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CAPTION-GOES-HERE
Item #: SCP-5703
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: To avoid public unrest and scrutiny on the SCP Foundation, SCP-5703 is to remain in its location of discovery, designated Site 0404, in Tabriz, Iran. Civilian pilgrimage to the site is permitted with surveillance by plainclothes guards who can speak Azerbaijani and/or Persian fluently. Each guard is to be issued a handgun with a chamber diameter not exceeding .358mm, so that it may be easily concealed.
Two agents are to be stationed at the apartment’s lobby: one to pose as an apartment manager for pilgrims and/or tenants, and the other to watch video feed from the complex’s CCTV system. All agents assigned to SCP-5703 are to detain any entity claiming to be the resident of the anomaly’s location for interrogation. In addition, agents are to report to Site Director O’Malley if they experience any noticeable loss of memory during their service. All entities who have been within the vicinity of SCP-5703 for at least thirty minutes are to undergo routine examination for symptoms of depression, anxiety, and/or the onset of a nihilistic outlook. Entities who are not agents of the SCP Foundation are to be administered amnestics following compulsory examination.
Description: SCP-5703 is a member of the plant species Ficus microcarpa. It stands about four feet in length in a prismatic green ceramic pot with soil. Neither the soil nor the pot have anomalous properties.
SCP-5703 emits radio waves with frequencies within the Bellefrome-Abraham Frequency Range (BAFR). During experiments regarding the psychological effects of these radio waves, human subjects exposed to audible projections reported that the signals sounded to them like “screaming”, “prayer”, and/or “pleas for forgiveness or mercy”. In addition, prolonged exposure to the sounds elicited medium to severe feelings of abstract dread, regret about unrelated past actions, and/or nostalgia about unrelated past events in the test subjects. An open problem regarding these radio signals stems from the fact that they do not appear to be emitted from a central location. Testing by Dr. Abraham shows that the signals manifest in a filamentary pattern around the Earth. Furthermore, the signals are directed, reading more strongly within certain angles from their origin points, suggesting that SCP-5703 is “leaking” the signals. Investigations into these aspects of SCP-5703 are ongoing.
SCP-5703 was discovered simultaneously by agents of the SCP Foundation, operatives of all known world governments, and other parties concerned with anomalous objects on April 21st, 1961. When Foundation operatives arrived in Tabriz to contain SCP-5703, a long line of local civilians on pilgrimage to the anomaly’s location had already formed, suggesting that knowledge of SCP-5703 is universal. All people interviewed for their knowledge of the anomaly have reported suddenly knowing of the existence and location of SCP-5703 as of April 21st, 1961. The interviewees included residents of the apartment complex in which Site 0404 is located, pilgrims to the site, and random individuals from random locations around Earth.
Who the tenant of the apartment now designated as Site 0404 is or was is currently unknown. Both residents of the neighboring apartments and the then-landowner of the complex have claimed that the location had always been vacant. However, the various objects and furnishings in the apartment suggest that some entity once lived there. The apartment was never used as a model for potential renters, and all rental records regarding it have been expunged by unknown means. Extensive investigation under Site Director O’Malley found no evidence that any of the residents or the landowner are suspected to be anomalous and/or responsible for the disappearance of the records. In addition, surveillance of the site has eliminated the possibility of squatters leaving their belongings in the site. As a result of these developments, the unknown tenant has been named SCP-5703-1, and is assumed to exhibit anti-memetic properties.
