Kingsmith: I'm sorry | ever made fun of your unit. You 
can handle this. | can't. 


(At this point, Kingsmith was suffering a massive nasal 
hemorrhage, and paramedics on standby entered the 
room to staunch the bleeding. Kingsmith has been 
unresponsive to further interview attempts, both by 
Foundation and Unusual Incidents personnel.) 


Formation of Task Force "WEBCUTTER": Originally, the 
"Discovery" Incident was categorized as an Extranormal Event. 
However, following two further incidents in Maine (the perpetrators 
of which remain unaccounted for), a joint Foundation-Unusual 
Incidents Unit task force, codenamed "WEBCUTTER'", was formed. 
The goal of WEBCUTTER is to contain all instances of SCP-3256-B 
subjects, develop a memetic vaccine for SCP-3256, and obfuscate 
reports of SCP-3256 activity to prevent further spread of the 
anomaly. Furthermore, it is to work with other units of the FBI 
(specifically the Behavioral Analysis Unit and the Evidence 
Response Team) to investigate reports of activity related to the 
original Binder. 


Currently, the WEBCUTTER task force is comprised of twenty non 
SCP-3256-S personnel, including: 


Foundation Personnel: 


¢ Lt. Dr. Kyle Jobar — SCP-3256 containment specialist 

¢ Dr. Urmd Abdul— Forensic Anthropologist 

¢ Dr. Wendell Adler— Forensic Biologist and Autopsy 
Technician 

¢ Dr. Helena Bloom— Memeticist 

¢ Dr. Sophia Fitzgerald— Memeticist 

¢ Hobert Brennan— Investigative Agent 


FBI Personnel: 


* Cpl. Alexander Mooney — Task Force Chief 


¢ Dr. Edgar Park— Special Agent, PhD in Psychology 

¢ Dr. Meghan Scott— Forensic Analyst and Autopsy Technician 

¢ Stella Abbey— Special Agent, Liaison to the Anomalous 
Community of the United States (LACUS) 

¢ Leslie Jefferson— Special Agent and Press Liaison 


Publicly, WEBCUTTER is a task force investigating the possible 
reemergence of the Binder, or a copycat killer. 


Collected Findings and Recordings of 
WEBCUTTER: 


Autopsy Report of Jane Doe #001: 


Deceased: Jane Doe DOB: Unknown DOD: 5/9/2009 


Address: Unknown State: MA Zip: [REDACTED] Age: 
Late 20s Sex: F 


Race: Hispanic 


Height: 137cm Weight: 54kg Hair Color: Black Eye 
Color: Brown Build: Petite 


Scars and Amputations: [REDACTED] removed post- 
mortem. 


Description of Decedent's Clothing: Naked; arms and 
feet bound in [REDACTED], facial openings (except for 
nostrils) covered in Same manner. 


Manner: Homicide 


Cause: Suffocation by introduction of [REDACTED] to 
sinus cavity and trachea. 


Dr. Adler: Recording's up. This is Dr. Wendell Adler. It is 
the twelfth of May, 2009. | am conducting an autopsy on 
a Jane Doe related to the Binder killings. With me is my 


equivalent from the Unusual Incidents Unit, Dr. Morgan 
Scott— 


Dr. Scott: Meghan. Not Morgan. 


Dr. Adler: Apologies. Primary toxicological screenings 
have found trace amounts of latrotoxin in the system, in 
higher concentrations than in previously recorded 
victims. No signs of symptoms related to latrodectism are 
present in the body, suggesting that the subject died 
prior to the symptoms manifesting. 


Dr. Scott: Ms. Doe is in poor condition; something got at 
her good. We've been unable to determine whether 
[REDACTED] was removed by human teeth, or a 
scavenging animal. Due to the apparent MO of our 
Unknown Subject, | will begin by examining the nasal 
cavities. Where's that endoscope? 


Dr. Adler: Hold on, it's up here. Let me set it up to 
record. 


Dr. Scott: I've handled one of these before, thank you. 
All right, I'm going to enter the subject's trachea through 
their nasal cavity... 


Dr. Adler: Wait, what's that? 
Dr. Scott: Huh? Oh. Holy shit. Are those [REDACTED]? 
Dr. Adler: Wrong time of year for them. Too early. 


Dr. Scott: Could be another type of growth. I'm going to 
get a closer look. 


(At this point, Dr. Scott's endoscope makes contact with 
the [REDACTED] in the subject's sinus. Startled, Scott 
removes the endoscope abruptly, tearing open the sinus 
cavity and exposing the [REDACTED]. Dr. Adler grabs 
an acetylene torch and attempts to incinerate the 
[REDACTED] emerging from the cadaver. The cadaver's 
face is destroyed beyond any possibility of 


reconstruction. Dr. Adler was reprimanded for destroying 
evidence.) 


(Further endoscopic inspection of cadavers linked to 
SCP-3256 are to be carried out only with joint approval 
from Lt. Jobar and Agent Mooney.) 


Excerpt from Audio Diary of Edgar Park: 


Park: It is Thursday, May 21st, 2009. This is my fourth 
entry into this diary. God knows who I'm recording this 
for; either my guys or the Foundation's are gonna redact 
all of it. 


When | was at Quantico, one of the things that was 
made clear to us: the FBI, not just Unusual Incidents, is a 
bunch of fuckups. Mulder and Scully aren't absurd 
because they hunt bigfoot and aliens; they're absurd 
because they get shit done. It's 80% paperwork, maybe 
more; one of my first assignments in training was to write 
an archival request so | could access a gallery of shit 
that's been sent to Manson over the years. I... failed that. 


When it comes to serial killers, we've dropped the ball 
more times than we've got it. BTK® got away for over a 
decade after his spree ended, and he was the one that 
provided the shit that put him away.’ We're just as 
clueless about Zodiac, and a bunch of fucked up shit 
happens in Cleveland that we don't know about. 


Point is: We don't have the best track record when it 
comes to normal serial killers. It's even worse when you 
start bringing carts, cans, and other shit into the picture. 


(Indistinct speech is heard) 
Get me a quarter-pounder and a chocolate shake. 


Where was |? Right. The FBI are fuckups when it comes 
to serial killers; we've only had to deal with one 
anomalous one in the past, thank Christ. MI-Triple-68 


had to deal with a pair of them in Liverpool back in oh- 
two, so I'm trying to figure out how they handled them. 


The Binder's one of the worst loose ends when it comes 
to New England. Hopefully, we can at least catch the 
Original one and put this shit to rest. 


I'm gonna smoke and wait for the guys to get back with 
food. Park out. 


SCP-3256 Outbreak in the Greater Boston Area, 
October 2009: 


The outbreak coincided with the airing episode of the American 
crime procedural Criminal Minds, featuring a serial murderer killing 
using animal venom. A character in the program draws comparisons 
between the "Unsub" antagonist and the Binder in the first act of the 
episode, which acted as a vector for SCP-3256. This episode, titled 
"Said the Spider", was immediately removed from circulation. 


The first killing was reported in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. A 
twenty-one year-old female was discovered in their home, found 
with all [REDACTED] removed, consistent with the M.O. of 
SCP-3256-1. 


Transcript of Audio from a Search of the Jamaica Plain Address 


Agent Jefferson: Just got off the phone with 
the Globe. They've agreed to not print the 
story for the time being. What've you guys 
found? 


Agent Park: Whole bunch of these. [Sound of 
objects rattling around in plastic containers. ] 


Agent Jefferson: Cold meds? Lot of nighttime 
ones, too. You could knock out a whale with 
this much stuff. 


Agent Brennan: And there's enough tissues 


in the trash cans to reconstruct a genetic 
profile from either nasal drainage or semen. 


Agent Park: Jesus, man, where's your filter? 


Agent Jefferson: Is that where she was hang 


Agent Brennan: Ahem. [Loudly taps the 
recording device] Possible vector. 


Agent Jefferson: Why doesn't just seeing the 
body make us want to act it out? Why does it 
have to be described to us? 


Agent Brennan: That's for Bloom and 
Fitzgerald to figure out. Anyone living with the 
victim? 


Agent Park: Signs of co-habitation; boxers in 
the laundry, two toothbrushes, bunch of birth 
control. So it looks like her partner's the culprit. 


Agent Jefferson: There's no pictures in the 
house, or any electronics that could save a 
photograph— laptop, phone, anything. Never 
seen them be this meticulous. 


Agent Park: Even memetic psychopaths leave 
fingerprints, Les. Let's get out of here before 
we trample the crime scene any more; Meg's 
plane will be here soon. 


A survey of the victim's house identified the cohabitant, and Person 
of Interest in this manifestation of SCP-3256, as Linus Planter, who 
fits the profile of an SCP-3256-S subject with 98.99% certainty. 
Interviews with family members led the Foundation to believe that 
Planter had been suffering from a respiratory infection prior to the 
murder of his romantic partner. 


The second body was rendered unidentifiable, with the body being 
found in pieces, suspended in several trees around the Walden 


Pond State Reservation; this was a strong deviation from the MO of 
SCP-3256-B individuals, who had previously [REDACTED]. 
However, it was found that all [REDACTED] was absent from the 
corpse, and the hypothesis was put forward that Planter had placed 
the fragments for later consumption of the remaining [REDACTED] 
tissue. 


Transcript of Video Recording of the Apprehension of Linus Planter 


[Agents of WEBCUTTER have placed 
cameras in the trees surrounding the pond that 
have had [REDACTED] placed in them. Seven 
cameras are present; only four are relevant to 
the events that occurred.] 


[Camera 1 shows Agents Park and Abbey 
conversing in the Walden Pond visitor's center 
while looking at a laptop monitor broadcasting 
the feed from the cameras.] 


Abbey: You know why | hate Thoreau? 


Park: Because he was an incomprehensible 
writer? 


Abbey: That, and he was a hypocrite. Talked 
so much about living in tune with nature, and 
then he goes and starts a wildfire. Nearly 
burned down Concord in the process. 


Park: You're joking. 


Abbey: No, I'm not. Dumbass should've been 
locked up for the rest of his life. Instead, he 
inflicted Walden on us. [Abbey pauses.] Hold 
on, cycle the cameras back. 


[Cameras cycle through to Camera 3, where a 
naked, human male is spotted, liquid foaming 
at his mouth.] 


Park: That's Planter. 


in half laterally across the point of injury. SCP-418 reported a brief 
moment of extreme pain at point of injury. 

Comments: No lasting injury. SCP-418 requested a break in 
testing, request denied. 


Stimulus 3: A standard maintenance hammer applied to SCP-418's 
left forearm. 

Result: SCP-418's arm broken. SCP-418 reports extreme pain. 
Comments: SCP-418 healed within human norms. SCP-418's arm 
then severed due to the action of sharp bone fragments on his own 
abilites. SCP-418's arm kept separated for the duration of the 
healing process to observe the process and to prevent it being 
severed by the unhealed edges of the bones. SCP-418's morale and 
co-operation have been significantly damaged since this test. 


Stimulus 4: A standard Bunsen Burner applied to the back of 
SCP-418's left hand. 

Result: SCP-418's hand burned. SCP-418 reports significant pain 
and assaults Dr. 

Comments: Injury heals within human norms. 


Stimulus 5: 27 bullets fired from a standard Foundation assault rifle, 
19 of which hit. 

Result: SCP-418 reports extreme pain from each of the successful 
hits. Each severs SCP-418 as with Stimulus 2. SCP-418 goes into 
shock and is reassembled, given medical treatment and returned to 
his containment cell. 

Comments: No lasting injury. SCP-418-1 recovered at this point. 


Note: Dr. was not permanently injured. Dr. has been 
mentored on proper test planning with regards to SCP morale and 
co-operation. While the data is valuable, such intensive testing 
should be reserved for overtly hostile SCPs. 


« SCP-417 | SCP-418 | SCP-419 » 


Abbey: What's that on his mouth? 


Park: Nevermind that. Call for backup. [Park 
stands up.] I'm going out to get him. Where's 
camera three? 


Abbey: It's on the western side, but— [Park 
exits the visitor's center] Ed! For fuck's—- 
[Abbey radios agents of WEBCUTTER located 
in the vicinity.] 


[Camera 3 shows Planter standing under the 
tree containing what is believed to be the 
victim's left lung and right forearm, foaming at 
the mouth and nose. The foam [REDACTED] 
and Planter pulls down the suspended body 
parts, which he begins consuming.] 


[Planter continues to consume the body for six 
minutes, until Agent Park appears behind him, 
pistol pointed at Planter's back. No audio is 
registered on the camera.] 


[Planter stands and turns to face Park, before 
lunging at Park and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Park 
struggles on the ground, suffocating on 
[REDACTED]. Planter stops attacking Park, 
apparently alerted by a noise, and runs off- 
frame.] 


[Camera 6 shows a Foundation camp, with the 
WEBCUTTER containment team, mobilizing to 
intercept Planter. En route, Planter appears on 
Camera 5, crawling on all fours before the 
containment team. Planter [DATA 
EXPUNGED] incapacitating two members as 
they are pulled up into the trees and out of 
view.] 


[One member of the containment team steps 
forward, bearing a wrist-mounted tablet 


broadcasting a series of possible SCP-3256 
counter-memes in a loop. Observing that 
Planter reacts poorly to Countermeme 22, the 
agent pauses on this frame, at which point 
Planter flees. ] 


[Containment team members fire repeatedly in 
the direction Planter is fleeing, before Planter 
attempts to scale a tree, at which point he is 
shot in the left calf by an agent and taken into 
custody.] 


[Camera 3 shows Park removing the 
[REDACTED] from his mouth, and 
subsequently vomiting due to oxygen 
deprivation. Samples of the vomit taken post- 
incident show that it contained several 
desiccated [REDACTED].] 


Excerpt from the Audio Diary of Edgar Park: 


Park: It is November 2nd, 2009. This is my twenty- 
second entry in this diary. Planter's in custody, and he's 
just been... numb. A lot like Kingsmith wash— was. 
Was. Mouth still feels weird from having it covered in 
that... stuff. 


| wonder if he even knows he did it. He barely makes 
noise anymore. No screaming, talking. Just him, rocking 
back and forth in his cell, eating his own snot and hair. | 
wonder what the hell he's doing that for. 


It's better than him crying, at least. That's what he did the 
first night in custody— or containment. For us, it's 
custody, but the Foundation's taken him, so | guess it's 
‘containment’ now. They're trying to figure out what 
makes him tick, and... from what | understand, it's not 
going well— 


Hold on. I'm getting a text. 


[Agent Park pauses for several seconds] 


Son of a bitch. He's dead. 


Autopsy Report of Linus Planter: 


Deceased: Linus Planter DOB: 3/12/1987 DOD: 
11/9/2009 


Address: [REDACTED] State: MA Zip: [REDACTED] 
Age: 22 Sex: M 


Race: Caucasian 


Height: 180cm Weight: 63kg Hair Color: Brown Eye 
Color: Brown Build: Medium 


Scars and Amputations: Scar on left palm, acquired in 
childhood. 


Description of Decedent's Clothing: Standard Issue 
Foundation Jumpsuit. 


Manner: Unknown, speculated suicide 


Cause: Suffocation by introduction of [REDACTED] to 
sinus cavity and trachea. 


Dr. Scott: As Dr. Adler is at a conference, | will be 
conducting the autopsy alone. Yeah, corpse of a man 
who suffocated on— right, vector, can't say what it is. 
And I'm alone with it. 


I'm in biohazard gear, and I've got a flamethrower ready, 
in case it goes like the first Jane Doe. Eugh. Endoscopic 
examination at least didn't show any [REDACTED] in the 
nose this time. 


I've opened the chest cavity. No abnormalities visible, 
but... oh god. The bones are... elastic. They're stretching 


as | touch them, like rubber, or cloth. It's unsettling. 
[A loud crack is heard on the recording] 


Shit! | just broke one of the floating ribs on the left— and 
it's sticking to my hand. What the fuck?