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”