Image of an identical suit, from a French newspaper, 1916.

NOTE: This text was originally by /u/Xaayer on Reddit. I have rewritten it, and in the process, changed it up somewhat dramatically

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a standard concrete cell, measuring 5m*5m*2.5m. SCP-XXXX is to be constrained and the room must be cleaned every 72 hours by 4 D-Class personnel wearing standard Class-3 environmental protection suits.

SCP-XXXX is currently uncontained. When containment is reestablished, revised containment procedures must be implemented immediately.

SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a reinforced concrete cell, measuring 10m*3m*2.5m. SCP-XXXX is to be constrained by steel-titanium alloy chains to the far wall of the cell. The only access to this cell is to be a single, 10cm reinforced steel door. The cell is to be cleaned thoroughly every 36 hours by 4 D-Class personnel wearing Class-5 environmental protection suits and remote-activated explosive collars to be detonated in case of infection.

Description: SCP-XXXX consists of two entities, SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1, and an excretion from SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-2

SCP-XXXX is a French hazmat protection suit produced during World War 1. While in containment, SCP-XXXX exudes a flammable, low-viscosity black goo, designated SCP-XXXX-2, which causes subjects to turn into SCP-XXXX-1 entities on direct skin contact.

SCP-XXXX-1 is any human being infected by SCP-XXXX-2. SCP-XXXX-1 entities appear to be controlled directly by SCP-XXXX, and will tend to gravitate near it. No physical signs of infection are present; however, subjects will become increasingly agitated if moved away from SCP-XXXX. Any personnel who have been infected with SCP-XXXX-2 are to be immediately terminated and incinerated, their remains being sealed in a concrete matrix.

Incident Report XXXX/17/03/99:

SCP-XXXX breached containment at 16:39 on 17/03/99. This caused a series containment breaches and was directly responsible for the death of 413 personnel. A detailed timeline is attached.

+ Show timeline - Hide timeline [16:34] SCP-XXXX suddenly increases production of SCP-XXXX-2 by massive amounts. Although it is recorded on the CCTV system, surveillance officers do not activate emergency protocols as outlined in document XXXX-EM-3

[16:37] The camera in the containment cell is completely covered by goo.

[16:38] Security personnel outside the cell report sounds from the door “like a hammer being smashed against steel”, and issue an imminent containment breach alert. Alert is received by central security and containment breach alarms are activated.

[16:39] SCP-XXXX’s containment is compromised and SCP-XXXX-2 floods out into Corridor 5-39. Site 312 is placed on Code-Scarlet lockdown.

[16:41] SCP-XXXX-2 breaches lockdown doors and floods levels B6 through B10. B11 and B12 are still secured.

[16:45] Power to levels B3 through B10 is lost. Camera feeds cut out.

[16:46] Emergency power is restored to levels B3 and B4.

[16:48] Emergency power is restored to levels B5 through B10. Personnel on levels B11 and B12 have all entered into the designated safe zones. Non-essential personnel on levels B1 through B4 are evacuated to level B0.

[16:49] Camera feeds on levels B5 through B10 are reestablished. SCP-XXXX-2 has vanished and no personnel are visible.

[16:49] Automatic containment breach alarms sound from SCP-███, SCP-███, SCP-████ and SCP-████

[16:50] SCP-XXXX is observed standing completely still outside SCP-049s containment cell. CC footage from inside the cell shows SCP-049 visibly excited. Indecipherable mumbling can be heard.

[16:53] 8 Tactical Recontainment Teams arrive. SCP-XXXX abruptly turns its head upwards.

[16:55] TRTs secure level B1

[16:57] TRTs secure level B2. SCP-XXXX begins walking towards the north-eastern staircases.

[16:59] TRTs secure level B3. SCP-XXXX enters elevator 4. Power to the elevator is cut immediately after doors close. SCP-XXXX remains completely unmoving

[17:02] TRTs encounter SCP-████. 58 soldiers are killed and 43 injured before SCP-████ is incapacitated.

[17:05] TRTs secure level B4. They are advised to proceed with extreme caution.

[17:06] TRTs enter level B5 from the south-western staircases. Camera feed from elevator 4 is lost for a period of 21 seconds.

[17:07] Camera feed reestablished. SCP-XXXX has disappeared.

[17:08] TRTs pry open elevator 4. No traces of SCP-XXXX remain.

Addendum 1: Containment History

The first containment attempt of SCP-XXXX by Foundation personnel was during the Vietnam War. During the battle of Huế, SCP-XXXX was spotted moving through the streets at a slow pace, unfazed by the constant gunfire. Witnesses report a "man in an old hazmat suit" moving from body to body hacking off various limbs and body parts. SCP-XXXX was also reported putting each severed item into a large black bag.

A containment unit was dispatched to intercept SCP-XXXX, however SCP-XXXX was gone by time the containment unit arrived.

The next confirmed sighting of SCP-XXXX was after the Piazza Fontana bombing in Italy in 1969. Witnesses were interrogated and administered appropriate amnesiacs.

SCP-XXXX was again seen at the Bloody Friday bombings in the United Kingdom in 1972. Due to the relative proximity to Foundation facilities, containment was established.

SCP-XXXX was first seen post-breach at the 9/11 attack in the United States, collecting large amounts of human body tissue and limbs from the rubble of the second tower. Containment deemed impossible due to large amounts of witnesses

Since then, SCP-XXXX has been witnessed at several incidents around the world. It appears that SCP-XXXX is drawn to wars, conflicts or catastrophic accidents, as it apparently requires a supply of human flesh. Containment has not yet been reestablished.

Addendum 2: Material analysis

Careful examination of the material SCP-XXXX is comprised of, reveals that it is basic hardened leather. Upon any sustained injury, including fire damage, the material that makes up SCP-XXXX will rebuild itself over a period of up two 36 hours.

The black goo appears to be organic, with traces of human DNA being found. Further analysis reveals that the goo is not soluble in water, and will dissipate into gas form if exposed to pressure above 7.5 bar or temperatures below -10 degrees centigrade. It has a flash point of 78 degrees centigrade.

Addendum 3: Origins

Foundation historian A. Richards has compiled a list of unconfirmed sightings pre-Vietnam. The following quotes are from Richards’ report.

Translated from the diary of Jacque ████████, French platoon commander during WWI:

"I found him wandering the trenches at midnight a few days ago. He was wearing his hazmat suit, despite regulations saying it should only be worn when absolutely necessary. When I shouted at him, he simply turned around and walked straight at me. I will admit that I was scared beyond belief. I shouted at him to stop, but he ignored me. When he was around 5 meters from me, he abruptly stopped. I told him to identify himself, but he remained silent. I took a stride or two towards him, but he stepped backwards almost in unison. It looked like something was flowing down from under his hood. It appeared like molasses, but a thousand times darker than even the darkest night. Just as I was about to order him to take his hood off, the earth shook from another artillery barrage. I fell flat on my back, and when I got up again, he was nowhere to be seen.

From the diary of Foundation Agent █████, serving in the British army in 1917:

"In the chaos of the screaming and the constant thud of artillery, no-one would notice [SCP-XXXX] slip in. [It] would begin hacking off the good limbs of wounded men too weak to escape or call for help, stealing their healthy organs. Later, the medics and doctors would discover the corpses of their soldiers disemboweled and with eyes cleanly scooped out.

From a report by Researcher ██████-████████, implanted by the Foundation in the Ahnenerbe: [It] would only appear at the most hectic and dangerous and busy hospitals on the front so as to go mostly unnoticed. [It] would be glimpsed again, notably at the Battle of Stalingrad. Though [it] was dressed in the same archaic French uniform, it is assumed [it] managed to acquire several hundred pounds of organ and limb tissue from wounded men. Both German and Soviet."

Addendum 4: Reclassification SCP-XXXX was observed on 05/11/2014 attacking living humans in ███████, Maine. Witnesses have been interrogated and giving amnesiacs.

Reclassification to Keter requested.

Request granted -05-7