Item #: SCP-610
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment
Procedures: Due to the
vast area of 'infection'
SCP-610 covers,
containment is
impossible. Isolation of
the area has proved far
more effective and
permission has been
granted by the Russian
government to establish a
perimeter to keep people
out of these areas under
the guise of military
operations.
Should any organism
displaying traits consistent with SCP-610 be
sighted near this perimeter then the
established protocol requires it be engaged at
range with small arms until immobile then
dispatched using incendiary weapons and
munitions from as great a distance as
possible. Any living thing coming in physical
contact with an organism infected with
SCP-610 is considered expendable and is to
be immediately terminated and incinerated.
Any persons coming within three meters of
SCP-610 infected life are to immediately
withdraw from the area, be isolated from the
rest of their team, and subjected to medical
examination using only remote techniques to
determine if infection has occurred and
appropriate steps taken based on that
determination.
At present the known infection vectors for
SCP-610's spread seem to be focused on
physical contact. Drone movements within
heavily infected areas have returned air
samples containing minute particulate which
when exposed to organic compounds will
result in an SCP-610 spread. The results of
these particular tests have given most require
several days to manifest if at all with the
exception of direct contact with exposed lung
and liver tissue. These particular tests show a
rapid rate of growth which requires
incineration of the testing environment no less
than twenty-four hours after initial exposure
with even a two hour mishap risking a
compromised facility event. Given that this
kind of rapid growth only occurs in organic
material existing outside the human body this
form of infection is at current considered a
minor concern.
These peculiarities have given rise to a series
of questions regarding the possible origin of
the infection in conjunction with the failed
[DATA EXPUNGED]. Containment protocol
remains at a scorched earth policy at this time
and no concern for transmission via water or
air at infection parameters exists barring
situational changes in the field.
Description: Initial reports of SCP-610 came
direct from the Russian government through
undisclosable channels. These reports
consisted primarily of disappearances of
farmers in the region and were not considered
until the local police, followed by the regional
police, and finally a government dispatched
agent all failed to report in within a 72 hour
period. A small military contingent was
dispatched to the area and quickly withdrew at
which point The Foundation was contacted to
investigate.
The area SCP-610 affects is close to Lake
Baikal in Southern Siberia. Areas of known
infection are marked on a map provided to us
here. Containment perimeters are marked in
blue surrounding these infection areas and as
of present no further locations have been
identified. Incursions into the perimeter must
be reported prior to conducting, confirmed
during exploration, and debriefed on
immediately following return.
SCP-610 appears to be a contagious skin
disease at first with symptoms including rash,
itching, and increased skin sensitivity. Within
3 hours the disease will cause blemishes
resembling heavy scar tissue to form in the
chest and arm areas, spreading to the legs
and back within an additional hour,
consuming the victim completely within five
hours. Exposure to higher temperatures vastly
decreases the time for the contagion to
spread and complete infections have been
recorded occurring in as little as five minutes.
After the completion of the infection occurs
the victim's life functions will cease for
approximately 3 minutes after which time they
will restart at 2-3 times the activity rate of a
normal human. Following this, the scar tissue
on the victims will start to move of its own
accord and grow at a rapid rate. Normal
human features start to disappear at this
point under the infection and the path of
mutation appears to be largely random.
Subjects observed in this stage of infection
have been recorded as growing three or more
limbs of a type such as arms or legs, the head
may become misshapen and elongate or widen
out, and parts of the subject may split open
from which additional branches of flesh will
grow. The duration of this stage of infection is
unknown and not all subjects appear to
progress to the later stages.
Under unknown conditions an infected
individual will cease moving and place itself in
a location it deems suitable where it roots
itself. The fleshy growth on the victim will then
begin to spread itself across all surrounding
objects and consume them. Such objects do
not spread the infection as living creatures do,
however, and the effect of prolonged contact
with these objects is recorded later in this
document. It is assumed that this behavior is
to create an area hospitable to continued
growth of the other infected.
Observation of life infected by SCP-610 by
staff is impossible. Those infected with the
disease immediately seek out aid as natural
human impulse resulting in unintended
infections. Those infected past the scar tissue
phase actively and aggressively attempt to
infect anyone approaching them within an
undefined area. It has been established that
should an infected be capable of sight and
observe an uninfected, it will proceed toward
them. If the infected has lost the ability of
sight, a range of approximately 30 meters is
considered safe.
Observation of SCP-610 infected settlements
has been established using artificial methods
such as remote robots. The data returned from
these observations coupled with the openly
aggressive nature of the infected to attempt to
spread SCP-610 has resulted in the Keter
classification, however so long as nothing is
allowed to enter or leave the infected areas it
is considered a neutralized threat. Of concern
are the cavernous areas beneath the infected
settlements that were discovered during the
exploration and attempts to get research
personnel into these areas are underway.
Field Logs:
SCP-610-L1 - A small remote controlled rover
is sent to Site A to locate missing personnel.
SCP-610-L2 - An infected Class-D personnel
is sent into Site C with video equipment.
SCP-610-L3 - Initial discovery of the tunnel
entrances at Site A.
SCP-610-L4 - Unmanned exploration of the
Site A tunnels.
SCP-610-L5 - Manned exploration of the Site
A tunnels.
The following field report is for Class-A or
higher personnel only. Unauthorized viewing of
this file is strictly prohibited and will be
considered a violation of Foundation contracts
and a breach of international law.
SCP-610-L6 - Exploration records of
Operation 'Source Point'.