Item #: SCP-286

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:

Level-4 Radiation Shielding must be
observed within the presence of SCP-286.
This includes the use of an electronic
dosimeter, radiation gear and the
possibility of quarantine.

Description: What was once thought to

be a meteorite, SCP-286's origin has
been reclassified to unknown status. Figure A: SCP-286 in its mounting.
Currently, SCP-286 is a metal lattice
ingot, roughly spherical in shape and
composed mostly of iron and nickel. However, further analysis has
determined that the core of SCP-286 is composed of denser material and
heavier elements such as Bohrium and theorized Ununseptium-117, are
thought to exist in a constant state creation and decay as evident by
residual alpha and beta particle emission. The overall mass of SCP-286
has proven to increase over its time under observation, though its age is
difficult to estimate as its growth does not remain constant and is
subject brief periods of mass loss through heavy radiation emission.

The radiation emitted by SCP-286 is typically

Figure B: A common barnyard
spider affected by SCP-286
feeds on a bird in its
observation atrium.
low strength, falling in the the range of
30-47 kVp and about 52-88 mAs. However, brief
bursts of strong radiation can create
frequencies strong enough to pass through most
layers of flesh and straight through the
typical human being. Like most radiation,
those emitted have the potential to create
free radicals within living tissue and cause
various types of cancers. In addition, a
specific frequency of radiation is thought to
directly interact with RNA polymerase,
slightly changing their chemical structure,
uniformly throughout the entire creature.
Rather than coding mRNA from modern DNA genes,
the affected RNA polymerase instead selects
"junk" DNA, which is genetic code left over
from past evolutionary species in that
creature's genetic history. Each cell
undergoes a transitional period anywhere
from a few days to several weeks as it
takes on the characteristics of a past
species. Ultimately, the entire creature
will, for all intents and purposes,
become de-evolved into a prior species
from its evolutionary family tree if it
first doesn't die from a possible onset
of various cancers. This process has
been observed in experiments involving
numerous insects, arachnids, fish and 11
humans. The timescale of species
modification (how long ago the species
last appeared on Earth) is roughly Figure C: A researcher holds up a
dependent on the frequency of radiation species of crustacean that has not
been seen for nearly 300 million
emitted by SCP-286. The origin of years.
SCP-286 and the cause of elemental
fusion at its core is hotly debated
amongst researchers. Theories include:

● That it is the core of a dead first

generation star.
● That is is a result of material affected
by the extremely local gravity of a
super-micro black hole.
● That rather than a black "hole," it is a
localized "dip" in space time, a self
sustaining "pretzel" of matter, time and
space.

Figure E: Class D personnel

Figure D: Note the forward
limbs of this exposed fish.
at 4 weeks post exposure
undergoing
'neanderthalification,'
giving credence to the
theory that early homo
sapiens bred with
neanderthals.