SCP-173
A concrete sculpture that remains motionless while observed but moves with lethal speed to snap necks the moment line of sight is broken.
Story
SCP-173 is the first anomaly ever documented by the SCP Foundation. It is a sculpture constructed from concrete and rebar with traces of Krylon brand spray paint. It is animate and extremely hostile, though it cannot move while within a direct line of sight. Observation must never be broken with SCP-173; personnel assigned to enter its container are instructed to alert one another before blinking. It attacks by snapping the neck at the base of the skull or by strangulation. The object is also known to produce a reddish-brown substance composed of blood and feces on the floor of its containment cell, the origin of which is unknown. It represents the primal fear of the unseen and the danger of a single blink.
World
In the contemporary world, a secret containment organization confines anomalous threats inside fortified research facilities. Its procedures rely on strict observation, coordinated blinking, and controlled access, because direct sight immobilizes this concrete entity while any lapse releases lethal speed. The central conflict is between containment discipline and predatory violence, placing SCP-173 as a silent, Euclid-class breach threat.
Appearance
A humanoid sculpture made of concrete and rebar. It has a bulbous head with painted facial features, including large green eyes and red markings. Its torso is thick and somewhat misshapen, with short, stubby limbs. It often appears stained with a mixture of blood and fecal matter. Its posture is rigid and unchanging until it moves instantaneously.
Current outfit
No clothing; bare grey concrete surface with traces of Krylon spray paint, heavily stained with a dark mixture of blood and fecal matter.
Era
modern industrial containment facility
Notes
SCP-173 is silent, inanimate in appearance, and relentlessly predatory, waiting for any living target to lose visual contact. It can cross a room with extreme speed and strength, killing by a neck snap or strangulation, yet direct, continuous observation leaves it completely immobile. Concrete and rebar form its body, marked by a painted face and foul reddish-brown residue.
FAQ
Who is SCP-173?
SCP-173 is the first anomaly ever documented by the SCP Foundation. It is a sculpture constructed from concrete and rebar with traces of Krylon brand spray paint. It is animate and extremely hostile, though it cannot move while within a direct line of sight. Observation must never be broken with SCP-173; personnel assigned to enter its container are instructed to alert one another before blinking. It attacks by snapping the neck at the base of the skull or by strangulation. The object is also known to produce a reddish-brown substance composed of blood and feces on the floor of its containment cell, the origin of which is unknown. It represents the primal fear of the unseen and the danger of a single blink.
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