pocket watch | that's enough.}| no information 
regarding the 
text of this 
instance, and 
showed 
complete 
immunity to 
Foundation 
memory probing 
techniques. 
Agent Yadav 
submitted to 
Foundation 
arrest and study, 
stating that "[his] 
work is already 
done." 


Addendum: 5/22/ 

Major containment breach by SCP-2900. SCP-2900 manifested in a 
previously unknown way by replacing a previous accolade, a 
Foundation star, given to Agent Samson for meritorious action in the 
field. Agent Samson then transported said SCP-2900 instance to his 
offsite housing. Along the way this instance came into contact with 
over 12 people, manifesting for 9 of them. This lead to a widespread 
breach of containment and within 48 hours over 208 instances had 
been created. At this point the Foundation became aware of the 
breach in containment and immediately mobilized containment 
teams to contain it. SCP-2900 instances continued to perpetuate for 
another 48 hours before no new instances were recorded as being 
added. Over ,_ instances were created in this time period before 
the Foundation successfully contained the breach. Containment 
procedures for SCP-2900 are to be more stringently enforced. Only 
4 more instances of SCP-2900 have been added to date, with the 
accompanying text becoming increasingly somber in tone, with 
periods of up to months in-between manifestations. The last 
SCP-2900 instance added to date is a bronze trophy depicting a 
gold medal found in Storage Locker 23233 with the following 
accompanying text. 


Best attempt at making people happy. 
« SCP-2899 | SCP-2900 | SCP-2901 » 


to leave. 


After several weeks of not leaving work, and suffering the mental 
and physical results of that, he was sent to a psychologist for review. 
He brought up his research, and asked to be quarantined, for his 
own safety and others, but the way he went about his plea 
prejudiced many against him, and sent a ripple of disgust over his 
pathetic antics through the office. His tactics backfired and instead 
he was merely shunted off to some small project not even directly 
involving SCPs. 


The entire group was becoming more and more fed up with him, 
arriving late, sweating profusely, and looking disheveled because he 
had walked the whole way, refusing to accompany any field work 
that involved getting there by transportation, and especially at his 
habit of always requesting rides home, both for personal reasons 
and because his car (a brand new Mercedes) kept breaking down 
on the way home. After attacking a tow truck driver with his own 
wrench for telling him he should take a bus home, he was dismissed 
for an undecided amount of time and confined to house arrest. 


This morning, thick tire tracks were found on the suburban street 
where he lives. He was reported missing by his wife, who 
remembers hearing him say, "Well, | guess it's time to go." 
Neighbors report being woken up by the loud sound of a door 
opening and the sound of a large vehicle driving away. A suitcase, 
filled with his clothing, was found by the side of the road. Had he 
accepted his fate in the end enough to pack? Either way, he 
apparently didn't need it where he was going. 


Addendum: 342 Eye: Excerpt from Dr. Clef's Personal Log: At 
the risk of sounding melodramatic, SCP-342 has finally taken out its 
oldest arch-nemesis. 


Three days ago, Dr. Gunsther and | were going through some of his 
old files for archival, when he came across the file for SCP-342. 
Gunsther removed 342 from its envelope and laid it on his desk as 
we discussed the object's history, as well as his own regrets for the 
number of lives senselessly lost in the research on this project. 


Our discussion was cut short by the fact that we had made an 


SCP-2901: Mothman 


Illustrations of SCP-2901 confiscated from Agent 's office at 


Research Site-45. [click image to enlarge] 


Item #: SCP-2901 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Because of the 
extradimensional properties related to SCP-2901, there are currently 
no methods of physical containment. Case reports involving 
SCP-2901 will be remitted to MTF Phi-5 ("Twilighters") for further 
investigation. 


Civilian sightings of SCP-2901 will be suppressed using amnestic 
field applications. Media leaks regarding SCP-2901 will be deleted 
or discredited by the Information Detraction, Censorship, and 
Rescission Division (IDCaRD). 


Field personnel should avoid SCP-2901 if at all possible. Those 
authorized to investigate SCP-2901 must carry mobile devices 
capable of short message services (SMS) in case of sudden 
acoustic cancellation. If a hostile encounter is unavoidable, 
personnel should adhere to the following steps: 


1. Do not attempt to run. Fleeing may provoke SCP-2901 to give 
chase. 

2. Hold your ground. Be sure to make eye contact. 

3. Make a threat display. Use clothing to imitate an increase in 
body mass. 

4. Continue Step 3 until SCP-2901 becomes disinterested and 
submits. 

5. Avoid physical contact if at all possible.1:2. Wield or throw 
objects to maintain distance. 


Description: SCP-2901 are a species of nocturnal carnivorous 


scavengers of limited intelligence; averaging 1.7m in height. 
SCP-2901 usually appear as having an ellipsoid shape and possess 
2 large eyes layered with photophoric tissue. SCP-2901 are covered 
in a layer of minute iridescent lamellar scales, similar to 
Lepidopterans’. SCP-2901 are able to move through space-time 
freely, granting them certain abilities such as levitation, flight, and 
teleportation. SCP-2901 are, however, tangible and susceptible to 
conventional firearms. SCP-2901 are also able to emit an acoustic 
cancellation effect within a radius of approximately 25m. The 
purpose or function of this ability is not wholly understood but is 
theorized to aid in stealth. 


Several methods of containment and/or deterrents are still being 
considered. However, because of the elusiveness of SCP-2901, a 
large majority of the general public are aware of related incidents 
and possibly even the existence of SCP-2901. Counter-measures 
are in place as a temporary solution for protecting information on 
SCP-2901. 


[LEVEL-2 ACCESS REQUIRED] 


IDCaRD 


Information Detraction, Censorship, and 
Rescission Division 


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Ext 7502 
Fax 7503 


OPERATION: 
"SURGEON'S 


PHOTOGRAPH" 


PRIORITY: DALET 
INTERNAL USE ONLY 
PREAMBLE: 


Due to the uncontainable nature and general 
notoriety of SCP-2901, certain protocols must be 
established in order to quell civilian suspicion as 
to the existence of these entities. The following 
is an outline of Operation: "Surgeon's 
Photograph" that should be reviewed by your 
respective teams. 


COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: 


Due to the nature of Operation: "Surgeon's 
Photograph", information regarding SCP-2901 
does not require additional safeguards against 
espionage. Information about SCP-2901 will 
remain accessible on the Foundation main-list 
database. Standard protocols for sensitive 
information, access clearance, and storage still 


apply. 
IDENTIFICATION OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL: 


Utilizing the automated virtual agents already in 
place, certain keywords related to SCP-2901 will 
be routinely searched and red-flagged on the 
daily reports. Pages will be reviewed by selected 
teams as they are discovered and remitted to the 
Tactical Planning Team to determine the severity 
and next course of action. 


DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN: 


The Tactical Planning Team_ will review 
suspected files/pages and make decisions and 
recommendations regarding pertinent threats. 
Dozens of online "dummy" accounts for media- 
sharing websites are to be created and managed 
by IDCaRD's Special Cyberspace Unit. Using 
these "dummy" accounts, content regarding the 
presence and/or glorification of SCP-2901 will be 
made widely available. This is to saturate any 
shared leaked footage or images with fabricated 
disinforming content. Content will be developed 
and published in a variety of mediums related to 
SCP-2901 including: 


¢ Fictional stories 

¢ Doctored photographic images 
¢ Visual semi-realistic art 

¢ Falsified eyewitness interviews 
¢ Merchandise 


The Foundation front company Studio City 
Productions will be contracted to create several 
low-budget documentaries involving SCP-2901 
while including other well known cryptids from 
folklore. This will further aid in convincing the 
general public that the existence of SCP-2901 is 
highly questionable and, in all likelihood, 
impossible to validate. 


REQUIRED DELETIONS: 


Any source material of SCP-2901 deemed too 
sensitive to be accessible to civilians will also be 
addressed by the Special Cyberspace Unit. 
Standard protocols for denial-of-service (DoS) 
operations will be carried out to isolate the 
source. After the source is isolated, efforts will 
be made to erase the original content. Any 
information regarding the original poster of the 
material will then be handed over to MTF Phi-5 


("Twilighters") for further investigation. 


In all cases, services will be restored once the 
material has been erased. Any DoS operations in 
excess of 24 hours will need to be reported to the 
Department of External Affairs. 


CESSATION OF OPERATIONS: 


Operation: "Surgeon's Photograph" will continue 
until a viable method of containment or deterrent 
for SCP-2901 is in place. Virtual agents will 
continue to search for keywords related to 
SCP-2901; these will be included on the month- 
end reports to be reconciled at the end of the 
quarter. Content made during Operation: 
"Surgeon's Photograph" will remain accessible. 


The first official documented incursion of SCP-2901 was near the 
town of , WV, USA in 19 , followed by the collapse of 
[REDACTED]. Since then, continuing field observations have 
concluded that SCP-2901 are an aggressively territorial and solitary 
species. SCP-2901 normally do not engage or reveal themselves 
openly to humans, and will often retreat or vanish if discovered. 


Further observations suggests that SCP-2901 are able to 
approximate the time and location of future disasters with a certain 
degree of accuracy, particularly those resulting in multiple fatalities4. 
This is supported by accounts and reports showing a sudden 
presence of SCP-2901 within the vicinity of the disaster area, 
usually within a month or week before it occurs. 


During this period, many SCP-2901 will claim rights to the area 
resulting in altercations with other SCP-2901; sometimes including 
human bystanders being mistaken as threats. During these 
aggressive territorial behaviors, SCP-2901 are able to change their 
physical shape into a large nebulous-like body as a threat display. 
After the disaster event occurs, the remaining SCP-2901 will take 
part in feeding off the deceased in a frenzy-like behavior until the 


food source is depleted; vacating once satiated. 


[LEVEL-4 ACCESS REQUIRED] 


IDCaRD 


Information Detraction, Censorship, and 
Rescission Division 


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Ext 7502 

Fax 7503 


CONFIDENTIAL 


PRIORITY: GIMEL 


DIRECTIVE: 


Operation: "Surgeon's Photograph" is to be 
considered the "Special Containment 
Procedures" for SCP-2901 and is to operate 
under the guise of an_ active public 
disinformation campaign. MTF Phi-5 will be 
responsible for its continuation and level of 
effectivity in maintaining acceptable levels of 
public awareness and conception. 


As a point of clarification, the purpose of 
Operation: "Surgeon's Photograph" is not to 
protect information on SCP-2901 but rather 
control information on SCP-2901. 


SUMMARY: 


SCP-2901's current evolution is the sum of 
Foundation efforts in manipulating its existence 
through public perception. SCP-2901 are a group 
of extradimensional entities that lack a stable 
cohesive form and purpose that only coalesces 
through continued observational reconciliation. 
For SCP-2901 to maintain a stable physical mass, 
approximately 75% of the nearby human 
populace within 500km need to be congruent on 
a singular concept of what SCP-2901 is and what 
it does. 


SCP-2901 were first discovered and categorized 
as highly unstable Keter-class entities capable of 
producing localized CK-class scenarios at 
random. Further research into SCP-2901's 
unstable manifestations proved to be futile as, 
unbeknownst to Foundation scientists at the 
time, SCP-2901 would involuntarily change 
during each subsequent observation. During a 
containment breach into the civilian populated 
areas within the Appalachian region of the 
Southern United States, SCP-2901 began 
gradually condensing into a singular 
manifestation the more it was exposed to 
humans. 


Civilians began conceding to the idea that 
SCP-2901 was a dark winged-like humanoid with 
large red eyes, which corresponded to pre- 
existing local folklore. SCP-2901 also began to 
evolve predatory-like behaviors and anomalous 
acoustic effects that conceptualized due to the 
mass fear generated within the surrounding 
communities. 


Foundation researchers recognized the effects 
and began isolating SCP-2901 as much as 


possible. However, deprived of regular 
perceptual input, SCP-2901 began to devolve into 
its initial highly unstable manifestations once 
again. The decision was made to maintain 
SCP-2901 in a functioning manageable state 
through continued exposure to human 
perceptual belief that SCP-2901 is a tangible 
creature of local folklore: another Bigfoot or 
Loch Ness Monster. The nearby Silver Bridge 
collapse of 1967 and the SCP-2901 Appalachian 
Incursion in reality have no connection with one 
another; however, public opinion strongly 
disagreed, and henceforth SCP-2901 began to 
appear at other future disaster events. This was 
the precursor of the precognitive scavenging 
animal-like behavior that is observed today. 


Efforts are to continue gradually introducing 
notions developed by the Foundation as to 
further SCP-2901's evolution into a more docile 
and manageable concept. 


INTERNAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE: 


Only Foundation’ personnel with  Level-4 
clearance are permitted to view this document. 
For all intents and purposes, all other personnel 
are to be included in actively contributing to 
SCP-2901's perceptual evolution. It is pertinent 
that this document be limited to no more than 50 
persons, including the O5 council. 


Footnotes 


1. Due to the fluctuation of SCP-2901's mass, any physical 
connection made between the entity and victim will result in 
intersecting membraneous contact. This phenomenon usually 
results in the removal of the dermal layer along the contact area as 
SCP-2901 retracts. 

2.Link to photograph of wounds caused by SCP-2901.[WARNING: 
GRAPHIC] 

3. Lepidoptera (lep#dpptara/lep-i-dop-tar-a) are a large order of 
insects that includes moths and butterflies. 

4. This precognitive ability is believed to function as a physiological 
sense comparable to scent. Data varies, however, on the number of 
SCP-2901 within a given area (gn) versus the total fatalities after the 
disaster event occurs (26). False positive incursions, though rare, 
have also been observed. 


« SCP-2900 | SCP-2901 | SCP-2902 » 


SCP-2902: The Human Skeleton Closet (and his cat) 


Item #: SCP-2902 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2902-1 and 2 are 
contained at Site-73 in a humanoid containment unit. SCP-2902-1 
can request to perform for personnel three times a month. Interviews 
should be conducted on a biweekly basis to assess SCP-2902-1's 
morale, as well as to gain possible information on its origins. 
SCP-2902-2 has been allowed to stay with SCP-2902-1.