 Item █ SCP-778 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-778 is particularly dangerous and that is immobile and centered in ████████████ National Park, which is frequented by civilians. Signed or public documents displaying maps of or mentioning the existence of SCP-778 are to be erased, destroyed, or rewritten as necessary. Public awareness of SCP-778 must be avoided as much as possible. Placing signs over the trailhead marking as closed and dangerous have been effective and it is to remain in place. Two undercover agents are to be located within the park at all times to monitor civilian access to or awareness of SCP-778. These measures should be effective in deterring civilians from contact with SCP-778. Description SCP-778 is an area of land of undetermined size located in ████████ National Park. SCP-778 is currently defined on all maps, signs, and other media representing it as a hiking trail leading to a destination known as Paradise Falls. Whether Paradise Falls exists is currently unknown and perhaps unknowable. SCP-778 is constructed normally for trails in the area and is labeled normally at the trailhead and at irregular intervals along its length. However, SCP-778 is extremely topographically inconsistent and easily dangerous as civilians. Instead of leading to Paradise Falls, SCP-778 will instead lead to other areas of the park or on winding, inconsistent paths around the area. SCP-778 is generally located in only one area of the park, although it varies from exploration to exploration. Ecologically and geologically, the area surrounding SCP-778 is consistent with that of the park. A river running through the area may be part of Paradise Falls, although the river is difficult to follow and may be topographically inconsistent as well. In addition, visitors hiking on SCP-778 have reported hearing the sound of rushing water consistent without a waterfall, although in all cases the trail soon veers away from the assumed location of the waterfall. SCP-778 also appears to regenerate somewhat regularly, usually every 10-25 years. When it does, its name will change, it will shift to another area of the park and all park maps and signs will change to reflect this. For a known history of SCP-778 changes, please see Document 778-130. For a record of tests performed in order to reveal the nature of SCP-778, please see Experiment Log 778. Addendum 778-A in ██████. An attempt was made to destroy SCP-778 with the use of multiple class D personnel, machinery, and common tools. Over 20 km of the trail was destroyed, passed off as winter flood and storm damage before it disappeared. Seven months later, the trail reappeared in a different location under the name Paradise Falls. Given the effort needed to destroy that much trail and the utter failure of the attempt, total destruction of SCP-778 is not recommended again. Document 778-130. List of known previous incarnations of SCP-778. Initial recovery in ██████, Nightfall Pond, ██████, Fox Lake, Cedar Point, Western Ridge. It's a present, Paradise Falls. Experiment Log 778. A record of explorations of SCP-778. Test 1. Three agents with two-way radios and standard day hike supplies instructed to follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. Result. Sound of waterfall not heard. Trail ended after 7.6 km in the area of the park not reachable within that distance. Nothing unusual reported along the trail. Test 2. Three agents with two-way radios and standard day hike supplies instructed to follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. Result. Sound of waterfall heard. Trail did not end. After 12 km, agents were allowed to return. Although it arrived in the same place, the trail back was reported different from the trail they had come in on, and required uphill travel in both directions. Test 3. Three agents equipped with GPS tracking devices instructed to follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. Result. Devices recorded inconsistent movement within the park, at times moving much faster or slower than normal. Agents reported no anomalies and moved at a normal pace, arriving on a road approximately 20 km away from the entrance site. Sound of waterfall noted. Test 4. Three agents dispatched to the road where SCP-778 ended after test 3, instructed to follow it back. Result. Area completely grown over. No sign of trail. Test 5. Three agents with two-way radios and standard day hike supplies instructed to follow SCP-778 until the sound of waterfall was heard, then to travel off trail until the source of the noise was reached. Result. Waterfall noise is heard at 4.2 km. Traveling with a meatly made very difficult by the presence of large shrubs and trees. Agents persisted using knives to cut down vegetation until encountering several large footprints resembling. Upon noticing several large shapes moving and vegetation in the distance, possibly Agents immediately returned to the trail and back to the starting point without any problems. Test 6. Three agents with overnight backpacking supplies and equipment with semi-automatic weapons instructed to follow SCP-778 until the sound of waterfall was heard, then to travel off trail until the source of the noise was reached. Result. Waterfall noise is heard at 15.9 km. Heavy cloud cover at night made exploration and oral detection difficult, and teams soon lost both the source of the noise and the trail. Last radio transmission stated they were going to set up camp for the night at an unknown clearing, at the edge of some sort of field, before radios were switched off for the night. Radio would apparently never turn back on. Communications operated at the base noted the sound of wolf-like howling in the distance, although wolves are not native to the area and this was never mentioned and possibly never noticed in the transmission. All attempts to recover the team had failed. Test 7. One agent with two-way radio, standard day hike equipment and radio transmitting helmet mounted camera was instructed to follow SCP-778 until the sound of waterfalls was heard, then to travel off trail until the source of the noise was reached. Noted that there was a dense fog that day that made vision beyond approximately 30 meters impossible. Result. Waterfall noise is never heard. Agent noted that the trail seemed to continue up a very steep rocky alpine meadow and was hard to see. Instructed to continue, agent began climbing and became distracted and unresponsive, knowing that the trail just goes up and up and up. Contact lost.