Targets uniformly report SCP-2490 either moving towards them 
without moving its legs (with its arms outstretched) or scuttling ina 
matter akin to a crab. SCP-2490 appears to have a type of short- 
range teleportation (although another hypothesis is that there are 
multiple instances of SCP-2490). In one instance, SCP-2490's target 
locked it in a closet, then turned around to see SCP-2490 emerging 
from a nearby bathroom. Eventually, targets are found unconscious, 
with puncture marks in their skull. MRI scanning reveals that brain 
tissue from the cerebellum, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and 
random sections of the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes has 
been removed and replaced with a fluid similar to SCP-_'s 
secretions. 


Following an attack, a random SCP that the target previously 
worked with will disappear. How the object is removed is unknown, 
as no security measures are activated and no witnesses are ever 
present. Surveillance footage shows no abnormalities besides a 
consistent 0.5 second period of static, during which time the object 
disappears. Attempts to watch anomalous objects in-person result in 
brief periods of vision failure (usually through malfunctioning lights, 
human error, or optical instrument failure) during which time the 
object disappears. 


Interview with Dr. Feldman 


Dr. Arnold Feldman was the seventh 
Foundation employee pursued by SCP-2490. 
This interview was taken shortly before full 
compromise. 


Interviewer: Good morning, Dr. Feldman. 
Feldman: Yes, yes, good - good morning. 


Interviewer: Doctor, we would like to collect 
some information from you on the SCP that 
has been pursuing you. 


Feldman: What do you want - what do you 
want to know about it? 


Interviewer: What do you know about 
SCP-2490? 


Feldman: Nothing! | know it's an SCP, | know 
it can teleport, | know it terrorizes Foundation 
employees, | know it does something to their 
heads. | know it ruined my marriage! That's it. 


Interviewer: When did you first encounter 
SCP-2490? 


Feldman: It was... it was about six months 
ago. | was going to pick up my daughter from 
school; she was being released for the 
summer. While | was walking to the school, | 
tripped by this alleyway, and while | was 
getting up, | saw it. It was hiding in the alley, 
and as soon as it saw me see it... it ran. At 
first - at first, you know, | didn't understand 
what | saw, you know, so I... | passed it off as 
a trick of the smog. So much smog in the city 
you can't see past your own two feet, you 
know. But | couldn't get it out of my head. That 
face and the way- the way it was staring at me. 
Like a... | don't... It was just two eyes and 
nothing else. Just two blue eyes, staring at me. 
Just... those eyes. 


Interviewer: When did you next see 
SCP-2490? 


Feldman: It was... it was about a week later, | 
think. | was on my way to Site 33, and | heard 
a rustling sound. It was quiet, almost 
unnoticeable, and then | saw it again, scuttling 
down the road. Like a crab. | saw this... thing. 
Like a mannequin made of, | don't know, 
gigantic plastic pills. It was on its back, and 
running on its arms and legs. And the scuttling. 
It was this horrid rattling noise that got quieter 
as it moved around the corner. | just... couldn't 
believe what | saw. | assumed that it had to be 
hallucinations because of - because of this 
project | was working on. | don't think I'm 
allowed to tell you anything about that, sorry. 


Interviewer: That's all right. Please continue 
discussing your experiences with SCP-2490. 


Dr. Feldman pauses to collect his thoughts. 


Feldman: | just kept seeing it. Not all the time 
mind you, just enough to make sure that as 
soon as I'd put it out of my mind, I'd see it 
again! Walking around the corner, scuttling 
into buildings, running over rooftops, vanishing 
into crowds. Nobody noticed the damn thing. 
And | was still on the project, so | wasn't 
worried. But then it started getting closer and 
closer. And its arms were - they were 
outstretched. These fucking plastic claws, 
reaching for me like it was running a marathon! 
And | realized there was something off about 
it. It was moving towards me all the damn 
time... but it never moved its fucking legs! But 
it wasn't floating! It was literally... 


Dr. Feldman takes several deep breaths. 


Feldman: | stopped working on the project, 
and that's where it got worse. At first it was 
little things. Sounds behind me. Thumping 


noises. Squeaks. Humming. Things moving - 
just a little bit, maybe a few centimeters. This 
feeling every time | was in even a bit of 
darkness - like something was staring at me. | 
started seeing flashes of it. Out of the corner of 
my eye. One night, see, | stared out the 
window, and | saw it! Barely lit by the 
neighbor's garage lights, prowling in their 
fucking yard before running off into the woods, 
like it Saw me see it. | went over the next day, 
and | saw these tracks in the snow. Just these 
fat round circles, like something on a pod ora 
pogo stick or something. No animal I've heard 
of has fat circles for feet. | work on the 
computer the next night and | hear noises. 
Thumping noises, like there's something on 
the roof and | look at those - those little slanted 
windows on the roof, like a sunroof for a 
house? | look at those and its face is pressed 
up against the glass. Me staring at it. Its eyes 
squeezing against the window, boring into my 
goddamn soul before it just squirms off... 


Interviewer: Around this time, you alerted the 
Foundation to SCP-2490, correct? 


Feldman: Yes, around then! | got yelled at a 
bit by my supervisor, and then got some 
security measures and an MTF guard. Security 
measures, hah! 


Dr. Feldman begins hyperventilating briefly 
before calming himself down. 


Feldman: Right around the time the family got 
back from vacation, it got worse. | got sleeping 
pills just so | could do without a nightlight - 
couldn't let them know what was wrong. Then 
it ramped up. | started seeing it in my 
peripheral vision. Turn the corner, bam it's 
there. Walk into a room, bam it's walking out 


another door! It was random, like one week it 
wouldn't be there and the next day | wake up 
and bam it's waltzing out of my bloody 
bedroom! Do you know what that does to a 
man? That security system you set up 
detected absolutely jack shit! Your damn MTFs 
saw nothing! I'm the only one who sees it. Not 
the security system or those buffoons in 
uniform. Parvati and Dani notice I'm on edge, 
but what do | tell them? Sorry, I'm just being 
hunted by a demonic mannequin? 


Dr. Feldman begins to shiver and wraps his 
arms around his body. The interviewer stands 
up to raise the temperature of the interviewing 
room. 


Feldman: Don't go! You leave and it's just me 
and it! One night, see, I'm brushing my teeth. | 
was on edge, but | hadn't seen it in a few days. 
Then as I'm staring into the mirror, | see it! Its 
head, just rising out of the bathtub! There's not 
even enough to room to lie down in that tub 
but this thing was rising out of that bathtub like 
it was growing! Two beady little eyes on a fat 
beige pill of a head! | whipped around and 
there was nothing there except a thumping 
sound. Like somebody walked out of that 
bathroom. So | went out and bought an axe. 
The next day, I'm working on a project report 
and | hear a buzzing noise. | look to my left 
and it's just standing there, watching me with 
these beady blue eyes and these horrible 
claws on its arms clasped together! Then | 
blink... and it's gone! Three days ago, | woke 
up in the middle of the night to get a drink and 
grabbed that axe. As | passed by my 
daughter's room, | heard something moving 
around. Do you know what | saw when | 
opened the door? 


Interviewer: SCP-2490, | presume. 


Feldman: Nothing! Just Dani murmuring in her 
sleep! Nothing there! So | turn around and 
guess what! It's right at the end of the hall! | 
pissed myself, you understand? | turned 
around and | was face to face with that thing! 
And then it slips into my bedroom! | - | charge 
into the bedroom with that axe and there is 
nothing there except my wife, awake and 
staring at me with an axe in my hands! The 
next day, Parvati took my daughter and they 
went to live with her parents. What can | do? | 
can't go after them - what if it does too? 


Interviewer: Have you seen SCP-2490 since 
then? 


Feldman: Yes... following me on the way 
here. | lost it about a mile back... 


Interviewer: Thank you, Dr. Feldman. Dr. 
Krishnamoorthy will be here shortly. 


Feldman: Wait! I'm not done! There's 
something else about it. I've been noticing 
something else about it. Sometimes it's - 
sometimes it's smaller than usual. Like, it's 
sometimes only two-thirds as large as it 
usually is. | think there's more - 


At this point, the lights in the interview room 
cut out for approximately 3.5 seconds. The 
interviewer reported hearing a shuffling sound 
and a brief gasp before the lights turned back 
on, at which point Dr. Feldman was found 
unconscious on the ground, apparently victim 
to SCP-2490. 


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The following document was acquired from a 
GOC database during the events of 
[REDACTED]. 


Threat ID: KTE-4622-Velveteen "Hunting 
Mannequin" 


Authorized Response Level: 4 (Severe 
Threat) 


Description: Animate plastic mannequin. 
Stalks and hunts GOC operatives for a random 
period of time, causing psychological trauma, 
before attacking and removing brain matter in 
an unknown fashion. Appears to have form of 
psychic camouflage similar to KTE-9732- 
L'engle-Corona, instantaneous transportation 
abilities. Following an attack, smaller animate 
mannequins that resemble the object will 
infiltrate GOC bases and steal other 
anomalous objects present onsite. Security 
measures are not tripped, and witnesses 
report seeing qualified personnel removing the 
stolen objects with proper identification and 
passes. Security cameras are able to catch the 
objects on recorded footage, although live 
footage does not show the objects. Their 
primary objective is unknown. 


Rules of Engagement: All GOC operatives 
have been informed of the object's properties, 
and are encouraged to inform Strike Team 
2374 "Beetlejuice" if they suspect pursuit by 
the object. Strike Team "Beetlejuice" has been 
equipped with incineration weapons and high- 
molar acid sprayers. All GOC bases have 
been upgraded with flame-based security 
measures. General security protocols for 
personnel and bases and termination protocols 
for anomalous objects have been updated to 
prevent compromise by KTE-4622. 


produce an unexpunged copy of the file. No personnel or civilians in 
the area are able to recall any attempts made to evacuate, and the 
legitimacy of the file has been called into question multiple times. As 
per common consensus, however, no further evacuation efforts 
have been planned. Furthermore, it has been discovered that when 
a resident of SCP-277 leaves the area for over minutes, they are 
violently [REDACTED] and then may be found within the area with 
no memory of departing from the Area. 


Addendum 277-A: As of 9/14/ , an unaccounted-for SCP-277-1 
was photographed in the local library by a Foundation Agent. No 
one in the vicinity claimed to be responsible for the projection. As 
the appearance and actions of incidents of SCP-277-1 are often 
telling of a child’s psychological profile, efforts are being taken to 
identify the owner of these projections, designated SCP-277-1-R . 
Projections that match the image shown in ‘drawing’ style or 
behavior are to be reported immediately. 


Addendum 277-B: Sightings of projections that are similar to 
SCP-277-R_ have tripled in frequency since 9/23/ . On 10/5/ , there 
were child casualties made by members of SCP-277-R upon 
childrens’ projections. See Interview 277-A for details. 

UPDATE: Three months following this incident, members of 
SCP-277-R have vanished from the area. It is still unknown whether 
they were projections from a child or a manifestation native to 
SCP-277 itself. 


Addendum 277-C: 


Inquiries made to civilians regarding the incident on 10/5/ 
have returned with mixed results. A number of the 
residents claim that they had never witnessed such an 
occurrence before and expressed desire for Foundation 
officials to quickly identify and prosecute the perpetrator. 
Others claim that similar events happen periodically 
every years. 
Personnel staffing SCP-277 have expressed discomfort 
when dealing with members of the town. They smile too 
wide, as if this entire place is just a fairy tale and that 
massacre was just part of their happy ending. 
-Agent J 


History: First sighted near Bilibino Nuclear 
Power Plant in northern Russia by GOC 
operative "Chaplin", following a joint 
termination operation with GRU Division "P" of 
LTE-1723-Scarlet Green-Mendel in 1965. 
Several more agents were stalked and 
harassed by the object throughout Europe for 
the next several years. In 1981, following the 
disappearance of Agent "Pinocchio", several 
GOC bases were infiltrated by animate 
mannequins resembling the object, which stole 
various other anomalous objects scheduled for 
termination. All witnesses reported seeing 
qualified personnel take the object, stating that 
they provided proper clearance. Only standard 
checks of security footage caught these 
discrepancies. As of 1990, no less than 75 
GOC personnel and 45 anomalous objects 
have been compromised by the objects. 
Operatives within the Foundation report 
affiliation with the group the Chaos Insurgency. 


The following document was acquired from a 
raid on a Chaos Insurgency base of operations 
[DATA REDACTED PER O05 COMMAND]. 
Certain information has been redacted. 


DeCIRO Catalogue Number: 
SC-59/471-68/666 

Document Type: Step Compilation 

Dates Received: 06-04-59 through 11-28-68 
Operation Status: Open 


Foreword: We know not from whence it came, 
only that its assault is relentless. Friend to 
neither beast nor man, the Mannequin and its 
children draw ever closer. 


It feeds on our men and its children on our 
possessions; hiding in the shadows will not 
deter them, so let us hide in plain sight. When 
the time comes, we of the Insurgency will pass 
this plague onto our foes as it was passed on 
to us. 


Hereafter we of Delta Command document the 
Steps of the Plan as transcribed by the 
Engineer of the Chaos Insurgency. 


1. STEP 59/471 


On September 11th, the Mannequin will target 
the Gamma-class personnel [REDACTED] in 
Base 24. Tell all other personnel in the base 
that he has been infected by an anomalous 
pathogen, is being kept on for study, and the 
only way to stay clean is to ignore his talk of 
being stalked. 


2. STEP 60/756 


Open the Golden Gateway, currently housed 
in Base 13, and allow the creatures that exit to 
escape. Ensure that the Alpha-Class 
personnel [REDACTED] are allowed to 
escape, but modify their seeker microchips so 
that they are directed to any Gamma-class 
Foundation or GOC moles. 


3. STEP 60/034 


The Mannequin's progeny will assault Base 24 
on November 6th. Evacuate all objects except 
Hippolyta's Girdle and the All-Seeing Eye; 
those are useless at this point anyways. 
Evacuate all Gamma personnel; leave an 
armed contingency of Beta-class security 
personnel and Alpha-class standard personnel 
to defend the base from the Progeny. 


4. STEP 63/034 


Have the Shifting Child delivered to the 
Russian liaison on October 17th. Bring its 
controlling sash and a fake sash. Give the 
Russian the fake sash and make sure that the 
delivering personnel leave immediately 
following payment. 


5. STEP 68/666