 Item No. SCP-2250 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures As no viable method for permanent containment of SCP-2250 has been found, efforts are to be made to keep susceptible species of waterfowl out of a 5 km radius centered on Blanche Park in Selma, Alabama. To this end, the Central Alabama Field Unit has been tasked with the elimination of these species from the designated no-fly zone, and a disinformation campaign has been affected, focusing on the threat of a lethal, avian-borne pathogen that is able to infect humans. There is so far been effective in allowing the Central Alabama Field Unit to operate without hindrance from government agencies or environmental groups. Civilians witnessing SCP-2250 in any form are to be detained and supplied with Class B amnestics. If these civilians have lost their dog to SCP-2250, they are to be supplied with a suitable replacement and led to believe it is the original. Any research with the goal of partially or fully deciphering the language or communication used by susceptible species of waterfowl is to be covertly disrupted in any way possible. Description SCP-2250 is a memetic contagion currently exclusively affecting various species of waterfowl in and around Blanche Park in Selma, Alabama. Tests to determine the vector of infection for this memetic contagion have yielded evidence that SCP-2250 is spread between waterfowl through interspecies communication and vocalization. As waterfowl prevented from vocalizing, we are unable to create new instances of SCP-2250, and those deafened show no signs of infection. Once exposed to SCP-2250's memetic triggers, susceptible waterfowl will be subjected to SCP-2250 activation events at intermittent times. The animals involved are not innately anomalous, but are subject to SCP-2250 activation events during which they should be treated as such. When an SCP-2250 activation event occurs, the affected animal becomes an SCP-2250-1 instance. It will cease movement, open its beak, and produce a series of sounds in the 25-32 kHz range. Canines within a range of up to 2 km show a general tendency to move towards the point of origin for these sounds, though not all canines act on this impulse. Those animals approaching affected waterfowl and entering a radius of approximately 2 meters are prone to being trapped by SCP-2250-2. SCP-2250-2 are darkly colored tentacles with an average diameter of approximately 3 mm, and composed of a tissue with a genetic makeup bearing close resemblance to that of the Pacific lugworm. These emerge from an SCP-2250-1 specimen's beak once a canine approaches to within circa 2 meters. SCP-2250-2 can typically reach beyond this range if necessary, with an as of yet undetermined upper limit. Having emerged, SCP-2250-2 instances will wrap around their prey and exert up to 800 tons of force in order to pull it towards SCP-2250-1. Once close enough, canines trapped by SCP-2250-2 are swallowed whole by SCP-2250-1. This usually occurs despite the clearest pregnancy between the range of motion for SCP-2250-1's beak and the dimensions of the canine involved. Observations have not yielded a concrete explanation for this phenomenon, with video logs simply showing the canines disappearing into the beak whole, without apparently suffering damage to their physical form. All SCP-2250-2 then retract in the SCP-2250-1, which will remain motionless and unreactive to any form of stimuli throughout the entire process. Despite this invasive process and the potential for extensive physical trauma, SCP-2250-1 instances are not harmed during this process. Once swallowed, prey does not travel down the esophagus, instead disappearing from SCP-2250-1 altogether. Attempts to track test subjects have almost exclusively yielded a location approximately 6.2 kilometers beneath the island of Molokai. Attempts to reach this location has of yet proven fruitless. In one incident, the location returned was in the Pelican Nebula. However, there is no conceivable way a GPS signal could be picked up from that location, nor should have been able to track back to Earth within the timeframe given. If not fully destroyed, an SCP-2250-1 instance will remain motionless for a period for up to two hours, after which it will regurgitate the partially digested remains of the previously ingested canine. SCP-2250-1 will then revert to its non-anomalous state, showing signs of extreme distress and often trying to flee the immediate area. Remains of prey are covered in a high viscosity fluid containing brine, digestive enzymes, mucus, glycoproteins, and electrolytes. Test using adult human subjects placed within range of an SCP-2250-1 during an activation event have not produced results. It is possible these tests could provoke SCP-2250-2 emergence if performed using subjects of a smaller stature, but no such tests are currently planned. Addendum 2250-A-01, Transcript of Initial 911 Call, DD-2013-0314 All initiated at 9.13pm, March 14, 2013 Selma 911, what's the location of your emergency? Blotch Park. I- I don't- it's- it's eating my Boris! Your child was attacked, ma'am? Not my child, my dog! The duck is eating my ro-wiler! Ma'am, please stay calm if you're suffering from- Oh, oh God, he's gone! Boris is gone! And those weird, tentacle things! Ducks don't have tentacles! Ma'am, I am going to send some police officer to check on you. Please remain where you are. Oh, what are they gonna do? Arrest the duck! Just get me my fucking dog back! Hello? Hello ma'am? All terminated at 9.14pm, March 14, 2013 Police officers responding to the emergency call, found and missed in a state of severe distress. Foundation field agents dispatched administered amnestics to both mists and the police officers involved. They also recovered partially digested remains of one adult ro-wiler. No teeth marks were visible. The duck involved was identified and subjected to a full physical examination. This yielded no significant result.