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4/5978 LEVEL 4/5978CLASSIFIED |
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Item #: SCP-5978Object Class: Keter |
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Special Containment Procedures
SCP-5978 is to be kept in a steel container measuring 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x meters at site-[REDACTED]. The container should then be buried █.█ meters underground. The ground above the object should then be covered in a 1.0-meter minimum thick layer of brick. There is to be a support beam directly above the object in with a hazard paint (████████████████████████) on that beam specifically. All support beams (If any) are to be different colors and patterns with the exception of the one above the object. Even if unnecessary there is to ALWAYS be a support beam above the object. This is so that instances of SCP-5978-A are obscured from digging directly above the object. All Personnel is to stay at a distance of at least 3 meters from the object. If an instance of SCP-5978-B occurs, all personnel are to evacuate until MTF (Mobile Task Force) arrives. Once MTF has arrived they are authorized to use an AT-4 HEDT launcher, rigged with a low blast radius grenade, at a safe distance from blast radius and object (3 meters at minimum) to not cause any other harm to personnel or to prevent another instance of SCP-5978-A. Once temporarily contained in an extra steel container, the object is to be moved to another site. This is to prevent any other personnel within a 3-meter distance of the object that became SCP-5978-A during the containment breach to be separated from the object (And because the site around it would be destroyed). All instances of SCP-5978-A or -B are to be terminated. The only recollection or movement of the object outside of containment breaches are to be authorized by Dr.███████.
Description:
SCP-5978 takes the appearance of a stovepipe hat. Its base measures 0.45 meters in diameter with the top of the hat measuring 0.6 meters. Many personnel who have viewed the object to look similar to that of the hat of [DATA REDACTED]. The hat has a piece of silky maroon cloth tied to the back with the ends of the rectangular cloth draping over the base in the back. The rest of the hat a black color. The material on the inside seems to be the same material as the cloth tied atop the base. The material outside is more a cheap material found in what witnesses describe as "The type of material found in a hat form a dollar general, or dollar store." On the right side of the hat, there is writing on a notecard covered by the cloth with the words "Hvem liker ikke litt galskap?" translated from Norwegian to "Who does not like a bit of madness?" The notecard from here on out will be called SCP-5978-2. The subject who reads the note through video or in-person will, therefore, be known as SCP-5978-2-J
SCP-5978-A: Subjects who become instances of SCP-5978-A by not obeying warnings to stay 3 meters away from the subject become numb to any pain or emotion. After further research conducted by Dr.████████, he has concluded that -A has one set goal, that is to find the hat and wear it. Once again, once symptoms have been verified, personnel, if armed, are to neutralize the subject. If emotions prevent you from doing so, call MTF to do the job. DO NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH SUBJECT. YOU HAVE FEELINGS. IT DOES NOT. If you are unarmed, call MTF or Site Security immediately to terminate the target.
SCP-5978-B SCP-5978-B occurs when the instance of SCP-5978-A reaches and acquires
SCP-5978. After acquiring the object, -B will then place the hat atop its head. Once the subject wears the object, they will gain increased;
-Speed
-Perception
-Endurance
-Strength
All personnel are to evacuate the area around -B to avoid physical harm brought by the subject. If SCP-5978-B does occur, ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO EVACUATE. DO NOT ENGAGE HOSTILE. You are to wait in the nearest shelter until MTF has neutralized the subject. SCP-5978-B once engaged other personnel will attack by ███████ their █████ off and ████████ there █████ on the walls. After doing so, the subject will call what's left of the attacked personnel "A work of art." The subjects also express extreme humor and laugh maniacally. Their pupils grow wide and eyes become bloodshot, veins pop out and are more visible. Some test have shown the eyeballs ███████.
SCP-5978-2 Explained under category: Description.
SCP-5978-2-J Occurs when personnel views SCP-5978-2 by reading the writing on the notecard.
Subject will begin laughing maniacally and express extreme humor and attempt to terminate itself. If any personnel attempt to stop the subject, the subject will not change its emotions or activities but will terminate the personnel who halts his actions. The subject does so by ███████ open the lower abdomen and proceeds to ███ and ████ open major arteries and ███ the subjects █████████ and other major organs. once the targeted personnel has been confirmed to have been neutralized, the subject will proceed to self-terminate.
The following is the written section of an audio log recorded on █/██/██ by Dr.████ and MTF Captain █████ after
SCP-# Incident-J
/<Begin_Log>/
Dr.████: Alright, the interview has begun.
Date █/██/██, time 19:37.
Question 1: Can you tell us what your orders
were for engaging SCP-598-B?
Capt. █████: Orders were to simply find and terminate the damn monster.
[It is noted here by Dr.████ that the Capt. was agitated.]
Dr.████: Sorry to hear. Next question; What were
the subject's actions at the time of arrival?
Capt. █████: What do think? It was ripping people to shreds. It was
██████████████████████████████████████████████.
Dr: I see. Final question. Why did you order the retreat of your men?
[The Capt. looks away from Dr.████ and breathes ina shuddering breath]
Capt. █████: I gave the order after realizing the
"geniuses" at the tech division forgot to arm the
round fired from the AT-4 HEDT with an explosive.
It went into its stomach and the thing tore it out
like a splinter. It looked so human, it's not though.
its a monster. Anyways, I looked around for any sort
of other MTF and found an open door checkpoint to run
to and trap the thing. When I turned around,
[Visible emotional distress is noted as tears develop and stream down the Capt. face.]
Capt.█████: It had already torn my entire
squad to pieces. I ran for my life after that through
the checkpoint. Sealed the door. A few seconds
pass by and the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared. Took out
the thing. Lucky them. They had the working round.
Dr.████: Thank you for your time. You may exit the room.
/<End_Log>/
Addendum:
5-14-1996 - ████ RECORDS: At 9:36 pm the ████
got a call from a distressed woman filling a missing
person report. The woman said "My husband
dropped ████ off at █████████ Dr. one (1)
days prior for a sleepover. The following morning
my son had called our house phone saying 'Me and
█████ are gonna walk around town and later take
a walk through some woods. Could I be picked up at
around, I would say, 7:00 pm?' I said sure
like a good mother. Come 7:00 and my husband
goes to pick up our son. He gets there and my
husband says 'The first thing I saw when I got
out of the car was ██████ parents. They ran up to
me, took me by the arm, and I noticed a
coppery smell and a red liquid on the husband's
arms. He leads me to the backyard of their house
where their son's dismantled course is. They told
me they called the police already. When I asked
who did this they told me the most unbelievable shit.
They told me 'Your son from hell did this! We saw
him rip up our son with this maniacal laugh all while
wearing this stupid hat!" After that, he ran into the
woods.' That's all he told me." The police immediately
send a search party for the son and a team over to
the house where the murder happened.
An autopsy on what was left on the body to
be performed on the 20th of May.
5-20-1996 - ████ RECORDS- UPDATE: Three (3) days
after the murder of █████ Rob████ and the
disappearance of the suspected murderer ████
Bake█████, ████ was found at an abandoned
house laughing maniacally. Police told the young
boy to stand on his knees with his hands behind
his head. The boy lunged at the officer and
ripped his jaw off. Other police fired bullets
on the boy to little to no effect. The following
day when only one officer had returned covered
in blood, he said his entire team had been killed
by that "thing." Another team of S.W.A.T went to
the scene to confirm that the team was in fact dead.
The boy was still in that abandoned house
laughing at the door with excitement. Police
immediately shot the boy. Once they realized the
was not affected by the bullet, the
order was given to retreat. This was the
last time police were sent to look for the boy.
5-20-1996 - ████ RECORDS - AUTOPSY: It was
discovered during the autopsy that parts of the
victim's organs had chunks missing or were
missing overall. With how messy the area
around the missing chunk was, it was
concluded that ████ had been eating it.
Traces of ████ saliva were also found.
6-6-1996 - SITE SECURITY LOG A boy covered
in blood was spotted 20 meters away from
facility gates. A team of MTF was sent to
bring the boy in for custody. MTF was told that
there was a suspicion of a new SCP causing
madness, mental and physical, and were cautious
as the boy covered in blood had been wearing a
stovepipe hat. When MTF arrived a\the boy
lunged at the car and broke the bulletproof windows.
MTF immediately shot at the boy. One guard
had picked up anAT-4 HEDT launcher and aimed
it at the target. The round had been fired it went
straight through the target's skull with little to no effort.
After a few moments, all four MTF became instances
of SCP-5978-A. An MTF drone sent from the facility
caught the MTF fighting each other, when one of
them would touch the hat hey all fought.
no members survived the fight. The drone once back
at the facility was equipped with a tool to pick up
and bring the hat back to the facility. The scientist
immediately went over footage from the drone
prior and realized they were all instances of
SCP-5978-A when they were roughly 3 meters
away from the object. Scientists set up a temporary
containment in a hole roughly 3 meters down.
The drone dropped the package into the hole
where scientists then covered it in dirt and
placed an indicator above so personnel know where the subject is.
1-25-1997: A new containment area was set up
for the object. Construct vehicles were used to
dig out the SCP all personnel went as far away
from the path taken to get to the containment
as a drone was used to bring it to containment.
ONce at containment, the object was dropped
into a steel box, which was then pushed into the hole fitting its size.
2-14-1997: THe object was successfully covered
up and a steel beam was placed above the object.
3-14-2016 A containment breach involving a
large destructive SCP occurred at around 4:12 am.
The SCP had destroyed the ceiling above him
in which was also where SCP-5978 was being held.
Multiple instances of SCP-5978-A occurred but
most were neutralized by MTF and security guards.
The rest were neutralized when once instance
of SCP-5978-A found SCP-5978 and began to
wear the hat. Immediately the target gained
increased strength, speed, perception, and endurance.
Multiple casualties were inflicted. One team
of MTF who arrived on the scene were
unsuccessful at neutralizing the target. The projectile
fired from the AT-4 HEDT had not been equipped
with a low blast radius grenade. Capt. █████ was
the only survivor. Seconds later after the Capt.
retreat a team of Nine-Tailed Fox arrived at
the checkpoint and successfully terminated
the subject. Days later SCP-5978 was
transported to [DATA REDACTED].
This event will now be nicknamed SCP-# Incident-J.12Footnotes
1. [Foot Note: SCP-5978 is to be incinerated on █/██/██ ]
2. [Foot Note: SCP-5978's termination has been canceled. as of 10/23/20 ]