Absolute Johannes factotum
- SCP-8498 (?)
- SCP-8498 is a dangerous phenomenon that affects people driving alone at night on highways, traveling between 100-150 km/h. Drivers report hearing knocking on their driver's side door for extended periods, which starts slow but can become rapid and loud, even though no one is visible outside the vehicle. After these events, vehicles show dents and traces of human blood on the door, and the DNA often matches missing persons whose abandoned cars were found with the driver's door open. The Foundation tries to explain these incidents as hallucinations and covers up vehicle damage by blaming local animals.
- Unsinkable Sam (?)
- Unsinkable Sam was a ship's cat, also known as Oscar, who reputedly survived the sinking of three different warships during World War II. The cat was said to have first been aboard the German battleship Bismarck when it sank in May 1941, then rescued by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, which was itself torpedoed and sank in October 1941. Finally, the cat was transferred to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which also sank in November 1941. While there is contemporary evidence of a cat named Oscar being rescued from the Ark Royal and claims of its prior service on the Bismarck, the full extent of the story, particularly its connection to all three ships, is considered a popular legend, with some historical details being debated. After its naval career, Sam lived out the war in a seaman's home and died in 1955.