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Dr. Star, who is currently taking up residence in the house that used to belong to SCP-8272-2, is to document in a journal daily, on whether they had entered SCP-8272-1’s 2 meter vicinity during that day. At the end of every month, Dr. Star is to go to Outpost 37-A and turn in their journal, in exchange for a journal for the following month.
The letter sent to Dr. Star, as recorded in Addendum 8272-A, is located in the Non- Anomalous Objects Locker in Site-37, and is available to Foundation personnel if requested.
SCP-8272-1 Description: SCP-8272 was the designation assigned to two interconnected anomalous phenomena.
SCP-8272-1 is a specimen of Sphagnum Palustre.A species of Peat Moss, located in the yard of SCP-8272-2’s house in Stromness, Orkney. It shows no physical differences from other specimens, besides the anomalous quality it used to exhibit of emitting a radio broadcast on the frequency of 2567.4 MHz.
The broadcast was a loop of a voice resembling an adult human male, it lasted for about 6 seconds before it would end and then 72 seconds would elapse before the same audio was played again. The voice would speak in Croatian, “Predajte hranjive tvari za žetvu.” or when roughly translated to English: “Submit the nutrients for harvest.” SCP-8272-2 is the Ewing family, who resided in the house in which backyard resided SCP-8272-1. The family consisted of the father, the mother, two daughters, 1 son, a grandfather and a dog. After biology and Hume tests, they appear to be 100% human.
Their main anomalous quality are CATTLE events.
CATTLE events are the connection between the two anomalies, around 17:29 hours, one member of SCP-8272-2 would be roughly within the vicinity of 2 meters of SCP-8272-1. This would happen everyday without lapse. The original theory on how this was achieved was through psychic manipulation, this may not be the only way it gets them there, however, as is seen in the Test Logs, attempts by Foundation personnel to prevent a CATTLE event from transpiring would fail, in increasingly improbable ways.
This possibly implies reality bending, specifically Tychokinesis. Circumstances around CATTLE events include; an SCP-8272-2 member going on a nature walk starting by exiting their house through the yard, fire alarms activating causing members to vacate their homes, going outside to appreciate the stars, mowing the lawn, etc. One peculiar statistical anomaly has people in the town of Stromness set off fireworks frequently, leading to a number of SCP-8272-2 members going outside to watch the following explosions. A CATTLE event would see the family member in the vicinity staying there for seven seconds to 3 minutes in one case. When the -2 member entered the six foot perimeter around SCP-8272-1, the phrase in Croatian would be broadcasted by -1, regardless of the 72-second countdown. CATTLE events do not seem to apply to other people staying in their house, which is likely due to no anomalous events happening to a family friend they let stay in their home. It is theorized that CATTLE events are the “Harvest” that the broadcast spoke of.
Test Log: The following are a series of tests designed to prevent CATTLE events from taking place: Test 8272-1: Overseer: Dr. Kowalski at Outpost 37-A.
Method: The placement of a Dolichovespula Norwegica.C. Name Norwegian Wasp. nest over the backdoor of SCP-8272-2’s household.
Results: At 15:46 hours, the father notices the wasp nest and alerts the rest of the family to it. At 17:29 hours, the son appears to forget this and exits the back door, aggravating the wasp nest. A swarm of wasps exit the nest and attempt to sting the son. The son, realizing this, runs away from the wasps, making it roughly 5 meters away before appearing to trip and fall within SCP-8272-1’s 2 meter vicinity, and being stung by a swarm of wasps.
Success level: Fail. CATTLE event occurred.
Test-8272-2: Overseer: Dr. Star at Outpost 37-B Method: Sergeant MacInnes and Private Musgo were ordered to drive a police car to Stromness and stop at a street nearby to SCP-8272. They arrive at 02:35 hours. They then emptied the contents of their trunk; a toolbox, seven 8-inch planks of wood, a box of nails and a tape measure. They carried them to the backyard of SCP-8272-2’s home, without arousing their attention, and built a makeshift blockade around SCP-8272-1’s six inch perimeter, then left.
Results: The fence is very improbably unseen by the family until 17:25 hours, when the mother sees it. She exits her home and walks toward the fence. She gets closer to the fence, appearing to inspect it. She takes her iPhone out of her coat pocket and dials the local government's phone number. She appears to be put on hold for 2 minutes, during this wait-time, she appears to lean back one of the fence boards, after the call connects, she complains briefly about a fence erected on her yard without her permission. She is of the belief that this was done by the government “because of one of your stupid zone laws”, at 17:29 hours one of the planks making up the fence breaks, causing the mother to fall into -1’s vicinity. She takes several seconds to get back up. The fence posts were later removed by 3 Stromness government employeees, at SCP-8272-2’s request.
Success level: Fail. CATTLE event occurred.
Test-8272-3: Overseer: Dr. Star at Outpost 37-B.
Method: Immense social pressure is found around hosting the Ewing family’s reunion.
Agent Wood is given a backdoor to the father’s aunt’s Facebook account. Message is sent on Aunt’s account, asking SCP-8272-2 to host the reunion. The father accepts.
Results: All members of SCP-8272-2 are occupied with social interaction during the party. The father leaves conversation to attempt to use the bathroom at 16:46 hours.
Bathroom is occupied. The father is in a state of distress for around 40 minutes before leaving the house and relieving themselves of their urine in the backyard in SCP-8272-1’s vicinity. Multiple extended family members witness this. It causes arguments over the inappropriateness of this action. This eventually leads to the reunion ending prematurely at 18:52 hours.
Success level: Fail. CATTLE event occurred.
Note: The grandfather passed away shortly after this test, due to unrelated heart problems. The broadcast from SCP-8272-1 15 seconds after the death, when roughly translated into English reads, “Your harvest is complete.“ Test-8272-4: Overseer: Dr. Eisenhardt at Outpost 37-A Method: Local truck driver Amadeus ██████ is bribed $█████ to crash vehicle into SCP-8272-2’s backyard.
Results: Signpost outside of Stromness has loose screw. Sign falls into windshield of truck, where the driver is present, bludgeoning them to death Success level: Fail. Test to be brought to the attention of the Ethics Committee.
ETHICS COMMITTEE: Anomaly appears to be able to cause harm to those who attempt to intervene. Caution advised. Dr. Eisendhart has been reprimanded and demoted for improper use of Foundation funds. Further tests on SCP-8272 are not allowed without authorization of at least 4 Level-3 researchers.
Test-8272-5: Overseer: Dr. Star at Outpost 37-B Method: Foundation researcher Dr. Kowalski was accompanied by 3 guards of above- average fitness. They were to give a short overview of the Foundation and its directives to SCP-8272-2. They were then to tell them their relation to -1 in an attempt to see how a CATTLE event would occur if a subject involved was aware of it.
Results: Car to Stromness delayed by snowy weather. It arrives at 17:15 hours. Dr.
Kowalski knocks on the door and claims that he and the guards are government workers. They demand entry, the father complies, and they gather all members of SCP-8272-2 in the living room. After Kowalski is finished with his overview, all members express disbelief, with remarks such as, “That’s not a very funny prank”, and “Do you honestly expect us to believe you?” The eldest daughter is the most resistant to this information, she attempts to make her way to SCP-8272-1’s vicinity, saying that “I’ll show you nothing supernatural will happen. You’re all a bunch of crackpots,”. Attempts to dissuade her from completing this action fail, the daughter exhibits some degree of irrationality in doing this, possibly because of -1 influence. Private Musgos attempts to physically prevent the eldest daughter from doing this, by grabbing her. When questioned later about this unorthodox action, Musgos replied that she “was trying to see how the anomaly reacted to physical prevention of a CATTLE event.” They both struggle for a bit before Musgos is able to hold the eldest daughter down. The daughter proceeds to throw Private Musgos off her and into a nearby wall, resulting in a broken fibula. This feat of strength was likely parahuman. The eldest sister proceeds to make her way to SCP-8272-1. She stops there for several seconds before proclaiming: “See, nothing anomalous happened.” All SCP-8272-2 members were later administered Class C amnestics.
Success level: Partial. CATTLE event occurred, however, test did succeed in forcing SCP-8272 to cause an event outside of possible chance.
ETHICS COMMITTEE: Private Musgos’s actions or anything similar are not to be repeated. While she has not been demoted, this is only because the action gave way to some valuable data relating to SCP-8272-2. The Foundation always discourages unnecessary use of force with civilians.
Test-8272-6: Overseer: Dr. Star at Outpost 37-B Method: At 14:23 hours, Foundation-grade ████████████ sleeping gas will be inserted through their house via air vents. Sergeant MacInnes and Privates Musgos and Ross are to enter through the front door, disguised as movers, with a copy of the house key, wearing masks. They are to load SCP-8272-2 members into bags and carry them into their truck. They are then to drive to Outpost 37-B and carry the SCP-8272-2 members into the facility to be clamped down to lab tables. If all goes well, all -2 will be unconscious around the time that the CATTLE event is supposed to occur.
Results: At 09:32 hours at Site-64, a janitor cleaning lockers, accidentally activated SCP-6512, causing live chickens, held there for SCP-5031 experiments, to grow and transform into theropods resembling the Tyrannosaurus Rex from 1993 film Jurassic Park, causing damage to the surrounding infrastructure, leading to several containment breaches, causing damage to ████████████ gas containers that were to be shipped to Outpost 37-B for Test 8272-6, depleting the supply. This event was attributed to SCP-8272’s luck manipulation. The Test was delayed until plans could be arranged to ship ████████████ sleeping gas from a site not housing any anomalies. Plans were arranged with Outpost 333-E. At 9:37 hours, the day after plans were arranged, ███████ Nuclear Power Plant suffered a core meltdown leading to the deaths of 17 civilians and 18 Power Plant employees, including Overseer Dr. Star’s wife and infant son. Event also attributed to SCP-8272. Test was cancelled due to perceived risk in continuing and deteriorating Overseer mental state.
Success Level: N/A.
ETHICS COMMITTEE: Any further attempts to prevent CATTLE events must be run by us and be accepted by at least 85% of the committee.
Addendum 8272-A: The day after the ███████ Nuclear Disaster, a letter appeared in the mailbox of Dr. Star’s at Outpost 37-B. The letter appears to have manifested in the mailbox, as no outside being seems to have placed the letter there upon review of security footage. The letter appears to have no anomalous qualities and the transcription below has been ruled by the Cognito-Infohazard Monitoring Division to be safe to view.
Terms Of Harvest Agreement This letter has been sent to Human because of breach of agreement. Client-owned harvest space has been tampered with by Human forces, and as per our deal with the client, (Illegible) must try to stop this tampering from continuing. Over the past few weeks, you might have noticed our security measures. Rest assured, if Human stop interference with client’s experience, these security measures will cease to affect you.
Continue further and we will be forced to stop you using more grievous methods.
By Transcendent Law, code 113.206.3.14, (Illegible) is void of any responsibility towards perceived mental, emotional, bodily, or pataphysical harm that may have been caused by (Illegible)’s security measures. Take any complaints about this letter up with the client.
Have a griething good flipforp!
Notes: “How about we do as they say and take it up with the client?”- Sergeant MacInnes Addendum 8272-B: Three months after Test 8272-6 failed, Outpost 37-B attempted to communicate with the voice broadcasted by SCP-8272-1, presuming this to be the client the note spoke of. The first method to do this was by broadcasting back messages using the same signal, spoken by Croatian translator Alexander Babic. This method was successful and the translated communication is transcribed below. A log in the original Croatian will be supplied to agents if requested.
Radio Log: [BEGIN LOG] Alexander Babic: “Hello? Is there anyone there on the other side?” *Silence for 15 seconds, most notably during which the usual message should’ve been played.* Reply: “Yes. How are you on this fine flipforp?” Alexander Babic: “I am good. Can you tell us who you are?” *There is a noise reminiscent of laughing on the other end.* Reply: “Very funny.” Alexander Babic: “What was funny?” *Several seconds elapse before response* Reply: “Your joke. The one you just made.” Alexander Babic: “I made no joke.” Reply: “What are you saying? You don’t know who we are? Didn’t they tell you everything about the Harvest?” Alexander Babic: “There was no communication. My colleagues here have actually gone through a great amount of trouble trying to figure out whatever this ‘Harvest’ of yours is.” Reply: “You really mean to say they never told you about the Harvest happening to you?” Alexander Babic: "I will repeat, there was no communication." Reply: "Why this is greatly unethical! Harvesting humans without their knowledge. I will contact (indeterminable) at once!" *There is silence for 8 seconds.* Alexander Babic: “Is anyone still there?” *Alexander Babic attempts to reestablish contact for about 4 minutes, before giving up.* Alexander Babic: (In English) “(EXPLETIVE REDACTED) this!” [END LOG] Results: Ever since contact ended, SCP-8272 anomalous effects appear to be neutralized as there were no more broadcasts from -1 and a CATTLE event has not occurred since that day. Six months later, the Ewing family moved out of their Orkney residence.
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