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SCP-040-JP

There is a cat.

A locked hut and a deep well anchor a Japanese-branch story about looking, reporting and an increasingly intrusive idea. The JP suffix is part of its identity: this is not SCP-040.

Original work by Ikr_4185 · Translation by Tanija. Sources & credits ↓

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01 / Field notes

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Ikr_4185 wrote the Japanese original; the English discussion credits Tanija, with assistance from SoManyLostThrowaways. This guide follows that English version and links the original. Read it on its source page, where the document’s presentation matters.

Inspect sourcesOriginal sources may reveal story details.2 sources ↗
SCP-040-JP — There is a cat. ↗

By Ikr_4185 · Translation: Tanija

Original-language work ↗

JP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-27T23:53:46Z · page revision: 4, last edited: 04 May 2022 14:50

Evidence location: English Description and Incident Report 040-JP-001; author/translator credit in discussion post by INT_Translator dated 1 March 2020; Japanese original credit panel.

Translation credits in linked discussion identify Tanija, with assistance from SoManyLostThrowaways. This guide follows the English translation; the Japanese original includes wording and material not identical to it. Agent-checked; no human translation review claimed.

SCP-040-JP — original Japanese article ↗

By Ikr_4185

JP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-28T00:03:49Z · ページリビジョン: 30, 最終更新: 22 May 2025 10:12

Evidence location: Article author credit panel; source-language Description; site license footer.

Original-language source linked for provenance. This English guide relies on the separately credited published English translation. Agent inspection is not a human translation review.

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Original works & attributionOriginal sources may reveal story details.2 sources ↗
SCP-040-JP — There is a cat. ↗

By Ikr_4185 · Translation: Tanija

Original-language work ↗

JP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-27T23:53:46Z · page revision: 4, last edited: 04 May 2022 14:50

Evidence location: English Description and Incident Report 040-JP-001; author/translator credit in discussion post by INT_Translator dated 1 March 2020; Japanese original credit panel.

Translation credits in linked discussion identify Tanija, with assistance from SoManyLostThrowaways. This guide follows the English translation; the Japanese original includes wording and material not identical to it. Agent-checked; no human translation review claimed.

SCP-040-JP — original Japanese article ↗

By Ikr_4185

JP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-28T00:03:49Z · ページリビジョン: 30, 最終更新: 22 May 2025 10:12

Evidence location: Article author credit panel; source-language Description; site license footer.

Original-language source linked for provenance. This English guide relies on the separately credited published English translation. Agent inspection is not a human translation review.

Kingy’s text is an adapted explanation, separate from the original work. SCP-derived text is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source-check dates are retrieval dates, not claims of human editorial review.

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