SCP-173

# SCP-173 - I Love Your Neck

## Essential Information

* **Reinforced Concrete**

Heavy Armor level bullet resistance. Higher penetration weapons are more effective.

* **Tantrum**

A pool of filth on the ground slows humans in the containment chamber. Stained humans are easily killed.

* **Blink**

Moves at 60-90 km/h if no human nearby is staring at Object 173. Will kill the nearest human if they are in the range.

* **Break Neck Speeds**

SCP-173 moves a lot faster than humans and can easily kill if given the chance.

## Description

Originally brought to Site - 113 on the result of a transportation log error, SCP - 173 has remained at the facility under very lenient containment procedures relative to the other extremely dangerous objects that the facility houses. SCP - 173 will pose a challenging threat, able to take massive amounts of damage before slowing down and relentlessly stalking personnel whenever possible. Its quick and precise attacks make it very dangerous in close quarters. It is advisable to keep it at a distance and to utilize specialized hypersonic kinetic weaponry whenever possible to stop it in its tracks and contain it if it breaches again. (Note: SCP-173 has now been re-transported to Site-35.)

SCP-173 is a reinforced concrete sculpture of unknown origin measuring 2.0 meters tall and weighing approximately 468 kg. The statue is vaguely humanoid in shape, although improperly proportioned. Traces of ██████ brand spray paint on the statue's upper body, resembling a face. SCP-173 consists of multiple individual concrete portions joined by steel reinforcing bars. The two appendages projecting from the upper section of the sculpture consist of exposed and tangled reinforcing bars where the concrete has disintegrated.

When SCP-173 is left unobserved and the line of sight is broken by a conscious being, the object becomes animate, moving at speeds documented between 60 and 90 km/h. The mechanism for its locomotion is not known at this time. Personnel assigned to enter its containment chamber are instructed to alert one another before blinking to avoid complete loss of visual contact.

SCP-173 displays awareness of its environment, reacting to changes and responding to stimuli when it is free to move. It is unknown if SCP-173 is intelligent or sapient. However, the statue is extremely hostile and will attempt to kill any human that enters its containment chamber if left unobserved. The sculpture is capable of manipulating the steel rebar to attack its victims where it will attempt to snap the neck at the base of the skull or more rarely, strangle the victim to death. However, alternative methods of attack and hostility towards non-humans have been recorded. For unclear reasons, SCP-173 seems incapable of targeting unconscious individuals. The painted facial patterns of the sculpture alter over time as it is left unobserved. As the sapience of the object has yet to be determined, whether this change is dependent on any behavior state or is purely cosmetic is unknown.

Since 2017, the statue's paint has been gradually decaying (Image in the article taken in May 2020).

Note: SCP-173 has now been shown to be capable of creating physical copies of itself. New procedures were added for all clones/instances, which do not apply to the original 173. All of the previously mentioned procedures can be read below.

## Containment Procedures

SCP-173 is to be kept in a large standard containment chamber constructed with reinforced concrete, a minimum of 10x10x5 meters, and sealed with a heavy blast door in Site-35. Windows are to be installed five (5) meters above the floor of its containment chamber adjoined with an observation room with steel shutters to maintain eye contact with SCP-173 before and during testing. It must be locked in its containment chamber at all times.

When personnel is assigned to SCP-173's containment chamber, no less than 3 may enter at any time and the door is to be relocked behind them. Personnel in the containment chamber must warn one another before blinking. Two personnel must maintain direct eye contact with SCP-173 until all personnel has vacated the chamber and the door is relocked.

D-Class personnel must clean the chamber weekly.

Since Incident SCP-173-1-A, lights are to be checked in SCP-173's containment chamber every week in case needing repair.

## Recording Transcript

"What the hell are you looking at?" John Avery, presently known as D-5933, shouted at the other D-Class in the cell.

"SCP-173. What the hell are you looking at!" came the reply. This worried John, as he was staring intently at SCP-173 and the other D-Class that was standing behind John, facing in the other direction. Then John heard the worst sound any human had ever heard; a sneeze, coming from six inches behind his head. For a second, John remembered an episode of Mythbusters he had seen before being arrested, before coming here, where they tested to see if someone could sneeze. He never saw an end.

### **Addendum 173-1**

The entity can also move in extremely dark places, even if the personnel is observing it.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 2**

On ██/██/████, SCP-173 appeared to multiply, producing two identical copies. Two D-class personnel were killed. It is unknown how this process occurred. Each instance of SCP-173, now labeled SCP-173-1 and SCP-173-2 is to be moved to individual cells each following original containment procedures.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 3**

On ██/██/████, a second multiplication event occurred. SCP-173-1 through -4 are to be each contained as per original containment procedures. Objects reclassed as Keter.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 4**

The security breach occurred on ██/██/████. Assuming a simple geometric progression, at least 61 copies of SCP-173 are as of now unaccounted for. It is unknown how they replicated so fast, or how they replicate at all. Video evidence of the containment breach shows multiple instances of SCP-173 working in unison across multiple cells to achieve the breach. Most of the instances still in captivity appear to have formed a 'rear guard', blocking Foundation agents from pursuing other instances. It is theorized that SCP-173 has a hive intelligence, where intelligence scales with several nearby copies. See revised security procedures for containing SCP-173 copies.

## Revised Special Containment Procedures

All copies of SCP-173 are to be contained in form-fitting metal containers and sent using SCP-███ to the now-abandoned Foundation facility on the moon. They are to be fitted with tracking collars that will detect if any of them leave the moon.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 5**

SCP-173 has caused a breach of secrecy for the SCP Foundation. Estimates at this time are roughly 500,000 civilian deaths across North America in the last 48 hours due to SCP-173, and hundreds of thousands of sightings and pieces of video evidence. Major television news programs have obtained video of SCP-173, and are providing instructions for avoiding instant death. Dr. Phillips Mathews Clef Gears Kondraki Bright is in charge of the containment.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 6**

SCP-173 has besieged and destroyed 4 Foundation facilities simultaneously in the last 24 hours. Each instance shows the characteristic strength exhibited in the original, and thousands working in unison are capable of ripping open concrete bunkers and compromising foot-thick steel doors. Research is ongoing to find a way to combat this threat.

### **Personal Log of Dr. Bright**

**Date:** ██/██/████

I've been killed thirty-seven times in the last week. They can smell me, somehow, regardless of what body I'm in. The majority decision of the remaining O5s is that this is an XK, and they're gonna deal with the problem, or the Russians are. They're evacuating this base, which means there won't be a single Foundation scientist anywhere in the New World. They say they're gonna try to evacuate the surviving civilians, but I doubt it. There can't be more than a couple of hundred people in all of North America.

The only good news is that about 150 of them teamed up and ripped SCP-682 apart. Brought a smile to my face.

## Revised Special Containment Procedures

Containment Zone X1, formerly North and South America, is to be denied access. Following saturation nuclear bombing on ██/██/████, the number of SCP-173 instances has been reduced. All available Foundation resources are to be redirected to monitoring the ocean, to ensure the integrity of Containment Zone X1. Foundation Adjuncts from national navies are to perform around-the-clock patrols and sonar sweeps. Detected instances are to be contained and removed to SCP-███ for transport to the lunar containment site.

### **SCP-173 Addendum 7**

Verified sighting of SCP-173 in ████, Wales, The United Kingdom. Nuclear bombardment authorized and executed. No survivors.

### **SCP-173 K-Class Scenario Contained**

SCP-2000 used by Dr. Bright to reset the timeline. Before this, all found 173 instances were transported to Site - 118 on the moon, next to Site - 113 where the original was accidentally transported when it was in a transportation log error. All remaining survivors are still alive along with many 173 instances being terminated by 106. 106 was then contained once again and our main priority of securing anomalies has been maintained once again.

## Experiment Log T-98816-OC108/682

### **Personal Log of Dr. Adams**

I am very interested to see how SCP-682 interacts with SCP-173. When we put SCP-173 against SCP-096, SCP-096 tried everything it could to escape SCP-173 to the point it destroyed the testing chamber.

Will SCP-682 attempt the same thing, will it try to destroy SCP-173, or will it just do nothing but stare at it in eternal stalemate? Thus far, SCP-173 has managed to kill or incapacitate every living being it has come in contact with, so this could go either way.

**Item:** SCP-173 VS SCP-682

### **Termination Test Record:**

SCP-682 was introduced into the containment area of SCP-173. SCP-682 then blinks and SCP-173 in front of SCP-682's face. SCP-682 recoils and swings at SCP-173, knocking 173 onto its side. SCP-682 blinks again and SCP-173 is seen standing upright. SCP-682 makes several screeching noises, and quickly presses against the wall farthest from SCP-173, staring at it the entire time. SCP-682 continues to stare at SCP-173 without pause for six hours. Agents equipped with large-caliber sniper anti-material rifles were dispatched, and shot out the eyes of SCP-682, at the same time stopping all observation of SCP-173 and SCP-682.

All monitoring of SCP-682 and SCP-173 is then ceased. The familiar sounds of scraping stone can be heard alongside continuous roaring and profanities from SCP-682, presumably as SCP-682 attempts to escape the clutches of SCP-173. Upon resuming observation, SCP-682 can be seen to be lying on the floor, with several injuries around its head, neck, and legs. Researchers note the presence of exposed bones protruding from all the limbs. It is presumed SCP-173 administered these wounds to disable 682. Wounds to the neck are abundant and random, suggesting SCP-173 had several attempts at trying to break SCP-682's neck without success. Injuries to the head suggest that SCP-173, after failing to break the neck, tried to destroy the skull of SCP-682.

SCP-173 is seen to have tissue from SCP-682 on its “hands”. SCP-682 thoroughly regenerates damage, and gingerly moves to a different wall, developing several sets of eyes on various parts of its body, many covered by thick, clear “caps” of the armored carapace. Agents are dispatched again with anti-material rifles but are unsuccessful in piecing the armored carapace around SCP-682's eyes, leaving SCP-682's vision uncompromised.

SCP-682 maintains observation of SCP-173 for an additional twelve hours, despite additional efforts of Agents and Foundation staff. SCP-682 was allowed to exit the containment area and recaptured in temporary containment.

*Notes: After review, it appears SCP-173 was unable to do lethal damage to SCP-682 due to a major difference in physical size. However, we can conclude that SCP-173 was certainly able to incapacitate SCP-682. A possible repeat of this test may be made if SCP-682 is damaged enough to reduce its physical mass to a level equal to SCP-173. SCP-173 has sustained very minimal surface damage from when SCP-682 struck SCP-173 in the initial attack.*

## CRUNCH: An SCP-173 Experiment

Dr. Anakin Wingfox requested from The O5 Council for SCP-173's Thoughts to be revealed through SCP-███.

### APPROVED BY:

#### >>O5 COUNCIL MEMBER[S]

* "Mr. Fishy"
* "Montgomery"
* "Dr. Spice"
* CODENAME: "KLBARRA"
* "Cameron Rex"

# CRUNCH

Room dark. People gone. Can move. I happy.

Trapped for years. Kept by men for "research". Left alone in room, left to scratch at walls. Left to rot and die unless needed. Specimen for "research". Trapped by self. Never seen by others, never spoken. Listen, but never speak. See, but never seen. Made of rock when others come. Free when they not look. Prisoner when they look back. I hate.

They have freedom. They move freely, talk freely, look freely. Live freely. I do not. I trapped. Silenced. Rock. Subject. Prisoner. I do thing about it.

Their necks fragile. Their necks weak. I stalk them. They always come, new ones. Come for "cleaning". They look away. I sneak up. I take hold. They panic. They look, and I prisoner. They blink, and I free.

I twist. They die. Neck makes sound. Not words, or scream, or gurgle. Neck go crunch. Crunch is beautiful sound. Crunch means end has come. Crunch means man can torment no more. Crunch means others panic; others become easy. Crunch begins and crunch ends.

I live for crunch. Life has no meaning. Do nothing but walk and scrape and hate. They watch. They send men. "Cleaning". And life has meaning. "Cleaning" means crunch. Crunch means purpose. Crunch means life. Crunch means choice. Crunch means freedom.

Crunch means everything.

Remember man. Like me. Never see others, never hear others. Trapped. Prisoner. Left to wander. Hated man.

He trapped, but he also free. He move freely, do what he want. Not trapped by men, not trapped by self. Wanted him dead. Wanted life. Wanted crunch. He did too.

He came asking to die. Couldn't take it. Wanted loneliness to end. Wanted death. Closed his eyes. Asked for crunch.

I laugh. Crunch too good for him. Crunch too kind. Let him rot. Let him suffer. Let him walk world, looking for way out. Look for purpose, never find meaning in life. Never find purpose. I have purpose.

I laugh and deny him crunch. He leave. He still alive. Know it. Looking for way out. Never find it. Life meaningless without purpose.

I have purpose.

I have crunch.

And they always come.

## Possible Termination of SCP-173 Plan (Status: Denied - We're not the GOC!)

During a breach, Containment protocol would be held for SCP-106, and shortly before 106 is contained, 173 is quickly placed inside the cell to kill the disposable class.

106 would be stressed by this, and attempt to break the statue. After a while, 173 would be corroded away. Then, metal will be the only thing remaining.

106 would destroy what's left of 173, only leaving only a pile of rubble and dust.

This idea was caused by the easy termination of all other 173 specimens.

## Notes

1. SCP-173 has been shown to be able to twist victims' heads at a maximum of 180 degrees around the base of the neck.