SUBJECTS: SURVIVORS OF SCP-████ / SCP-████-C PRIOR TO CURRENT CASE FILE
Clearance Level: 4
Compiled by: Dr. L. Halden
Status: CONFIDENTIAL / DO NOT DISTRIBUTE
SUBJECT S-01 — “Thomas B.”
Age at Incident: 17
Incident Date: June 4, 1978
Status: Institutionalized (voluntary containment)
Summary:
One of the original three teenage campers at the pre-reclamation wetland basin. The only survivor of the 1978 “Cabin Incident.” Returned barefoot, covered in silt, and repeating “it remembered me wrong.”
Observed Symptoms:
- Persistent hallucinations involving reflections
- Severe sleep aversion
- PHI (Post-Hazard Identity Disruption): recurring belief that an entity is “wearing him”
- Avoidance of all water sources, including sinks and rain
- Olfactory hallucinations of rot during calm emotional states (unusual trigger pattern)
Transcript Excerpt:
Dr. Halden: “Tell me what you saw rise from the water.”
Thomas: “Not something… someone.
But it didn’t know how to finish the face.
It waited for me to blink so it could guess the rest.”
Foundation Notes:
S-01 is considered the first confirmed long-term psychological impact case of SCP-████ exposure. All subsequent survivor screenings are modeled after S-01’s symptom profile.
SUBJECT S-04 — “Emily R.”
Age at Incident: 22
Incident Date: October 11, 1991
Status: Missing-presumed-anomalous (left Foundation care)
Summary:
Witnessed SCP-████-C on Connable Road after her vehicle stalled during a storm. Reported seeing a “person-shaped shadow slouching toward the car.” Survived by locking herself inside until sunrise.
Observed Symptoms:
- Fixation on head-tilting movements
- Recurring dreams of someone standing at the foot of her bed
- Paranoia involving “delayed footsteps”
- Belief that her reflection changes when she isn’t looking directly at it
Transcript Excerpt:
Emily: “It didn’t want the car. It wanted to see how I sat.
That leaning thing… it was testing angles.
Measuring me.”
Foundation Notes:
Disappeared 18 months after initial interview. Home was undisturbed. Bathtub found half full with opaque, dark water inconsistent with local supply. No trace of Emily.
SUBJECT S-09 — “Walter ‘Walt’ C.”
Age at Incident: 41
Incident Date: March 2, 2003
Status: Deceased
Summary:
Maintenance worker for County Road Services. Reported hitting “something tall” on Connable Road at 4:13 AM. Dashboard cam shows an upright figure leaning forward into headlights before vanishing.
Walt survived the initial encounter but exhibited rapid psychological decline.
Observed Symptoms:
- Frequent startle responses to puddles
- Fixation on corners of rooms
- Episodes of mutism when hearing wind through trees
- Belief that the entity was “learning his walk”
Transcript Excerpt:
Walt: “It was on the shoulder before I blinked.
Then behind the truck.
Then leaning over the windshield.
Not moving — just appearing closer.”
Foundation Notes:
Found deceased in his home. Cause of death: drowning. Location: living room. No water source present.
SUBJECT S-12 — “Rebecca L.”
Age at Incident: 29
Incident Date: April 16, 2010
Status: Containment-compliant outpatient
Summary:
Encounter occurred while geocaching alone near the treeline. Found a note in a metal cache warning:
“If you smell it before you see it, it’s already looking.”
Moments later she reported hearing her own voice whisper her name from behind.
Her escape behavior (running without looking back) likely prevented full recognition by SCP-████-C.
Observed Symptoms:
- Hypervigilance around wooded areas
- Avoidance of nighttime walking
- Refusal to look in mirrors at dusk
- Self-reported episodes of hearing her own voice in a “slower, wet tone”
Transcript Excerpt:
Rebecca: “You don’t understand… it wasn’t copying my voice.
It was practicing it.”
Foundation Notes:
Shows the highest resilience among survivors but remains under monitoring for delayed mimicry symptoms.
SUBJECT S-21 — “‘Derrick’ (Alias Required)”
Age at Incident: 15
Incident Date: August 7, 2018
Status: Recovered, high-risk relapse potential
Summary:
Group of teens witnessed SCP-████-C leaning from the treeline after a storm. Derrick maintained eye contact for an estimated 4–6 seconds (“I froze”). Entity tilted its head; Derrick involuntarily mimicked the motion.
Observed Symptoms:
- Compulsive mirror-checking
- Sudden episodes of derealization
- Describing “phantom leaning” sensations, as if his body tilts without moving
- Claims the creature still “stands at the corner of his eye”
Transcript Excerpt:
Derrick: “It’s not chasing me.
It’s waiting for me to remember the exact posture I made.
That’s the one it wants.”
Foundation Notes:
Postural mimicry imprint suspected — earliest evidence that SCP-████-C may “bookmark” a specific target stance.
SUBJECT S-27 — “Marjorie K.”
Age at Incident: 53
Incident Date: January 30, 2020
Status: Catatonic, nonverbal
Summary:
Only survivor of three hikers reported missing after entering the restricted basin area. Found standing knee-deep in mud, staring upward. Clothing soaked from neck down; hair dry.
Observed Symptoms:
- Nonverbal
- Unresponsive to stimuli except dripping sounds
- Occasionally raises arms as if mimicking an unseen figure’s posture
Transcript Attempt:
N/A — no coherent speech
Foundation Notes:
Marjorie displays rhythmic gestures identical to SCP-████ emerging behavior, suggesting prolonged proximity to the Tarn may induce motor mimicry syndrome.
SUMMARY OF SURVIVOR COMMONALITIES:
Across all survivors, Foundation psychologists have identified the following consistent traits:
- Persistent sensation of being watched
- Aversion to reflections or reflective surfaces
- Olfactory hallucinations (rot, wet soil, stagnant water)
- Distortion of self-image (“it learned me wrong”)
- Delayed fear responses during interviews
- Postural mimicry or awareness of leaning sensations
- Avoidance of water, puddles, or tree lines
- Persistent auditory mimicry hallucinations (voice slowed, wet, layered)
These symptoms form the baseline diagnostic markers for SCP-████ and SCP-████-C exposure.
CONCLUSION:
The psychological impact of the Connable Road entity predates known recordings and seems to follow a pattern:
It studies.
It learns.
It waits for recognition.
Survivors rarely recover without long-term psychiatric intervention. Many do not recover at all.