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Description: SCP-XXXX is a 9mm bullet of unknown origin. Although it has proven impossible to sample SCP-XXXX directly, all available imaging modalities indicate that it is identical in physical composition to a standard-caliber 9mm lead bullet. SCP-XXXX is constantly moving at a slowly accelerating rate¹ towards SCP-XXXX-1 and has proven impossible to stop via any means currently available to the Foundation - all physical, energetic and thaumaturgic barriers are pierced by SCP-XXXX with no loss in velocity or acceleration, and attempts at deflection with other nonliving and living masses have met with similar results (See Addendum 2 for testing notes). SCP-XXXX-1 is a Middle Eastern adolescent male who displays a constant awareness of SCP-XXXX's position to within several feet and is able to, via closing his eyes and concentrating, see a first-person view from the angle of the bullet itself.

Discovery: SCP-XXXX was first discovered on 24-05-2019, when SCP-XXXX-1 made a phone call to police regarding the anomaly (transcripts of 911 call to follow). Following radio transmission of SCP-XXXX-1's message and subsequent findings, Foundation agents embedded within local police alerted the nearby Site, and a response team apprehended SCP-XXXX-1 while another response team unsuccessfully attempted to halt SCP-XXXX.

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Audio Transcript

The following represents a 911 call between a local responder and SCP-XXXX-1. Foundation agents have since amnesticized the responder and all who heard the phone conversation, and all audio recordings of the conversation are now under Foundation control.

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911 Responder: 911, what is your location?

SCP-XXXX-1: I'm at BLACKBOXBLACKBOXBLACKBOX.

911 Responder: What is your emergency?

SCP-XXXX-1: I… I don't know how to explain this in a way that makes sense, and I didn't know who else to call. I know we're in BLACKBOX BLACKBOX, Michigan right now but a man was just killed in BLACKBOX, Florida.

911 Responder: … I'm sorry, could you repeat that?

SCP-XXXX-1: It's not a joke - I can't tell you how I know this, but if you send someone to coordinates &&&&&&&&&&&&, you'll find a middle-aged bald guy dead on the ground with a bullet hole through his chest.²

At this point in the conversation, the 911 responder triggered an immediate dispatch of police officers to SCP-XXXX-1's stated location.

911 Responder: Okay, sir, we're looking into that right now. I know you can't tell us how you know about this, but is there anything you can tell me about the circumstances leading up to this event?

SCP-XXXX-1: Not really - just that for the last day or two, I've felt like something's following me. And last night, when I closed my eyes to go to sleep, I could see somewhere that wasn't here. I don't know what's going on.

911 Responder: Okay, sir, that's okay - just stay where you are and we'll get this all sorted out.

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Upon arrival to SCP-XXXX-1's location, officers took him into custody - due to an underlying psychiatric disorder and concerns for possible psychosis, he was voluntarily admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for observation. Upon confirmation of pertinent details of the anomaly as described in the 911 call, Foundation agents arranged for SCP-XXXX-1's release and transfer to their custody.

Addendum 2: Testing Log

Hypothesis	Experiment	Results
A physical barrier capable of stopping a 9mm bullet will reduce or halt SCP-XXXX's travel path.	A meter-thick steel plate was maneuvered directly in front of SCP-XXXX's path.	The bullet traveled directly through the steel plate without losing velocity, leaving a hole exactly the size of the bullet throughout.
SCP-XXXX is vulnerable to thaumaturgy.	A thaumaturgically-generated energy barrier was projected directly in front of SCP-XXXX.	The barrier failed instantaneously when the bullet impacted it.
SCP-XXXX would, in the absence of being able to move toward its primary target, change its behavior or be rendered inactive.	SCP-XXXX-1 stepped through a dimensional aperture for thirty seconds, before returning to our baseline reality.	The bullet disappeared for the thirty seconds - based on evidence from high-speed cameras and radioactivity detectors, it appeared to enter a miniature wormhole. It reappeared simultaneous with SCP-XXXX-1's return to baseline reality, exactly thirty seconds further along its projected path.
SCP-XXXX will change behavior if it encounters living tissue.	A common cow was placed in the path of the bullet.	The bullet fatally penetrated the cow's brainstem and continued along its projected path without loss of velocity.
SCP-XXXX will change its behavior upon causing damage to a living human.	D-175629 was instructed to place his hand in the path of the projected bullet.	The bullet penetrated D-175629's hand, severing the radial nerve, and continued along its projected path without loss of velocity.

Addendum 3: Interviews
During the first few days of his stay at Site-XX, SCP-XXXX-1 began to display significant emotional distress. Due to this, and in an effort to extract additional information regarding SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX was granted access to daily sessions with a Foundation counselor. Selected interview logs follow.

Access Transcripts -- 26/05/19

Access Transcripts -- 31/05/19

Access Transcripts -- 10/06/19

Footnotes

1. At present, it is accelerating at a rate of 0.1km/hr².

2. Later analysis would show that this was not inherently an anomalous occurrence - although the bullet was only traveling at approximately 42km/hr at this point, by chance it penetrated the man's aortic arch, prompting a severe and fatal internal hemorrhage.