SCP-4458 - jaws is gonna get ya

Jaws, the shark, lurking in the dark.

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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The SCP-4458 file has been selected by the Classification Committee for testing of the experimental "Supplementary Classification Index" (SCI). For more information on this system, see the 20.11.2019 Classification Committee Memo. An abridged version has been provided below:

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"…The Supplementary Classification Index, or SCI, has been introduced as an optional, standardized way to convey more specific information about an item that may not be able to be conveyed through the Anomaly Classification System. Similar to how ACS aims to provide an at-a-glance way of telling how hard to contain, disruptive, and harmful an item is, SCI aims to convey the specific details of these things. Is the item organic or inorganic, alive or dead, physical or ethereal? Will the item cause physical harm, or mental harm? What item statistics might be important to researchers? These are all questions SCI aims to answer…"

—Dr. ████████ Kent

Item#: 4458

Containment Class: euclid

Secondary Class: {$secondary-class}

Disruption Class: keneq

Risk Class: danger

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Supplementary Classification Index:

• Object Type: Creature

• Anomaly Type: Somatic1

• Humes2: 110

• FAITH3: 6.7

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USECSC4 Site-34
Meghan R. Fallon
Researchers Willaimson & Kapitany
MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders")

SCP-4458 under a microscope within a collected sample of water.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-4458 is currently contained within the collective water transport systems of Harmony, Maine. Said transport systems have been cut off from any systems leading outside of the town. Further efforts to restrict SCP-4458's containment are ongoing. Restricting SCP-4458 to a small area (including any standard form of water containment, such as a water tank) has proven to be ineffective at containing SCP-4458, and as such is not to be attempted.

Harmony has been marked as an off-limits area under Standard Cover Story 285 ("Nuclear Waste Spill"). No civilians are to be allowed to enter the town. Should SCP-4458 at some point become fully contained and removed from the town, Harmony may be reopened to the public.

Description: SCP-4458 is a member of the species Carcharodon carcharias5 capable of manipulating its size between an observed range of 10 nanometers to 14 meters long. SCP-4458 is otherwise visibly non-anomalous, however, internal inspection has proven impossible due to its anomalous property.

SCP-4458 is hostile towards humans and will actively seek them out, often using its anomalous ability to do so. Prior to containment, SCP-4458's most common form of attack involved entering a household through a water faucet (showers, sinks, toilets, etc.) in a small size before growing to full size and consuming its target. SCP-4458 would then return to the water system through a water faucet, using the one it entered from if possible. When exiting through its entry point is not possible, SCP-4458 has shown to be able to lift toilet lids and turn on showers in order to return to the water system by using its anomalous property analogously to an appendage, doing so on average in less than 10 seconds.

Following Foundation containment, SCP-4458 has not consumed a human in approximately 2 years. While it cannot be determined for certain, this implies that either SCP-4458 does not require food, it can live for long periods of time without food, or it has found an alternative food source that the Foundation is unaware of.

Addendum 4458-a [Discovery]: Foundation agents were first alerted to the presence of SCP-4458 following reports of what was initially believed to be a series of grotesque murders in the town of Harmony, Maine. Further investigation revealed each of the reported victims died in a manner consistent with bodies bitten by sharks. By monitoring local water systems, Foundation agents discovered SCP-4458 and gained visual evidence of its existence and its anomalous capabilities.

Following several unsuccessful containment attempts (including Incident 4458-1), all residents of Harmony, Maine were evacuated from the town under the aforementioned nuclear waste spill cover story, and all citizens involved in SCP-4458 incidents were administered Class C amnestics.

SCP-4458 in containment prior to its escape during Incident 4458-1. Also pictured are Researcher Williamson (left) and Researcher Kapitany (right).

Addendum 4458-b [Incident 4458-1]: Following discovery by the Foundation, an effort was made by MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") to capture SCP-4458 through explorations of Harmony's water systems. After several unsuccessful attempts, MTF Gamma-6 agents were able to capture SCP-4458 inside a water tank which was moved above ground. During its containment in this tank, SCP-4458 began fluctuating in size rapidly before becoming inert at a normal size. SCP-4458 remained as such for approximately 24 minutes.

Following this period of being inert, SCP-4458 grew to a size of 14 meters6 in length, shattering its containment and crushing nearby structures and personnel. It then shrunk to a size of 5 meters, consumed several MTF Gamma-6 agents, then shrunk to a non-visible size. SCP-4458 was spotted inside the town's water systems shortly after.

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Log Date: 29/07/19, 13:56

Agents Betcher (Gamma-6-27) and Brown (Gamma-6-31) are guarding SCP-4458's glass containment chamber.

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: …So, what are they planning to do with this thing?

Gamma-6-31|Brown: Probably just take it back to the nearest animal containment site. Which is… 34, I think? I'm not too familiar with this area.

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: Me neither. Kinda weird how they brought us all the way out here for a shark, eh? Isn't there some kind of extradimensional whatever that deals with this stuff?

Gamma-6-31|Brown: The SPC? You seriously believe in that?

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: Yeah, what of it?

Gamma-6-31|Brown: That's just a joke they tell to newbies in Gamma-6, it's not actually real. Why would there be an organization specifically for punching sharks? I mean, think about how that sounds when those words come out of your mouth. It's ridiculous.

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: Eh, fair enough. Still, it'd be nice if someone else could take care of this for us. I don't like this thing.

Gamma-6-31|Brown: What do you mean?

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: It's lookin' at me funny. It kinda looks like it's… sleeping. Seems suspicious to me.

Gamma-6-31|Brown: Don't be so worried. That tank's made of, like, Foundation-brand plexiglass, or whatever. Something like 30,000 psi to break it.

Gamma-6-27|Betcher: Shit, really? Impressive.

Gamma-6-31|Brown: Yeah, that's what they told me anyway.

The two agents pause for several seconds.

Gamma-6-27|Brown: Anyway, once we're done here, you wanna go grab a—

SCP-4458 spontaneously grows to fill its entire tank. Cracks begin appearing throughout the glass. The two agents turn to the tank.

Gamma-6-31|Betcher: Shit, what should we—

SCP-4458 expands to a length of 14 meters, completely destroying its tank and crushing the two agents. Nearby structures are severely damaged. Several alarm systems activate.

Within seconds, several guards and MTF Gamma-6 members arrive on the scene. SCP-4458 shrinks to a normal size as the agents fire on it. SCP-4458 appears unaffected by this.

Moving by rapidly changing its size and flopping erratically on the ground, SCP-4458 manages to injure and consume several MTF Gamma-6 members. SCP-4458 then shrinks to a non-visible size.

Footnotes

1. Object has physical effects, as opposed to mental/sensory effects.

2. Measurement of the strength of reality in an area, or the strength of an object/organism's ability to manipulate reality. Baseline of 100.

3. Foundation Animal Intelligence Testing Heuristics. Ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 being average human intelligence.

4. United States East Coast Sentient Containment

5. Great white shark

6. Currently the largest observed size of SCP-4458. For scale, the average Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is 14 meters in length.

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