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5 min readEveryone Knows Vince—But Vince Isn’t a Man | SCP-1075
Two Forest Service agents—Keys and Manilow—arrive in the small town of Pasoga Springs, Colorado, dressed in green uniforms and hoping to blend in. They fail immediately. At a local diner, every patron stares at them. When Keys asks the waitress about a man named Vincent Aspenson, her answer is curt: “We like Vince. Why do you rangers always cause him so much trouble?” Within hours, their car tires are slashed. A friendly outfitter named Raj offers them a ride in a Bronco he claims he bought at auction—the same model their missing colleagues Hollister and Greaves were last seen driving. There are three drops of blood on the floor mat.
The Town That Believes a Forest Is a Man
The Foundation sent Keys and Manilow to investigate the disappearance of two earlier agents, Hollister and Greaves, who went missing while assessing a large aspen grove outside town. What the agents uncover is that every permanent resident of Pasoga Springs is under the influence of SCP-1075, an anomalous psychological effect. The entire town believes that a clonal colony of 493 quaking aspen trees—SCP-1075-1—is actually a human man named Vincent “Vince” Aspenson.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Introduction & Sponsorship** - The episode begins with ad reads for Primark, Walt Disney World, MSC Cruises, and ChatGPT, setting a commercial tone before the narrative starts.
- 2 (02:09) **Setting the Scene: Two Agents in Pagosa Springs** - Agents Keys and Manello are undercover as Forest Service workers in a Colorado diner, where the locals are suspicious and unwelcoming.
- 3 (06:39) **The Mystery Deepens: Sabotage and a Local Guide** - Outside the diner, the agents find their car tires slashed, confirming the town is hostile to their investigation.
- 4 (10:48) **A Suspicious Ride and a Bloody Clue** - Raj drives the agents deep into the woods in a Bronco identical to the one their missing colleagues drove.
- 5 (16:30) **Abandoned at the Old Mill** - Raj stops at the ruins of an old mill and leaves the agents, claiming he will fetch Charlotte from the woods.
- 6 (19:55) **The Cave of Skeletons** - Lost in the woods, the agents discover a cave filled with the complete, intact skeletons of various animals.
- 7 (25:02) **A Terrifying Chase Through the Aspens** - Agents Keys and Manello are pursued through the forest by an unseen entity moving through the treetops.
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Show Notes
Two federal agents chase a routine missing-persons case into the aspen forest outside Pagosa Springs, Colorado — and find the whole town would rather they didn't ask questions about "Vince." What they discover changes everything they thought they knew about the man everyone loves, and why the woods have gone completely silent.
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This story is derived from The SCP Foundation Database and is released under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Author: Jake Bible
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This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised.
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