Item#: SCP-1440 also known as "The Old Man From Nowhere"
Object Class: Keter
Item Description:
SCP-1440 looks like a normal human male, but his ethnicity and age are both unknown. When asked any details about himself or his past, SCP-1440 refuses to answer, though it's unknown if he is refusing to give this information or if he simply doesn't know.
The nicknamed "Old Man from Nowhere" appears to be around 80 years old, but in the 50 years that the SCP foundation has been aware of his existence, SCP-1440 has not shown any signs of aging. It is yet to be determined whether it is aging very slowly or if he just doesn't age at all.
But SCP-1440's lack of aging isn't even the weirdest thing about him. The true anomalous nature of the Man from Nowhere reveals itself when he comes into contact with a human population or any man made objects, and remains in contact with them for more than a few days.
Over the course of several days, people will start feeling sick, items will break, and parts of buildings might collapse, after which the violent destruction of anything related to humanity begins in the vicinity of SCP-1440. Destructive events begin to happen and grow increasingly disastrous until the the buildings or objects are destroyed, and the people in close contact are killed.
The only exception to these events are SCP-1440 itself and its few possessions which consist of: his clothes, a sack made of an unidentified material, a pack of worn playing cards, and a small glass cup. It's unknown whether these objects are somehow immune to SCP-1440's effects or if they are not man-made items at all.
SCP-1440 is aware of his destructive effects on people and objects, and appears to avoid human contact as much as possible. However, SCP-1440 is for some reason compelled to travel in what looks like a complex pattern, one that eventually always lead to him running into human populations.
It is unknown if there is any particular reason for this pattern, both the shape and the route that he takes, and the reason as to why he feels compelled to follow it. On this The Old Man has also not been able to provide any information or help.
SCP-1440 has explained that the growing human population and its expansion into previously uninhabited areas has made it harder and harder to avoid contact with humans as he follows his route.
SCP-1440 is not hostile, and does not resist or fight back against attempts to contain him. Unfortunately for the SCP Foundation, all attempts to contain SCP-1440 have so far failed. These containment attempts have led to large losses of life and Foundation resources, as a result of the destructive effects that follow SCP-1440.
The Old Man from Nowhere first came to the attention of the SCP Foundation, after SCP-1440 himself approached a Foundation researcher who was on her way to work. SCP-1440 somehow knew that this researcher worked for the Foundation and requested her assistance. When the researcher asked what kind of assistance he was looking for, he replied he hoped that the Foundation could kill him!
He was brought to an SCP Foundation site for further questioning and study, which is where the destructive and anomalous effects were first witnessed. The entire site was destroyed, killing multiple site personnel, as well as causing the destruction of six safe and Euclid level SCP objects. So far all other attempts to contain SCP-1440 have resulted in similar destructive events.
During the fourth attempt, SCP-1440 was brought to Area-142. The Old Man thanked the Foundation for its efforts, but said that it was probably best if he were allowed to leave, as it would most likely again result in the death of everyone involved.
SCP-1440 told the researcher interviewing him that his first brother had already arrived and was standing behind the researcher. He explained that each brother is different, but are all cruel, vengeful, and capable of holding a grudge for a very long time.
They are the cause of SCP-1440's misfortune, and therefore the reason for the suffering of everyone he comes into contact with. He then told the researcher that the second brother had arrived and that time was running out, if he wasn't released soon then the destruction would begin.
The researcher asked about the third brother, and asked how much time was left until the third one would arrive. SCP-1440 explained that despite being the cruelest of all the brothers, the third never arrives, and that it is actually the appearance of the last brother that will set the Old Man free!
SCP-1440 has spent years and years searching for the third brother, trying to return something that he won from the other two. He then talked about challenging death itself in a game of cards for his life, and that if the researcher was ever in the same situation, that he should not do what The Old Man from Nowhere did, win!
At that moment, the nuclear weapon that was stored at Area-142 detonated, despite the device having multiple failsafes that should have prevented an explosion. Area-142 was destroyed and everyone on-site was killed.
SCP-1440 was spotted a week later, over 3000 kilometers away from Area-142, showing no signs at all of having experienced any injuries. After three more attempts to contain him, which all ended the same way, the Foundation has stopped trying to contain SCP-1440, until they can find a solution to his anomalous effects.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story from the SCP universe!
I get the lore about the SCP universe and how anyone can make a spin off content from canon but it's really not cool to just do copy paste snippets from the site and monetize it here without due credit. Even your links to sourced images aren't reliable.
None of this is copy pasted! I'm just a huge fan of the SCP universe and I enjoy writing about it, like many other people do. I see this as writing a report on a certain SCP, just like when you write an article about a historic event. Nobody would say you're copy pasting when you're just writing about the facts. All I'm trying to do is to spread the SCP universe to people that don't know about it yet.
As far as the links go, they work for me, so maybe that's an issue with your web browser. And you also can't really give credit to the original author of an SCP, because they are collectively written by fans of the SCP universe.
But you do make a good point, I could create my own SCP stories or add twists to existing ones and post them here.
Taken from the logs portion here
You can actually give credit to person that contributed to the creating the specific SCP page you're writing about. It's even written at the bottom the logs done on the page from creation to latest editing.
The point here is that instead of making copy snippets from the canon site or even just stating facts, you're monetizing content meant to be be free. Failing to provide the source is also one way to prevent the canon site from getting a better reach because backlinking also contributes to their visibility on search engines.
You monetize from a collective intellectual property by not sourcing it properly, copy snippets, and making small alterations without adding your own flavor to the content. The downvote is a disagreement of rewards for the post.
And yes, you're on point when I was trying to nudge you to do your own spin offs from the lore because that's technically your fiction and your transformative content.
There's nothing wrong with monetizing content from the SCP wiki, it even says this on their site. Anyone can do with the content whatever they want. You could literally copy paste someones content, and that would be absolutely fine.
"You can share or repost anything from this site. You can copy-paste entire stories and articles in their entirety and repost them to your website. You can include them in any sort of compilations of creepypastas or stories."
"You can sell the remixes you make based on the SCP Foundation. However, keep in mind that you probably will not get rich off of them, because under Share-Alike, anyone can freely copy, use, or download your stuff, and you will have no legal recourse provided they also follow the terms of the license."
But technically I'm not even monetizing anything here, it's up to others to decide if it's worth tipping. If people don't think it's creative enough, then they're not forced to support it. This isn't like a Youtube channel where I put ads on the video or I add a paywall before people can access the content. Anyone can read my articles without having to pay for it.
I did make the mistake of not properly citing the original author/authors and adding the creative commons license to my articles, but now that I know this I will do this once I have enough resource credits again.
You can disagree with me by downvoting my posts, and try to take my earnings away, but that's just your opinion. Legally there's nothing wrong with what I'm doing once I update my articles.
Hello,
It is recommended to you add at least 50% of new & original content, in addition to copied and pasted content (regardless if it is a creative commons license).
For example, if you copy & paste the text that has 300 words. Then please add an equivalent, new, original writing that has at least 300 words.
Also, copied & pastes/quoted content needs to be clearly highlighted and sourced.
You post in a platform that enables anyone to tip you for content you can legally copy paste to monetize. But this is lazy content creation especially when it's plainly copy paste that makes up the bulk of the post. Yes, it's just my opinion not to reward these kinds of posts and this is in my opinion for the best as this deters others to publish premade content they can monetize from. Credit the source, add your own content from the existing work, that's not exactly difficult to do. If you prefer sharing work because you just like to share scp content to the world, denying post rewards is a better route. Link back to their site for more exposure for them because doing less than that is just leeching content. Technically you are monetizing content, and anything you post unless you put into the settings to burn the rewards. This is the nature of this blockchain.