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 are close to Lake Baikal in Southern Siberia. 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. It is assumed that this
behaviour 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.
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.
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 the spread of SCP-610. The results
of these particular tests have revealed that 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 more 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 currently 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.
Addendum: SCP-610-L1 After establishing the containment perimeter
for SCP-610 the Russian government approved a request to research and investigate the area. For
the first such exploration a small camera mounted unit known as 'Herbie' was dispatched at a safe
distance and directed toward Site A. Herbie has a battery life of twelve hours and a control range
far wider than that required for this dispatch. Herbie is able to enter Site A without incident.
The landscape around Site A shows early stages of assimilation by singular SCP-610 infected who
have fallen at largely random intervals around what remains of the village. Many of the homes
appear to have suffered fire damage long since put out; however, a fair amount remains intact. Aerial
reconnaissance of Site A confirmed via thermal imaging has put it at an estimated population
of 79 infected. Immobile infected are included in this number. However, it is difficult to ascertain
an exact percentage of mobile versus immobile. Varying degrees of physical mutation due to
SCP-610 are present in Site A and it is assumed that all the inhabitants are in
advanced stages of infection. Herbie observed the exterior of the village for two hours,
during which time all infected behaved with what appeared to be a loose sense of social structure.
Because Herbie remained stationary during this observation period,
it is unknown precisely what each individual infected person was doing. However,
the central plaza experienced occasional bursts of activity and downtime. Requiring
more information, Herbie was directed to follow an infected as it entered a home.
There is bumpy camera feed as Herbie scoots over the gravel behind the quickly shambling infected
person. After entering the home Herbie's camera was raised slowly so as not to draw
attention. This action was either unnoticed or ignored. The infected person is watched from the
doorway as it hobbles around the home and stops at each of the other visible infected organisms.
However, it appears to ignore the one under the table which, while not immobile,
does not leave that area. What this creature was before infection is unclear.
After lapping the table and repeating this procedure three times the primary infected person,
known as 'Alpha' henceforward, stops at the bedridden infected, known as 'Beta', and
proceeds to assault it with furious punches. Beta is unable to leave the bed for unknown reasons but
is not completely immobile as it flails its arms in response to the beatings delivered by Alpha.
After several sustained minutes of this beating a piercing sound explodes from the area around Beta
who then proceeds to project a cloud of unknown matter into the air from its chest cavity. Alpha
lingers in the cloud as it floats in the air around them, slowly descending to the ground.
The unknown life form on the table aside Beta begins to twitch in an apparent seizure,
and Alpha then laps the room twice more, stopping again at each infected organism but still ignoring
the one under the table, as well as Beta now. After these two laps Alpha seats itself at
the table and reaches out to position the three plates atop it as if setting a dinner set. After
the plates are positioned, the facial tendrils extending from Alpha wiggle up and start to coil
on one of the plates before tearing apart and separating. This is repeated at each plate.
After each plate is filled with Alpha's flesh it leaves the table and approaches Herbie,
which is moved from Alpha's path. Alpha leaves the home but Herbie's camera remains focused on the
table. After several minutes a group comprised of six to seven infected enter the room from outside,
still ignoring Herbie. Each infected shambles as if movement is difficult,
jerking in large steps or squirming in small ones. These infected all surround the table and each
takes turns grabbing handfuls of the flesh substance left behind by Alpha, pressing it into
whatever orifices on themselves that they can; some into their mouths, some into their chest,
some behind their backs, some under their arms. When all the plates are empty this group leaves.
Herbie remains here for several more minutes before retracting its camera and leaving.
Immediately after leaving the home Herbie collides with an object. Panning the camera
around the obstruction appears to be Alpha whose facial tendrils are intermingling with
another infected having similar mutations. The impact is ignored and the two infected
part ways after several minutes. Herbie is then directed to explore more areas of the village.
The remains of what appears to have been a store show signs of severe fire damage as
well as activity inside the building, which Herbie moves to investigate.
Inside the store are several infected persons, most of whom are standing around. However,
one is on the ground rolling back and forth over the space of approximately 0.3 meters,
and is ignored by the others. Herbie rolls under the divider separating the cashier area from the
customer area and pans around behind the counter. The upper half of a person is protruding from a
cellar door behind the counter, this person does not appear to be suffering from advanced infection
and wears the garb of a Russian soldier. Herbie zooms the camera in to confirm identification and
it is noticed the eyes of this person are in constant movement, often focusing on Herbie.
The rest of the soldier does not move. Herbie is directed to leave this area and
proceeds to the back room. In this storage area a large pile of bodies are stacked together,
some pieces of clothing are visible and appear to contain both military garb and every day clothing.
No facial features are discernible on any of the bodies due to the way they are stacked. Atop the
bodies an infected sits, appearing to have its lower parts fused to the pile and with its upper
half in a wild state of flailing and seizure. Approximately every ten seconds a burst of spores
flies out the top of this infected which linger in the air. Herbie is directed to leave the building.
After leaving this building Herbie passes by the village well, surrounding which are a series of
immobile infected all facing the well. The arms of each of these infected persons are stretched out,
one in contact with the next, forming a perfect chain, save for one whose arms are down at its
sides. Herbie passes by this last infected to approach what appears to have been a town
hall or mayor's office when the infected becomes mobile and snatches the rover up.
Video feed from Herbie focuses on the face of the infected which is strangely in perfect shape
given the condition of the rest of its body which is horribly bloated. This infected was
once a young girl from appearance, age estimated ten to twelve. Herbie is rolled side to side in
its grip as its face stares motionless at the rover. The infected's face suddenly balloons
in size and explodes outward into a series of fleshy flaps that grip Herbie and draw
it inside. Herbie's video feed terminates here. Herbie was considered lost at this point. However,
no one at control remembered to turn off the video feed, assuming it cut. Five hours later
Herbie's video feed resumed, stationary and at a raised level pointing at the upper rim of the
village well. The video feed contains some blur due to what appears to be a slimy film which often
oozes across the lens but when not obscured provides perfect quality recording. Herbie
does not respond to any remote commands, but its video jerks back and forth from target to target,
zooming in and out of its own accord. Video feed is cut manually and all
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