Scully met Penny Northern again in 1997 when she was diagnosed with cancer herself and was informed by hybrid MUFON member Kurt Crawford that all the chapter's women had died within the past year, except ailing Penny Northern. Penny told Scully she was treated by Doctor Kevin Scanlon and comforted her while Scully was undergoing treatment at Bethlehem Medical Centre. The woman recalled she had been allowed by Scully's side after the abduction's procedures, surprised by this attitude, claiming that human compassion was unusual on the abductors' part. Penny Northern died shortly after these incidents, when it was revealed that Doctor Scanlon was not trustworthy and was possibly responsible for his patients' deaths.