| Taman Shud Note | |
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Origin |
Unknown |
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Type |
Note |
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Effects |
Encodes the user's identity onto an object. |
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Downsides |
Transfers all identification markers, such as fingerprints, birth certificates, and medical and dental records into another object on the owner's body |
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Activation |
Putting inside a pocket |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
91345-5715 |
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Shelf |
38169-1459-650 |
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Date of Collection |
1960 |
| [Source] | |
Origin[]
The Taman Shud Case is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead on Somerton beach, Glenlg, just south of Adelaide, South Australia. The case is known as such because the only thing on the dead body was a note reading 'Taman Shud' which means 'ended' or 'finished' in Persian. At the time (1948) there was no way to identify the man and even now there's no record of the man and even though several people came forward thinking they knew who this man was however all attempts to identify came up negative.
Effects[]
Encodes the user's identity onto an object. Passerby's will not understand the message's importance or decryption. Destroys all identification markers, such as fingerprints, birth certificates, and medical and dental records. The example given will be how the note was discovered on the Somerton Man. Police reports stated that the only items in the unidentified man's pants pockets were the Taman Note and a narrow aluminum American comb. When the note was tucked inside of the man's pocket all the records pertaining to the man was taken and shifted into that comb. Had their been Warehouse Agents on the scene and the comb broken and/or neutralized the effect of the note would be reversed and the identification of the man would have been revealed.
Collection[]
Further testing after the fact showed that once the note was put inside a living Agent's pocket, their information was wiped from the world and transferred into a pen he had on his person. Although none of his fellow Agents could recognize him, thankfully the Warehouse still could. Once he snapped the pen in half of his memories returned.