SCP-2316







BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL The following file describes a Keter-class anomalous cognitohazard,

and is Level 4/2316 classified.

Unauthorized access is forbidden. 2316

Item#: 2316 Level4 Containment Class: keter Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: keneq Risk Class: danger link to memo



They've been waiting for a long time.

The following file contains images and text that are carriers for anomalous cognitohazardous influences. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Due to this, it is imperative that all personnel accessing this file be certified as having a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of no less than 14.5. Should you fail an automated CRV verification, please remain calm and do not move. A member of your site's medical staff will be with you shortly. Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone: I do not recognize the bodies in the water. ☐ Run adjusted tonal variance processor. ☑ Processing complete. Results displayed below. [✔] Verification complete. User CRV is within acceptable limits.

SCP-2316.

Special Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances are Foundation personnel to approach SCP-2316. Observation of SCP-2316 must only be carried out by remote dummy probes utilizing video and audio recording equipment. Only those personnel adequately rated for exposure to cognitohazardous anomalies may review footage and audio of SCP-2316.

The lake in which SCP-2316 is located has been quarantined and fenced off, and is to be routinely patrolled by individuals who have not been exposed to SCP-2316, and have no prior knowledge of its characteristics. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Individuals who attempt to bypass the enforced quarantine must be apprehended and moved to Site-33 for a full cognitive influence screening. Individuals who come within 50m of the lake containing SCP-2316 are to be considered lost.

Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone: I do not recognize the bodies in the water. ☐ Run adjusted tonal variance processor. ☑ Processing complete. Results displayed below. [✔] Verification complete. User CRV is within acceptable limits.

Description: SCP-2316 is the designation for an anomalous phenomenon existing within Lake ███████████ within ████████ County, ███████. SCP-2316 manifests as a group of human corpses floating in a small group at the surface of the water. The identities of these corpses are [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Change: UNKNOWN] , though DNA testing has been inconclusive.

While SCP-2316 appears to be individual instances, it is theorized that SCP-2316 may instead be an entity composed of a collective consciousness. Individual instances of SCP-2316 do not act on their own, but do seem to be able to act collectively as a single unit. The individual instances of SCP-2316 are unrecognizable, and you do not recognize the bodies in the water.

SCP-2316 hosts a powerful cognitohazardous effect, causing those who have viewed SCP-2316, are aware of certain parts of its nature, or who were enrolled in the [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Message: INVALID] to believe that the individual instances of SCP-2316 are human beings they recognize, typically from their childhood .

Attempting to come into contact with SCP-2316 instances, by way of entering Lake ███████████ or touching an instance of SCP-2316, will cause other instances of SCP-2316 to appear. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. The additional instances only serve to reinforce and add to the strength of the cognitohazard , compelling affected individuals into the lake. Individuals who enter the lake in this way are lost, and to date none have been recovered.

Addendum 2316.1: Interview

You need to see this. They were your friends. ERROR: UNRECOGNIZED USER. PLEASE LOGIN TO VIEW FIi[\\[ae0[[< [✘✘✘] Verification com[e\\\i.-a\\\. User Ccccrl\\\ is within acceptable letmeshowyoutheirfaces. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Harrison: Did you ever feel compelled to enter the water? Like something was pulling you in? Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: What? No! Of course not. There's nothing wrong with them, they didn't drag me in. I saw them in the water and went in myself. I needed to see them, I wanted to hear what they were saying. They're my friends. Dr. Harrison: When you entered the water, what did you see? Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Faces. My friends. Faces I recognized, some I didn't, but they became more familiar as I saw them. I'd known them my whole life, but there was something wrong with them. Dr. Harrison: Wrong with them? Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Like the face of someone you see in a dream, where you can't remember it right. There's something wrong. And the way they were speaking, they— Dr. Harrison: Speaking? No, that's impossible, they're simply not… Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Not moving their mouths, but I could hear them, asking for help. They told me… they told me who they were. They told me you knew who they were, that you— Dr. Harrison: Enough of that. You're clearly succumbing to the cognitohazard, we need to get you medical attention, agent, if you would— YouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouMe: Get your hands off of me! I know all their names, Harrison, I heard them speaking to me! Every single one. All it takes is one person to see them and tell people, and they'll know what you've been trying to hide. Birchwood High School, Class of— Dr. Harrison: Subdue them! Get them out of here. Take them to amnestics, and turn that goddamn recorder off. [END LOG]

Please repeat the following phrase slowly and clearly into your terminal microphone: I do not recognize the bodies in the water.

I recognize the bodies in the water. ☐ Run adjusted tonal variance processor. ☑ Processing complete. Results displayed below. [✘] Verification incomplete. User CRV is not within acceptable limits. User CRV influenced by active cognitohazards. Please stay still, a member of your site's medical staf[''///afe44/25\23 will be with you shortly. [TERMINAL LOCKOUT]

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