Item #: SCP-7430
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation has infiltrated the local authorities in the town of Lockwood for a more efficient control over the anomaly. Disappearance rates of people between the ages of 15 and 50 must be constantly monitored.
The forest surrounding the town must be also monitored through the use of 20 surveillance posts scattered throughout the area, used primarily by research teams and standard security personnel. Civilians found wandering alone in the forest must be persuaded to return to the more populated areas by the security team, who will pose as local rangers.
Anyone successfully affected by SCP-7430 is to have their existence erased from the public eye and from all records except by this document.
Drones and other unmanned means must be used for the search and recovery of instances of SCP-7430-1, which are to be disposed of by incineration. Any civilian or staff member who had contact with or is experiencing activity related to SCP-7430-1 is to be interrogated, and if necessary, properly amnesticized or quarantined depending on the severity of the effects.
Any descriptions, news, entertainment, or acts of public reverence towards SCP-7430-1 are to be monitored and censored.
Update 5/26/1986: Due to the nature of SCP-7430-1, directly describing the anomaly or tangible elements of its composition must be avoided.
The use of thaumaturgical methods to neutralize the anomaly have been declared ineffective.
Description: SCP-7430 is an anomalous event currently affecting the population of the town of Lockwood, Oregon. This event occurs approximately 2 to 3 times a year, and causes the disappearance of a single civilian of any gender between the ages of 15 and 50. Generally, the disappearances themselves do not follow a specific pattern, although the consensus dictates that the zone where every person is last seen tend to be in areas close to the forest surrounding the town.
Affected individuals often experience personality changes or unusual behaviors prior to disappearance, although the duration or intensity of this effects varies greatly. It is believed that at their highest level of intensity, disappearances can be caused by the spontaneous demanifestation of the individual.
These disappearances always lead to the individual becoming part of SCP-7430-1.
SCP-7430-1 refers to [DATA EXPUNGED].
Due to this, SCP-7430-1's capabilities and influence increase based on the number of successful SCP-7430 events, as well as the number of people interacting with any of its instances. It is believed that this effect can also be transmitted between individuals.
Addendum 7430.1: Discovery
The effects of SCP-7430 were finally discovered after the events of April 1st 1986, when the disappearance of 26-year-old Evelyn Brocke led to a massive anomalous event.
4 days after being declared missing, an instance of SCP-7430-1 was found by local authorities and taken for study at the local forensic department. Due to the nature of the object found, doctors and members of the authorities as well as administrative and cleaning personnel present in the building ended up being affected by SCP-7430-1, which resulted in a massive exposure of the anomaly to the population of Lockwood.
Approximately 59 individuals, including 24 members of the authorities and 35 civilians, were lost in the events of April 1.
Staff incorporated in the town who escaped the event alerted the Foundation and a mass amnestization campaign began on the entire population of Lockwood. In the following weeks, the properties and effects of SCP-7430 were determined.
The present documentation was also updated to avoid direct description of SCP-7430-1, after this nearly led to a containment breach on May 26, 1986.
Upon closer investigation of the town's history, it was discovered that the disappearances had been occurring for the last 11 years, although their effects had never reached a significant enough intensity to be discovered by the Foundation, or, in most cases, their respective instances of SCP-7430-1 were never properly found. In most of these cases, moreover, people had begun to attribute these disappearances to the act of an alleged serial killer, which led to an unsuccessful investigation by the local police, partly minimizing the suspicion of Foundation members infiltrated in said authorities.
Addendum 7430.2: List of relevant SCP-7430-1 instances.
SCP-7430-1 during its discovery.
Date: March 6, 1981
Subject: Terrence Phillips
Age: 17
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: Subject is declared missing one day after leaving for school on the morning of March 6. After 2 months of search, an instance of SCP-7430-1 is discovered by a group of campers, lying face down in a puddle in the south-east area of the local forest.
Manifestation: Lisa Hawkins, one of the campers, in the following weeks after the event makes an appointment with her dentist due to a constant itchy feeling in her tongue. The sensation ceases after 1 month. No more activity is registered.
SCP-7430-1 during its discovery.
Date: July 14, 1981
Subject: Henry Bennett
Age: 37
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: The subject works as a part-time taxi driver. Witnesses claim to see him for the last time on the road heading into the northern area of the local forest. Following a 6-week investigation, a local ranger discovers an instance of SCP-7430-1 resting on the shore of a lake, located at northwest of the area. A subsequent investigation reveals Mr. Bennet's vehicle, sunk in the bottom of the lake.
Manifestation: Mark Lopez experiences periodic cramps in his right feet, accompanied by a mild feeling of constant anxiety and difficulty for walking over the next 2 months.
He later claims to have found himself humming a melody unconsciously every time he was alone.
SCP-7430-1 during its discovery.
Date: March 9, 1982
Subject: Harry Miller
Age: 15
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: Last seen by his friends leaving high school during the afternoon, after reporting a severe headache. 4 days later, local police find another instance of SCP-7430-1 half-submerged in a creek, near the northwest of the woods.
Manifestation: Officer Gregory Campbell, over the next 7 months, initially experiencing periodic severe migraines, suffers an increasing difficulty in making coordinated movements and a deterioration of existing speech skills over the months. In September he is diagnosed with apraxia.
By the end of the year, Mr. Campbell reports occasional nightmares, usually related to the amputation of one or both legs. The officer usually describes this act as being accepted by him in the dream, out of utilitarian sentiment.
His health progressively improves over the next year. This experience seems to result in Mr. Campbell becoming extremely religious.
Extraction of SCP-7430-1.
Date: November 30, 1983
Subject: Vanessa Higgins
Age: 23
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: The subject, a medicine student, experiences severe episodes of anxiety attacks and paranoia during the months prior to the disappearance, many times declaring that she was being constantly persecuted. Although Mrs. Higgins is prescribed with medication according to her unstable mental state, and despite moving back in to her parent's house because of it, her behavior only becomes more erratic as the months pass.
The subject disappears at dusk on Wednesday, November 3, during a violent episode of anxiety, running away from home.
The next morning, on November 4, 46-year-old Mary Grant, residing at a vacational cabin in the East Woods, discovers an instance of SCP-7430-1 half buried in a large mound of snow near the cabin.
Manifestation: During the next 2 nights after the event, Mrs. Grant experiences severe night terrors and visual hallucinations related to multiple human legs sticking out of the snow surrounding the cabin overnight, along with sightings of small wooden figures hanging around the cabin that disappear as soon as they are seen again.
She also reports occasional cramps in her left leg during this time period.
SCP-7430-1 during its discovery.
Date: July 23, 1984
Subject: Claire Hawkins
Age: 21
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: Subject goes on a camping trip with her sister and 2 friends, on what was originally going to be a 3-day trip, to the southeast area of the forest. After dinner on the second night, the girl leaves her tent at approximately 2 am in the morning, for no apparent reason.
The people who accompanied her collaborate during the next 3 days together with the rangers and local authorities to search for her in the area.
Her sister Lisa finds an instance of SCP-7430-1 hanging upside down from a tree.
Manifestation: On July 29, during her sister's funeral, Lisa Hawkins hears the muffled sound of female laughter from beneath the ground. She experiences a severe headache that forces her to walk away from the event to collect herself.
During the next 11 months, the girl experiences multiple, spontaneous auditory hallucinations of teeth chattering for prolonged periods throughout the day. Severe jaw pain develops which progressively worsens her ability to eat throughout the year.
She also begins to have strong night terrors and visual hallucinations involving her sister, running naked in the distance into the woods. All of this results in her developing a strong anxiety disorder, and the habit of rambling nonsense words in prose when alone.
On the morning of May 8, 1985, Lisa is in the local Catholic church with her relatives. Just as the people at the mass begin to recite their prayers, Lisa begins to emit meaningless ¨ceremonial vocalizations¨. Subject's parents try to calm her down due to the intensity of these phrases, causing her to recite said vocalizations louder and faster. The prayer is interrupted and the priest approaches the family to ask if the girl is alright. At that moment, and as she would later declare, Lisa mistakes the rosary worn by the priest for a "teeth necklace" and goes into a panic attack that leads her to slip up and hit her head against the bench, dislocating her lower jaw. The young woman is hospitalized and no further abnormal activity is registered after this event.
This particular case generated discontent in the student body of Claire's university, leading to multiple protests claiming the ineffectiveness of the police to catch the alleged serial killer responsible for the case, nicknamed as "The Lockwood Mutilator", to whom 6 past disappearances were attributed.
Lockwood Elementary School - Class of ´84.
Date: November 7, 1984
Subject: Edward Miller
Age: 48
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: The subject spents the last 2 days before his disappearance wandering through the woods. Witnesses claimed to see him in the distance heading northwest and avoiding making contact or being seen by people. Eventually he is no longer seen and is officially declared missing on November 7.
Three weeks later, on November 29, a group of elementary kids on a school winter trip accompanied by one of their teachers witness an instance of SCP-7430-1 rolling through the snow down a hill until stopping in front of the group.
Manifestation:
Susan Berkley – 9 years old: Screams during English class when she feels "A very big spider", crawling up her leg. No spiders are found neither on her clothes or in the classroom. (December 2)
Stephanie Corbet – 9 years old: Hears a constant taping on the window of her bedroom during the night. Claims to have woken up a few minutes later to a ¨Quiet song¨ coming from outside. (December 3)
Timothy Wright – 8 years old: During a Math class, claims to hear music coming from one of the cabinets in the classroom. It stops after 20 seconds. (December 3)
Jim Taylor – 9 years old: Finds a human finger sticking out of the dirt of a flowerpot in the school hallway. After this, the kid decides to notify his teacher. When the teacher comes to check the pot, there is nothing. (December 4)
Madyson Grant - 8 years old: Claims to have witnessed the crucifix of Jesus Christ in the classroom making signs in silent language with its hands during a literature class. Despite declaring herself scared, the girl does not notify the teacher of this and no other kid in the classroom seem to notice this event. (December 4)
Andrew Lopez – 8 years old: Home alone in the afternoon waiting for his father to come home from work, the boy finds himself watching Sesame Street. Apparently, after watching 2 episodes, the boy witnesses a third episode titled ¨Come in Handy!¨
In this episode, Elmo's character is shown in front of a brick wall with a closed wooden door with a crucifix on top of it. Elmo is shown frustrated at not being able to open the wooden door, apparently because he lacks the strength to turn the knob. At that moment, Big Bird´s character appears on screen and asks him the reason behind his frustration. After Elmo explains that he's angry because he can´t open that door, Big Bird explains the importance of accepting help from others to achieve your goals, and how "everyone needs a helping hand sometimes."
At that moment, Big Bird uses his "Beak" to remove the glove on the left hand of his costume, exposing the real hand of the actor underneath the costume. Big bird encourages Elmo to use his hand. Elmo easily removes the human hand from the suit as if it were a mannequin, and uses it to turn the knob.
The door opens slowly, revealing what appears to be a desolate wooded area covered in snow in the middle of the night. The area appears to be a real location. Both characters stay silent and turn their heads towards the camera without moving. The sound of winter wind can be heard coming from the door.
After 2 minutes of the characters standing still in front of the door, Andrew gets scared and leaves the room without turning off the TV. The kid comes back after half an hour to check the TV. He leaves again after verifying that the same scene is still there. When Andrew's father arrives at dusk, he finds his son waiting for him on the porch. The TV is now playing a repetition of the first episode of season 14: ¨Big Bird at Camp¨
There is no known record of the episode described by the kid. When pressed for further details, Andrew describes how the show's intro song, "Sesame Street Theme" by Joe Raposo, had been replaced with a "different melody." (December 6)
Lockwood Elementary School: During the morning, approximately a number of 40 paint handprints are found in the walls of one of the school bathrooms. These handprints range in size from 5.5 to 22.6 inches. (December 8)
Stephanie Corbet – 9 years old: Wakes up in the morning with her body and face covered in bruises. The little girl´s neck shows strangulation marks. The child is helped and taken to a hospital by her parents. An investigation is opened for a possible case of domestic abuse. (December 8)
Ian Flynn: Physical education teacher Ian Flynn attempts to strangle the priest of the local Catholic church, initially using his bare hands, then using the priest's rosary. The subject is separated and arrested, unable to give statements, being in a state of dissociation. Although no charges are filed, Mr. Flynn is not allowed to go near the church again. The subject would later declare himself confused about the event. (December 8)
Lockwood Elementary School: The hands of the crucifix of Jesus in one of the classrooms disappear. (December 9)
Excerpt retrieved from relevant newspaper.
Date: November 5, 1985
Subject: Aaron Woodfield
Age: 46
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description:
The subject, a 46-year-old local park ranger, is arrested on November 2 on suspicion of being related to the disappearance of students Elizabeth Taylor and Marissa Clark in January and July of the same year.
The suspicions on the part of the authorities were due to witnesses who declared how in both cases they saw the girls in desolate areas being followed by Mr. Woodfield, being in the case of the second victim, at a time that did not coincide with the subject's work Schedule. He also was linked to the disappearance of a prostitute in December 26th 1974, to whom he had allegedly frequented in the weeks before the disappearance.
After an inspection of the subject's home, and despite the fact that no traces of the students were found, the school uniforms and belongings of the two girls are found buried in the backyard of the home, along with a backpack that would later be discovered to belong to Claire Hawkins, a previous victim of SCP-7430.
This news become a scandal in the Lockwood community, who blame him for the other disappearances on suspicion that they were caused by the activity of a serial killer
in the area.
However, Mr. Woodfield suddenly disappears during an interrogation at the East Precinct police station. Subject had experienced strong paranoia and instability in the days before the disappearance. The investigation is left inconclusive, since no further traces of Mr. Woodfield are found and due to the discovery of more belongings of disappeared victims in another 3 homes near the residence of the subject, and in the courtyard of the local elementary school.
No instance of SCP-7430-1 is found in this case.
The interview conducted with Aaron Woodfield, formerly owned by the Lockwood Police Department prior to the tape´s confiscation is attached below.
TRANSCRIPT OF AARON WOODFIELD´S LAST INTERROGATION
TAPE RECORDED INTERVIEW
AARON WOODIELD / DETECTIVE JOHN MENDEZ
11.5.85N
<Begin Log>
MENDEZ: This is detective Mendez, Lockwood Police Department. Today is Wednesday, Tuesday 5, 1985. Current time is 7:36 P.M. This is a taped conversation with the last name of Woodfield, first of Aaron. Date of birth 02-16-39.
MENDEZ: Okay Aaron, I just turned on this tape recorder so we can have this conversation more easily. It's almost the end of my schedule and I don't have the patience to stay here all night, so don't make me. Let's not repeat what happened a couple of days ago, okay?
(Silence)
MENDEZ: Aaron?
WOODFIELD: o-okay sir.
MENDEZ: Please, speak up a little bit.
WOODFIELD: Yes sir.
OFFICER: Good. Well as you may know, since we talked it last time, uh, you were detained on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of the two girls this year. You assured me that you never had any contact with them, is that correct?
(Silence)
MENDEZ: Aaron, i'm talking to you.
WOODFIELD: Yes.
MENDEZ: Okay, so you do remember. Aaron, you made it clear to us that you had nothing to do with the case, even though we have three witnesses who saw you following the girls, one of them late at night in the middle of the forest. When we asked you, you told us that it wasn't you, despite the fact that two of the witnesses recognized your face. Is that correct?
WOODFIELD: It wasn't me.
MENDEZ: You told us the same thing last Saturday. Do you have any way to prove it?
WOODFIELD: (No response)
MENDEZ: Look, ever since we pulled you over a few days ago, we've been searching through your home, Aaron. Yesterday we found belongings of both girls buried in your backyard.
WOODFIELD: What?
MENDEZ: We also found a backpack, belonging to a young woman who disappeared one night you did duty, July 23, '84. We found dried blood on the backpack, Aaron.
WOODFIELD: Oh.
MENDEZ: Okay, listen carefully, I need you to tell me if you did something to those girls, and why-
WOODFIELD: I swear i didn´t do anything, i s-swear i-
MENDEZ: Calm down, take it easy. I'm going to need you to be more clear with me.
WOODFIELD: I-I did saw them, both, in the Woods.
WOODFIELD: But i didn't do anything to them. I´m scared.
MENDEZ: Why are you scared?
MENDEZ: So you did have contact with them?
WOODFIELD: No… I never even touch them. I swear I never met them, but it was during my shift, in January, I saw this girl-
MENDEZ: Are you talking about Elizabeth?
WOODFIELD: I think, she was wearing a school uniform, and she was wandering alone in a dangerous area, we don't let minors do that, be-because of the animals and-
WOODFIELD: -after 5 minutes… when i finally got to her, she was already dead, hanging in a tree…
MENDEZ: What do you mean she was dead?
WOODFIELD: She was dead, man! S-she was naked and looked like her [REDACTED] had been ripped off-
MENDEZ: Are you telling me you just found a dead body and never reported it?
WOODFIELD: Sir, s-she turned her head to me, and s-started talking… And her voice, it didn't sound like a girl's, it sounded like-
MENDEZ: Didn't you just tell me she was dead?
WOODFIELD: She was dead! A-and she was smiling…she told me that it would be disrespectful to leave her l-lying there-
WOODFIELD: She said that her parents would be very sad if they never found her or something like that- She kept begging me to get close to her-
MENDEZ: Aaron, I don't understand-
WOODFIELD: I ran away, i kept hearing her, calling my name… I went home, then I thought it was maybe just a joke. And then I saw her face on the news, everywhere! And the same thing happened with the other one…! The same uniform, the same smile…And I- just- didn't want the same thing to happen again! But it was very dark, I couldn't-
MENDEZ: Okay, okay Aaron. Why did you never tell anyone?
WOODFIELD: Because no one would believe me!
WOODFIELD: And now weird things keep happening… I can't stop finding [REDACTED] spreaded all across my backyard!
WOODFIELD: And the girls are everywhere, smiling at me! They are under my sofa, in the ceiling- A few days ago I went to the bathroom, and I caught them looking at me over the shower curtain! I almost had a heart attack-
MENDEZ: Sir-
WOODFIELD: I just want to be able to sleep again, plea-
At that moment, the interviewer is distracted by a flickering in the lights of the room, causing him to look up at the ceiling for an instant. When turning to the front, Mr. Woodfield is no longer there. Mendez inspects under the table without success.
MENDEZ: What?
Mendez inspects the entire room. There is no trace of Mr.Woodfield
MENDEZ: What the f-
<End Log>
Manifestation: N/A
Collateral damage caused by the movement of SCP-7430-1.
Date: March 28, 1986
Subject: Evelyn Brocke
Age: 26
Catalyst: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Description: The subject, a medicine student, locks herself in the bedroom of her house in the suburbs for 6 days before the disappearance tooks place. Testimonies from both close friends and that of her younger brother, who lived with her at that time, indicate that there were no signs of strange behavior or emotional distress in the young woman prior to her confinement, indicating that this behavior manifested spontaneously.
During the 6-day period, the subject apparently only communicates through the door with her brother in, as he later describes, nonsensical phrases. On the sixth day, when the young woman stops responding, her brother becomes concerned and seeks for help, alterting the authorities. On March 27th, the police brokes into the young woman's room, inside which there is no trace of her.
The next day she is officially declared missing.
4 days later, in the early morning of April 1st, an instance of SCP-7430-1 is found by the authorities leaning behind a tree next to a road running through the southeast of the woods, partially covered in a "finely ornamented white veil". After being discovered, SCP-7430-1 is taken for a study in the forensic department at noon.
Manifestation: [REDACTED]
Addendum 7430.3: First chronological manifestation of SCP-7430
During the investigation period of SCP-7430 following the events of April 1st, 1986, information was gathered from the locals to establish a timeline of events surrounding the anomaly. This was how the first official disappearance related to SCP-7430 was discovered, referring to 9-year-old Thomas Heffley on December 24th, 1974.
Mr. Heffley, who now was 21 years old at the time and who had been living with his family in Nevada since 1978, was contacted to provide his experience with the incident.
Said interview is attached below.
Family cabin of the Heffley family. Photo provided by Thomas Heffley.
Thomas Heffley, who lived his childhood in Lockwood, disappeared on the night of December 24, in the middle of a family reunion. After being unsuccessfully searched for by his parents and uncles, the authorities were alerted. Two days later, Thomas, unconscious, was found nearly buried by snow in a remote area of the woods, with only a single █████ missing. He was rescued and sent to the hospital, where it was not possible to explain how the infant would manage to survive so long without dying naturally from hypothermia. The boy's testimony was not made public.
In 1986, Thomas was contacted by the Foundation and interviewed at his current residence in the state of Nevada by agent █████ on May 26 at 1:23 PM
<Begin Log>
INTERVIEWER: Could you describe your experience living in Lockwood, Oregon?
HEFFLEY: Yes of course. Uhh, I lived there my entire childhood, my dad and my grandpa moved there when he was a teenager. Nice, calm town, lots of nature.
INTERVIEWER: Please, try being more specific.
HEFFLEY: Uhm, my father worked at a gas station, mom worked at home. I didn't have many friends, but the townspeople were always very friendly. Although somewhat superstitious.
INTERVIEWER: What do you mean by "superstitious"?
HEFFLEY: Well, you know, the town, it wasn't very big until more people came to live there in the 70s. Before, they had always been that kind of a closed community, I don't think I need to explain
INTERVIEWER: Please, explain in great detail.
HEFFLEY: (Sighs)
HEFFLEY: My grandfather always talked about the people who used to live there, in the woods, weird religions, I always thought they were like hippies, according to him they were more like gypsies or something like that. People used to find weird necklaces on the trees, weird music coming from the woods at night, the townsfolk fed urban legends to scare the kids, including Dad. We stopped hearing anything from those people during the 60´s though.
INTERVIEWER: Interesting, thanks. Thomas, I understand that there were also some strange disappearances during the 70's and 80's, right?
HEFFLEY: Uhh, no, I don't know
INTERVIEWER: Your family moved in '78, right? Hadn't there been a wave of people disappearing? Murders or something like that?
HEFFLEY: Well uh, I guess I just heard some rumors. They said there was, uh, a man in the woods, a murderer or something. The son of a friend of dad's also disappeared, I think that scared him, I always thought he had just run away, I don´t really know.
INTERVIEWER: Thomas, we know that you apparently disappeared for 2 days when you were 9 years old. Christmas of '74, remember? Could you tell us something about that day?
HEFFLEY: I'd rather not talk about that
INTERVIEWER: It is not a matter of what you prefer or not. Thomas, please describe what you remember about that day.
HEFFLEY: Why? Are you with the government or something? I d-
INTERVIEWER: Thomas. I have a group of officers waiting outside.
(Silence)
HEFFLEY: Uhh… I remember it was on Christmas Eve. My grandfather had a cabin, on the outskirts, we used it for family events, things like that… I only have vague memories of what happened before. We were at the cabin, it was night and everything was covered in snow, dad had trouble parking us earlier. Uh, I was on the couch, I had been playing with mom, we were waiting for dad to finish dinner. I remember my aunt called mom to ask her for help with something, I think, I don't remember what. I think I fell asleep, it felt like being asleep, or I got distracted, I don't know. When no one was looking, I got up and walked to the exit. I was walking through the snow, up the hill, I couldn't see anything.
INTERVIEWER: Why did you do that?
HEFFLEY: I, uh, I don't know, I don't think I wanted to, I could hear mom calling my name, I could see the cabin from above, far way, I think I ignored it and kept walking. It was all very dark and I was freezing, I remember touching the branches while walking through the trees to guide me. It felt like being disassociated, like I was dreaming. It scares me, how easy it was.
INTERVIEWER: Please Thomas, focus. What else do you remember?
HEFFLEY: I kept walking for a while longer, an hour, maybe? Definitely an hour or two. Eh, there was this, circle of trees, I got in. I think, uh, I saw clothes, rags, in the snow, I touched a, uh, a figure, made with sticks. I don't remember what it looked like. I collapsed right there, felt like I was dying. Can we stop here?
INTERVIEWER: Is that it?
HEFFLEY: I don't- want to tell more. This is why I don't tell anyone, at one point they don't believe me but then they start doing weird things. Please leave my house.
INTERVIEWER: That is irrelevant. Any substantial information you have, you must tell us.
HEFFLEY: Please, I-
INTERVIEWER: This is a serious matter. If you do not cooperate, there could be serious repercussions for you. Or your family.
(Silence)
HEFFLEY: I- remember images, or I dreamed them, but I was more or less conscious. Uh, there were people, dressed in white, dancing..Yes, they were dancing… whistling this song…It wasn't cold anymore, it was daytime, I think it was summer, maybe, or spring… they wore crowns made with flowers, and necklaces…
HEFFLEY: …Remember, uh, the stick figure?
INTERVIEWER: Yes.
HEFFLEY: Well there was something like that, but bigger, it was much bigger. It was, like a statue, or an idol… all made with sticks and branches. Those people were hugging it, singing to it…I felt how they grabbed my arms, my legs, I was collapsed… They brought me close to it, they put me inside and then, pain, felt blood in my mouth…
HEFFLEY: What I saw inside, I don't remember, too diffuse, but I remember my surprise. It's not something you'd expect to see inside a statue, especially one made out of wood, y-you know?
INTERVIEWER: Are you sure you don't remember what you saw? Nothing comes to your mind?
HEFFLEY: [DATA EXPUNGED], many little ones.
INTERVIEWER: I see.
(Silence)
HEFFLEY: Please, I swear every tim-
INTERVIEWER: (Groans)
(Silence)
INTERVIEWER: Like this one?
HEFFLEY: Yes. Exactly. Please, can you leave now?
(Silence)
HEFFLEY: Wha-
HEFFLEY: What are you doi-
<End Log>
Following the interview, both Mr. Heffley and his family were amnesticized so that they would have no memory of his disappearance.
Agent █████ was recovered and quarantined for 2 days.
Update: Addendum 7430.4: Incident 7430-1 (1997)
On April 1, 1997, after 10 years of successful containment by Foundation assets, the first breach of SCP-7430-1 occurred.
The individual responsible for said breach was found to be 20-year-old student Caleb Brocke.
Unlike other cases involving SCP-7430-1, Caleb's case stands out for his understanding of certain qualities of the anomaly and awareness of the Foundation's presence and its involvement with local authorities. As of his entry into the woods on March 28, 1997, a search and capture of the individual began, in which Caleb actively evaded security forces, until he disappeared, resulting in the breach of April first
Caleb carried a journal with him, in which he initially expressed his personal problems derived from his tumultuous mental state, later writing his conjectures regarding the Foundation and the anomaly, and a record of his exploration of the woods.
Below is a chronological reconstruction of the events that occurred in April 1, 1997.
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On the night of March 31, Caleb is officially declared missing by Foundation assets and the extraction of the resulting instance of SCP-7430-1, as well as the prompt removal of any records relating to Caleb Brocke, becomes a priority.
5:34 AM: SCP-7430-1 instance corresponding to Caleb Brocke is found by security drones in the western area of the forest, the furthest from the city, resting in a circle of trees.
5:58 AM: The Heffleys' Christmas cabin, close to the anomaly, is raided by Foundation agents for the extraction of personal items belonging to Brocke. His backpack and personal diary are recovered for immediate analysis.
6:26 AM: Examination of Brocke's journal entries begins. SCP 7430-1 instance successfully recovered by extraction drone.
7:22 AM: The recovery drone deviates from its usual route to the incineration area, heading instead to the nearest research post, 3 kilometers away, due to what is believed to be anomalous influence. The main supervisor of drone operations in the area does not report this, it is believed because at that time he was helping the analysis team with Caleb Brocke's diary, which were beginning to be affected by the cognitohazards of its entries, particularly the one corresponding to March 31. How the team failed to detect the evident presence of cognitohazards, it is still being investigated.
7:56 AM: Drone successfully enters Research Post 03, drops SCP 7430-1 instance in main hall. SCP-7430-1 is first witnessed by 23 Foundation employees and 12 security guards. A total of 3 employees and 2 security members leave the facility in anticipation of the hysteria.
8:24 AM: SCP-7430-1 has affected all personnel in the area. Manifestation events begin, according to certain testimonies, related to the personnel performing tribal dances and laceration rituals. This behavior extends for the next 90 minutes.
8:59 AM: Investigation Post 02 becomes aware of the possible containment breach in post 03 after several failed attempts to communicate with the site, the Foundation is alerted.
9:52 AM: A nude staff member is detected hoisting Caleb Brocke's SCP-7430-1 instance onto the flag pole on the building's roof.
9:54 AM: Various drones surrounding Research Site 03 record the building beginning to sink into the ground along with the personnel inside. This process ends after 14 minutes.
10:30 AM: SCP-7430-1 manifestation slowly emerges from the ground as a black-type entity, 34 meters long, composed of a complete bone structure (206 individual parts emulating human skeleton)
A state of emergency is declared and the evacuation process begins at the other research posts, while various methods are devised to neutralize the entity as soon as possible.
10:51 AM: SCP-7430-1 begins to vocalize a musical melody in the sound of trumpets.
11:02 AM: Scranton Reality Archors are deployed in an attempt to de-manifest the entity. These suddenly overload and stop working. Upon deactivation, the archors turn into several human legs sticking out of the ground. These move along with the melody sung by the entity.
11:09 AM: The entity begins to wander through the forest on its way to the town. Its passage through the area generates a forest fire.
11:47 AM: Despite of Foundation's efforts, the entity arrives to Lockwood, beginning to expand its influence on the population. During the next 2 hours, riots break out in the streets and a large part of the population tries to leave the town, saturating the streets.
12:30 AM: The forest fire spawned by SCP-7430-1 spreads to the southeast of the forest. Attempts to put out the fire demonstrate that the flames can´t be extinguished, being of anomalous nature. Approximately 47 civilians are deemed lost due to the manifestation of SCP-7430-1. Around 8 deaths are registered due to the riots and the esoteric behavior generated in civilians by the entity.
12:49 AM: An operation begins with the goal of deploying several Scranton reality anchors to distract the entity while civilians attempting to leave the city are evacuated.
1:05 PM: 104 civilians lost due to the entity.
1:19 PM: In the western area of the woods, security officer Waylon Davis, who had fled security post 03 during the staff exposure to SCP-7430-1, returns to the entity's original manifestation zone by accident while escaping the fire. There he finds the flag pole with SCP-7430-1, half buried coming out of the ground. He improvises a blindfold to try not to see the instance directly, and spends the next 10 minutes trying to tie off the object.
1:29 PM: 20 Scranton reality anchors are deployed and activated in areas surrounding the entity. 30 Foundation evacuation helicopters arrive to extract as many civilians as possible, another 30 are deployed.
Waylon Davis manages to extract the instance of SCP-7430-1 completely, he begins looking for where to incinerate the object as quickly as possible.
1:52 PM: 400 civilians are successfully evacuated. 12 more helicopters arrive. The fire spreads to the northeast of the forest.
7 of the Scranton reality anchors deployed around the manifestation malfunction and transform into [REDACTED] dancing on fire around the entity.
Officer Waylon Davis finds a pile of burning trees. He immediately drops SCP-7430-1 in it and waits for the object to be engulfed in flames.
2:01 PM: SCP-7430-1 instance is completely covered in flames. Waylon Davis confirms this and escapes the area.
The entity resulting from the manifestation remains completely immobile for 4 minutes, then proceeds to demanifest. Manifestation neutralized.
2:02 PM: The fire generated by the entity begins to extinguish. In the same way, the vegetation of the area is restored.
2:59 PM: Several evacuation and medical assistance vehicles from the Foundation arrive to help the civilians.
By the end of the day, the town has been completely evacuated and quarantined by the foundation.
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Addendum 7430.5: Recovered materials
After the event, Caleb Brocke's journal was successfully examined. An entry corresponding to March 24 is left here below, which constitutes the entry related to the event with the lowest number of cognitohazardous elements.
March 24
I still remember when Ev's friend passed away.
I was very young but I think I understood the situation. She was so sad that I decided that I wanted to accompany her to the funeral. And I remember everything perfectly, I don't know why, but I do. Although she used to tell me that I shouldn't forget anything, and I promised her that I would remember even the smallest detail.
I remember that it was a winter day, full of snow. I remember the expressionless face of everyone who attended the event. Also the hurt face of the parents. I remember holding her hand as I looked at the finely carved tombstone. "Vanessa Higgins"
I also remember what they used to say at school:
“There is a man in the woods. They say that when no one is looking, wherever you are, he catches you and takes you. Then he claims his trophy, and leaves what's left of you to rot in the wild. If you stay still, near the forest, you can hear it, singing his melody. He used to be a park ranger. Or a surgeon. Or a mental patient. Or a police officer. He prefers women and teenagers ¨.
Shortly after Ev left, I went back to the cemetery, to the exact spot where her friend had been buried. Next to her grandmother. Do you know what I found? Nothing. I wanted to find out, ask the cemetery administration, her family about her. Do you know what I discovered?
There never was a "Vanessa Higgins". Her parents "never had children"
And Ev. I was always an orphan. Since mom and dad died in the crash. Only son. I know it's not like that, but I don't know why.
The sister of a classmate. I asked him if he remembered his sister, Marissa. Marissa Clark. He froze for a few seconds. Paralyzed. As if his brain couldn't recognize my question. I thought he was making fun of me.
And the mutilator? Nobody remembers. And those who do believe it was just a myth. A game created by impressionable children.
I know there are people in the forest. I once saw them. With weapons, robes. People occasionally see objects flying over the trees.
And then I saw her in my dreams. Ev. She cried, she said she was burning. She told me how they had taken her, so no one would find her. So that no one would remember her. Her voice sounded different. And then the same nightmare. The streets on fire. People running. Her smile, bigger than ever, people jumping up to her mouth, disappearing. Her voice, saying that weird name over and over again, [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED]. The last time I saw her.
I'm tired. I feel like I'm going crazy. I've been trying to remember, and gather courage. I´m going to the place she told me. To the west. Past the abandoned cabin. Going up the mountain, towards the circle of trees.
I promised her I would go. I prefer to close the cycle rather than continue to see people forgetting things. People. I even prefer to be mutilated and everyone to forget me than to pretend that none of this happened.
And if someone is reading this and I haven´t come back, go find me. On the mountain, all the information is right here. Do not forget me. Come and find me. I´ll be there.
April 19, 1997: UPDATES CONCERNING SCP 7430
Since the events that occurred in April, we have reconsidered various aspects of the anomaly. For starters, SCP-7430's anomalous effect has sharpened. When we went after Caleb, there was no way to explain how an ordinary civilian could have evaded our drones, patrol agents, search vehicles, etc.
Based on certain contents of the boy's personal diary, we believe that he was guided and aided by SCP-7430-1 to some degree in achieving his goal, meaning that the anomaly has become a more latent danger.
Although so many years of successful containment served to reduce the speed of SCP-7430's anomalous effect over a fairly considerable timespan, which is, 4 days for the disappearance of an affected individual, since the breach the effect seems to have sharpened. In the last few days, we have registered multiple cases of wildlife disappearing spontaneously , including those that inhabit the forest as well as birds. We believe that if this effect continues with the same frequency, in 2 weeks a third of the total fauna in the area will be lost.
Our research team had already elucidated that while the anomaly was incomplete, and that incineration of the various of its instances slowed their ability to cross into our plane, each individual manifestation of SCP-7430-1 is proportionally more destructive, regardless of the catalyst used. Yes, maybe this time SCP-7430-1 chose a catalyst that would grant it something it hadn't had before, the ability to ¨fully¨ manifest and move voluntarily. But it doesn't change the fact that, hypothetically, it wouldn't take much more than an eye to wreak havoc on a population.
We had considered the idea of the Gashadokuro, from Japanese folklore, as a historical manifestation of SCP-7430-1, but further study revealed an interaction of the anomaly with the indigenous groups that originally inhabited the region that is today, Oregon. In the same way that happened with our third research post , we believe that this had an impact on said community developing esoteric and violent behaviors, many times with the extirpation and veneration of human anatomy as a central theme. The subsequent abandonment by these peoples of the area, that caused the drastic reduction of the capabilities of the anomaly, could explain certain qualities of SCP-7430-1: Similar to other beings of thaumaturgical nature, it seems to develop itself based on its perception and the offerings made to it. We should consider ourselves fortunate that it does not understand human physiology in its entirety beyond its destructive interpretations.
Regarding the people who came later, we know rather, very little. We have some general information, a cult of about 13 families. Including that of a mayor.
They used children, very young, from 6 to 11 years old. They would leave them in the forest, alone, and return to search for them after three days. In all cases, they would lose a single tooth. It was a kind of offering. A thaumaturgical ritual to appease. Only instead of sacrificing human hearts, infant teeth were used.
They would repeat this process once a year, from 1942, to 1961. Every time with a different kid. Then something happened in 1962. An 8 year old girl, █████ ██████, was the first one to appear mutilated. The rest were not stupid, and clearly ditressed, they left the area.
The solution is rather simple. Don't let more people jump into the grind, allowing the anomaly to manifest itself and expose itself to even more people. SCP-7430-1 should not be considered a god, a ghost, a nymph, a forest spirit, let alone a serial killer. SCP-7430 should be considered non-existent, and this should form an essential part of our containment procedures.
We believe that the current situation of SCP-7430 makes impossible any normal habitation in the town, as well as any type of containment, as long as there are people living in the area. We have evacuated the entire town of Lockwood, and considering the above, it is a good time to apply our proposal to update the containment methods as well as the description of the anomaly for a more efficient containment.
-██████ ██████, SCP-7430 research team supervisor.
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Item #: SCP-7430
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The town of Lockwood, Oregon has remained evacuated and quarantined, along with the surrounding forest, since 1997. Roads leading to the town, or that cross through said forest area have been removed and rerouted. In the same way, the population that inhabited the region was totally amnesticized and relocated, together with all records of the town's existence erased. A fenced quarantine zone has been established around the 1,367,173 acres that the forest surrounding the town covers, and which concentrates the greatest anomalous activity.
Any unauthorized person attempting to cross said containment must be urgently arrested and amnestied. Individuals who have crossed the breach must be terminated as soon as possible by any means possible.
Testing on human subjects to test the capabilities of SCP-7430's effects is strictly prohibited. Exploration into SCP-7430 is currently prohibited. It is only allowed to monitor the area with the use of drones and other unmanned means.
In the event containment fails and an SCP-7430-1 event occurs, the protocol "Vita Custodia" is to be put in place making use of the Scranton reality anchors available in the area as well as remotely activated incineration devices scattered in the whole forest. No further protocols will be needed to extinguish the subsequent fire. All personnel assigned to SCP-7430 are to be subsequently amnestied to forget the event.
Unless the "Vita Custodia" protocol must be put in place, there´s no SCP-7430-1 and all staff should be informed about it.
Description: SCP-7430 is the abandoned city of Lockwood and all of it's surrounding forest, in [REDACTED], Oregon.
While SCP-7430 itself exhibits no self-evident hazards or anomalous properties, SCP-7430's anomalous effect is activated when any organic being crosses into it, at which point it will demanifest after a period between 40 seconds and 6 minutes.
This effect occurs whenever said being is within the marked terrain of the forest, regardless of at what height.
Commonly, animals affected by the anomaly are expendable, and experience increased stress and aggressive behavior prior to demanifestation. Of the 2 cases of humans who have been lost due to the anomaly, a feeling of dissociation and extreme confusion was recorded before their disappearance. Demanifestation of human subjects is extremely detrimental and may lead to a potential CK-Class (Reality Restructuring) Scenario.
