Item #: SCP-173-J-M
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-173-J-M is currently contained within a 10 m Γ 10 m Γ 10 m reinforced observation chamber at Site-19. Unlike conventional Euclid-class anomalies, containment does not rely upon structural integrity. All walls, floor, and ceiling are considered permeable to SCP-173-J-M.
Continuous visual observation is mandatory. A minimum of two observers must maintain direct line-of-sight with SCP-173-J-M at all times. Automated camera systems are considered supplemental only and have proven unreliable due to unexplained visual interference generated by the anomaly.
Should all observers lose visual contact, Site Lockdown Protocol "SHELLSHOCK" is to be enacted immediately. Mobile Task Force Psi-7 ("Shell Game") has been specifically assigned to recovery operations involving SCP-173-J-M.
Personnel assigned to SCP-173-J-M are prohibited from bringing peanuts, peanut products, bird feed, or acrylic paints within 100 meters of the containment chamber.
Under no circumstances are personnel to attempt removal of the painted face.
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Description
SCP-173-J-M is an animate peanut measuring approximately 5.3 centimeters in length.
One surface bears a crudely hand-painted face closely resembling that of SCP-173. The pigments are chemically identical to commercially available acrylic paint and exhibit no anomalous properties when separated from the object.
The peanut itself displays normal biological composition until removed from visual observation, at which point all attempts at material analysis fail due to the object's anomalous locomotion.
While under direct observation, SCP-173-J-M remains perfectly motionless.
When not directly observed, SCP-173-J-M becomes capable of movement at speeds exceeding those measurable by conventional recording equipment.
Unlike SCP-173, SCP-173-J-M demonstrates extensive reality-bending capabilities, including but not limited to:
- Instantaneous teleportation.
- Intangibility through solid matter.
- Manifestation within sealed environments.
- Localized violations of Euclidean geometry.
- Short-range spatial folding.
- Temporary duplication into multiple identical instances.
- Generation of false sensory information.
- Selective disappearance from digital recordings.
Despite its appearance, SCP-173-J-M possesses sufficient force to inflict fatal cervical trauma comparable to SCP-173.
No observable mechanism for this force production exists.
Foundation researchers currently disagree whether SCP-173-J-M is a modified version of SCP-173, an independent anomaly imitating SCP-173, or a conceptual parody that has become physically real.
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Behavior
Unlike SCP-173, SCP-173-J-M displays a recognizable sense of humor.
Documented behaviors include:
- Rearranging laboratories overnight into exact mirror images.
- Appearing inside sealed lockers.
- Replacing personnel identification badges with salted peanuts.
- Rotating wall clocks so that time appears to move backward.
- Whispering "blink" through inactive intercom systems.
- Leaving painted peanut shells in locations impossible to access.
- Manifesting behind observers despite uninterrupted visual contact.
Although generally mischievous, SCP-173-J-M has repeatedly demonstrated that these actions should not be interpreted as harmless.
Personnel exhibiting amusement toward the anomaly appear statistically more likely to become victims during containment failures.
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Addendum 173-J-M-A
Incident Report 173-JM-04
Date: ββ/ββ/20ββ
At 14:17, Research Assistant Klein briefly diverted his attention toward a clipboard while three other researchers maintained visual contact with SCP-173-J-M.
Video footage indicates the object did not move.
Nevertheless, SCP-173-J-M simultaneously appeared:
- inside Dr. Halpern's coffee mug,
- on the chamber ceiling,
- beneath Assistant Klein's chair,
- and in its original containment position.
For approximately eleven seconds, four physically identical instances existed concurrently.
When observers attempted to determine which specimen was genuine, all four disappeared.
Three seconds later, SCP-173-J-M was found resting inside the Site Director's desk drawer despite the drawer having remained locked continuously.
No evidence of forced entry was discovered.
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Addendum 173-J-M-C
Experiment Log 173-JM-12
Procedure:
A transparent acrylic cube was placed over SCP-173-J-M while four observers maintained uninterrupted visual contact.
Result:
At 09:44, the cube was found empty.
SCP-173-J-M was simultaneously discovered inside the researcher's pocket.
Review of security footage revealed that the object never left the cube.
Further review revealed the object never entered the pocket.
Analysis concluded both events occurred.
Testing suspended pending review by the Department of Temporal Anomalies.
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Addendum 173-J-M-D
Interview Excerpt
Dr. Glass: Why are you doing this?
(No response.)
Dr. Glass: Are you related to SCP-173?
(Five-second pause.)
The painted face slowly rotated 180 degrees without the peanut itself moving.
Audio sensors recorded faint laughter.
Following review of the recording, twelve staff members independently reported remembering the peanut as having always faced the opposite direction.
No footage supports this recollection.
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Research Note
Β«"People underestimate it because it's a peanut.
Then it walks through a wall.
Then it teleports behind them.
Then they remember the wall never existed.
We are no longer containing an object.
We are attempting to supervise a joke that learned how reality works."
β Dr. Elias VaughnΒ»
Current Threat Assessment:
While SCP-173-J-M is outwardly comedic in presentation, the accumulation of low-level reality alterations has resulted in multiple casualties, seventeen containment breaches, and one permanent restructuring of Wing-C's internal geometry.
The proposal to reclassify SCP-173-J-M as Keter remains under review.
The object has reportedly submitted its own written request to remain Euclid.
No investigator admits to authoring the document.
βββ
`` The Peanut ``
