Tatterdemaliae's Drafts

SCP-2436 upon discovery in 19██

Item #: SCP-2436

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: As of ██-██-2███, no entirely effective containment method has been discovered for SCP-2436. The anomaly is to be interred within a standard storage cell under constant video surveillance. The cell is to be kept locked at all times, with Level 2 security clearance or greater required for access.

Biweekly, SCP-2436 is to be supplied with various articles of scrap wood, string, fabric, glue, and wire. Note that no building materials more advanced or durable than standard arts-and-crafts supplies are to be provided to the anomaly.

In the event of a failure in video surveillance, no matter how brief, SCP-2436 must be presumed escaped and thus immediately located in the facility and escorted back to its cell. As SCP-2436 has shown no aggressive tendencies and is usually content to remain in its cell, research into a more effective method of containment is considered low-priority.

Description: SCP-2436 is a mobile, bipedal, humanoid construct consisting of whatever inanimate materials it has gathered to build itself with. Although its exact physical appearance changes as pieces of its body fall off and are replaced with new materials, it seems to default to a tall (approx. two-point-five (2.5) meters), thin, scarecrow-like form.

Note: Curiously, it seems to prefer building itself to have the most human-like appearance it can. When given the choice, it uses masks and mannequin heads as faces, and gives the impression of enjoying wearing clothing. Could this be a sign of sentience? -Dr. [REDACTED]

Forcible removal of body mass has caused SCP-2436 to regress to shapeless masses of materials forming crude limbs until sufficient inanimate matter is obtained to construct a full humanoid form. When split, only the largest portion retains anomalous properties. No materials removed from the anomaly have proved anomalous on their own. Provided surplus materials, SCP-2436 has not constructed a form exceeding three (3) meters in height. Additional materials are ignored until required to sustain said form.

SCP-2436 appears to have no motivation other than sustaining its continued existence . It has no interest in interaction with living creatures, and will only react to attempts to damage or remove pieces from its body. The materials composing its body periodically decay and slough off, requiring the anomaly to roam its environment in search of new matter to assimilate into its body structure (For a list of notable past or present components of SCP-2436’s body, see Addendum A). The anomaly appears to possess the ability to teleport an as-of-yet undetermined distance, briefly shorting out all electronic surveillance in locality of both the departure and arrival points. SCP-2436 has not yet been directly observed performing this ability.

The anomaly was originally discovered wandering the rural countryside of southern [REDACTED] by SCP forces following multiple sightings of “an unusually tall figure.” For additional information regarding potential origins, see archived document “Occult Ritual Site Discovered Outside [REDACTED].