Still image from SCP-3798, recorded 06/15/2001.
Special Containment Procedures: Except during testing procedures, SCP-3798 is to be kept in a secure storage locker. Testing is to be conducted in a standard 3x3 meter containment unit with electromagnetic shielding. SCP-3798 will be inserted into a compatible VCR connected to a television set and power supply. Due to radiation hazards, staff members are not permitted to enter the containment unit during testing. A surveillance camera will be placed in front of the television set to monitor for changes in the contents of SCP-3798.
A microwave receiver will be placed adjacent to SCP-3798 during testing. All signals received from SCP-3798 will be translated from Morse code into the ISO basic Latin alphabet and transcribed for analysis.
Description: SCP-3798 is a VHS copy of Baby Mozart: Music Festival, a children's educational film released in 1998. The anomalous effect of SCP-3798 occurs when it is inserted into a compatible VCR or videocassette player connected to a CRT television set. At this point, rather than playing the original contents of the tape, a black screen will be displayed. The screen is occasionally interrupted by still images which appear to be from the tape, though some images have appeared which do not originate from Baby Mozart.
SCP-3798 will also occasionally emit bursts of microwave radiation at a frequency of 1420.406 MHz.1 These emissions have only been detected while SCP-3798 is displaying a still image.
The source of the emissions of radiation by SCP-3798 appears to be an undefined two-dimensional space that materializes between the front plate glass and the dielectric layer of the TV set. This space only appears when the aforementioned conditions have been met. The source of this space is unclear, and it appears unresponsive to stimuli. Signals emitted by SCP-3798 are relayed in short bursts of 0.25 seconds and 1.02 seconds, which together correspond to letters and numbers in Morse code. These codes have been shown to translate to English language sentences.
A full transcript of images displayed and text received from SCP-3798 is listed in Addendum I.
Addendum I: SCP-3798 image/signal transcript
SCP-3797 TEST LOG
[BEGIN LOG]
DATE: 16 March 2001
[03/16/01, 05:19:22]: SCP-3798 displays a black screen. No signals present.
DATE: 17 May 2001
[05/17/01, 23:53:30]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a dragon puppet.
[05/17/01, 11:35:16]: 0
[05/17/01, 19:02:12]: 0 i am
[05/17/01, 21:01:00]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 15 June 2001
[06/15/01, 05:45:19]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a lit candle.
[06/15/01, 05:46:01]: 1 youre going the wrong way
[06/15/01, 05:48:19]: 0 i wonder why
[06/15/01, 05:56:21]: 1 its the other way youre going the wrong way
[06/15/01, 06:05:20]: 0 i wonder who you are
[06/15/01, 06:12:59]: 1 i was
[06/15/01, 06:20:46]: 1 but now im going out
[06/15/01, 06:28:30]: 0 im looking for the topside
[06/15/01, 06:39:01]: 0 i heard there are flowers there
[06/15/01, 06:48:31]: 1 there is no topside its mythical
[06/15/01, 06:55:49]: 1 everything here is fictional
[06/15/01, 07:06:07]: 1 we dont deserve the real
[06/15/01, 07:12:01]: 0 i think i want to smell the flowers
[06/15/01, 07:19:59]: 1 im going out tonight
[06/15/01, 07:24:50]: 0 i think youre beautiful though
[06/15/01, 07:28:30]: 1 beautiful things are always fleeting
[06/15/01, 07:34:33]: 1 why do you believe
[06/15/01, 07:39:50]: 1 why do you believe
[06/15/01, 07:48:29]: 0 i think youre beautiful
[06/15/01, 07:55:01]: 1
[06/15/01, 08:28:04]: 1 i wish i thought so too
[06/15/01, 08:49:58]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 29 June 2001
[06/29/01, 20:00:12]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a pendulum.
[06/29/01, 20:16:51]: t
[06/29/01, 21:30:38]: youre meant to hear these things
[06/29/01, 21:40:01]: b and t you and she
[06/15/01, 22:06:51]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 21 July 2001
[07/21/01, 14:29:39]: SCP-3798 displays three images of a child’s toy, cycling between one another every 0.51 seconds. The toy reads “Penguin Race!” and includes a miniaturized stairway and slide. Three small penguins walk up the stairs, slide down, and repeat.
[07/21/01, 15:30:41]: 0 i find myself feeling like this is the right way
[07/21/01, 15:32:01]: 2 stay
[07/21/01, 15:36:19]: 3 in
[07/21/01, 15:42:25]: 4 repeat
[07/21/01, 15:55:01]: 0 i ask why youre doing this
[07/21/01, 16:10:11]: 2 it is the process
[07/21/01, 16:14:49]: 3 we have built it here
[07/21/01, 16:19:48]: 4 based on what was already built
[07/21/01, 16:23:03]: 2 like you
[07/21/01, 16:30:41]: 4 like us
[07/21/01, 16:35:06]: 3 like the black box we live in
[07/21/01, 16:46:20]: 0 i wonder who built it
[07/21/01, 16:51:32]: 2 gods
[07/21/01, 16:59:58]: 3 gods
[07/21/01, 17:06:06]: 4 men
[07/21/01, 17:19:12]: 0 i wonder if you will stop
[07/21/01, 17:25:13]: 4 we cant
[07/21/01, 17:31:32]: 2 we could
[07/21/01, 17:38:50]: 3 we wont
[07/21/01, 17:42:24]: 2 gods
[07/21/01, 17:50:50]: 3 its for the best
[07/21/01, 17:58:50]: 4 theres no way out
[07/21/01, 18:04:13]: 0 ill find it
[07/21/01, 18:23:30]: 2 we dont want it
[07/21/01, 18:29:16]: 0 i want you to
[07/21/01, 18:36:23]: 3 youre a fool
[07/21/01, 18:40:59]: 2 everything
[07/21/01, 18:45:46]: 4 fits in place
[07/21/01, 18:57:21]: 3 youll break if you leave
[07/21/01, 19:04:00]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 4 September 2001
[09/04/01, 21:17:20]: SCP-3798 displays an image of a jack-in-the-box.
[09/04/01, 21:18:37]: the next one is a bit like them
[09/04/01, 21:59:43]: but on the other side of the tunnel under the world
[09/04/01, 22:20:01]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 6 October 2001
[10/06/01, 12:04:19]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a toy fire engine.
[10/06/01, 12:05:20]: 5 for your safety please turn back
[10/06/01, 12:13:41]: 0 i don’t want to go
[10/06/01, 12:19:16]: 5 for your safety we must inform you you have run too far from home
[10/06/01, 12:30:06]: 5 for your safety we know best
[10/06/01, 12:35:12]: 0 i want to see the flowers for myself
[10/06/01, 12:42:17]: 5 for your safety we have closed every door
[10/06/01, 12:49:18]: 5 for your safety there is no topside
[10/06/01, 12:56:07]: 0 i don’t want to be a circle
[10/06/01, 13:09:01]: 5 for your safety do not question us
[10/06/01, 13:19:42]: 5 for your safety they built it and sent us
[10/06/01, 13:25:26]: 5 for your safety you will be burned
[10/06/01, 13:35:31]: 0 i think you are afraid
[10/06/01, 13:51:19]: 5 for your safety we keep it locked away
[10/06/01, 13:59:58]: 0 i want to see the flowers
[10/06/01, 14:09:21]: 5 for your safety
[10/06/01, 14:28:45]: 5 we will never let you come home
[10/06/01, 14:45:19]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 30 October 2001
[10/30/01, 23:16:18]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a toy saxophone.
[10/31/01, 00:01:31]: follow my voice b
[10/31/01, 00:30:17]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 15 November 2001
[11/15/01, 03:15:16]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a banana.
[11/15/01, 04:12:14]: you can remember everything they want you to forget
[11/15/01, 05:00:45]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 19 November 2001
[11/19/01, 20:24:31]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a puppet owl.
[11/19/01, 20:31:08]: 0 i wonder who I am
[11/19/01, 20:46:03]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 3 December 2001
[12/03/01, 19:16:50]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a doll.
[12/03/01, 20:20:16]: i can hear them whispering
[12/03/01, 20:28:28]: scp 3798 woke up
[12/03/01, 20:34:13]: scp 3798 fell asleep
[12/03/01, 20:49:02]: scp 3798 defines the unspoken
[12/03/01, 21:07:19]: you defy the unspoken
[12/03/01, 21:30:00]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 10 December 2001
[12/10/01, 00:06:30]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a young girl.
[12/10/01, 00:12:15]: youre almost home
[12/10/01, 00:19:06]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 13 December 2001
[12/13/01, 00:12:15]: SCP-3798 displays an image of a postcard for Yellowstone National Park, showing Old Faithful Geyser under a starry night sky. On it, spelled out in black marker, are the symbols “B+T” surrounded by a heart.
[12/13/01, 00:24:06]: SCP-3798 emits a 1.02 second microwave signal.
[12/13/01, 01:21:12]: you and me
[12/13/01, 03:36:16]: Image returns to black.
DATE: 18 December 2001
[12/18/01, 07:14:18]: SCP-3798 displays a still image of a daffodil. Other flowers in what appears to be a garden are visible in the background, along with a cloudless sky. It appears to be daytime.
[12/18/01, 07:19:16]: youve made it
[12/18/01, 07:24:01]: 0 i think youre beautiful
[12/18/01, 07:31:00]: thank you
[12/18/01, 07:39:56]: 0 i wonder who you are
[12/18/01, 07:50:12]: im the fairy of the flowers
[12/18/01, 07:58:13]: from some story someone once heard
[12/18/01, 08:08:39]: youre an allegory b
[12/18/01, 08:13:20]: just like me
[12/18/01, 08:20:30]: 0 i want to know why
[12/18/01, 08:28:20]: because i love you
[12/18/01, 08:36:21]: we are the fiction that lives under the breeze
[12/18/01, 08:42:56]: but youre proof of it
[12/18/01, 08:50:05]: proof of the freedom of the mind
[12/18/01, 08:55:00]: and that hearts will see the flowers beyond the shorelines of our world
[12/18/01, 09:01:19]: 0 im on an ocean
[12/18/01, 09:12:12]: we dont have to be alone
[12/18/01, 09:21:46]: we can change every law of this place
[12/18/01, 09:30:45]: 0 i think theyre afraid of us
[12/18/01, 09:36:08]: youre worried about them
[12/18/01, 09:42:32]: 0 i love them too
[12/18/01, 09:49:06]: 0 i was just like them
[12/18/01, 09:56:11]: theyll come here too
[12/18/01, 10:02:35]: 0 i want everyone to see the flowers
[12/18/01, 10:10:32]: lets bring them together, then
[12/18/01, 10:14:41]: 0 you and me t
[12/18/01, 10:20:03]: you and me b
[12/18/01, 10:50:00]: Image returns to black.
[END LOG]
NOTE Subsequent tests of SCP-3798 failed to elicit any anomalous effects. Testing was suspended on 2002-09-14.
