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A helicopter shot of SCP-3236's containment area.

Item #: SCP-3263

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3263 is to be surrounded by a containment fence at least 100 meters from the latest sighting of SCP-3263, and staffed by at least 4 armed guards around the clock. Inspections and necessary rebuildings will be done monthly, to insure containment is successful. In addition, all personnel on-site must undergo weekly psychological checkups and no staff below Level 4 can remain on-site for more than a month.

All human or animal organisms that approach SCP-3263’s containment are to be given amnestics and released near the closest town of █████. Any organisms that exhibit behavior unlike normal are to be questioned and terminated.

All guards are to be equipped with both tranquilizer darts and bullets, the former to be used on benign approachers and the latter on those who behave strangely or cases of SCP-3263-1. They are also to carry insecticide, in case of an insect attack from SCP-3236-1.

Because of SCP-3263’s corruptive nature, all personnel who come close to or encounter SCP-3263 must undergo immediate removal and psychological testing. Any living being that comes into contact with SCP-3263 must be terminated.

Under no circumstances are any SCPs allowed to touch or communicate with SCP-3236 unless given permission by the O5 council.

Description: SCP-3263 is an underground organism of unknown composition or appearance, as it has deflected all attempts to scan or probe it. The only attempt so far to tunnel down to SCP-3263 (Incident 3263-2) resulted in [DATA EXPUNGED] and ██ Foundation casualties. SCP-3263 is located in the Montana wilderness near the town of █████.

The only parts of SCP-3263 visible at the surface are rubbery, thin tendrils that come out of very deep, tiny holes in the ground. Based off the spread of said tendrils, SCP-3263 is approximated to cover a space of at least 1 mile3. All animals that come into contact with said tendrils are “corrupted” by SCP-3263, meaning they come under its control, and are collectively considered SCP-3263-1. SCP-3263-1 have been spotted doing all measure of bizarre activities, mostly involving acquiring and sneaking materials such as wood, stone, iron, gold, or sand into 3263's enclosure. Almost all have been caught at least once attempting to access SCP-3263’s site. It has been theorized that SCP-3263 is attempting to build an object or device, an inter-spatial portal referred to as SCP-3236-2, though for what purpose is unknown.

It is possible to communicate with SCP-3263, though doing so is difficult as it requires getting close to SCP-3263’s tendrils. As such, only staff with Security Level 4 or higher can talk to it, and they must be wearing a protective suit. 3263 communicates telepathically with its interviewer, and is remarkably open and blunt about its intentions.

SCP-3263 was discovered in Incident 3263-1, where Montana resident ████ ███ came upon 3263’s tendrils, and was later reported to be stealing concrete and sand from nearby hardware stores. A police investigation discovered 3263’s tendrils, and the Foundation was called in to contain.

The extent of SCP-3263’s influence is unknown, as there is no good way to track where its tendrils rise to the surface. Instances of SCP-3263-1 have been found even among Foundation staff.

Addendum 3236-1:

A list of all found instances of SCP-3236-1.

Organism Activity When Caught A red-tailed squirrel Taking gravel and woodchips from nearby parks and stores to smuggle into 3263's enclosure A colony of carpenter ants Digging tunnels underneath the containment perimeter and sneaking metal pieces in A crow Watching Foundation personnel intently and trying multiple times to access Dr. ███'s office. A local farmer's dog, named Bailey Stealing scrap from junkyards and piling it outside the perimeter. A small kitten Trying to sneak through the perimeter via [REDACTED] Mayor ███████ Trying to pass legislature that would build a shopping mall at the site of SCP-3263 J███ Gordon, low level security officer Sleeping A large pig Dragging a sack full of gunpowder and golden jewelry into SCP-3236's containment while no security officers were present. Only caught because of automated defense systems. Security officers were reprimanded. Madman C████, local cowboy Firing canisters of nitrogen and aluminium into SCP-3236's enclosure by way of makeshift cannon. A pack of wolves Attacked Foundation guards (killed █) while one wolf tried to take a suitcase full of [REDACTED] into SCP-3236 Dr. ████ Plotting to blow a hole in the perimeter and allow several crates of an unknown substance through. Crates were never found. The Coleman family, local grocers Taking [REDACTED] to nearby towns. They were reported by Foundation covert agents and terminated. A hive of wasps Stealthily stealing Foundation equipment and resources. Governor █████ Trying to bomb the town of █████. He was replaced by a lookalike, and amnestics were applied to the populace.

Site Director's Note: How the hell is it getting to these people? We haven't found tentacles anywhere outside SCP-3263's containment. We need to tighten down on security. A lot. It's only a matter of time until it finds something more effective or - god forbid - influential.

Addendum 3263-2:

An interview with 3263, conducted by Dr. O███ , accomplished by speaking into one of the holes created by tendrils

O: Can you speak?

SCP: YES

O: What is your name?

SCP: NO

O: Do you have a title?

SCP: ASCENDED

O: What are your intentions?

SCP: ASCEND

O: Do you wish to harm this world?

SCP: YES

O: We are the Foundation. We will not allow you to do that.

SCP: INTERESTING

O: What is interesting?

SCP: SUBMIT

At this point, SCP-3263 attempted to touch Dr. O███ with its tendrils. The doctor managed to escape, though one of the guards was touched. They were later terminated. No further communication was attempted.

Addendum 3263-3:

An interview with 3263, conducted by Dr. K███ , after Incident 3263-3. Again accomplished by speaking into a hole, this time with more guards.

K: Was Dr. ████ under your control?

SCP: YES

K: Did you have him commit [DATA EXPUNGED]?

SCP: YES

K: We know you are collecting supplies. Why?

SCP: PORTAL

K: What for?

SCP: ASCENSION

K: How do you plan to achieve that? What does it mean to "ascend"?

SCP: ███████████████████████████████████████████████

K: Good god…

Dr. K███ refused to continue the interview, and requested that SCP-3263 be terminated. When denied, he requested to be terminated (Denied). No action from SCP-3263 for some time.

Addendum 3263-4: