SCP Foundation/SCPs/SCP-F-220

Item #: SCP-F-220

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: The anomalous properties of SCP-F-220 are to be explained as an advanced form of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome. Complete suppresion of imformation regarding SCP-F-220 was not possible as the Foundation was still in its infancy at the time of the discovery of the subject. Original containment procedures for SCP-F-220 have been suspended following the subject's death on █/██/2003. The cadaver of SCP-F-220 has been exhumed and transferred to the Site-██ morgue for research purposes.

SCP-F-220-1 is to be stored in a secure storage locker at Site-██ when not in use. Personnel wishing to experiment with SCP-F-220-1 may contact Dr. Sarah Powell for the access code.

Description: SCP-F-220 was a Caucasian male whose anomalous properties caused him to age backwards. The subject was known as Benjamin Button by all accounts, although no official birth records are believed to exist. At the time of discovery by the Foundation, SCP-F-220 was chronologically three years of age but possessed a physical appearance of a man in his eighties. The subject exhibited no mental deficiencies and was otherwise identical to a normal human male. DNA testing has shown no abnormalities.

SCP-F-220-1 is a clock that was originally installed at New Orleans Union Station, the present-day New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. According to municipal records, the city of New Orleans contracted ██████ Gateau to design the clock. SCP-F-220-1 is purposely built to run backwards; Gateau claimed it was a symbol of his hope to bring back his late son, who was killed in action in World War I. Interviews with Gateau were not possible as he died before the case came to the Foundation's attention.

Research indicates that SCP-F-220 was born at around the same time that SCP-F-220-1 was installed. Foundation assets subsequently seized the clock and replaced it with a replica under the guise of repairs.

Addendum F-220-1: Experiments involving SCP-F-220-1 have not resulted in any additional anomalous births to date. Reclassification to Neutralized is under consideration.