was walking back home from school, said goodbye to my 2 friends and when I reached home, once again, I couldn't find anyone there, even though I was certain that my dad at least should be home t that moment… That was when I already started to panic… I was, once again, trapped in that place where no one but me existed… Except that this time things would be a little more… creepier. Not much longer after I realized that I was once again, in this "other world", I heard something like footsteps outside the home, but not too far away. I ran to see what it was, but apparently, I was too late and found nothing there. Then I heard it again, but it seemed a lot farther than earlier. For some reason, I decided to start following these sounds, as I thought maybe I would find someone who could give me some answers. However, I had no success whatsoever… I heard the footsteps several times but never could find their source. Every time I got close enough to where I believed I heard it, it would just appear somewhere else. At some point, I just got tired of following it around the creepy empty city and decided to go back home. However, the footsteps sound didn't stop, I could hear them every once in a while, somewhere outside… I started to get paranoid, and this time not even the wifi was working, at the very least the lights still were though. It was difficult I eventually fell asleep, and by the morning, once again, I was back to the normal world… However, things would get just worse really soon.

Day 3

(Creatures from another dimension, which eat emotions from humans).

Item #: SCP-X

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is contained within 5m high, 20cm thick concrete walls, with only one entrance. Two security guards are to be placed around the containment area at all times, in order to prevent possible invaders. Fences have been raised within a radius of 5km around the building together with several warning signs which say "Private property. Do not trespass." as a way to prevent civilians from approaching SCP-X's containment area.

The entrance of the building is allowed only to Class-D personnel for testing and after Incident X-A, experiments involving SCP-X and SCP-X-1 must be authorized by Level 4 personnel. Entrance of SCP-X is currently prohibited by Dr. Michael Mendes, the head researcher assigned to SCP-X.

Description: SCP-X is an approximately 350x200m area near the town of ████████, England. Once a day within the area, at a random time, a red-colored, dense mist composed of unknown elements manifests. The mist is odorless and physical interaction with it appears to be impossible. Also, it drastically reduces the vision of any individual within the area. Said mist always fully dissipates approximately three hours after its initial manifestation.

Along with the mist appearance, a humanoid entity designated SCP-X-1 always manifests. Since 2009, the height of SCP-X-1 appears to be slowly increasing, currently being 3.8 meters. SCP-X-1's body is entirely pitch black, it possesses two curved horns, bright red eyes and an orange light appears to come from inside its mouth while open. The entity is apparently blind, however, it possesses an extremely accurate hearing sense, superhuman strength, and prominent claws and teeth. Up to now, attempts to communicate with SCP-X-1 have failed. SCP-X-1 always manifests exactly at the center of SCP-X and usually does not move if not disturbed. SCP-X-1 does not seem to allow any living creature to stay within the area of SCP-X, and it always vanishes alongside the mist's dissipation.

If SCP-X-1 perceives any living being within the area of SCP-X, it instantly becomes hostile and tries to attack and kill the invader(s). Anyone who approaches a distance of ten meters or less of SCP-X-1 becomes a target. After SCP-X-1 kills its victim(s), their(s) lifeless bodies vanish together with the mist and SCP-X-1. Attempts to terminate SCP-X-1 with common firearms have failed, as it shows an incredible physical resistance and its skin appears to be harder than most materials. When the mist is not present, no anomalous phenomena have been observed in the area.

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SCP-X came to Foundation's attention when 9 inhabitants of ████████ mysteriously went missing at the same time on 23/04/2006, which was later deemed as a result of SCP-X's manifestation. Foundation personnel amnesticized witnesses of SCP-X and started working on its containment, which took around 3 months to be completed. Meanwhile, further investigations revealed that John Maynard, a serial killer who lived between the years of 1873 and 1906 used to reside in a house located relatively close to SCP-X's location.

Maynard was known as an extremely dangerous and disturbed individual who used to kidnap and eat his victims after torturing them for long periods of time. He often would attack his victims during the dawn, while a dense mist was covering the town and its surroundings, which is the reason why locals began to call him "The Mist Murderer". It is also believed that he practised dark rituals and thaumaturgy. Maynard was born into an extremely poor family and due to his unusual, quiet and cold personality, along with the fact that he developed an interest in the paranormal since his childhood, he has always been looked down upon and almost ignored by the general society. Moreover, during his teenage, both of his parents went missing mysteriously, leaving Maynard by himself. As he never went to school, and no registers proving that he ever was employed were found, the way he was able to survive after his parents' disappearance is unknown.

Maynard was killed by the local population when the house in which he resided was discovered by 2 citizens on 23/04/1906, exactly 100 years before SCP-X's first registered appearance. Archived newspapers from the time describe the citizens burning his house while he was still inside it. A report by an eyewitness of the event was also included within an article regarding it. According to the person, one of the citizens stabbed Maynard's eyes with a fork when he attempted to leave the burning house, and threw him into the flames, saying: "Burn in hell you monster, this is nothing compared to what you did to my son." When the police reached the location, the house was already entirely burnt, and the citizens who participated in the massacre were already gone. Maynard murdered at least 13 civilians from 1900 to 1906, dying at the age of 33.

Considering the results of these investigations, Foundation personnel contacted local authorities and were able to recover a piece of paper with what is believed to be writings of John Maynard which was found and kept by the local police since the incident 100 years ago and somehow survived through the flames, however, 70% of it was excessively burnt, making it impossible to read. The following is a transcript of what could be deciphered from the paper:

Nothing can save them from what is coming […] (Three lines of unintelligible text follows the first sentence.) They don't know anything. They don't know what true pain, loneliness, and despair are, but once the entity who lives within me fully awakens, I will be the one laughing at you all[…] (The rest of the text is unintelligible.)

Incident X-A: On 08/02/2009, an experiment involving SCP-X was held. D-6773 was sent to the interior of it while the mist was present, ordered to stay there at a safe distance from SCP-X-1 and wait for the mist's dissipation. When it happened, D-6773 vanished together with the mist and SCP-X-1. 26 hours and 53 minutes after it, the mist returned, however, D-6773 was never recovered. Since then, a slow and consistent increase in SCP-X-1's body mass and height has been observed.

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