¢ Pathogenicity: Unknown. C-047-A was developed 
from tissue culture and has never been exposed to 
a human. No samples remain in Foundation 
control. 

¢ Transmission: Unknown. Presumably transmitted 
through fecal contamination, as with C. difficile. 
Due to smaller, more robust spores, may also 
aerosolise with flatus. Effects of aerosol intake of 
C-047-A cannot be predicted. 


¢ Lethality: Unknown. Presumed extremely high 
risk of destruction of endothelial lining of 
gastrointestinal tract, leading to inflammation, 
sepsis, toxic megacolon. 

Handling: Until further research has been done, 
victims should be quarantined and placed under 
24-hour medical observation to develop functional 
diagnostics for this strain. Deceased victims 
should not be incinerated until adequate etiological 
research has been performed. 


Recovery Log 047: SCP-047 was recovered from the Site- Secure 
Laboratory by a Foundation Biohazard Recovery Team in response 
to a full compromise situation on / /199 . Testing logs indicate that 
the research team was attempting to contain [DATA EXPUNGED] in 
aclass- SCP-stable pressure cylinder, which led to [REDACTED] 
combining with [REDACTED]. A full molecular biological analysis of 
this is available in [REDACTED]. The initial release of gas when 
SCP-047 was structurally compromised was sufficient to cause a 
microbiotal "bloom" of uncounted species of SCP-047-1, killing all 
staff in the lab within hours. Exposed Site- staff obeyed standard 
Foundation quarantine/containment protocol, and the infection was 
contained successfully. 


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Incident Report Yersinia 047-01 (2010) 


SCP Involved: SCP-047 


Description: On 30/01/2010 at approximately 0300 hours, storage 
locker 047c (Site- lab 047b), containing bacterial samples mutated 
by SCP-047, was compromised after a complete simultaneous 
[DATA EXPUNGED], leading to failure of security measures in the 
area. Three (3) samples, of a total twelve (12), were stolen. [DATA 
EXPUNGED] since the initial containment break, outbreaks of one of 
the stolen bacterial strains, Propionibacterium 047-A, were recorded 
globally in communities of increasing size and population density. 
Further information on stolen material, soread, and containment 
follows. 


Compromised Items: Propionibacterium 047-A, Streptococcus 
047-C, and Clostridium 047-A. See SCP-047 for further information. 


Outbreak information: 


First Outbreak: P-047-A, 27/02/2010, Siberia. 
Contained: see Incident Report P047A-03-2010. 


Second Outbreak: P-047-A, 30/03/2010, Northwest 
Territories (Canada). Contained: see Incident Report 
P047A-04-2010 


Third Outbreak: P-047-A, 29/04/2010, South Australia. 
Contained: see Incident Report P047A-05-2010 


Fourth Outbreak: P-047-A, 27/05/2010, Mato Grosso 
(Brazil). Believed contained: see Incident Report 
P047A-06-2010. Warning: Agents in the area are 
advised to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of 
P-047-A and be on the lookout for possible infection. 


Fifth Outbreak: P-047-A, 26/06/2010, [REDACTED], 


lraq. Site immediately [DATA EXPUNGED] which is 
believed to have contained the infection. Access to 
Incident Report denied without O5 clearance. 


Sixth Outbreak: P-047-A, 26/07/2010, Cameroon. 
Quarantine enacted. Efforts to track outgoing civilians 
underway. Infection not contained. See Incident Report 
P047A-07-2010 


Seventh Outbreak: P-047-A, 24/08/2010, Dalarna 
(Sweden). Quarantine enacted. Believed contained. See 
Incident Report P047A-08-2010. Warning: Agents in the 
area are advised to familiarise themselves with the 
symptoms of P-047-A and be on the lookout for possible 
infection. 


Eighth Outbreak: Not recorded. Believed to have taken 
place in North Korea. [DATA EXPUNGED] Agents with 
government access are attempting to gain access to 
parallel information, but due to [DATA EXPUNGED] local 
services have been extremely uncooperative. 
Containment status unknown. 


Ninth Outbreak: P-047-A, 23/10/2010, South Carolina 
(United States of America). Quarantine enacted. Efforts 
to track outgoing civilians primarily successful. One 
civilian in a pickup truck is believed to have [DATA 
EXPUNGED] Infection not contained. 


Resolution: Reports from [DATA EXPUNGED}] indicate no further 
outbreaks are believed likely, but Agents are advised to be on the 
lookout for new flareups resulting from uncontained civilians in 
previous outbreak regions; these may continue for years to come 
due to P-047-A sporulation. Investigation into the cause of the initial 
compromise is underway. Anyone with useful information may 
anonymously contact Security via the attached form. 


SCP-048: The Cursed SCP Number 


Item #: SCP-048 
Object Class: None (see description) 


Special Containment Procedures: The designation SCP-048 is to 
be retired from the SCP catalog. No future SCPs are to be assigned 
this number. 


Description: SCP-048 has long been considered the "cursed SCP 
number" by SCP staff: any items given this designation tend to be 
destroyed, decommissioned, stolen, or otherwise lost to the 
Foundation, usually through no fault of any individual person. In 
addition, personnel assigned to SCP-048 in its various incarnations 
have had a 50% higher rate of turnover due to death, 
dismemberment, and disciplinary action. 


Whether or not the number 048 actually has any supernatural 
qualities is unknown, but given the superstition around this number, 
the designation has been removed from the catalog in order to help 
maintain employee morale. 


Addendum 1: This is ridiculous. I'll prove to you superstitious 
bastards that you're all just being pussies. The restriction on 
SCP-048 is now removed and assigned to [DATA EXPUNGED}. - 
Dr. Cortez. 


Addendum 2: SCP-048, [DATA EXPUNGED], was accidentally 
thrown into the trash this morning and lost. In an unrelated incident, 
Dr. Cortez's arms were accidentally traumatically amputated in a 
horrific lunchroom blender accident. SCP-048 closed. - O5-11 


Addendum 3: SCP-048 has been once again removed from the 
archives, after it became highly apparent that no such "Vampyre 
Boat" had ever existed, much less come under Foundation control. 
It's currently believed that this error occurred when a low-level 


researcher attempted to save his "awesome story idea" to his hard 
drive and instead overwrote the blank slot reserved for SCP-048. 
Said researcher has been removed from any and all archival duties 
for the time being. - O5-11 


« SCP-047 | SCP-048 | SCP-049 » 


SCP-049: Plague Doctor 


SCP-049. 


Item #: SCP-049 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-049 is contained within a 
Standard Secure Humanoid Containment Cell in Research 
Sector-02 at Site-19. SCP-049 must be sedated before any attempts 
to transport it. During transport, SCP-049 must be secured within a 
Class IIl Humanoid Restriction Harness (including a locking collar 
and extension restraints) and monitored by no fewer than two armed 
guards. 


While SCP-049 is generally cooperative with most Foundation 
personnel, outbursts or sudden changes in behaviour are to be met 
with elevated force. Under no circumstances should any personnel 
come into direct contact with SCP-049 during these outbursts. In the 
event SCP-049 becomes aggressive, the application of lavender (L. 
multifida) has been shown to produce a calming effect on the entity. 
Once calmed, SCP-049 generally becomes compliant, and will 
return to containment with little resistance. 


In order to facilitate the ongoing containment of SCP-049, the entity 
is to be provided with the corpse of a recently deceased animal 
(typically a bovine or other large mammal) once every two weeks for 
study. Corpses that become instances of SCP-049-2 are to be 
removed from SCP-049's containment cell and incinerated. 
SCP-049 is no longer permitted to interact with human subjects, and 
requests for human subjects are to be denied. 


Temporary Containment Procedure Update: (See Addendum 
049.3) Per Containment Committee Order 049.S19.17.1, SCP-049 
is no longer permitted to interact directly with any members of 
Foundation staff, nor is it to be provided with any additional corpses 


to be used in its surgeries. This order shall persist indefinitely, until 
such time a consensus regarding the ongoing containment of 
SCP-049 can be reached. 


Description: SCP-049 is a humanoid entity, roughly 1.9 meters in 
height, which bears the appearance of a medieval plague doctor. 
While SCP-049 appears to be wearing the thick robes and the 
ceramic mask indicative of that profession, the garments instead 
seem to have grown out of SCP-049's body over time!, and are now 
nearly indistinguishable from whatever form is beneath them. X-rays 
indicate that despite this, SCP-049 does have a humanoid skeletal 
structure beneath its outer layer. 


SCP-049 is capable of speech in a variety of languages, though 
tends to prefer English or medieval French2. While SCP-049 is 
generally cordial and cooperative with Foundation staff, it can 
become especially irritated or at times outright aggressive if it feels 
that it is in the presence of what it calls the "Pestilence". Although 
the exact nature of this Pestilence is currently unknown to 
Foundation researchers, it does seem to be an issue of immense 
concern to SCP-049. 


SCP-049 will become hostile with individuals it sees as being 
affected by the Pestilence, often having to be restrained should it 
encounter such. If left unchecked, SCP-049 will generally attempt to 
kill any such individual; SCP-049 is capable of causing all biological 
functions of an organism to cease through direct skin contact. How 
this occurs is currently unknown, and autopsies of SCP-049's 
victims have invariably been inconclusive. SCP-049 has expressed 
frustration or remorse after these killings, indicating that they have 
done little to kill "The Pestilence", though will usually seek to then 
perform a crude surgery on the corpse using the implements 
contained within a black doctor's bag it carries on its person at all 
times’. While these surgeries are not always "successful", they often 
result in the creation of instances of SCP-049-2. 


SCP-049-2 instances are reanimated corpses that have been 
operated on by SCP-049. These instances do not seem to retain 
any of their prior memories or mental functions, having only basic 
motor skills and response mechanisms. While these instances are 
generally inactive, moving very little and in a generally ambulatory 


fashion, they can become extremely aggressive if provoked, or if 
directed to by SCP-049. SCP-049-2 instances express active 
biological functions, though these are vastly different from currently 
understood human physiology. Despite these alterations, SCP-049 
often remarks that the subjects have been "cured". 


Addendum 049.1: Discovery 


SCP-049 was discovered during the investigation of a series of 
unknown disappearances in the town of Montauban in southern 
France. During a raid on a local home, investigators found several 
instances of SCP-049-2, as well as SCP-049. While law 
enforcement personnel engaged the hostile 049-2 instances, 
SCP-049 was noted as watching the engagement and taking notes 
in its journal. After all of the 049-2 instances were dispatched, 
SCP-049 willingly entered Foundation custody. 


The following interview was conducted by Dr. Raymond Hamm 
during the initial investigation. 
Interviewer: Dr. Raymond Hamm, Site-85 


Interviewee: SCP-049 


[BEGIN LOG] 


SCP-049: (/n French) So then, how should we begin? An 
introduction? 


Dr. Hamm: (Aside) Is that French? Can we get a 
translator- 


SCP-049: (/n English) The King's English! No need for 
translation, sir, | can speak it well enough. 


Dr. Hamm: Good. My name is Dr. Raymond Hamm, and 
|- 


SCP-049: Ah! A doctor! A like-minded individual, no 
doubt. Wherein is your speciality, sir? 


Dr. Hamm: Cryptobiology, why- 


SCP-049: (Laughs) A medical man, such as myself. 
Wonders abound! And here | worried | had been 
abducted by common street thugs! (Looks around the 
room) This place, then. This is your laboratory? | had 
wondered, as clean as it is, and with such little trace of 
the Pestilence here. 


Dr. Hamm: The Pestilence? What do you mean? 


SCP-049: The Scourge! The Great Dying. Come now, 
you know, the, uh... (taps temple furiously) ...what is it 
they call it, the... the... ah, no matter. The Pestilence, 
yes. It abounds outside these walls, you know. So many 
have succumbed, and many more will continue to, until 
such time as a perfect cure can be developed. (Leans 
back in its chair) Fortunately, | am very close. It is my 
duty in life to rid the world of it, you see. The Cure To 
End All Cures! 


Dr. Hamm: When you say "The Great Dying", are you 
talking about the bubonic plague? 


SCP-049: (Pauses) | don't know what that is. 


Dr. Hamm: | see. Right, well, the entities our agents 
encountered at that house, they were dead when you 
encountered them, yes? And you reanimated them? 


SCP-049: Hrmm, in a manner of speaking. You see 
things too simply, doctor! Expand your horizons. Life and 
death, sickness and health, these are amateur terms for 
amateur physicians. There is only one ailment that exists 
in the world of men, and that is the Pestilence. And 
nothing else! Make no mistake, they were very ill, all of 
them. 


Dr. Hamm: You think you cured those people? 


SCP-049: Indeed. My cure is most effective. 


Dr. Hamm: The things we recovered were not human. 


SCP-049: (Pauses and glares at Dr. Hamm) Yes, well, it 
is not a perfect cure. But that will come with time. And 
further experimentation! | have spent a lifetime 
developing my methods, Dr. Hamm, and will spend a 
lifetime more, if necessary. Now, we have wasted too 
much time. There is work to do! | will require a laboratory 
of my own, one where | can continue my research 
unimpeded. And assistants, of course, though | can 
provide those on my own, in time. (Laughs) 


Dr. Hamm: | don't think our organization will be willing 
to- 


SCP-049: Nonsense. We are all men of science. Fetch 
your coat and show me to my quarters, doctor. (Gestures 
with pointed stick) Our work begins now! 


[END LOG] 


Interviewer's Note: While SCP-049 is capable of communicating in a 
very human way, there is a strange sense of unease that one 
experiences when in its presence. Make no mistake, there is 
something very uncanny about this entity indeed. 


Additionally, we've confiscated that pointed stick that SCP-049 
keeps waving around. Part of this was due to standard confiscation 
protocols for the possessions of anomalies, and part because 049 
really is a menace swinging it around like he does. The entity was 
displeased at first, but after we made some concessions in providing 
it with "test subjects" (which are, admittedly, more for the benefit of 
our own research) it warmed up to the idea. 


Addendum 049.2: Observation Log 


While in containment at Site-19, SCP-049 has spent a considerable 
amount of time studying and performing surgery on the various 
mammalian corpses it has been provided. SCP-049 will routinely 
spend several days performing surgery, and then (regardless of 
whether or not the corpse becomes an instance of SCP-049-2) 


spending several more days documenting its findings in a thick 
leather journal stored within its doctor's bag. SCP-049 will often 
seek to share its findings with members of Foundation staff. 


The following is a log of several occasions during which SCP-049 
was observed operating on a mammalian corpse. 


Observational Log 049.0L.1 SUMMARY 
Subject: SCP-049 


Preface: A test subject (D-85123) was introduced into 
SCP-049's containment cell. The entity expressed 
sincere gratitude towards all members of the 
containment and research staff.