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SCP-8171 - maculate conception
Author:Civil Western
⚠️ Content warning: graphic representation of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts
Notes: Customs must be respected, no matter the cost.A big thank you to
Ichne-Bebop who, via a message on Discord, gave me the initial idea.
I couldn’t have done it without my critters:Heck_Tech,
Dottor H Echo
NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION
The following document is archived and describes a now Neutralized item.
Photo donated by the Assyrian community of Zakho. Context unknown.
Item #: SCP-8171
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: After the anomaly was found in the suburbs of Mossul (Iraq), it was urgently rescued and taken to Site-17.1 The subject is contained within a cylindrical container 55 cm in diameter and 1.3 metres high made entirely of transparent plexiglass, located in room J-235, east wing of the Site. Given the poor properties of SCP-8171's lungs, this due to the crushing of the lungs and the accumulated stress on the tissues caused by the abnormally enlarged uterus condition, the theca was filled with perfluorocarbons (PFCs) - i.e. liquids with a high gas solubility - to allow the anomaly to breathe by liquid ventilation.
Description: SCP-8171 is a pregnant female European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The thoracic condition of the anomaly is particularly visible, as it has a disproportionate diameter of the belly, which is 210% larger than average. This leads to severe respiratory difficulties and inability to walk. Initially, the doctors at the containment facility discussed the idea that this fetal gigantism was due to a case of excessive amniotic fluid (polidramnios) but ultrasonographic measurement disproved this proposal.
As soon as the anomaly arrived at the facility, a tactile examination was carried out to understand the fetal situation, usually this biomedical practice is performed as a first assessment without using ultrasound. The vets conducted the examination trying to figure out the position of the foetus' head, but to their surprise this was impossible, as the apparent product of conception appeared to be elliptical in shape and extremely hard.
Addendum - History: SCP-8171 was found on 02/04/2025 by field researchers sent to study the folklore of a small Assyrian community2. The Foundation's anthropologists had previously settled in the far south-east of Turkey, before crossing the border into Iraq at the end of March. The director of the expedition, Dr. J. Thevenet, had already noted on her laptop a custom told orally that was very old to the Assyrian community of that area, as they told her of the 'egg exchange' [sic], a practice where locals used Easter time to give each other red coloured chicken eggs.
This practice is intrinsically linked to Christianity and the figure of Jesus, in fact the red colouring was 'in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion'.
During the investigation following Incident/8171, Dr. H. Gustavo, showed a recording made in a rural village straddling Khrab Dem and Horisk. Within the file (redacted here for brevity, see additional archives to view the recording) was a woman interviewee, called A-1, who recounted the serious problem on farms due to the spread of avian influenza (or fowl pest) that had come to affect farmed avian animals (mainly chickens), which contracted the disease by coming into contact with wild birds on the banks of the Tigris. A-1, after a long pause, explained how her community had tried to find a solution to the lack of eggs for the Easter egg exchange.
In the last ten seconds of the video you can see how A-1 makes a gesture with his hands, bringing them to her chest (similar to a sign of the cross) and drawing a ideally figure with seven appendages and a central 'teardrop' body.
Addendum - Incident/8171:
Below is an excerpt recorded in 20/04/2025 from a security camera in the containment cell. Taken from minute 329 of the previous recording, which was not interrupted.