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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a 3m by 3m by 2.5m containment cell equipped with pressure sensors in the floor and two motion detectors set into opposing corners of the cell’s ceiling. All direct observation of the object is to be strictly prohibited except under controlled testing conditions, and then only by D-Class personnel due to the risk of containment breach.

As the object cannot breach containment on its own, monitoring is facilitated only by standard personnel as part of routine security for the site it is currently housed in.

In the event of containment breach, responding security forces are to be equipped with vision-obstructing facial gear and standard echolocation units, as well as tranquilizer munitions calibrated for medium-sized non-anomalous biological organisms, and are not to remove facial gear until SCP-XXXX has been fully contained, either in its cell or in an enclosure that similarly prevents visual observation.

Full testing plans must be submitted to and approved by one Level 3 researcher assigned to standard Euclid duty.

Description: SCP-XXXX appears to be a full-sized plaster replica of an adult Varanus komodoensis made by an amateur sculptor, as evidenced by solid, unlayered paint on multiple portions of the body; inaccurately painted features; and bulbous protrusions. The only identifying mark signifying the object’s origin is the acronym A.W.C.Y. stenciled on the underside of the front left “foot,” implying a connection to the GOI Are We Cool Yet?

The object is animate and motile, its behavior roughly mimicking that of its apparent species, minus the need for constant warmth, as its artificial nature means it is not cold-blooded. It will hunt similarly to a living V. Komodoensis, and is capable of attacking and killing mammals with venom produced by an unknown mechanism, though the venom itself is identical to naturally produced V. Komodoensis venom. It is extremely hostile towards humans, and will attack any person it encounters.

SCP-XXXX can consume meat, though it is unknown what happens to the consumed mass as its interior is hollow, save for an aluminum mesh endoskeleton presumably used as a base for the plaster that makes up the exterior. Ultrasound scans have shown that material that passes through the “mouth” of the object instantaneously disappears through unidentified means, and all monitoring equipment sent into the object to try to ascertain where transported material is sent completely ceases operation at the point of disappearance. As such, the object does not need to limit how much material it intakes, and will consume any human it finds unless interrupted. Periodically, the object will produce waste from a painted on anus, though the waste is made entirely of plaster and contains no trace of material previously consumed. Testing has shown that the waste simply appears over the point marked as the anus, in a manner similar to the way consumed material vanishes.

The object has a secondary cognitohazardous property which renders observers incapable of seeing the object as a threat to themselves, even when in possession of knowledge of its anomalous properties. This takes place by preventing observers from perceiving any details or description of the object apart from the low quality of its creation, including motion or vocalizations. Subjects affected in this way will not make any effort to evade or protect themselves from the object’s attacks, and unless the object is distracted or subject is otherwise protected will be killed and consumed by it. This effect has been observed to extend to subjects actively objecting to any hostile action towards the object including Foundation containment procedures, increasing the potential for containment breaches if viewed by supervisory personnel.

When the object is no longer observed, the secondary effect dissipates immediately and has no observed long-term side effects.

Despite its completely non-biological makeup, SCP-XXXX can be incapacitated by traditional tranquilizers provided they are of sufficient strength to incapacitate an adult V. Komodoensis.

Containment Log: On ██ August, 19██, local animal control authorities were called to the ██████ █████ Art Gallery in ███████████, MN by an unknown party1. Contact with responding officers was lost, as were the uniformed police officers sent to investigate what happened to the animal control officers. An asset in the ███████████ police force, suspecting anomalous activity, subsequently contacted the Foundation.

With little information to go on and a seemingly minor threat, a single squad of security forces from Site-██ was dispatched to the gallery to ascertain the nature of the object and if, at all, it was indeed anomalous.

After suffering ██ casualties, the security forces established that the object presented a visual cognitohazard and MTF Eta-10 (“See No Evil”) was brought in to establish containment.

Following successful containment with no casualties to Eta-10, current containment procedures were established by Dr. ████████ on provisional oversight of the operation, and have since required no further update.

The gallery’s owner, █████ ████████, was apprehended and thoroughly interrogated to uncover any connection to the AWCY Collective. No such connection was found, and the owner was administered a Class-B amnestic, released from custody, and allowed to continue operation of the gallery, now under Foundation observation for any further Collective activity.