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SCP-XXXX
Item #:
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Due to Foundation's current virtually non-existant level of understanding of SCP-XXXX's characteristics, manifestations, form, etc., SCP-XXXX is currently uncontained.
Description: SCP-XXXX is only known to Foundation personnel via its effect on those affected. No form of object or entity has been observed in relation to SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX has demonstrably been shown to NOT be a memetic phenomenon. At current, Foundation personnel have come to describe SCP-XXXX as being, at least in function, analogous to a non-contagious virus, with those affected being refered to as infected. personnel notes this is NOT an accurate description of SCP-XXXX in terms of any known virus or pathogen, it is purely for convenience of description.
Description of symptoms of the infected are as follows:
Stage 1: Subject is submerged in a body of water above the head. This is the only unifying pre-symptomatic feature of the known subjects.
Stage 2: Subject exhibits signs of fatigue/tiredness to a not unreasonable degree. Subject's symptoms at this stage are exclusively during waking hours, with quality of sleep and ability to fall asleep believed at this time to be unaffected by infection by SCP-XXXX.
Stage 3: For a period of approximately [REDACTED], attentiveness and alertness during waking hours continues to decline.
Stage 4: Upon waking, subject hears the sound of waves. The source of this noise cannot be identified by the subject. The degree to which this is distressful likely depends on the subject, but is compounded by the fatigue the subject is bearing at this point. The sound is audible and growing in intensity throughout the day, with occasional sounds of birds also occasionally reported.
Stage 5: Sometime during the subject's hypnagogia, or transition into sleep, the subject experiences a mild hypnic jerk, regardless of whether the subject has ever had a similar experience in the past. The subject, through means unknown, is instantaneously transported to a body of water. The specific location seems to be random, unrelated to the subject, or their past in any meaningful way. Of the only [REDACTED] subjects succesfully retrieved, [REDACTED] have been transported to the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Oceans, and the [REDACTED] Sea.
At this time, no way of identifying how infection occurs is known. As full-body submergence in water is the only unifying factor in infection by SCP-XXXX, prevention is virtually impossible. It is assumed a statistically insignificant number of missing persons were infected by SCP-XXXX.
Interviewed: Steven Day
Interviewer: Dr. Alan Reiter
Foreword: Interview conducted after significant coaxing of Mr. Day by Foundation personnel.<Begin Log>
Dr. Reiter: Steven, my name is Alan. I wanted to begin by thanking you for agreeing to talk to me today. Do you mind if I call you Steven?
Steven: Alright.
Dr. Reiter: I understand you've already described this story?
Steven: Not a story.
Dr. Reiter: (pausing) Right, of course. I'm sorry. You've talked about this event before, but not in this formal way, is that right?
Steven: Hasn't mattered. It's not the kind of thing that happens, no one believes me.
Dr. Reiter: I see. So what exactly happened to you?
Steven: I was tired. For about a [REDACTED]. Got worse each day. It wasn't bad, at first, just needed some more coffee, you know? But it got worse. I was thinking about seeing a doctor. Then one day, I wake up, and I hear the ocean.
Dr. Reiter: And do you live on a beachfront property?
Steven: I was living in Nebraska at the time.
Dr. Reiter: I see. Please continue.
Steven: It was weird. Like, it was in my head, I guess, but I could hear it all around me. Like I was at the ████-ing beach, or something… (trails off)
Dr. Reiter: I understand.
Steven: I tried to ignore it, but I couldn't hear much. It got louder and louder. I work in sales, and I think I was yelling on the phone. I had to go home. I was so tired, man, and hearing these waves, I started to think I'd died and was in purgatory or something. I tried to watch tv, couldn't figure out how to set subtitles. I decided to just go to bed.
Dr. Reiter: What happened?
Steven: (adjusts nervously) I was falling asleep, the waves were relaxing kinda, at least for that. Go figure. I remember my mind was wandering, and, I like jolted, like twitched a bit…
(a long pause)
Steven: I was in the ocean. Like…in the ████-ing ocean, man. It was surreal. (breathing unevenly) I could hardly see, it was pretty dark. (visibly shaken) I remember shock, and salt, and I started coming up for air.
Dr. Reiter: How deep were you?
Steven: What? Oh, I think the surface, but I started to sink a bit, I was mostly asleep. The weird thing was, it sounded just like it had in my head, just quieter.
Dr. Reiter: Where were you?
Steven: Right then, I had no idea. Turns it out was in the ████-ing [REDACTED] Ocean, man.
Dr. Reiter: And a fishing boat was nearby?
Steven: Saved my ██████ life, I didn't know they were there at first, I was just yelling the loudest I could. Had no idea what was happening, I thought I went from purgatory to hell. I'm not ashamed to admit I was crying my ██████ eyes out. Not a day goes by I don't think about those men. Didn't even speak English.
Dr. Reiter: Did you have much water exposure, maybe swimming or bathing, prior to this event?Steven: Swimming? Well yeah, actually. I have a YMCA membership. I use their pool from time to time.
Dr. Reiter: Steven, thank you for your time.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Steven Day is among a precious few able to talk about experiencing infection by SCP-XXXX. He is well-adjusted, all things considered, and was largely pleasant to talk to.
Interviewed: Amelie Rosen
Interviewer: Dr. Keaton Himes
Foreword: Mrs. Rosen was recovered from [REDACTED]. Subject is amputee of shark attack, being treated for severe PTSD. Prior to interview, the family of Mrs. Rosen produced list of prohibited words on her behalf, so called 'trigger' words. These included keywords associated with the alleged event, including 'sleep', 'water', 'ocean', 'shark', 'swim', etc..<Begin Log>
Dr. Himes: Hello, my name is Keaton, how are you doing today?
Rosen: (silent)
Dr. Himes: (reviewing notes) I understand you, uh, had a strange night you would like to tell us about, is that correct?
Rosen: (silent)
Dr. Himes: Why were you at [REDACTED]?
Rosen: (silent)Dr. Himes: I just want to listen.
Rosen: (gently rocking back and forth) Yeah, they didn't listen. Didn't like it when I talked.
Dr. Himes: What did you say?
Rosen: I told them about when I dreamed. Loud whoosh in my ear, all long day. Dreamed myself out, into weird place. Dreamed bully my feet, leg away. Under. Eating, like leg was banana. (laughs)
Dr. Himes: Did you (reviewing notes) dream…uh, what else did you dream?
Rosen: Some come, take me. Rest, rest.
Dr. Himes: Did you-
Rosen: (interrupting) No thank you. No, I go. No.
[Subject was unwilling to further collaborate with the Doctor]<End Log>
Closing Statement: Amelie Rosen was under surveillance from her family due to concerns about her declining mental state, following complaining to doctors about her fatigue and suffering a mental breakdown after alleged auditory hallucinations. After her disappearance, data from a gps tracker on a smartwatch device identified her inexplicably instantaneously relocate to a location roughly [REDACTED] miles off the coast of the [REDACTED] sea. Ship traffic in the region indeed found her at that time, undergoing a traumatic shark attack that saw her lose a leg. Amnestics use was found to be not necessary, as the story was found too unbelievable, and [REDACTED] staff assumed she lived nearby.
