SCP 1936

Dale Port

Innocent bystanders getting caught up in nightmarish situations is practically the bread and butter of the horror genre, and the SCP universe is certainly no different.

Cosmic horror and Lovecraftian horror are especially focused on the overall insignificance

of humanity amidst an uncaring universe, and the tendency for certain foolish individuals

to prod and poke what they really shouldn't.

Daleport is indeed a story of humans meddling in forces beyond their

understanding, but it also contains perhaps a light at the end of the tunnel. For a week

and a half in 1997, a strange cloud of gas covered the New England town of Daleport, preventing the foundation, or anyone

else for that matter, from entering the town or observing anything occurring in the town.

When the gas finally cleared, the town was irrevocably changed and no survivors were located,

although the remains of a large number of Daleport residents were found.

Many of the buildings in the town were destroyed, and those that remained featured significant anomalous alterations.

Some rooms grew smaller when they were entered, eventually preventing an occupant from moving,

and a number of residents and foundation agents are currently irretrievable from these rooms.

Certain doors would lead to different locations at different times of day, and some corridors

would lead to several different locations simultaneously.

The largest cause of death determined from the remains of Daleport residents seems to be

suicide, but many of the remains feature anomalous properties themselves.

A smear of entrails and viscera was found capable of picking up radio signals from up to six miles

away, and the subject was found with a small plant that gave out a small constant flame, presumably

SCP 1612.

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