SCP-4430

2/4430 LEVEL 2/4430 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-4430 Pending

Sixth edition cover artwork of The Faceless Live In Evanholly (28 x 28 cm)

Special Containment Procedures: Houses of individuals who are in the process of raising a child within the target age range (three to seven years) of SCP-4430 are to be routinely checked for instances of SCP-4430 and, if found, seized. Amnestic treatment of children within these households to remove any potential memetic contamination is in effect, though the efficacy and necessity of this treatment is uncertain.

Description: SCP-4430 is the designation for copies of the short story "The Faceless Live In Evanholly" by Clyde Hiller. While the cover of the book has been known to vary between editions, the title and author have remained consistent and are used as the sole method of identification. The majority of information regarding SCP-4430 has been recovered from online sources — see Addendum 4430.2 for further details.

Copies of SCP-4430 generally present as a paperback book targeted at young children containing various illustrations to punctuate the narrative. While the books themselves state that the original copies were published in 1968, there is no other documentation that supports this — a RAISA search for the title returns no results other than incident reports of missing persons.

Initially thought to be a memetic effect, SCP-4430 appears to have the anomalous trait of causing a small fraction of suggestible individuals to go missing. The mechanism through which this occurs, how victims are selected, and where those victims are relocated to are all unknown. Thorough memetic screening tests of SCP-4430 and its readers have all returned negative; SCP-4430's anomalous characteristics do not manifest under laboratory conditions.

Parents rarely deny purchasing SCP-4430, but also state that they have no explicit memories of doing so. The majority of SCP-4430 instances remain unread by the child and are only found after their adolescence. Of those who discover the instance, very few go missing. To date, only five children have been identified to go missing in ways that could not be explained by other causes — see Addendum 4430.1 for further details.



Addendum 4430.1 — Suspected Victims

Person Date Reported Notes Innes, Diana 2015/01/16 Chadee, Sophie 2006/07/05 Youngest twin. Parents recently purchased many books, including SCP-4430. Chadee, Katie 2006/07/05 Eldest twin. Parents recently purchased many books, including SCP-4430. McGwire, Danny 1975/12/12 Unidentified Male 1971/03/18 Anonymously reported from passerby. Clutching a book identified as SCP-4430. Mild facial nevus flammeus .

Addendum 4430.2 — Parawatch Forum Post