 Item number SCP-363 Object Class Keter Special Containment Procedures SCP-363 specimens are contained in a 2 meter by 2 meter by 2 meter room that is to be constantly illuminated by high powered lighting. This lighting must be connected to multiple redundant power sources and in case of total system failure, Mobile Task Force 8S7 is to be dispatched to assess the threat. SCP-363 is to be fed 20 lab mice, administered once every 48 hours. Description Ostensibly, SCP-363 are identical to Scolopendra Gigantia or the Amazonian Giant Centipede. Dietary needs are identical and DNA inspection has proven no dissimilarities to normal S Gigantia. SCP-363 is, under normal circumstances, the appropriate size for S Gigantia, in darkness. Darkness defined here is any level of light under two luxe, which it actively seeks out however. SCP-363 will grow rapidly and erratically, to sizes up to and exceeding 10 meters by 2 meters. SCP-363 does not retain the form of a centipede under these conditions. So far, reports have documented proboscisces, tentacles, highly elongated mandibles, an inconsistent number of eyes and legs, and, in one case, data expunged. SCP-363 will revert back to normal size and appearance after 2-3 hours of illumination of a level of at least 50 luxe. SCP-363 will attack any animal emitting body heat and appears to be able to detect and hunt in total darkness. It is assumed it uses other senses to hunt, with vision in a secondary position. Reproductive cycle of SCP-363 is similar to that of normal S Gigantia, with one difference. Rather than in a cluster of leaves and dirt, eggs are laid and fertilized in the ruck cavity of paralyzed data expunged, followed by death. Addendum 1 Note from Dr. Scalder. We've determined that fire seems to scare or ward off SCP-363. In light of this, we've equipped three of the members of MTF-8a-7, creepy crawlies, with military-issue M2A-17 flamethrowers. Addendum 2 Incident report of Breach Document Number 363-Alpha Breach 1 Personnel Involved MTF-8a-7 Date 21-5-2003 Location Site B Description Attempted Retrieval of SCP-363 Specimen During Power Failure Slash Containment Breach Start of Audio Log MTF-8a-7 Commander Johnson Perts Any word from Technical on Distortion Cameras Contactsman Perts No Dice Commander Complete Equipment Failure Throughout the Sector C. Johnson Alright, Night Vision On Motion Sensors Go Fredman McSean Adelaire Report to Rendezvous Point Lieutenant McSean Copy that, Commander Subteam Hornet Coming in, Over C. Johnson Subteam Wasp, Come in Radio Silence C. Johnson Wasp, Do you copy? Over Unknown Shouting, Jesus Christ Almighty, Torch that! Signal cuts out C. Johnson Damn it, O'Den, O'Den, Can you hear me? What is your position? Over, Lieutenant O'Den, Outside of Lab 8 We found it, Sir. It's holed up in there. It got DNA'n. Over C. Johnson, Casualty L. O'Den, Mangled Legs, Sir We scared the b**** in there with a flamethrower. Don't think it's coming out. Are they fixing the power yet? Over C. Johnson Forget about that, O'Den. Tell Von Howard to keep his flamer trained on the door. Hornet, Can you hear me? Over L. McSean, Loud and clear, Sir C. Johnson, Forget the rendezvous Relocate to Lab 8, Don't engage yet Copy, Lieutenant McSean Going, Holy F***, What was that? Adelaire, Do you see anything? Over, Flamer Adelaire Extensive swearing There's another one of those r*** in here Second containment breach, Commander C. Johnson, Has it seen you? Over, F. Adelaire I don't reckon, Sir C. Johnson, Good Try to keep it that way Perts, How many of those things that they keep in here? C. M. Perts, Relays question to contact 8, Sir C. Johnson, Good God Okay, Tell them f*** the preservation And detonate the gas charges C. M. Perts, They, uh, they can't, Sir C. Johnson, Why the f*** not, Perts? Data expunged L. Oden, So we're all f***ed three days from Sunday Good to know, Orders, Commander C. Johnson, F*** them all and burn it down, Oden Telvan Hauer and Adelaire to set fire to Lab 8 Then split up and do a sweep of the area Neutralize all hostile centipede L. Oden, Copy that C. Johnson, Perts, Still no contact with Blackfly? C. M. Perts, Blackfly, Report in Radio silence C. M. Perts, No Blackfly C. Johnson, I gathered Perts Alright, Oden, Status report Unknown, Gasping Growning C. Johnson, The, Who's that? Identify, Unknown Flamer Tel, Sir C. Johnson, What is your status, Tel? What of Blackfly? Over, F. Tel, Dead, Everyone C. Johnson, Repeat that, Tel? F. Tel, Screaming We're all f***ing dead down here, Commander I saw one of them, one of them pulled Doug apart, just, just in half It laid all these eggs, and another one squirted this jizz over them They hatched, they hatched so fast More of those things, ate him so fast, dozens of them Eating Howard now, I like Howard, Commander Eating him, eating him C. Johnson, Calm down, Tel, for God's sake What's your personal status? F. Tel, They're on my legs I can see them, but I can't feel it, biting me Radio silence F. Tel, I feel something burning, like bubbling C. Johnson, Tel, Self-terminate That's an order, I'm sorry F. Tel, Unintelligible C. Johnson, Goddammit, Tel, Do you copy? Immediate self-termination F. Tel, Warped voice The flesh is like milk to us C. Johnson, What the hell are you saying, Tel? F. Tel, We are one C. Johnson, I think he's gone crazy F. Tel, One is all Cracking noises C. Johnson, Wasp, Hornet, Come in Radio silence C. Johnson, Wasp, Hornet, Come in, dammit L. O. Den, Same warped voice as documented with Flamer Tel We are here, there are many C. Johnson, Perts, Tel Command, we're evacuating the premises Mission failure C. M. Perts, Sir, yes, sir C. Johnson, Air-strike and full bombardment once we're out Nope, interrupted by crashing sound Jesus Christ, what? Tearing sounds Five minutes of radio silence C. Johnson presumed dead Unknown individual, presumed C. M. Perts Here, O. Israel Y. H. W. H. is our God Y. H. W. H. alone Gunshot End of audio log Post script Site-bomb fire bombed Several undamaged and fertilized SCP-363 eggs retrieved Contained All members of MTF-807 presumed dead New team established O5 Addendum 3 Interview Interviewed Janitor R Interviewer Data expunged Referred to as I Forward Interview conducted after said Janitor professed to a possible SCP sighting After fire bombing of Site-Bomb Begin log I Hello, R Please sit down Thank you Now, you said you saw something after the fire bombing Keter expand on that Janitor It was, well, one of those guys from the MTF you had stationed there 807 One of those guys, yeah I Do you know his name, perchance? Janitor Yeah, yeah, I talked to him once That guy Tell One of the Flamers I Are you sure it was him? Janitor No, no, I ain't sure It looked like him, for sure But there were all these things growing out of him Like insect legs, but all in random places From his chest, his arms, and one of them was poking out of his eyeball His eye was just gone And his mouth There were these like, these pinchers Mandibles All black And there were these things I Continue Janitor These things Centipedes Crawling in and out of holes in his flesh He looked at me His one eye gone all It looked all like a bug's eye With facets and stuff And he laughed I think he did anyway I And then Janitor He ran away I Thank you And log Addendum 4 Security Level 4 Announcement Signal of standard MTF anti-defection tracker located data expunged 18 miles away from site BOOM Signal associated with BOOM Tell Tracking procedure initialized Infection risk to be negated at all costs O5 BOOM Lesson complete If you missed the previous orientation Go watch SCP-362 A cool t-shirt Right now Or for the complete course Watch this playlist