SCP-072 The foot of the bed - Object class safe
Item #: SCP-072
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All known instances of SCP-072 are to be contained in
a 3.5 by 4 meter holding cell.
Access is allowed only during authorized testing procedures.
Without prior approval from Senior Researcher Grant, no materials created for the purpose
of being slept on are to be introduced into a 15-meter vicinity of the holding cell.
Description: Instances of SCP-072 were first discovered in an apartment building in ████████, Michigan,
after two local media reports on SCP-072’s effects caused a local panic which drew the
attention of embedded Foundation Agent ███████.
SCP-072 is a shadowy and translucent projection which resembles a .9-meter-long hand, the
‘fingers’ of which taper to a sharp point.
Detailed recording of SCP-072 is difficult, as it does not manifest at light levels above
5 lux.
Instances of SCP-072 have only been observed to manifest when a human (hereafter referred
to as “the subject”) enters REM sleep while located in a bed ‘infected’ by SCP-072
and leaves a foot or feet exposed to open air.
If these conditions are satisfied, SCP-072 will emerge from the foot of the bed and appear
to use its pointer finger to ‘tap’ on the subject’s foot until they awaken.
Subjects have reported that, at this point, they were unable to move, showing symptoms
similar to sleep paralysis.
This continues as long as SCP-072 is visible.
SCP-072 will then use its pointed fingers to cut portions of flesh from the exposed
parts of the subject's foot or feet.
It will return to within the bed in between each removal, emerging without the collected
material.
This will continue until SCP-072 has taken all of the exposed foot or feet, stopping
at the ankle.
Though subjects exposed to SCP-072 report this process to be immensely painful, its
paralytic effects render them unable to scream or call for help.
It is unknown if manifestations of SCP-072 feed on the collected material or use them
for some other purpose.
As long as the wounds are properly treated, SCP-072’s effects are not fatal, but have
been observed to cause psychological damage relating to sleep in the future.
There is also a secondary effect: Any bed within an approximately 10-meter vicinity
of a bed which manifests the effects of SCP-072 will also host an instance of SCP-072.
Destruction of a bed affected by SCP-072 reveals no anomalous materials and no trace of biological
material removed from subjects.
Addendum List of known SCP-072 objects:
SCP-072-1, -2, and -3, recovered from original apartment complex, three twin-sized beds which
were located within 10 meters of one another.
SCP-072-4, a king-sized four-poster bed contaminated during SCP-072’s time in Site-██ Temporary
Anomalous Objects Holding.
SCP-072-5, a sleeping bag with bottom removed introduced to SCP-072-1 for testing.
When D-2191 entered REM sleep in object, [DATA EXPUNGED].
SCP-072-5 not recommended for testing in future.
SCP-072-6 and -7, beds introduced to SCP-072-2 and later destroyed for examination.
Remains of SCP-072-6 and -7 appear unaffected, but are to be contained until further studies
may be completed.