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SCP-6000-2
Item #: SCP-6XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: A cover story has been contrived stating that Sir Clive Letteridge was killed in a mudslide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during filming in October 2015, and that his remains were unrecoverable. Sir Clive Letteridge's film crew and local medical personnel were given Class-B amnestics and debriefed with the cover story.
Under no circumstances should SCP-6000-1 come into contact with SCP-6000-2.
SCP-6000-1 is confined to a secure pen at Site-104. Enrichment materials such as logs, ropes and balls should be provided and varied weekly. SCP-6000-1 is to be fed a vegetarian diet that can easily be digested by a human. Occasional rewards of termites and ant larvae may be used as behavioural incentives. A guard equipped with a tranquillizer gun must be constantly stationed outside SCP-6000-1's enclosure to suppress any violent behaviour or escape attempts. SCP-6000-1 should be sedated during any medical or hygiene procedures.
All visitors must be made aware of SCP-6000-1's underlying nature. SCP-6000-1 has developed close relationships with its custodians over time. However, precautions must never be relaxed: SCP-6000-1 is essentially a wild animal capable of unpredictable acts of violence1.
The facility to defecate, urinate and conduct other personal functions in privacy should also be maintained despite SCP-6000-1's disregard for human norms regarding these acts.
SCP-6000-2 is to be confined to a fortified secure accommodation suite within Site-104. All amenities required for human comfort and privacy should be provided. Furniture, toilet and bathing facilities should all be strengthened to accommodate the weight of a fully-grown silverback gorilla. Cooking utensils, TV remote control, air-conditioning controls and other fragile items must be adapted for manipulation by gorilla-sized digits. It prefers a human diet but will suffer from digestion issues if it is deprived of rough vegetation such as tree bark, fruit and foliage.
SCP-6000-2 should be afforded the same ethical treatment as any human in the Foundation's custody. All visitors should be made aware of SCP-6000-2's underlying nature. Although aware of its condition, if SCP-6000-2 is treated as anything other than human it is prone to irascibility. Given its strength and speed any such provocation would be unnecessary risk. Three guards equipped with tranquilizer guns should be stationed outside SCP-6000-2’s access door.
Description: SCP-6000-1 is a Caucasian human male of approximately 80 years. It has the appearance of renowned British nature documentary journalist Sir Daniel Letteridge.
SCP-6000-1's behaviour and cognition is consistent with that of a male silverback gorilla. It is incapable of human speech.2 Attempts to teach SCP-6000-1 sign language have proved unsuccessful.3 After much debate it has been decided that SCP-6000-1 should be clothed in a manner consistent with preserving human dignity. This decision will remain unchanged despite SCP-6000-1's frequent attempts to remove this clothing.
SCP-6000-2 is physically a male Gorilla gorilla gorilla4. It has the personality, intellect and temperament of Sir Clive Letteridge. SCP-6000-2 is incapable of human speech but has developed a rudimentary system of hand signals, grunts, clicks and whistles to communicate with its handlers. Using an over-sized keyboard it can write messages with the sophistication of a scientifically-literate human.
Discovery: SCP-6000-1 was brought into hospital in October 2015 in Kinshasa having been transported from a medical facility close to a camp where Sir Clive Letteridge had been preparing to film a nature documentary about a troop of mountain gorillas. Its unusual behaviour, in combination with eye-witness accounts of the film crew, alerted local Foundation agents who then arranged for SCP-6000-1's extraction to Site-104.
SCP-6000-2 was discovered several months later in a forest in the Virunga National Park. It had been severely beaten and bitten, presumably by other gorillas given the trauma of near-fatal wounds it sustained. It was rescued and nursed to health by a local veterinary conservation project. Foundation agents were alerted when SCP-6000-2 obtained a pen and paper and wrote down:
I am Sir Clive Letteridge. I've got the mother of all stories. Get me my fucking agent on the phone. Now.
SCP-6000-2 became extremely agitated and had to be sedated prior to its transportation to Site-104.
Addendum 1 Camera Footage
Footage was recovered from a camera by a member of film crew at the camp where SCP-6000-1 was first encountered.
Film Transcipt
Date: October 2015
Subject: Video Diary Entry 20:03: The Ritual
[BEGIN FOOTAGE]
Sir Clive Letteridge is speaking into the camera. He appears to be inside a hut with rough dried-mud walls. It's dark and there is the loud sound of ritualistic drumming.
Sir Clive Letteridge: Darkness … has fallen. And I'm about … to be … one of the first outsiders to take part in a very private ritual. A ritual … that has been conducted from time immemorial. A closely-guarded ritual. And now … it's a real privilege … to be invited to be a part of this incr- … oh for fuck's sake can someone please stop that miserable fucking drumming for five minutes while I do this piece? Christ almighty! And can someone please get me a bottle of Scotch!
Unknown person off camera: Sorry Sir Clive, I'll have a quick word.
There's the sound of some shouting in the background. The footage breaks and then returns to Sir Daniel surrounded by people in masks, now outside. The drumming continues but it's a lot quieter. He is handed a gourd that appears to contain a liquid.
Sir Clive Letteridge: And now … I'm about to drink this incredible … transformative … psychoactive mixture. Made of local ingredients … it's a concoction … the recipe for which … has been handed down through generations through word of mouth. I'm told … that this holds the key to getting into … connecting with … the mind of … a mountain gorilla. If you want to understand them … you have to become them. And that's exactly … what I'm now going to do. I'm going to get closer than ever to the troop.
Sir Clive takes a tentative sip from the gourd and gags instantly.
Sir Clive Letteridge: Fuck me, this is fucking gross. Do I have to actually drink it all? Come on, seriously? These poor fuckers won't know the difference. You don't think this crap will actually do anything do you?
Unknown person off camera: Sir Clive, I'm afraid it’s terribly important that you finish it. They will take it as a mortal insult if you don't … our guides say they won't be able to guarantee our safety.
Sir Clive looks down at the gourd again, grimaces and drinks its contents. There's another break in footage. The next five minutes are a frenzy of drumming, limbs and dancing movement.
Footage jumps in time. The drumming is louder. Sir Clive can be seen crouched down vomiting vigorously. He groans loudly.
Footage jumps in time again. Dawn is starting to break. Sir Clive can be seen swaying from side to side and swinging his arms. He suddenly looks up and fixes his glare on the camera. He lunges towards it and the footage jerks violently before going black.
[END OF FOOTAGE]
Addendum 2: Incident SCP-6000-A
Date: June 2017
Note: SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 had been housed together for a period in order to facilitate primate psychology research. Their accommodation suite had securable sections for each of them.
[BEGIN INCIDENT REPORT]
0631 Guard A observes SCP-6000-1 suffering a seizure through the window of its accommodation suite door.
0632 As per protocol Guard B remotely locks SCP-6000-2's section of the accommodation suite. SCP-6000-2 is observed to be hunched over chewing a piece of tree bark.
0633 Guard A enters the SCP-6000-1's section and moves to commence basic first aid.
0634 SCP-6000-1 suddenly sits up and produces a large amount of excrement from behind its back. It rubs it into Guard A's eyes, disorientating him.
0635 Guard B checks that SCP-6000-2 is still secure and enters the accommodation suite with her tranquiliser gun armed. She is hit in the face with a similar amount of excrement to that administered by SCP-6000-1 to Guard A.
0636 SCP-6000-1 runs out of the accommodation suite and approaches the security control panel. Guard A and Guard B struggle to clear their faces of excrement and remain disorientated.
0637 SCP-6000-1 makes several attempts to enter the security code to unlock SCP-6000-2's section.
0638 SCP-6000-1 successfully enters the security code. SCP-6000-2 emerges rapidly from its section and beats Guard A and B unconscious. It takes their tranquiliser guns and exits the accommodation suite.
0645 SCP-6000-2 is seen in video footage making its way to the perimeter of Site-104 through a combination of exerting brute force on doors and fences, climbing, and acts of violence on guards. It exits Site-104 and is seen galloping on all-fours at speed towards a nearby conurbation.
0650 SCP-6000-1 is found outside its accommodation suite rocking back and forth with its hand outstretched in expectation.
0651 Mobile Task Force Omega-28 "The Hoarse Whisperers" is mobilised to secure SCP-6000-2.
0735 SCP-6000-2 is located at a residential property 2km away from Site-104. It has broken in and unsuccessfully attempted to make a phone call to the United Kingdom. Following this it has consumed a bottle of vodka, several cans of beer and a bottle of Chateau Margaux 1984. It has also smoked a packet of Marlboro cigarettes. There is severe damage to the property.
0736 SCP-6000-2 is sedated.
0750 SCP-6000-2 is returned to a strengthened secure unit in Site-104.
0800 Anti-emetics are administered and the contents of its stomach pumped.
0900 The incident is declared over.
Guard A and Guard B were relieved of their duties, demoted and disciplined. SCP-6000-1 and SCP-6000-2 have now been placed in separate accommodation at opposite ends of Site-104.
Disturbing evidence of extensive preparation leading up to SCP-6000-A was found. Closed-circuit footage revealed a series of surreptitious rehearsals for the excrement attack. SCP-6000-2 had taught SCP-6000-1 a rudimentary form of sign language to facilitate communication and planning. A cache of termites was also retrieved that had presumably been used as a learning incentive by SCP-6000-2. A crude hand-drawn schematic of the security code panel was found in a wall cavity.
[END OF INCIDENT REPORT]
Addendum 3 Interview with SCP-6000-1, 17th June 2019
Interviewed: SCP-6000-1
Interviewer: Dr Kevin Leeson, Site-104 Primate Psychology Research Leader
Foreword: After SCP-6000-A it was decided that SCP-6000-1 might be capable of learning some form of human speech. After 2 years of intensive speech and language therapy, vocal training and English lessons the following interview was transcribed. SCP-6000-1 is addressed as "Ishmael" or "Ish" by his custodians.
<Begin Log>
Dr Leeson: Good morning, how are you today Ish?
SCP-6000-1: Ish good. Termite please?
Dr Leeson: If you answer questions well Ish.
SCP-6000-1: Ish try.
Dr Leeson: What do you think of your body Ish? Is it strange to you?
SCP-6000-1: Weak. Ish want smash face but no can. Ish am top boss but cannot fight strong now. No group now. Just Ish. Termite now?
Dr Leeson: Who taught you sign language Ish?
SCP-6000-1: Clever ape man. He Ish pal. We make plan. He come back get Ish soon. He take Ish group. He strong. He kind. Give Ish many termites. Termite please. Ish answer good.
Dr Leeson: Ok Ish here's a termite. You're doing very well.
Dr Leeson: I'm afraid your friend won't be coming back Ishmael. I don't think he's quite the ape you think he is.
SCP-6000-1: Ish not listen. You lie. Ish smash face. Take off strap. Shit in hand and throw.
Dr Leeson: Try not to be too upset Ish. We're your friends now. I don't think it's going to be possible to take you back to your group They wouldn't accept you now as you are. Try to make the most of this place.
SCP-6000-1: [After a very long silence] Termite please?
<End Log>
Closing Statement: After several such interviews SCP-6000-1 was prescribed anti-depressants and measures were taken to provide a more stimulating environment for it. This included extensive remodeling of its accommodation, additional enrichment activities and images of female Gorillas.
