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**Item #:** SCP-5602

**Object Class:** Safe

**Special Containment Procedures:**

SCP-5602 is currently housed at site-■■. As per SCP-5602’s request, it his housed in a room that is 6m^3 containing an air mattress and a cage for it to house young squirrels in. The act of caring for squirrels appears to be vital to producing SCP-5602’s secondary effect. SCP-5602 is not allowed to have access to oil based paints, paint brushes with horsehair or acrylic bristles, or paint thinners (acetone, turpentine, etc..) While their effects are not tested with SCP-5062 as of yet, it is also advised to restrict SCP-5062 from accessing spray paints, writings utensils, or any other media commonly associated with producing art. While SCP-5602 has been shown to cooperate with the Foundation in a limited and proven that it is not harmful, the capacity of its ability to utilize such materials to produce its primary effect, coupled with its ability to produce its secondary effect through its caretaking of squirrels have negated any need to provide it with these materials. Access to SCP-5602 not to be restricted and personnel at site-■■ and other sites are encouraged to visit it to improve moral.

Two identical instances of SCP-5602-1 are to be stored separate from SCP-5602 in site-■■ and site-■■. These instances are housed in 3m^3 rooms on easels with a footstool before them for easy entrance and exit. Access to SCP-5602-1 is to be restricted to level O4 or above personnel. Exceptions may be made by one level O4 or above individual for the purposes of testing or transport. Photocopies of SCP-5602-1 are to be retained at site-■■ along with SCP-5602 for aid when questioning it. New SCP-5602-1 are to be destroyed by means of immolation upon discovery.

**Description:**

SCP-5602, also known as “Bob Ross”, is a painter that was featured on the television series, “The Joy of Painting.” When SCP-5602 is in the possession of a paintbrush or other artistic material it is able to create instance of SCP-5602-1 in as little as 20 minutes. SCP-5602-1 are paintings of immaculate detail owing to the fact that they are actually portals to other dimensions. An individual is able to step through these portraits and enter the dimension depicted. Once through the instance of SCP-5602-1, the individual will see the outline of the room where the instance is housed. Tracebacks of the location where the outline appears have shown that the perspective is consistent with the area depicted on the SCP-5602-1 instance.

The currently housed SCP-5602-1 instances at site-■■ depict the same area. Once a user enters one of the SCP-5602-1 instances, they will notice the outline of the instance they entered along with another instance approximately ■■m away. The second instance can then be entered and the user will appear in the room where the second instance of SCP-5602-1 is housed. This effect has been observed regardless of distance. Use for transport by the Foundation is currently underway.

This effect has been observed in all of SCP-5602’s paintings from its time on the show “The Joy of Painting” and the foundation assumes that all paintings that SCP-5602-1 has ever created have been instances of SCP-5602-1. To date the Foundation estimates that has destroyed ■■% of the instances of SCP-5602-1 that SCP-5602 created during its time on “The Joy of Painting” and it is currently unknown if there other instances present. The currently housed SCP-5602-1 instances are the only instances known to be of the same landscape.

SCP-5602’s secondary effect is primarily psychological. Upon conversing with SCP-5602 or hearing SCP-5602’s voice, the subject will become immensely calm and exhibit a state of euphoria. The subject can be latter heard to use the phrases, “happy trees” and “beat the devil out of it” with increased frequency in the course of normal conversation. This effect has been shown to last in excess of 48 hours after the initial interaction.

**Addendum 1:**

SCP-5602’s primary effect has been reclassified to its secondary affect and further restrictions on its access to artistic media have been enforced.

**Addendum 2:**