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Item #: SCP-3874 Level 2/3874 Object Class: Safe Classified

SCP-3874

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3874 is to be contained in a storage locker or standard Foundation crate. SCP-3874 is not to be handled outside of experimentation. Permission must be approved by personnel at Level 4 security clearance or higher. Only Class D personnel should directly handle the object. In the event that an instance of SCP-3874-1 manifests, staff are required to provide the entity with all requested materials until research personnel are able to clearly identify the consequences of not fulfilling the requests.

Description: SCP-3874 is a Native American war club that displays unusual properties when physical contact is made. At such a time, the subject will immediately feel its effects. Researchers have documented significantly enhanced strength, speed and agility in the subject. The artifact has a moderate psionic effect on the user, causing them to feel compelled to run and hunt in the wild. This can be resisted and doesn’t seem to override their baseline personality. The subject’s brain will release moderate levels of endorphins and high levels of dopamine, inducing a euphoric state. Testing has shown that subjects have a resistance to pain and generally enjoy the experience up until this point.

At approximately 30 minutes after contact, the subject will sense an unseen entity. After an hour, a humanoid entity will manifest. This entity has been designated as SCP-3874-1. A SCP-3874-1 instance appears as a slightly translucent incorporeal entity that manifests after prolonged contact with SCP-3874. It displays the appearance of a 45 year old man of Native american descent, specifically indigenous to the Mid-Atlantic Coastal area and Tidewater region. SCP-3874-1 is typically seen sitting in a squatting position while maintaining a grin that test subjects and research staff deem “disturbing and threatening”.

SCP-3874-1 has shown area-of-effect psionic abilities, including: inducing fear, paranoia and anxiety in those in close proximity to its manifestation. Severe meteorological phenomena is also one of its properties. The effects seem to magnify the longer the entity goes unsatisfied. SCP-3874-1 demands “payment” or compensation for suing SCP-3874. Experimentation and interviewing the entity have revealed that providing it with freshly harvested foods, animal skins and or handmade weapons satisfies it, with nearly all negative effects dissipating almost immediately.

The entity claims to be the manifestation of Okeus. There are currently no Foundation methods of verifying this claim. Following experiment log 3874-EXP-6, the entity is considered highly dangerous and a significant threat to safety when manifested.

Description: Discovery

SCP-3874 is a Native American war club that’s consistent with the style of local tribes in the region it was acquired. It bears a snake head on the pommel with squiggling lines curved up the shaft. Research staff have determined that the object is approximately 500 years old. Despite extensive testing, the anomalous properties of the object are mostly undetectable by current Foundation technology. However, anyone that touches or holds the object feel its effects almost immediately.

SCP-3874 was acquired in █████, Virginia Beach, Virginia on September 3rd, 2014. It was sealed in a deliberately hollowed out log of species taxodium distichum. Local tribal legends speak of an incident where a weapon, cursed by a demon caused the destruction of an entire village. The survivors were said to have hide the weapon away in hopes of protecting future communities.

SCP-3874 was originally found by a deer hunter ██████ ███████. Upon making physical contact he reported feeling euphoric and highly energeized.

██████ ███████ stated that he felt an inclination to hunt with the object and not his rifle, that it felt “totally natural” and that he was almost compelled to do so. While hunting, he claimed to have unnaturally enhanced strength, agility and speed. ██████ ███████ shared news of SCP-3874 with his friends back in town and word began to spread of this anomalous object.

Local media reported anomolous meteorological phenomena which lasted for an unusual period of time. The storm remained stationary for 6 hours.

After the Foundation became aware of the artifact and field agents arrived on location, they quickly found the person-of-interest. Agents managed to interview ██████ ███████ while he claimed being tormented by a “ghost.” Agents describe the situation as tense, but had no visual confirmation of the entity in the area.

Field agents determined that the meteorological phenomena was centered around ██████ ███████. Due to the increasingly dangerous threat of the situation, field agents terminated the person-of-interest. Anomalous phenomenon ceased virtually immediately. SCP-3874 was recovered from the scene and safely stored for transport to Site-31.

The locals who were determined to have heard of the artifact were interviewed, and those that had any knowledge of the artifact were administered Class C amnestics.

Experiment Logs:

+ 3874-EXP-1 - Close file Test Log Format: ………………………………………………………………………………………………… SCP involved: Personnel involved: Date: Location: Test #: Test Subject Description: Procedure: Exposure Time: Results: Notes: SCP involved: SCP-3874 Personnel involved: Dr. W.M. Juneberry, Researcher J.G. Thompson, D-43590 Date: September 26, 2014 Location: Site 31- Laboratory 2 Test #: 1 Test Subject Description: D-43584 is a 36 year old male, white. Approximately 193.2 cm in height. Weighs 106.6 kg. Muscular build, in general good health. Subject prone to high aggression, multiple assaults and three homicides on their criminal record. Procedure: Expose test subject to anomalous artifact. Record any and all effects to subject. Have subject perform various tasks to determine what, if any anomalous properties are found and document them. Exposure Time: 00:17:00 Results: Contact is made with SCP-3874. D-43584 immediately begins gesticulating wildly while laughing. Subject claims to “feel like a million bucks”. When asked by research staff to elaborate, subject responds by saying that “it feels like this energy is running through my veins. I feel invincible.” Subject was asked to perform physical tasks to test SCP-3874’s properties. Test subject makes an obscene hand gesture. Subject reminded of the arrangement the Foundation makes with Class D personnel. Subject complies. D-43584 shows anomalous physical strength. Subject was able to lift a maximum of 209 kg weights. Subject demands to be let outside. Request denied. Subject becomes enraged, runs at the laboratory containment door and begins striking it. Severe indentations are formed. General alarm is activated for potential containment breach. Subject told to release SCP-3874 and surrender to security personnel. Subject laughs maniacally and pounds on the door more intensely. Door becomes heavily damaged that the laboratory loses pressure. Termination nerve agent unable to be deployed. Security officers arrive at laboratory. D-43584 breaches containment door. Security officers subsequently terminate the test subject and recover SCP-3874. No further anomalous effects detected. Notes: Further testing requires two armed security personnel and upgraded containment procedures. Laboratory 2 has been closed for repairs and cleaning. D-43584’s body was disposed of via on-site incinerator.

+ 3874-EXP-2 - Close file SCP involved: SCP-3874 Personnel involved: Dr. W.M. Juneberry, Researcher J.G. Thompson, Security Officer H.G. Evans, Security Officer K.B. Walker, D-43595 Date: September 27, 2014 Location: Site 31- Laboratory 3 Test #: 2 Test Subject Description: D-43595 is a 28 year old female, black. Approximately 170.2 cm in height. Weighs 72.5 kg. Thin build, in general good health. Subject prone to aggression, several cases of fraud and theft on their criminal record. Procedure: Expose test subject to anomalous artifact. Record any and all effects to subject. Have subject perform various tasks to determine what, if any anomalous properties are found and document them. Exposure Time: 00:31:00 Results: Upon initial contact, D-43595 expressed “damn I feel really [REDACTED] good”. Subject requested being allowed to go outside to “hunt down some animals”. Request was denied. Subject was asked to perform physical tasks to test SCP-3874’s properties. D-43595 complies. Test subject showed unnatural speed; top speed while sprinting was recorded at approximately 140.1 kph. Highly enhanced agility was noted along with anomalous strength. Subject was able to lift a maximum of 190 kg weights. Subject repeatedly requests to be granted access outside during the testing process. Requests denied. Subject is agitated by response and makes threats to staff. Test subject reminded that armed guards are posted behind the laboratory door and that the arrangement by the Foundation is generous. Subject resumes testing. At approximately 30 minutes of contact, subject reports a feeling of being watched by an unseen entity. No anomalous readings detected in laboratory at the time of the report. Subject releases SCP-3874 without being instructed. Refuses to pick it up again. Shows heavy signs of psychological distress and agitation. Test ended. Notes: D-43595 is administered a Class A amnestic and will be reused for further testing, per Dr. W.M. Juneberry’s orders. [REDACTED] Test # 3-5 showed repeat results and were subsequently redacted. Test subject terminated.