Dr. Sorren
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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:

SCP-XXXX must be placed unrestrained within an octagonal cement chamber, approximately seven feet in diameter across from one edge to its opposite. One door will be placed in the southern end of the chamber and will remain open at all times. A FLIR C2 Compact Thermal Camera will be set on a stand exactly 5'4 in height, pointed toward the doorway. The camera must be kept running at all times.

Once the camera's battery runs out, two agents will be required to approach the holding cell, wielding a handheld mirror. It is imperative that the mirror is pointed toward SCP-XXXX and must be held aloft while another agent replaces the camera. SCP-XXXX will slowly approach and will not stop until the camera is started again. Once the camera is operational, agents will readjust SCP-XXXX as needed while wearing electrical gloves. Care must be taken so that SCP-XXXX does not touch any part of the cell other than the floor. Agents must not cross between the camera and SCP-XXXX. Agents are then to withdraw from the cell and must not return until the camera needs to be replaced again. Battery must be replaced daily.

SCP-XXXX is not to be fed. There are to be no other cameras recording SCP-XXXX at any time. Photographs are prohibited. Agents are not to communicate with SCP-XXXX under any circumstances. If communication occurs, offending agent must not be allowed to come within two-hundred meters of SCP-XXXX.

Description:

SCP-XXXX is a bipedal creature standing at 5'4. It is separated into fifteen segments, all made of a black onyx, drenched in a layer of red rust along its undersides. This color shrouds each segment and cannot be cleaned off. Each segment has a flat bottom before narrowing into a pointed pyramid. Each segment is identical in shape and length, save for that which acts as its head. The largest segment, 6.2 inches thick at its base and 9 inches in length, sits atop the top of a pyramid that acts as its chest, jutting forward like the beak of a bird. This twitches back and forth and points toward prey once it is located. The remaining segments are layered atop each other to craft two arms and two legs. Though it stands upon two points, it has been observed to crawl on all fours and can manage speeds of 30 MPH when hunting.

Locals of ██████ referred to SCP-XXXX as 'the Time-Skinner,' though few witnesses have been found that directly observed its hunt. SCP-XXXX must feed, though it is currently unknown when and how often. When it desires, SCP-XXXX begins hunting at night, preferring to target humans that are older than 60+ years, though cases of it preying on younger humans, as well as animals, have been documented. SCP-XXXX runs down and overpowers its prey, using its arms to hamstring and tackle the victim. Once prey has been incapacitated, SCP-XXXX sinks its face into its victim's neck, just beneath the chin, and penetrates precisely three inches.

SCP-XXXX then begins to █████ from its victim for three minutes before withdrawing and fleeing. The victim adopts a look of ecstasy during the drinking and remains conscious through the process. Attempts to remove SCP-XXXX during feeding has not been thoroughly tested. The corpse left behind is 'de-aged,' going through a process that can only be described as reverse-shriveling. Old skin turns to young. Ashen hair regains color. Teeth and eyes regrow, and all known scars are mended. The flesh of a victim is biologically comparable with that of a newborn and tears just as easily.

It is theorized that SCP-XXXX feeds on time, somehow harvested from the victims of the dead. It adds the count of another's life to its own, and memory of the victim begins to fade from the minds of those who knew him, as if scrubbed away. Or else siphoned.

It was cornered and finally captured in 195█ by a special force operation coordinated by ██████. After a lengthy chase, SCP-XXXX was cornered and detained by the mere accident of forced experimentation. A camera was used to capture it in ████, and so long as SCP-XXXX maintained direct contact, it could not move. Mirrors reflecting itself work to slow it, but are not as effective as the camera.

SCP-XXXX has been observed to cross through physical objects, including a three-foot thick cement wall. It can slide through anything it makes contact with, and it is theorized it may pass through material even while rendered motionless. It is unable to pass through an object more than ███████ feet thick. When given the opportunity, it refused to escape. Regardless, precautions must be put into effect.

Current containment protocol is to keep SCP-XXXX contained and starved until it perishes. Unfortunately, as the number of years it has absorbed is unknown, the time remaining in its lifespan is indeterminable.

Notable Events:

Incident 1a - 11/12/59

13:46:12 - Camera-1460 comes online. Camera displays 116c and 116d. Both men stand inside SCP-XXXX's cell. They take SCP-XXXX by the arms and pull it back.
13:48:36 - 116c and 116d follow parameters and do not speak, using hand gestures and nods as they readjust SCP-XXXX, moving it further back into the cell.
13:48:37 - SCP-XXXX's beak is pointed at Camera-1460 and does not move.
13:50:10 - 116c and 116d turn their backs on the camera and begin to have an altercation. They gesture wildly. 116c points at 116d before gesturing toward the camera.
13:52:59 - Altercation continues. Neither agent leaves the cell, though SCP-XXXX is now back in proper position.
13:54:34 - 116d passes in front of the camera.
13:54:34.1 - SCP-XXXX spears 116d through the throat. 116d expires. SCP-XXXX holds 116d in front of the camera obscures cell interior from view.

Incident 1b - 11/12/59

13:55:00- Screaming from 116c is heard on Camera-1460
14:00:14 - [REDACTED]
14:10:49 - [REDACTED]
15:02:02 - [REDACTED]
15:20:21 - Visual observation is restored.
15:40:31 - [REDACTED]
16:00:00 - SCP-XXXX is snared by Camera-1461