SCP-187 produced a sustained scream for one minute, thirty-eight 
seconds before losing consciousness and falling to the ground. 
SCP-187 had to be physically removed, and maintained a state of 
catatonia for 48 hours. SCP-187 regained consciousness, but was 
unable to remember what she had seen, and remained in mild shock 
for several days. 


Experiment-02: Exposure to SCP-139 


SCP-187 stated that she saw several bone fragments scattered 
around, along with [DATA EXPUNGED], as yet not identified. 
SCP-187 became extremely upset, screaming “it can see me! it’s 
out, it can fucking see me!” several times, and had to be physically 
restrained and removed. 


Experiment-03: Exposure to SCP-162 

SCP-187 felt no “pull” from SCP-162, and asked why she was 
viewing a pile of melted slag. SCP-187 removed from containment 
without incident. 

Experiment-04: Exposure to SCP-529 


SCP-187 appeared very nervous, asking “is this a joke?” several 


times. SCP-187 reported that she saw a cat, and that it looked 
somewhat lonely. SCP-187 proceeded to pet SCP-529, moving her 
hand over where the hindquarters would be, as if stroking the tail. 
Increased observation of SCP-529 requested. 


Experiment-05: Exposure to SCP-003 


SCP-187 appeared nervous, then said “hello” to SCP-003. SCP-187 
appeared to then engage in conversation with SCP-003; however no 
member of staff was able to hear any speech or other auditory 
emanations from SCP-003. When questioned, SCP-187 responded 
that SCP-003 was “A very nice lady, she seems really smart.” 
Increased security and review of SCP-003 has been requested. 


Experiment-06: Exposure to SCP-882 


SCP-187 entered the containment area, and viewed SCP-882. 
SCP-187 moved back several steps, and appeared to be in mild 
shock. SCP-187 was questioned, and responded “Jesus...it’s 
huge...this is...amazing.” SCP-187 stopped responding to questions 
and continued to stare at SCP-882 without blinking for three 
minutes. SCP-187 had to be physically removed from the 
containment area to continue questioning. SCP-187 appeared 
dazed, and responded: “it’s so...| mean, it’s so complex...it’s sick, 
with all the bones and blood in it, but it looks like the inside of a fifty 
foot tall clock. It’s...kinda pretty.” 


Shortly before SCP-187 was returned to containment, SCP-187 
suddenly fell to the ground, screaming and holding her head. After 
several hours, during which SCP-187 was heavily sedated and 
unresponsive to questioning, SCP-187 reported “grinding, smashing, 
squealing...it sounded like a train wreck that just went on and on.” 
SCP-187 reported the sound lasted for approximately three hours 
before fading out of hearing. Increased security around SCP-882 
has been requested 


Experiment-07: Exposure to SCP- 


[DATA REDACTED] 


Experiment-08: Exposure to SCP-015 


SCP-187 was exposed to SCP-015, with the help of team Zeta-9. 
SCP-187 reported only slight differences in the structure, until she 
opened a door leading outside of SCP-015. SCP-187 reported a 
hallway of pipes stretching for “miles and miles.” SCP-187 stated 
that she was not able to see the other end of the hall, but that it 
“seemed to branch off to the sides, with lots of side hallways.” 
Zeta-9 team members reported no unusual behavior within 
SCP-015, and that the door opened into open air, with no hallway of 
any kind visible. 


Experiment-09: Exposure to SCP-415 


SCP-187 begins observation of SCP-415, and immediately appears 
to be agitated. SCP-187 appears to be feeling physically ill, and 
asks repeatedly to be removed from observation. Questioning 
reveals that SCP-187 observed an empty, diseased corpse that had 
partially decomposed. Increased security of SCP-415 advised. 


Experiment-10: Exposure to SCP-455 


SCP-187 is taken to observe SCP-455 from a small zodiac craft. 
SCP-187 takes a sharp intake of breath, then shakes her head and 
attempts to look away. SCP-187 has to be physically manipulated to 
continue observation of SCP-455. SCP-187 makes several 
inarticulate noises, before screaming several times. SCP-187 
observed “A huge...thing. It was a mass of metal, just floating, like a 
big island made of rusty...bulges. It was like it was...sick, with 
tumors, but it was all metal. | could...feel it. It's not alive, it never 
was, but it...thinks it is. It's...what the hell was that?”. Re- 
continuation of recon team insertion into SCP-455 is under review. 


Experiment-11: Exposure to SCP-343 


SCP-187 enters containment with SCP-3438. SCP-187 and SCP-343 
appear to converse without incident about general topics for nearly 
half a hour (GEE TRANSCRIPT 33A-R). SCP-187 stated that 
SCP-343 “appears really nice, if kinda lonely. For a little girl, she's 
really well spoken! What is she, six, maybe seven?”. Increased 
research efforts in to SCP-343 are under review. 


Experiment-12: Exposure to SCP-646 


SCP-187 becomes violently ill upon observation of SCP-646. After 
recovery, SCP-187 stated that she observed “giant maggot...things. 
Hundreds of them, with kinda human bodies and faces...they had 
these...tentacle things, all stuck in to each other, and they were all 
squirming and...god. There was one near the middle...it wasn't soft, 
it had some kind of shell...and this kind of jelly head...it was...1 think 
it was mating...”. Enhanced security for SCP-646 advised. 


Experiment-13: Exposure to SCP-106 


SCP-187 observation test aborted after thirty seconds, due to 
escape incident by SCP-106. SCP-187 appeared to observe staff 
under attack or undergoing intense physical torture and mutilation 
two minutes before attack or capture. SCP-106 appeared to 
specifically target staff under observation by SCP-187. SCP-106 
appeared to specifically avoid harming SCP-187 on three separate 
incidents. Under questioning, SCP-187 said “That...that thing 
wanted an audience. Someone to watch. It likes it.” SCP-187 
refused to elaborate. Further questioning pending. 


SCP-188: The Craftsman 


Item #: SCP-188 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: As SCP-188 poses no direct 
threat to any Foundation assets, SCP-188 is to be contained in 
Storage Unit J6-455. Its presence is to be noted during the biweekly 
Survey of Site Assets. During this time, any environmental effects 
exerted by SCP-188 are to be reversed. 


Description: SCP-188 is a volume of iridium metal hosting an effect 
that acts on a finite region around the object. With the exception of 
the regional effect, SCP-188 is, chemically and physically, an 
otherwise unremarkable sample of iridium metal. SCP-188 has a 
mass of 181.43 g and has been cast as a cylinder, with a radius of 

1 cm and a length of 2.56 cm. SCP-188's current cylindrical shape is 
not its original form, but one convenient for experimental 
manipulation and storage. 


The regional effect of SCP-188 induces changes in the environment. 
The changes take the form of discrete manipulations, such as 
scratches on surfaces or grouping and shaping of ambient material 
such as dust. These changes emerge over time and are widespread 
over the entire region of the effect. The changes show a high degree 
of complexity and structure, and have been seen to change with 
time. Further, the effect extends to all scales, and has included 
exceptionally small and intricate structures. When initially contained 
by the Foundation, SCP-188 consistently induced fractal motifs. 
Since containment, this has increasingly shifted to include spiral and 
flow motifs. Biological forms have emerged as a rare but consistent 
theme. 


As the environment around it is manipulated, SCP-188's regional 
effect will extend outward. Testing has shown that this region will 
only extend outward to a volume encompassing an area of 


~4000 m2. 


Attempts to nullify SCP-188's effect have included placement in a 
Faraday cage, placement in a radiation containment device, 
powdering, and melting SCP-188. None of these attempts have 
diminished the regional effect in any way. Current proposals to 
vaporize SCP-188 and recondense small portions of the vapor are 
being explored. 


SCP-188 first came to the attentions of a predecessor body to the 
Foundation on / /192 located at the rural Indiana properties of 

. After a thorough search, the object was found as a spike 
partially submerged in the ground, and appeared to be in the 
process of reshaping the local wheat crop through braiding together 
and flattening of stalks. No clear pattern had emerged at time of 
acquisition, though the effect had begun to extend over many 
meters. Though records are incomplete, it is known that efforts to 
contain the effect of the object failed. Embedding in bulk material, 
such as concrete or lead, did not diminish the initial size of the 
region the effect acted over. Further, these attempts ended with the 
object carving apart the containment sheath. The Foundation has 
evidence that more esoteric proposals were suggested, such as 
encasement in diamond. No evidence exists that these 
technologically sophisticated and resource intensive proposals were 
followed up on. 


When this parent organization was folded into the Foundation, the 
object and any existing records were inherited and placed under the 
SCP-188 classification. When the "crop circle" fad emerged, efforts 
were taken to determine if there was a connection between the crop- 
circle makers and the effects caused by SCP-188. Investigation 
showed no connection beyond the superficial, and it is the opinion of 
the O5s that the similarity is a coincidence. 


Proposals to explore or to illustrate any statistical consistency in the 
effect SCP-188 has upon its environment are being accepted and 
evaluated. At this time, due to the lack of inherent danger posed by 
SCP-188 in its current containment, proposals requiring extreme 
measures or contact with other SCPs are not encouraged. 


« SCP-187 | SCP-188 | SCP-189 » 


SCP-189: Hair-Imitating Parasite 


Item #: SCP-189 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-189 are to be 
stored in Cryo-containment Facility , with any surplus destroyed by 
incineration. Test subjects infected with SCP-189 are to be kept ina 
sealed containment chamber with an airlock that includes a 
chemical shower. Personnel interacting with test subjects must wear 
standard NBC hazard suits throughout their time inside the 
containment chamber, and submit to a chemical shower before 
exiting the airlock on their way out. When test subjects expire or are 
terminated, their remains must be sealed in an airtight container or 
body bag, which is subjected to the same chemical shower as the 
personnel carrying it out of the containment chamber, and disposed 
of by incineration. 


Staff members found to be infested with SCP-189 are to be 
quarantined according to the procedure outlined above for test 
subjects, and treated with anti-parasitic agent 189-A. See Document 
189- for treatment procedure. If SCP-189 infestation is discovered 
on any individual or animal at a facility, all personnel and animals at 
that facility are to be inspected for the presence of SCP-189 as 
detailed in Procedure 189- , any staff members treated as described 
above, any D-Class and/or non-SCP animals terminated and 
incinerated, and the facility subjected to a thorough cleaning with 
anti-parasitic agent 189-A. 


Should any cases of SCP-189 infestation be confirmed in persons or 
animals outside the Foundation, all those affected are to be 
immediately taken into custody and quarantined. Animals should be 
euthanised and incinerated, while humans are to be treated with 
anti-parasitic agent 189-A for the infestation, then administered 
Class C or B amnestics. Any individuals who may have been in 
close contact with the infectee(s) and/or entered their personal 


vehicle or place of residence should be checked for SCP-189 
infestation and treated if necessary. Refer to Document 189- for 
suitable cover stories. 


Description: SCP-189 is a species of parasitic roundworm 
(tentative taxonomic classification [DATA EXPUNGED)]) capable of 
infesting any mammalian life form. Infection most commonly occurs 
as a result of direct skin contact with one or more egg sacs. These 
egg sacs are covered with microscopic "hooks" similar to those on 
the cuticles of some species of nematode, which anchor the sacs to 
the skin's surface. Contact with sebum then prompts the eggs inside 
to hatch, at which time the larvae seek out and burrow into one or 
more nearby hair follicles. 


Once inside the follicle, the larva attaches itself at the base of the 
papilla and begins feeding off the capillaries supplying the papilla. 
Over the course of 2-3 days, the larva grows larger and develops 
into an adult. When it has fully matured, the new adult detaches 
from the papilla, severs the hair fiber from the root, and almost fully 
envelops the papilla and hair matrix. From this point forward, the 
worm feeds on the cells shed by the hair matrix (which would 
normally form the hair fiber), and begins to grow longer. 


Adult SCP-189 specimens grow only in length, extruding a "tail" 
which incorporate some of the pigments and keratin from the cells 
they consume into an outer cuticle. This, combined with the fact that 
the diameter of a specimen's "tail" is usually similar to that of the hair 
that would normally grow from the host follicle, causes SCP-189 to 
be visually indistinguishable from a normal hair, except upon 
microscopic inspection. However, some specimens will occasionally 
flex, coil and uncoil, and/or lash their "tail", particularly in response 
to tactile stimulation. The reason for this behavior is not currently 
understood, nor is why only some individuals behave in this fashion, 
though it has been proposed that [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


As with many other species of roundworms, SCP-189 is 
hermaphroditic, with both sets of genitalia contained in the "head" 
(the portion enveloping the papilla and hair matrix). Fertilized eggs 
are produced in groups of 1-3 and enveloped in a protective egg 
sac, which is then incorporated into the growing "tail". Egg sacs 
grow their microscopic "hooks" and the eggs typically mature by the 


time the portion of the tail containing them has extended 
approximately 1 mm beyond the surface of the host's skin. Once 
fully developed, the egg sac passes to the exterior of the organism's 
tail, becoming loosely embedded in its cuticle. At this point, if the 
egg sac is brought into contact with a suitable host surface 
(including the skin of the current host), it attaches to this surface and 
is pulled free from its parent. This is the primary method SCP-189 
uses both to infect new hosts and to further infest the current host. 


The "tail" of an adult specimen of SCP-189 is no more durable than 
normal hair, and its "head" no more strongly attached to the host 
follicle. The "tail" can be cut or broken, or the entire organism pulled 
out, by any method that would similarly affect hair. Severed sections 
of an adult's tail can grow a new "head" and regenerate into a 
separate individual, but only if they can attach to a suitable host. The 
death of a follicle infested by an adult SCP-189 (or any other event 
that would cause the loss of that follicle's hair) causes that individual 
to detach from its host. Without a host, adult SCP-189 die within 1-6 
hours. Mature eggs can remain viable for up to years after the 
death of their parent, and as such even dead adults can present a 
risk of infestation. 


When an infected host dies, any surviving adult specimens of 
SCP-189 continue to feed and grow, eventually burrowing into the 
host's tissues. Once decay begins, however, the specimen is killed 
by the toxins produced. 


Addendum 1: SCP-189 was first discovered 19 , when Dr. A