Tension

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Item #: SCP-4372

Item Class: Safe Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: The Maplebrook Residence has been purchased by the Foundation. Eugene Lockwood has been amnesticized.

[Archived] Description: SCP-4372 is an in-ground swimming pool within the Maplebrook Residence of Mayview, Ohio. SCP-4372's anomalous properties manifest once a living entity enters SCP-4372. Upon entrance, the surface tension of the water inside SCP-4372 rapidly increases, trapping the entity.

Discovery: SCP-4372 was discovered upon the death of Alice Lockwood, Eugene Lockwood's wife. Eugene Lockwood reported that they had discovered a body in their pool, which Alice Lockwood then recognized and attempted to recover. In this attempt, she fell into the water, after which she attempted to resurface; Eugene reported that she was fully enveloped in the water even after climbing from the pool, and she drowned on the poolside.1

Neutralization: Recovery of the unidentified body was made via net. Further testing shows SCP-4372 does not exhibit anomalous properties without this body, nor the body without SCP-4372; reclassification to neutralized approved.

The body was identified as one Cathy Grayson, a former neighbor to the Lockwoods who was reported missing one year prior. Autopsy revealed signs of strangulation as well as third trimester pregnancy.

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