Noting for records-keeping that NiceTheGuide does not match any existing user name recently posted the following page, which was suspected of being AI: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8284 page originally included "Item: 8284-The Good Guide"
**Item:** SCP-8284
**Object Class:** Keter
**Special Containment Procedure:** Attempts at containing SCP-8284 are futile due to the erratic nature of the subject's manifestation. SCP-8284 is deemed a self-contained SCP whose appearance cannot be captured in any digital surveillance. However, witnesses who encountered SCP-8284 are capable of hand drawing or painting the entity in which evidence of this SCP must be confiscated or removed. Individuals exposed to SCP-8284 are to be detained and interviewed under mnestic observation protocols, and administered Class-C amnestics regardless of recollection quality. All indirect information regarding SCP-8284 (including anecdotal evidence or secondhand reports) is considered memetically contaminated and must be expunged following analysis. Research personnel must operate under Level 3 cognitohazard clearance and remain unaware of SCP-8284’s memetic signature to avoid precluding further manifestations.
**Description:** SCP-8284 is a humanoid anomalous entity that appears to individuals experiencing cognitive distress of varying degrees. The subject takes on a female appearance whose age inversely reflects the person it is assisting. The entity appears as an elderly woman to a child, a teenager to an adult, and vice versa. The only consistent visual feature of SCP-8284 is its unusual magenta hair. Manifestations are reported worldwide with no specific geographic location.
SCP-8284 will exclusively appear to lone persons without the presence of other human beings. Its manifestations are solely for individuals in need of intangible aid. It is hypothesized that the entity appears to one person per encounter and is non-repeatable. Several accounts reported SCP-8284 knowing all the answers the distressed individual needs denoting high intellect and interpersonal awareness. The individuals the entity assists displayed psychological, emotional or mental anguish of different levels in which instances include students struggling with school homework to serious issues such as depressed people attempting suicide. It will de-manifest when visual contact is broken. Cognitohazardous properties are apparent after encounter with SCP-8284 due to exposed persons' inability to recall the entity's face or identity suggesting mnemonic disruption consistent with Type-VII localized retrograde amnesia. When questioned, affected individuals refer SCP-8274 as ''the person who guided them'' with no extra or useful input. However, the entity's imparted wisdom and amiable feelings from the meeting is still retained.
Long term follow up post-encounter shows favorable results on affected individuals, typically life altering, suggesting anomalous effects. Current analysis has yielded no evidence suggesting that SCP-8284’s manifestations result in harmful consequences or stem from malevolent intent. All observed outcomes have been positive or neutral in design.
No tests are approved on SCP-8284 due to the erratic nature of its manifestation with all attempts to stir the entity’s presence proven difficult. Researchers deduced that one SCP-8284’s many qualifications for appearing was unawareness of its existence. Data confirmed that recruiting researchers with no prior knowledge of SCP-8284 remains ineffective after many attempts to summon the entity.
**Discovery:**
SCP-8284 was first brought to the Foundation’s attention following an incident at Site-██ involving a D-Class personnel. The individual, scheduled for a high-risk test involving SCP-███, reported an encounter with a "small girl with magenta hair" while praying alone in his cell. Though unable to recall the entity's appearance in detail, he described receiving comforting advice that gave him a sense of peace. Minutes later, the test was unexpectedly canceled. His retelling of the incident to fellow inmates prompted internal review. Camera footage shown the D-Class personnel talking to himself with SCP-8284 nowhere in sight. The discovery led to the collection of similar testimonies worldwide.
It remains unknown how long SCP-8284 existed. There remains one living proof of the subject's appearance which was found on an abandoned Hut or //Bahay Kubo// in **[REDACTED]**, Philippines in the form of a painting. Unlike the D-class personnel’s description of a child, the painting shows a young woman in her early 20s with striking magenta hair but face obscured due to oil paints and canvas deteriorating over time. Locals stated that the painting had existed since Spanish colonial times. Upon further examination, inscriptions of the painting wrote ‘’The Good Guide'' written in Baybayin suggesting even older origins. All attempts to track down historical references on the entity have failed.
Excerpt of note:
Long term follow up post-encounter shows favorable results on affected individuals, typically life altering, suggesting anomalous effects. Current analysis has yielded no evidence suggesting that SCP-8284’s manifestations result in harmful consequences or stem from malevolent intent. All observed outcomes have been positive or neutral in design.
No tests are approved on SCP-8284 due to the erratic nature of its manifestation with all attempts to stir the entity’s presence proven difficult. Researchers deduced that one SCP-8284’s many qualifications for appearing was unawareness of its existence. Data confirmed that recruiting researchers with no prior knowledge of SCP-8284 remains ineffective after many attempts to summon the entity.
User has since deleted their account. Of note, among their edits for formatting, they added the following tags: #good, #guide, #keter, #manifestation, #scp-8284
