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SCP: 4986 (Nightmare Fuel)
CLASS: EUCLID

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP 4986-1 is to be monitored via remote surveillance by off-site personnel at all times. A mesh fence, lined with barbed wire is to surround the perimeter of SCP 4986-1 completely. This fence is to be checked bi-weekly for signs of damage. SCP 4986-1’s pumps are to be used for experimentation purposes only, with such tests requiring the permission of at least one Level 2 Agent or higher. Unauthorized personnel and civilians found on site without permission are to be apprehended by agents stationed at an off-site location and given to the local authorities.

Description:

SCP - 4986 -1 is what appears to be a 1967 Chevron gas station located 36.3 kilometers outside █████████ County, Nevada. All four of its pumps are in operational condition and still functional despite heavy rust and age. Pressure tests show that the storage tanks below the station are empty, however, the pumps dispense gasoline at an expected rate of a normal pump. All attempts to block the gas pumps with various materials have failed due to the corrosive nature of the dispensed fuel.
However upon entering the fuel tank of a vehicle, this property ceases to apply. Further tests to completely staunch the flow of gasoline are on-going. Chemical analysis of the gasoline shows no sign of inorganic contamination however an unknown species of bacteria, closely resembling Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have been found in some samples.

SCP-4986’s anomalous effects begin manifesting after gasoline from SCP - 4986 -1’s pumps fills a gas tank from a combustion vehicle. If the gasoline in the tank of the vehicle is mixed with the gasoline from SCP - 4986 -1, the anomalous effects will not manifest unless SCP - 4986 -1 gasoline makes up at least 51% of the mixture. After a filled vehicle departs the station, the vehicle runs as expected until ½ a gallon of fuel is consumed. Soon after this point, the driver of the vehicle begins hearing white noise emanating from the radio at various volumes regardless if the stereo is on.

During the moments where the white noise is at its greatest volume, the driver can occasionally spot some movement across the edge of the subjects headlights if driving at night, or off in the distance behind some obstruction. This object shall be referred to as SCP - 4986-2. SCP - 4986-2 has never been seen directly for it usually hangs just out of sight in the shadows of headlights or in the dark spots of night vision recording equipment. Infrared recording equipment does not display any imagery of SCP - 4986-2.

After the third to fifth (3-5) peak of the white noise, the subject begins experiencing extreme anxiety as manifestations of some of their greatest fears appear in the vehicle. See Research Log 4986 - 1 for further details. If the driver stops the vehicle during this duration, the white noise will immediately peak in volume and the driver can spot SCP - 4986-2 beyond the vision provided by their headlights in the form of mild reflections off of the entity caused by the headlights. If the subject is to exit the vehicle at this point SCP - 4986-2 will attack the subject resulting in their near immediate death. Bodies of subjects who are attacked by SCP - 4982 -2 have not been are rarely found. See Addendum 4986-1 for further details. Vehicles are left running until the gas tank is empty. Retrieved vehicles show no sign of damage and no signs of struggle are seen at the sight of disappearances.

When two are more subjects are in the vehicle together, each subject will see a different manifestation depending on their greatest fear. However, if two subjects share the same phobia, the hallucinations will be concurrent.