Alright, my name is Rowe Lucian and today I am going to be talking about SCP-5739.
Item #: SCP-5739
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: The remains of SCP-5739 are contained in a storage folder
in the cryostorage wing of Site-73.
Legible SCP-5739-1 instances are to be recorded and stored in the aforementioned unit.
Personnel with a clearance level of 2 or higher are permitted to access the remains of SCP-5739.
Previous Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5739 is contained within a standard humanoid
containment chamber.
On a biweekly schedule, two D-Class personnel are to clean SCP-5739's containment unit and
to gather any SCP-5739-1 instances.
Description: SCP-5739 was a 1.5-meter tall biological entity composed entirely of human
epidermises.
Despite its composition, SCP-5739 maintained a rigid structure resembling a pachyderm cranium.
Prior to neutralization, SCP-5739 hovered approximately two meters above any surface
at all times.
SCP-5739-1 instances are 35-centimeter x 35-centimeter divisions of SCP-5739 that have physically
detached from SCP-5739 by a process that is similar to exfoliative dermatitis.
Footnote 1: A disease that causes inflammation and scaling in the skin.
SCP-5739-1 instances have English phrases etched into them by what has been hypothesized
to be human fingernails.
Examples of SCP-5739-1 instances have been recorded below.
Given their potential significance, each SCP-5739-1 instance is to be given a unique designation.
Discovery: On 04/12/2015, 12-year-old Emily Cole’s body was discovered in her place
of residence in Omaha, Nebraska.
The entirety of her skin was absent from her corpse.
SCP-5739 was recorded levitating above Emily's body, motionless.
Emily Cole's older brother, Albert Cole, contacted the local police station over a telephone
call, where he was intercepted by an embedded Foundation agent working within the police
force.
Albert Cole exhibited extreme anxiety during his required interview; turning to look into
empty hallways, being startled at mild contact with objects, and disregarding personnel.
He was amnesticized shortly after and all symptoms ceased.
The following SCP-5739-1 instance was located beside Emily Cole's corpse.
SCP-5739-1-1:
RESTLESSLY LEND UNKNOWN BLEND
NEWLY DISTEND
ABSENTLY MEND WEND AROUND THE BEND
ASCEND YOU CANNOT PRETEND
ELEPHANT FRIEND MY DEAREST FRIEND
I DO NOT TEND LIKE YOU INTEND
YOUR END
Addendum 5739-1: SCP-5739 has exhibited no notable behavior since its containment.
DNA testing has determined that SCP-5739 is composed of epidermal tissue belonging to
multiple unidentified individuals.
Incidents that mirror SCP-5739's Discovery have been recovered from multiple eyewitness
accounts in Omaha, Nebraska.
All of these eyewitness accounts were gathered within a psychiatric ward.
These patients were all diagnosed with prolonged mass hysteria.
Albert Cole is placed on a psychological trauma watchlist.
The following SCP-5739-1 instance was recovered directly underneath SCP-5739 within its cell
shortly after genetic testing.
SCP-5739-1-2:
COVER THE SOUND ALL BUT THE WESTBOUND
NOTICE THE BACKGROUND
YOULL COME AROUND OTHERWISE UNFOUND
UNSPEAKINGLY DROWNED
HEAR THEIR SOUND ENCASED AND WOUND
ADMITTEDLY UNFOUND REALIZED THEIR POUND
MESSAGES UNBOUND ELEPHANT FOUND
Addendum 5739-2: On 27/12/2015, security footage showed SCP-5739 experiencing minute convulsions.
1 minute and 26 seconds proceeding the beginning of the convulsions SCP-5739 forcefully ruptured,
covering the surrounding area with its remains.
Two D-Class personnel were instructed to enter SCP-5739's containment cell and clear the
security cameras of all debris.
Upon closer examination, all remains of SCP-5739 appeared to be SCP-5739-1 instances.
99.62% of the SCP-5739-1 instances were illegible due to congealing between instances and a
large quantity of what was later determined to be sweat.
The remaining SCP-5739-1 instances were determined to be non-anomalous, and an official cleaning
crew was dispatched.
The following is a transcript of the inscriptions on the recovered SCP-5739-1 instances.
SCP-5739-1-3:
IF YOU WERE IN THOSE PEOPLE THAT BEGIN
THE PAPER THIN OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
OBSERVE THE DIN KNOWINGLY THIN
THERE IS A SIN HOUSED INSIDE SKIN
ELEPHANT GRIN ITS ALWAYS BEEN
RELEASE THE TWIN
SOULS INSIDE SKIN KEEP DEEP WITHIN
I FEEL THE TWIN NEVER WILL YOU WIN
SCP-5739-1-4:
LITTLE YOU CAN SCREAM EMPTY YOU WILL TEEM
THEY HEAR YOU SCREAM
USELESSLY SCHEME SCREAMING UPSTREAM
DID YOU DREAM IN SOFTENED GLEAM
ELEPHANT SEAM
SCP-5739-1-5:
WHAT FUN HAVE YOU WON
ATTEMPTED RUN THE PRICE OF FUN
HELL MUST RUN AWAY FROM ONE
VARIETY BUT ONE EVERYONE
WHEN YOU ARE NONE EVER SO DONE
DONE ONLY UNSPUN
NO NEED FOR FUN ELEPHANT WON
SCP-5739-1-6:
GATHER INSIDE OUR SMALL STRIDE
OTHERS TRIED DIED
BECKON THE TIDE YOU CAN CONFIDE
ELEPHANT HIDE
Alright, that's all I have to say about this subject.