I think there might already be an SCP or two that consist of shifting or irregular areas, and I'll link them here when I have time to look for them. Still gets an upvote though because IMO it was eerie and in the middle of a frequently visited but unnamed state park. =D
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"Stay on the path" indeed. Very nice, and I like the experiment log too!
Questions:
Since 778 is in a National Park, which would have a known (Euclidean) area, could one not subtract the known normal area of the Park from its total area to get the maximum external Euclidean area of 778?
What happens when someone flies over 778, at both low and high altitudes?
What would happen if someone camped on the trail overnight? Or camped anywhere in 778 leaving on and transmitting radios and cameras?
How would 778 react to people hunting within it?
Ah! Thank you. Interesting questions. Let me think.
1. I think that the topology of 778 is only wierd once you get close to it or in it. If you're measuring from the park boundaries, say, you won't notice an anomaly. I'm not sure how one would get the total area, maybe you get a different answer every time you measure?
2. I was thinking of adding a log to the experiment log regarding this. I'm not sure- maybe it wouldn't look like anything special, maybe the affects are only noticible from the ground. Or maybe it would just be a normal big forest, although there appear to be only seven trees repeated over and over again. I don't know yet.
3. I wouldn't camp on the trail overnight, it might change by the time you wake up. It might end up somewhere different. Leaving on cameras, I doubt the trail would change anywhere the cameras could see. They'd work normally, and you might get a glimpse of whatever strange beasties haunt Paradise Falls.
4. The hunter would get really lost, really quickly.
How about someone parachuting in from above? Would they need to access the starting point to be on the trail?
Yeah, I think they would just end up in a random patch of forest and never be able to find the trail.
I still want a log from an agent who -finally- reaches paradise falls after weeks of trekking, only to find a tourist family from Minnesota sitting there with a picnic, and when he asks how they got there they point back over his shoulder to an incredibly short trail where he can see his starting point.
Is the sound of falling water unique to this specific incarnation of the trail?
The words "easily dangerous to civilians" make no sense at all.
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