SCP-28

Item #: SCP-28

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-28 is kept in a lock box inside the research wing of the British Museum. The object is to be displayed at all times, with no less than two (2) security guards detailed to protect it from theft or damage. Security cameras are to be present at all points where SCP-28 enters or leaves its containment.

In order to prevent SCP-28 gaining knowledge of modern historical events, researchers handling SCP-28 are to wear full-face covering during their time with the object. Any records that include other than previously approved personnel are to be removed from Foundation databases and destroyed by incineration.

Description: SCP-28 is an 18th century stone sculpture of a naked man. The subject displays the characteristics of early Scottish Iron Age Celts and closely resembles a representation of a deity in early Celtic religion. SCP-28's body is comprised entirely of solid rock, with several veins of small quartz running through its body.

SCP-28 has no independent life force or thoughts of its own. When activated, however, it will display great intelligence and awareness. If a human being stands directly in front of SCP-28 and attempts to touch them, they will open their eyes and them selves up completely to SCP-28. "Having their soul taken" by SCP-28 is considered the only feasible way to describe the experience of being touched by SCP-28. This does not happen if the person is touching themselves, or another person touching them through clothing.

SCP-28's knowledge extends far beyond that which can be accessed by living humans, including mathematics and historical facts as well as alien life forms (see Addendum). The creature's knowledge is almost impossible for a human being to comprehend, sometimes requiring many hours for a single question. They have been recorded asking about events that took place over 300 years before their conception.

SCP-28 was discovered in 1793 on the Isle of Skye by a group led by William Milligan Smith. It became known as "The Cailleach" (the "Old Hag"), but later changed to "Scotland's National Famine" when news broke out about it's true nature. When the Foundation gained custody of SCP-28 in 1956, it was renamed SCP-28 by Dr. ██████ following research into the mythological nature of the object's namesake.

SCP-28 possesses the following behaviors typical to a creature known as a kilnodomos

Addendum:

SCP-28 is also able to turn itself into a type of stone known as a cistmion. The process of cistmionization is similar to the process of natural cistmionization by a kilnodomos, except that SCP-28's cistmions always contain an object or device that resembles an object from humanity's history. When a cistmion is created, SCP-28 will take in all knowledge of its surroundings and use it to assemble the object.

SCP-28 has created the following objects through this process.