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Item #: SCP-4978

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4978 should be monitored at all times for any growth or movement. It is to be kept in an airtight, titanium pen with any chemicals capable of stifling growth to be administered daily. Any personnel seen entering or touching it without a hazmat suit is to be studied or shot. If any traces of SCP-4978 are seen outside of its pen, the area should be quarantined and exposed to lethal doses of radiation. Any organism leaving SCP-4978 should be immediately terminated. If an extreme breach is too happen, a nuclear device will be detonated.

Description: SCP-4978 is an invasive culture of large growths made of flesh and bone. These growths cluster together and protrude insectoid pincers and legs, while the polyps seem to exude a bloody mixture of digestive acid and semen. If given enough time it will form a tunnel which appears to stretch for roughly 300 yards although the wall behind it remains intact on the other side. Every 5 months to 1 year an insectoid creature dubbed SCP-4978-1 will come out of the tunnel and attack anything in sight. SCP-4978-1 resembles a meter long centipede with rather large serrated mandibles and praying mantis-esque claws. Any human in contact with SCP-478-1 will display extreme revulsion which often makes studying it extremely difficult. Once it comes into contact with a human it will either kill said human or [REDACTED] which victims report as excruciating and degrading, often requiring years of therapy or Class-A amnestics.

Addendum 4978-1: Field report
On [REDACTED] a team of five D-Class were sent into SCP-4978 in hazmat suits and armed with heavy weaponry. Once 50 yards inside the tunnel varied reports came from the D-Class, 3 said they felt extremely hot and humid, while 2 said they felt extremely cold and dry. All of the D-Class were shown to be sweating so extremely that it was suggested to send a rover in with more water to prevent dehydration. Once within 100 yards the ceiling of the tunnel appeared to have a rib cage protruding from the ceiling leading one of them to believe that they were inside something’s body and tried to run out before being herded back in by armed guards. At this point all D-Class began showing signs of extreme stress and discomfort. One of them had a small panic attack but was ultimately fine. The tunnel widened until the team entered a large landscape. They reported seeing it stretch as far as the eye could see and being made of the same flesh and bone as the tunnel. At this point the team took samples. While reaching into a pocket of flesh to retrieve a pus substance that was leaking out of it, a small insect climbed onto his arm and [DATA EXPUNGED] forcing the team to kill him. The team was extremely discouraged but eventually continued on as instructed. They described the landscape as pulsating and the feeling of being there similar to that of having the flu. Boils on the surface of the landscape regularly erupted and let out and acidic fluid which killed one of the D-Class. The landscape was shown to gradually incline until the remaining team reached a drop off at which point camera footage was cut off. The remaining D-Class then started to scream. One was heard to say “How big are those fucking things” then further screaming. One of them apparently escaped as they relayed frantic information. They were heard to say “Lock this fucking place up tighter than the preacher’s daughter on prom night. I saw those things, worse than any of those fucking centipedes. If they escaped, well just don’t let them fucking escape.” the audio then started to cut out but screaming was heard. Further and less fruitful teams were sent in with most ending in the team’s death. The fourth team came back and was found to have the growths growing inside them. They were terminated except for one which was found to contain the egg pod of an unknown organism. The egg pod hatched and larvae devoured him from the inside out. After this incident it was decided that further testing would require 05 approval. Approximately one month later a note written on what appeared to be human leather blew out of SCP-4978 in a large rupture of semen and blood. On the note was written “I enjoyed those entrees you sent. I hope our relationship stays slightly less than professional, if you catch my drift. I thought maybe I could send some of my boys to take a load off with you fellers but from what I’ve seen you’re none too hospitable. So listen up shitheads, Don’t try and seal me up because if you try to buttfuck me, you get buttfucked sevenfold.” No further testing has been done.