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SCP-354: The Blood Pond Mystery

Apr 24, 2025

Lecture Notes: The Legend of SCP-354 and the Blood Pond

Overview

  • Time Period: Late 1990s
  • Event: Air Canada flight crash from London to Vancouver in Northern Alberta
  • Survivors: Only 10 out of nearly 300 survive
  • Setting: Late autumn, Northern Canada

Initial Discovery

  • Survivors' Journey:
    • Searching for civilization
    • Found a strange pond filled with what seemed like blood
    • Thomas Dean recalls a local legend about a blood pond, rumored to be a gateway to hell

SCP Foundation Involvement

  • Foundation's Action:
    • SCP Foundation sets up Watch Station Epsilon-38
    • Pond designated as SCP-354, classed as Euclid

Scientific Findings

  • Nature of the Pond:
    • Contains inorganic liquid resembling blood
    • No defined banks or bottom; increases in density towards edges
    • Initial absence of life

Emergence of Entities

  • First Incident:

    • Giant bat (SCP-354-1) emerges, kills station personnel
    • Foundation sets up Area-354 for containment
  • Subsequent Entities:

    • SCP-354-2: Bear-sized, bulletproof echidna, neutralized with napalm
    • SCP-354-3: Energy-firing black sphere, self-destructed
    • SCP-354-4: Reptilian humanoid, escaped containment, neutralized by Mobile Task Force Omega 7
    • Other entities include killer robot, giant tentacles, panther-like creatures, and a normal human

Silent Period and Exploration

  • Pond Inactivity: Silent for 22 months
  • Exploratory Mission 354 Alpha:
    • Submarine-drill craft sent into the pond
    • Discovery of a portal leading to an alien world
    • Day/night cycle and geographical features noted
    • Encountered a metal wall beyond which the logs are corrupted and the team lost

Catastrophic Events and Consequences

  • Site Detonation:

    • Area-354 evacuated and destroyed by a nuclear blast
    • Mutiny leads to annihilation of investigating team
  • Red Pool Containment Site: Focus shifted to containment rather than research

Theories and Concerns

  • Anomalous Nature:

    • Pond exhibits psychological attack capabilities
    • Possibly sentient, reacting to Foundation actions
  • Current State:

    • Pond expanding in area
    • Foundation efforts might have angered the pond

Conclusion

  • Implications:
    • SCP-354 poses ongoing risks and challenges
    • Foundation's ongoing containment efforts essential to prevent further incidents

Next Steps

  • Explore more SCP anomalies such as “SCP - 087 - The Stairwell” and “SCP - 096 - The Shy Guy”