WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:01.760 A perfect shot! 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:04.860 The photographer holds up his camera, focusing on the deer. 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:11.350 Then, the creature turns and stares down the photographer with the face of a human man, 00:00:11.350 --> 00:00:15.730 a long elegant neck ending in a mutated abomination. 00:00:15.730 --> 00:00:18.500 The photographer drops the camera and runs away, screaming. 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:20.740 He won't be coming back to get it. 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:23.080 He'd rather just buy a new one. 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:27.500 A woman is walking her dog along the dirt road she's walked down every day for several 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:28.500 years. 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:33.130 It winds alongside a dense forest and past several large plots of land. 00:00:33.130 --> 00:00:36.950 Some are occupied by farms, some have been left abandoned. 00:00:36.950 --> 00:00:42.510 It's a pleasant walk, one she can always count on to be as quiet and peaceful as it is stimulating 00:00:42.510 --> 00:00:45.620 for her dog, with plenty to look at and smell. 00:00:45.620 --> 00:00:50.559 Occasionally, he gets distracted by a wild animal, but the odd squirrel or possum is 00:00:50.559 --> 00:00:54.329 nothing the dog hasn't seen before, and she can quickly get him back on the path with 00:00:54.329 --> 00:00:56.760 a whistle and a tug of his leash. 00:00:56.760 --> 00:01:00.769 As the two of them near a familiar bend toward the halfway point of the walk, she can't help 00:01:00.769 --> 00:01:05.020 but notice that something seems off about the dog's behavior today. 00:01:05.020 --> 00:01:09.210 His steps are anxious, and his hackles are up. 00:01:09.210 --> 00:01:13.630 He keeps sniffing the air, tugging at the leash, whining insistently, as if trying to 00:01:13.630 --> 00:01:15.500 tell her something. 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:19.320 She soothes the dog, promising him that there's nothing over there. 00:01:19.320 --> 00:01:24.970 The area he keeps starting at, a low growl rumbling in his chest, is an abandoned farm. 00:01:24.970 --> 00:01:26.750 No one's been over there for years. 00:01:26.750 --> 00:01:31.460 But no matter what she does, he keeps staring at that abandoned farm in the distance. 00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:35.680 Suddenly, there's a rustling sound, some sort of unseen animal moving through the bushes 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:36.770 toward the farm. 00:01:36.770 --> 00:01:41.680 The noise sets the dog off, and he jolts in its direction, yanking so hard and so abruptly 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.799 on the leash that it flies out of his owner's hand. 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:48.579 Free to pursue whatever had been aggravating him so much, the dog tears off toward the 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:49.590 abandoned farm. 00:01:49.590 --> 00:01:54.550 The woman chases after him, desperate to catch her beloved pet before he gets himself attacked 00:01:54.550 --> 00:01:57.600 by a wild animal or worse. 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:01.659 She sprints after the dog for half a mile until they've passed the ruins of an old barn 00:02:01.659 --> 00:02:06.219 and reached a horse paddock that seems to be in surprisingly good condition. 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:10.800 As the woman catches her breath, she spots a sign she'd never noticed before on the road. 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.360 It reads: The Miracle Farm. 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:17.480 The paint is unchipped, vivid, even fresh. 00:02:17.480 --> 00:02:18.540 This doesn't look abandoned. 00:02:18.540 --> 00:02:21.640 Her dog barks sharply, and she follows the sound. 00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:27.110 There he is, crouched low to the ground, shaking and barking at a pair of horses. 00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:30.870 Wait...no...those aren't horses. 00:02:30.870 --> 00:02:35.670 They have the hooves, the haunches, the tails, but their upper bodies are all human torso, 00:02:35.670 --> 00:02:37.200 arms, head, and face. 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:43.640 It shouldn't be possible, but her dog is barking at what appears to be a pair of centaurs. 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:46.550 She grabs hold of his leash, urging him back from the strange beasts. 00:02:46.550 --> 00:02:51.930 As she backs away, she hears a sound behind her, like a person imitating the crow of a 00:02:51.930 --> 00:02:52.930 rooster. 00:02:52.930 --> 00:02:56.790 She spins around, and sees a wide-eyed man with a bright red wattle on his face, feathers 00:02:56.790 --> 00:02:58.370 jutting out of his neck. 00:02:58.370 --> 00:03:01.370 He crows again, then stoops to peck at the ground. 00:03:01.370 --> 00:03:06.019 Just behind the rooster man, she sees even more impossible human-animal hybrids. 00:03:06.019 --> 00:03:10.290 Rotund, pink-fleshed children with pig noses roll in a puddle of mud. 00:03:10.290 --> 00:03:14.950 A woman coiled up on a rock stares straight ahead, forked tongue flitting in and out of 00:03:14.950 --> 00:03:16.379 her mouth as she hisses. 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:18.840 This place isn't abandoned, after all. 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.340 There is still a farm here, but it's no ordinary farm. 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:27.950 The woman scoops her dog, her completely ordinary non-human dog, into her arms and sprints back 00:03:27.950 --> 00:03:29.880 toward the dirt road. 00:03:29.880 --> 00:03:33.909 She keeps going, running all the way home until she can get to a phone, and immediately 00:03:33.909 --> 00:03:35.159 calls the authorities. 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:40.040 The first few people she speaks to laugh at her, accusing her of making a prank call. 00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:43.110 But one man takes her seriously and records her report. 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:46.580 Then, he passes it on to his friends at the SCP Foundation. 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:51.629 They conduct a raid of The Miracle Farm and find that it is just as bizarre as the woman 00:03:51.629 --> 00:03:52.629 described. 00:03:52.629 --> 00:03:56.810 They uncover files in their office detailing that the property once belonged to Marshall, 00:03:56.810 --> 00:04:01.480 Carter, and Dark Ltd., before its ownership passed to a private company that specializes 00:04:01.480 --> 00:04:05.930 in "the finest in custom-ordered pets, prey, and companions." 00:04:05.930 --> 00:04:10.590 Mobile Task Force Theta-2, "Moreau's Morgue," is deployed to the scene, where they bring 00:04:10.590 --> 00:04:15.260 all on-hand personnel, clients, and living specimens into custody. 00:04:15.260 --> 00:04:19.449 Personnel and clients are questioned, then given class A amenstics and released. 00:04:19.449 --> 00:04:24.520 The specimens are contained for further study, and the facility is destroyed. 00:04:24.520 --> 00:04:30.110 But not before the MTF discovers a curious marble statue, acting as a fountainhead providing 00:04:30.110 --> 00:04:33.440 all drinking water for the animal-human hybrids on site. 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:38.020 The statue, depicting the Roman 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got its hands on SCP-1575. 00:06:29.650 --> 00:06:33.970 As is frequently the case at the SCP Foundation, the research team quickly began conducting 00:06:33.970 --> 00:06:38.220 controlled experiments using SCP-1575. 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:42.960 They exposed a variety of animal test subjects to water that had passed through the fountainhead. 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:47.370 I combed through the test logs I was able to access and have compiled some of the most 00:06:47.370 --> 00:06:51.090 relevant examples of the anomaly's effects on various subjects. 00:06:51.090 --> 00:06:57.569 I must warn you that some of the imagery contained within may be a bit disturbing, even by SCP 00:06:57.569 --> 00:06:58.569 Foundation standards. 00:06:58.569 --> 00:07:03.090 I admit that a few of them turned my significantly desensitized stomach. 00:07:03.090 --> 00:07:08.379 But still, they fascinate me, and like a train wreck in slow motion, I haven't been able 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:09.900 to look away. 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:17.170 Test 1575-2 was performed on a Female Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus) at the adolescent 00:07:17.170 --> 00:07:18.789 stage of development. 00:07:18.789 --> 00:07:26.069 After several weeks of exposure to SCP-1575-1, the mouse began to rapidly increase in size. 00:07:26.069 --> 00:07:32.801 Over the course of 12 days, the mouse grew to a height of 1.01 meters, a 500% increase 00:07:32.801 --> 00:07:34.810 in overall body size. 00:07:34.810 --> 00:07:39.590 As the mouse began to grow, her fur falling out and being replaced with smooth, human 00:07:39.590 --> 00:07:45.889 skin, her face warping into that of a young human woman, her appetite increased drastically. 00:07:45.889 --> 00:07:50.889 She was provided a standard field mouse diet of fruits, berries, and nuts and consumed 00:07:50.889 --> 00:07:55.960 nearly 95 percent of her body weight at a given time in this provided food. 00:07:55.960 --> 00:08:00.889 By the twelfth day of her mutation, the mouse's heart was unable to support her rapidly growing 00:08:00.889 --> 00:08:02.940 body, and it gave out. 00:08:02.940 --> 00:08:08.300 She died due to failure of her cardiovascular system, leaving behind an eerie half-mouse, 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:13.750 half-human creature with a vestigial tail, partially transformed paws, and grey-tinged 00:08:13.750 --> 00:08:16.880 skin where her fur had once been. 00:08:16.880 --> 00:08:24.300 Test 1575-4's subject was a preadolescent Male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). 00:08:24.300 --> 00:08:29.009 The deer began to mutate fairly quickly following exposure to the water, and its initial steps 00:08:29.009 --> 00:08:31.229 were an alarming sight, to say the least. 00:08:31.229 --> 00:08:35.729 He began to suffer severe hemorrhaging in the pelvic area as his reproductive organs 00:08:35.729 --> 00:08:36.750 atrophied. 00:08:36.750 --> 00:08:41.789 By the end of the mutation cycle, they had disappeared entirely, leaving a smooth, fleshy 00:08:41.789 --> 00:08:44.080 surface behind. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.940 Several male researchers in attendance had to leave the room during the initial bleeding, 00:08:47.940 --> 00:08:52.010 and one asked to be referred to an on-site counselor regarding a persistent, recurring 00:08:52.010 --> 00:08:54.700 nightmare inspired by the mutation. 00:08:54.700 --> 00:09:00.190 The deer's arms and legs changed into human arms and legs, hooves into hands and feet. 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:05.339 By the end of the process, which stabilized after 30 days, the deer had become an androgynous-looking 00:09:05.339 --> 00:09:07.980 Eastern-seaboard Native American person. 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:11.940 The only remaining indicators that this had once been something other than human were 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:17.100 a tail and antler nubs resembling those characteristic of yearling bucks. 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:21.649 After testing the anomaly on prey animals, the researchers decided to explore its effects 00:09:21.649 --> 00:09:22.980 on a predator. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:30.380 The subject of Test 1575-6 was an adult Female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). 00:09:30.380 --> 00:09:35.420 Naturally, there were concerns about the safety of researchers, given the subject's aggressive 00:09:35.420 --> 00:09:36.620 nature. 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:40.910 To prevent any accidental injury or death, she was kept sedated for the duration of any 00:09:40.910 --> 00:09:42.680 hands-on examination. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:47.010 Unfortunately, the application of these sedatives had a negative impact on the tiger's health 00:09:47.010 --> 00:09:49.470 during the mutation process. 00:09:49.470 --> 00:09:54.161 After four days, before any dramatic visible transformation had even taken place, the tiger 00:09:54.161 --> 00:09:57.840 experienced failure of the heart, liver, and kidneys. 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:01.800 Though this experiment was largely regarded as a failure, it provided the team with a 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:06.550 vital piece of information: sedatives should not be used on test subjects until they were 00:10:06.550 --> 00:10:11.500 further along in their transformation and at least 80% stabilized. 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:15.800 After the tiger, the research team pivoted to the least threatening version of a similar 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:19.890 animal: An adolescent female domestic cat (Felis catus). 00:10:19.890 --> 00:10:23.460 The transformation occurred without incident over the course of thirty days. 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:28.570 It was described as "unsettling" to watch, especially coupled with the pained yowls of 00:10:28.570 --> 00:10:33.510 the subject, which slowly transformed into the screams of a young woman, but the subject 00:10:33.510 --> 00:10:35.700 survived the process. 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:41.050 Her body stretched and contorted, claws turned to long, pointed fingernails, whiskers fell 00:10:41.050 --> 00:10:44.290 out, and fur was completely shed. 00:10:44.290 --> 00:10:48.610 By the time her transformation was complete, there was a young woman in the containment 00:10:48.610 --> 00:10:53.670 chamber, crawling around on all fours and batting at particles of dust. 00:10:53.670 --> 00:10:58.360 She retained her tail, the aforementioned pointed nails, and eyes with the same vertical 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.130 slit pupils she had as a feline. 00:11:01.130 --> 00:11:05.579 She spoke several times but only to request additional food. 00:11:05.579 --> 00:11:10.360 After testing on a cat, the next natural step was to test the anomaly on a dog. 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:17.529 For Test 1575-9, the subject was an adult Female domestic canine (Canis lupus familiaris) 00:11:17.529 --> 00:11:19.240 of mixed breed. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.130 At this point in time, it was believed that the fountainhead had no anomalous effect on 00:11:23.130 --> 00:11:24.280 invertebrates. 00:11:24.280 --> 00:11:27.690 Unfortunately, this experiment proved otherwise. 00:11:27.690 --> 00:11:29.700 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:34.160 The dog was exposed to the anomalous water, and dramatic signs of mutation soon began 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:35.160 to show. 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:38.230 First, the dog began shedding all of its fur. 00:11:38.230 --> 00:11:42.550 At this point, the researchers got an unfortunate look at something that had been hiding in 00:11:42.550 --> 00:11:48.750 the dog's coat: an infestation of fleas, which were beginning to transform as well. 00:11:48.750 --> 00:11:52.940 The fleas had quadrupled in size, and were continuing to grow. 00:11:52.940 --> 00:11:57.460 Even more horrifying, their legs had changed into appendages resembling human fingers, 00:11:57.460 --> 00:12:03.190 and their features rearranged into a nightmarish facsimile of a human face, blood pouring from 00:12:03.190 --> 00:12:05.570 their open mouths. 00:12:05.570 --> 00:12:09.269 Unfortunately for the test subject and any researchers present, the fleas were not the 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:12.070 only parasite that had infested this dog. 00:12:12.070 --> 00:12:16.670 On the sixth day of the experiment, the slowly mutating dog collapsed on her side, breathing 00:12:16.670 --> 00:12:19.149 heavily, exhibiting intense discomfort. 00:12:19.149 --> 00:12:25.540 Her abdomen began to distend, and nearby researchers could see something...wriggling just beneath 00:12:25.540 --> 00:12:26.970 the skin. 00:12:26.970 --> 00:12:32.090 The motion became more violent, and the abdomen distended further and further, as if the dog 00:12:32.090 --> 00:12:35.959 was progressing through the stages of pregnancy at an advanced rate. 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:39.649 One of the researchers made an anxious comment about being reminded of a particular scene 00:12:39.649 --> 00:12:43.149 from the movie "Alien," and was admonished for it. 00:12:43.149 --> 00:12:48.320 But he was quickly proven right, because with a sudden burst, a tapeworm with the face of 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:53.959 a man erupted through the skin, screaming at the top of its lungs, eyes rolling wildly 00:12:53.959 --> 00:12:55.329 in its sockets. 00:12:55.329 --> 00:12:57.380 One researcher vomited. 00:12:57.380 --> 00:12:58.560 Another fainted. 00:12:58.560 --> 00:13:04.260 The experiment was swiftly aborted, and testing procedures were updated to include a specification 00:13:04.260 --> 00:13:11.450 that all subjects must be examined for parasites prior to any exposure to SCP-1575. 00:13:11.450 --> 00:13:14.790 None of the mutated creatures survived this test. 00:13:14.790 --> 00:13:19.660 The dog test was a colossal failure on many counts, but it inspired the research team 00:13:19.660 --> 00:13:22.329 to continue testing on non-mammals. 00:13:22.329 --> 00:13:25.860 Not invertebrates, no one wanted to go down that road again. 00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:28.060 But other animals, at least. 00:13:28.060 --> 00:13:35.269 For Test-1575-12, the subject was a preadolescent Female Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). 00:13:35.269 --> 00:13:41.191 The parrot swiftly began to change, and the sound of agonized caws filled the room, along 00:13:41.191 --> 00:13:43.760 with a sickening snapping sound. 00:13:43.760 --> 00:13:48.040 After a moment, the sound was identified as breaking bones. 00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:52.370 The rest of the bird's body, particularly the muscles and organs, were transforming 00:13:52.370 --> 00:13:54.980 at a faster pace than the skeleton. 00:13:54.980 --> 00:14:00.000 The body contorted painfully, and the wings began to split, forming into rudimentary fingers 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.399 and hands. 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.050 But the transformation never finished, never stabilized. 00:14:05.050 --> 00:14:10.190 After twenty days, the macaw was dead, and the cause of death was determined to be internal 00:14:10.190 --> 00:14:13.490 injuries due to these extensive bone fractures. 00:14:13.490 --> 00:14:21.260 The subject of Test 1575-13 was an adult Female Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius). 00:14:21.260 --> 00:14:25.640 The transformation occurred at an accelerated rate, and within one week, the lizard had 00:14:25.640 --> 00:14:30.649 grown to a height of approximately four feet and displayed many human characteristics, 00:14:30.649 --> 00:14:34.529 including human legs and feet, a face, and a full head of hair. 00:14:34.529 --> 00:14:38.800 The hands remained unchanged, though they were larger, and the specimen was still capable 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:42.100 of climbing up walls much like an ordinary gecko. 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:46.740 At the ten-day mark, the subject experienced catastrophic organ failure as a result of 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:48.850 the mutation and expired. 00:14:48.850 --> 00:14:52.980 One more test on an invertebrate was conducted, this time deliberately. 00:14:52.980 --> 00:15:00.360 For Test 1575-14, the subject was a Female Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus). 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:05.180 As the mutation began, the grasshopper began to shed its exoskeleton in a process best 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:11.459 described as flesh forcing its way out of a casing, breaking the exoskeleton into pieces. 00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:16.220 What was left following this shedding process was a creature resembling the same grasshopper, 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:19.850 but three times larger and covered in human skin. 00:15:19.850 --> 00:15:24.490 It continued to grow, but no further human features seemed to develop. 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:27.079 After fifteen days, it expired. 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:32.339 An autopsy revealed the development of human organs inside, including a heart, lungs, kidneys, 00:15:32.339 --> 00:15:33.339 and liver. 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:37.120 The cause of death could not be determined, but the transformation process is thought 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:40.149 to have made the subject incompatible with life. 00:15:40.149 --> 00:15:47.320 The subject of Test 1575-15 was an adult Female grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis). 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.760 During the first twenty-nine days of her mutation, the bear did not consume any food or drink 00:15:51.760 --> 00:15:53.920 aside from SCP-1575-1. 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:59.790 Still, she didn't appear to experience any hunger or discomfort aside from the pain of 00:15:59.790 --> 00:16:01.769 the transformation itself. 00:16:01.769 --> 00:16:05.940 Her body slowly shrank over the course of thirty days, her fur thinning until it left 00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:09.769 only the ordinary amount of body hair for an average human woman. 00:16:09.769 --> 00:16:13.900 Notably, the hair was the same color as the fur she had once had. 00:16:13.900 --> 00:16:17.529 She retained her bear paws, which appeared to be uncomfortably heavy at the ends of her 00:16:17.529 --> 00:16:18.870 new human arms. 00:16:18.870 --> 00:16:23.759 Throughout the transformation, stool samples taken from the subject showed excessive amounts 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.959 of organic matter, such as blood and fatty deposits. 00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:33.390 After thirty-two days, the mutation was complete, and the former bear's condition was stable. 00:16:33.390 --> 00:16:39.449 She did not speak; instead, she used her newly transformed mouth and voice to grunt and roar. 00:16:39.449 --> 00:16:43.330 It was much less intimidating coming out of her human mouth, but researchers noted that 00:16:43.330 --> 00:16:47.830 her paws and claws were still dangerous and should be avoided. 00:16:47.830 --> 00:16:55.160 The subject of Test 1575-16 was an adolescent female Grévy's zebra (also Imperial Zebra, 00:16:55.160 --> 00:16:56.819 Equus grevyi). 00:16:56.819 --> 00:17:01.440 Over the course of twenty-seven days, the zebra's main body, hind legs, and most of 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:06.900 her head mutated into a human, resembling the appearance of a person native to Africa. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:11.240 However, her front legs and jaw structure remained that of a zebra. 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.130 The transformation stabilized, leaving her in this half-changed state. 00:17:15.130 --> 00:17:19.850 She was unable to move without pain, unable to eat, and exhibited extreme distress at 00:17:19.850 --> 00:17:21.770 her state of existence. 00:17:21.770 --> 00:17:25.539 When she attempted to walk, she would lose her balance and topple over, lying on the 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:27.120 ground in agony. 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:32.080 It is uncertain what caused the transformation to halt at such an incomplete stage, but the 00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:35.700 subject's quality of life had been all but destroyed. 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:40.090 After a thorough physical examination, the half-transformed zebra specimen was euthanized 00:17:40.090 --> 00:17:42.169 as a humane measure. 00:17:42.169 --> 00:17:48.240 As disturbing as the results of the Foundation's tests using SCP-1575 were, they allowed for 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:51.500 a more thorough understanding of the anomaly and how it operates. 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:57.070 The statue, which was studied extensively, shows no anomalous properties on its own, 00:17:57.070 --> 00:18:00.620 nor do any samples taken of the marble throw up any red flags. 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:04.909 It appeared to be a completely ordinary statue, except for the effect that it has on any water 00:18:04.909 --> 00:18:06.530 that flows through it. 00:18:06.530 --> 00:18:12.880 This water, or SCP-1575-1, begins to show its anomalous true colors when consumed by 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:14.659 a non-human mammal. 00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:19.520 Non-human mammals who consume 0.5 or more liters of this water per day will begin to 00:18:19.520 --> 00:18:21.850 mutate over the course of a month. 00:18:21.850 --> 00:18:26.470 Perplexingly, impossibly, they will mutate into a human being. 00:18:26.470 --> 00:18:30.230 During the experiments, it was noted that the ethnicity of the resulting human seems 00:18:30.230 --> 00:18:34.570 to correspond with the humans native to the natural habitat of the pre-transformation 00:18:34.570 --> 00:18:35.659 mammal. 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:40.929 A European deer displays Caucasian features, for example, while a North American deer resembles 00:18:40.929 --> 00:18:42.860 a Native American. 00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:47.640 Domestic dogs and cats have ethnically ambiguous features, or appear mixed-race, likely due 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:50.540 to the mixed backgrounds of their species. 00:18:50.540 --> 00:18:55.100 Many of the survivors of this process develop vocal cords and are able to speak about their 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:59.150 experiences, but their odds of surviving are not great. 00:18:59.150 --> 00:19:02.530 Female specimens have about a 25% fatality rate. 00:19:02.530 --> 00:19:06.390 Males have a staggering fatality rate of about 95%. 00:19:06.390 --> 00:19:11.010 There is a 40% chance that the transformed animal, regardless of sex, will keep at least 00:19:11.010 --> 00:19:13.280 one pre-mutation feature. 00:19:13.280 --> 00:19:18.559 These include, but are not limited to, paws, tails, ears, and fur. 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:24.980 Across the board, those who survive the mutation process describe it as "extremely painful." 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:29.110 Though these transformed animals can communicate, they tend to display an intelligence level 00:19:29.110 --> 00:19:31.580 that aligns with their prior species. 00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:35.980 There are a few exceptions to this, as some subjects have displayed heightened problem-solving 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:40.520 skills, but it is uncertain what exactly caused this shift. 00:19:40.520 --> 00:19:44.929 Proposed causes include neural restructuring during mutation or an unintended byproduct 00:19:44.929 --> 00:19:47.590 of the Foundation testing itself. 00:19:47.590 --> 00:19:52.179 These transformed instances do not magically become human in behavior, personality, or 00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:53.179 habits. 00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:57.210 They retain their animal instincts, memories, and sense of self, give or take some added 00:19:57.210 --> 00:20:02.800 depression or anxiety brought on by the traumatic and drastic changes they've endured. 00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:06.970 Humans exposed to this anomalous water do not seem to change at all, which makes a degree 00:20:06.970 --> 00:20:07.970 of sense. 00:20:07.970 --> 00:20:12.740 If the water serves to transform mammals into human beings, then a human drinking it has 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:14.419 nothing for the water to change. 00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:17.039 Still, I wouldn't suggest drinking it. 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:21.760 Tap water may not taste great, but it's far less likely to mutate you. 00:20:21.760 --> 00:20:28.611 SCP-1575 is currently held in a 6m x 6m x 4m containment chamber at Bio-Site 23, with 00:20:28.611 --> 00:20:32.460 direct access to Research Laboratory 3 at the same site. 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:38.270 Unless it is actively in use for an approved test, no water may be allowed into SCP-1575's 00:20:38.270 --> 00:20:39.550 containment. 00:20:39.550 --> 00:20:44.220 After testing has concluded, all water used during the test is to be held in quarantine 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:47.140 and may only be used for further tests. 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:52.121 At the time of my reading, I discovered one addendum added to the file for SCP-1575 by 00:20:52.121 --> 00:20:54.020 a doctor assigned to the anomaly. 00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:55.080 It reads: 00:20:55.080 --> 00:21:00.700 "Following the incident on the twelfth of this month, during test 1575-9, any animal 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:06.580 to be used in testing with SCP-1575 is to be thoroughly examined for both external and 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:08.200 internal parasites. 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:15.620 Our initial beliefs that SCP-1575-1 only affected the primary host has proven wrong; it apparently 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:20.210 retains its mutagenic properties, even when ingested secondarily through the host's lower 00:21:20.210 --> 00:21:22.400 GI tract or blood stream. 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:27.540 We absolutely do not need another instance of half-mutated flea-creatures, and the psychologist 00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:31.540 is having a hard time helping Janet with her nightmares of a seven foot long tapeworm with 00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:34.590 a screaming face tearing out of the belly of a dog." 00:21:34.590 --> 00:21:38.570 I fear that Janet and I may have those nightmares in common. 00:21:38.570 --> 00:21:42.400 This imagery will stay with me for quite some time. 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:47.700 When it comes to drinking water from mysterious fountains, proceed with caution, my friends. 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:51.970 Sure, this particular fountainhead may not trigger mutation in humans, but that doesn't 00:21:51.970 --> 00:21:55.110 mean it's the only one of its kind out there. 00:21:55.110 --> 00:21:59.510 Drink from the wrong water spout, and you may find yourself changed, and no one, including 00:21:59.510 --> 00:22:02.650 me, can predict what you might become. 00:22:02.650 --> 00:22:06.800 Check out the Dr. Bob Patreon and become a junior researcher today! 00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:11.470 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like "SCP-5019 - LoOpy LiLLy!"