SCP-4666 The Yule Man - object class keter
Item #: SCP-4666
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Web traffic and law enforcement channels worldwide are
to be monitored for evidence of SCP-4666 activity, and particularly for cases of stalking or
reports of anomalous phenomena involving families with young children.
Should a Weissnacht Event be suspected to be in progress, the nearest Containment Task
Force is to be dispatched to attempt containment of SCP-4666. Standard PDP/VIII Humanoid First
Contact Protocols apply.
Media coverage of family deaths attributed to SCP-4666 is to be suppressed or falsified
to make said deaths appear as non-anomalous home invasion murders. Forensic evidence and
SCP-4666-A instances collected by non-Foundation agencies are to be confiscated, and witnesses
amnesticized.
Description: SCP-4666 is currently believed to be a single, exceptionally long-lived humanoid
entity of unknown origin. Survivors of Weissnacht Events typically describe SCP-4666 as a very
tall (between 2 m and 2.3 m) elderly male of European descent, with an extremely emaciated
appearance. The entity always appears completely naked, even when observed outdoors in freezing
weather.
Though the nature and extent of its anomalous properties remain uncertain, SCP-4666 appears
capable of instantaneous or near-instantaneous travel to any location north of 40°N latitude,
and possibly to any location on Earth.
SCP-4666 activity occurs exclusively within a period of 12 consecutive nights every year,
from the night of December 21-22 to the night of January 1-2; this period is known as SCP-4666's
"active phase". During this phase, in what are termed "Weissnacht Events", SCP-4666
will appear at dwellings in one or multiple locations north of 40°N latitude. In all
known Weissnacht Events, these dwellings have shared the following characteristics: isolated
rural location, home to a family with at least one child under the age of 8, and situated
in an area with snow cover lasting throughout the duration of the event.
Weissnacht Events consist of the following general progression:
Nights 1-7: Children will report seeing SCP-4666 in the vicinity of their family's dwelling.
The entity will typically be observed watching the dwelling from a distance, such as from
across a nearby field or from the edge of a neighboring forest. In some cases, children
will report waking up at night to find SCP-4666 watching them sleep through a window.
Nights 8-11: Family members (including the parents) will report sounds of footsteps coming
from the roof or the attic. An extremely unpleasant odor will also frequently be noticed inside
the dwelling. No cause for these phenomena will be found. As a result, parents will often
begin to suspect that their family is being stalked, or even that their dwelling might
be "haunted".
Night 12: Over the course of the night one of two scenarios will occur:
The first, and most common, is that SCP-4666 will kill all members of the family save for
one child under the age of 8, whom it will abduct. SCP-4666 will inflict incapacitating
injuries to family members while they are sleeping, then herd them into a single room
of the dwelling where it will proceed to kill them in view of each other. The method of
killing varies with the event, and will typically be preceded by some form of torture, which
appears to serve a ritualistic purpose (see "Weissnacht Events Log" below).
In the second scenario, which has occurred in roughly 15% of known Weissnacht Events,
SCP-4666 will not harm the family. Family members will report hearing footsteps inside
their dwelling during the night, though no signs of forced entry will be found. In the
morning children will discover presents at the foot of their beds; these will consist
of toys crudely crafted from the remains of human children (see "SCP-4666-A Instances
Log" below). The criteria, if any, by which SCP-4666 determines
the outcome of a Weissnacht Event are unknown.
Notable Weissnacht Events Location Year Description of Weissnacht Event
Unknown village, Croatia circa 1498 [UNCONFIRMED] An entire family was killed, with the exception
of one of the children (age unknown), who was abducted. Though specific details about
the event are not available in recovered documents, it was noted that the killings presented strong
"paganistic" elements, and that the family members had "been made to suffer greatly"
prior to death. The archbishop who oversaw the investigation wrote that he believed the
family had been killed as part of a "demonic" ritual.
Unknown village, Rupert's Land (present-day Ontario, Canada) 1689 [UNCONFIRMED] An entire
family was killed, with the exception of two of the children, one of whom was abducted,
and one of whom (female, age unknown) escaped during the killings and was able to reach
a nearby village. She told authorities that a naked man had broken into her family's dwelling
during the night and proceeded to torture them (exact method not specified in recovered
documents). Upon investigation, the bodies of the family members were found inside their
dwelling, hanging upside-down from the ceiling. All had been exsanguinated.
Eichstätt, Germany 1913 An entire family was killed, with the exception of the youngest
child (male, age 3), who was abducted. The bodies of the parents and five other children
were found inside a stable adjoining their dwelling. They had been restrained by having
knives, pitchforks and other sharp implements forced through the palms of their hands and
into the walls of the stable, before having their tongues removed, leading to hemorrhaging
and death. Blood from the family members had then been used to paint elaborate patterns
of unknown meaning on the hides of the mule, goat, and two cows present in the stable (the
animals themselves were not harmed). Neighbors told authorities that in the week preceding
the killings the father of the family had mentioned finding tracks in the snow around
the family's dwelling, which appeared to have been made by bare human feet.
Plyos, Soviet Union 1956 An entire family was killed, with the exception of the youngest
child (male, age 4), who was abducted. The bodies of the parents and one other child
were found in the living room of their house. They had been restrained, and their feet held
over the flames in the fireplace for an extended period of time, calcining the tissues of the
feet and exposing the bones. They had then had their heads crushed with an unknown heavy
implement. Hundreds of bite marks, believed to have been inflicted post-mortem, were found
on each of the bodies.1 Branches cut from a fir tree outside the house had also been
placed over the bodies, to unknown purpose. Skudeneshavn, Norway 1971 An entire family
was killed, with the exception of the second youngest child (female, age 5), who was abducted.
The bodies of the parents and two other children were found in the basement of their house.
Each had had at least one limb pulled off by brute force before being stabbed precisely
39 times with an unknown sharp implement (possibly a piece of bone from one of the removed limbs),
resulting in massive blood loss and death. The family members had then been eviscerated,
and their small and large intestines removed and cut into 30-50 cm-long pieces; these had
been arranged in radiating lines around the bodies. Feces from the intestines had been
used to trace symbols of unknown meaning on the walls of the basement.
Egilsstaðir, Iceland 1996 An entire family was killed, with the exception of the youngest
child (female, age 4), who was abducted. The bodies of the parents and seven other children
were found inside their house. All had large pieces of skin removed from their backs, necks
and groins prior to death (removed skin was found to have been partially consumed). They
had then been killed by decapitation with a bucksaw that had belonged to the family.
Following death, the family members' headless bodies had been carried to their respective
rooms and placed on their beds. Each of the removed heads had also been placed upright
on a step of the staircase leading from the first to the second floor, with the parents'
heads on the top two steps and the children's heads on the lower steps, in decreasing order
of age.
Notable SCP-4666-A Instances Recovered Location Year Description of SCP-4666-A Instance
Nurmes, Finland 1811 A small wooden drum with two wooden drumsticks of uneven length. Drum
skin consists of a 390 cm³ piece of skin belonging to a human child, stretched with
thread made from human tendons. Gelligaer, Wales 1857 A small knife, 15 cm
in length (blade is 6 cm in length). Sculpted from a single piece of bone belonging to a
human child. Symbols of unknown meaning have been carved into the handle.
Makat, Kazakhstan 1903 A flute made from the hollowed-out femur of a human child. Holes
have been bored at uneven intervals along its length. The femur appears to have been
dyed in human blood. Bangor, Michigan 1960 A wooden box containing
13 miniature human-like figurines, each 4-6 cm in height. Made from the phalangeal bones
of human children, tied together with strips of human tendon. The figurines have been decorated
with human hair and small pieces of torn clothing. DNA testing revealed that the remains belong
to 18 separate children. Cape Broyle, Canada 1976 A ball, 23 cm in
diameter; made from 19 layers of human skin wrapped tightly around the desiccated head
of an unidentified human child (male, age 2-3). Layers of skin are held in place with
pine resin. Baard, Netherlands 2006 A hairbrush. The handle
is made of wood, and poorly-carved. In place of bristles 43 deciduous human teeth have
been set at irregular intervals into the handle. DNA testing revealed that each tooth belongs
to a different child (only two of the teeth could be matched to known abduction victims
of SCP-4666). Teeth vary in age from a few days to over 400 years.
Discovery: SCP-4666's existence and ongoing activity were first detected in 1974 through
the Foundation's newly-implemented Anomalous Signature Recognition Program, when several
highly-similar home invasion incidents resulting in family deaths were found to have occurred
throughout the Northern hemisphere during the night of January 1-2.
Extensive research into civilian and law enforcement archives worldwide eventually uncovered evidence
of probable Weissnacht Events for nearly every preceding year, going back to the late 18th
century (average of 3.1 known events per year). Numerous historical documents were also found
which appear to describe SCP-4666 activity occurring prior to this period, in some cases
as early as the 2nd century AD in Europe and Russia, and as early as the 1st century BC
in Scandinavia.
Fingerprints belonging to the same humanoid entity have been discovered at the locations
of all Foundation-investigated Weissnacht Events; these have been matched to a partial
fingerprint found preserved in dried blood on a recovered SCP-4666-A instance dating
from 1873. The fingerprints present characteristics not known to occur in human beings (see image).
Human-like white hairs were also recovered from the locations of several Weissnacht Events,
though no DNA, human or otherwise, could be extracted from them.
Addendum 4666-01
On 02/01/2018, several SCP-4666-A instances were discovered at a family's residence in
Hoonah, Alaska, following the conclusion of Weissnacht Event #060198. Among these instances
was SCP-4666-A-0960, which consisted of a crude, life-sized doll made from the emaciated
body of a female child, to which the following modifications had been made:
A dress made from various pieces of dirty, discolored clothing had been sewn around the
body, and in several places, into the body's skin.
The mouth had been sewn shut with thread made from human tendons, and the lips painted red
with a solution consisting primarily of human blood.
The fingernails of another child had been glued over the body's fingernails with pine
resin; these had been painted red with the same human blood-based solution. Three of
the body's fingers were missing. The entire scalp had been removed from the
head, and the scalp of another child with long, blond hair sewn onto the head in its
place. The hair had been tied into two braids. Both eyes had been removed, and two large
round pebbles on which eyes had been crudely painted placed into the empty orbits.
Upon examination by the family, the child from whom the doll had been made was found
to be still alive, albeit unconscious. Authorities were notified, and the child was airlifted
to Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, where she survived for 18 hours. Two Foundation
agents were dispatched, and were able to interview the subject (see "Interview Log" below). Following
the subject's death, her body was confiscated by the agents, and all witnesses amnesticized
as per standard procedure.
DNA testing revealed the subject had been Ekaterina Morozova, age 7, a known abduction
victim of SCP-4666 taken from her family's residence in Dubovka, Russia on 02/01/2016.
Autopsy of the subject's body showed she had been severely malnourished during the
two years following her abduction, which had resulted in considerable stunting (weight
was only 15 kg, height was only 90 cm). A number of scars and burns were present on
her skin, and she had suffered two bone fractures (left tibia and left ulna) that had not been
reset and had healed improperly. Hands were heavily callused. Cause of death was attributed
to multiple organ failure resulting from severe, sustained malnourishment.
- Close Audio Log 4666-06201
Date: 02/01/2018
Time: 23:27 AKST – 23:49 AKST
Location: Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau, Alaska
Interviewers: Agent Antoni Kowalczyk (Agent Susan Mews attending)
Subject: Ekaterina Morozova (SCP-4666-A-0960), female, age 7
Notes: The subject regained consciousness for a period of roughly 30 minutes prior to
expiring, during which she was interviewed. Hospital staff had previously removed the
thread that had been sewn into her lips, allowing her to speak. Despite having been administered
a morphine drip, the subject was largely coherent throughout the interview.
The subject did not understand English, and initially spoke only a language that was unfamiliar
to Agents Kowalczyk and Mews. However, after several minutes the subject began addressing
the agents in Russian, which she spoke poorly. Agent Kowalczyk, who spoke rudimentary Russian,
was able to conduct the interview without the need for an interpreter.
[BEGIN LOG]
Agent Kowalczyk: Hello, I'm Antoni. What's your name?
E.M.: Are… are you going to take me back to him?
Agent Kowalczyk: No, I promise. I'm just here to talk to you.
E.M.: (pauses) I don't want to go back.
Agent Kowalczyk: You don't have to, you're safe now, myshka.
E.M.: (remains silent)
Agent Kowalczyk: Can you tell me what happened to you? Do you remember the night he came
to your house?
E.M.: I remember … He hurt Mama and Papa and Katja and Yulianna for a long time and
they were bleeding … After they stop screaming he put me in his bag.
Agent Kowalczyk: His bag?
E.M.: He had a big bag. Other children were in the bag too. I think we go to other houses,
I hear people screaming outside the bag all during the night. Each house he put another
child in the bag. Then after the night he take us away.
Agent Kowalczyk: Where did he take you?
E.M.: … underground … [unknown word] … deep …
Agent Kowalczyk: Underground? You mean in a basement?
E.M.: Deep … everything earth and mud and ice. Bones everywhere. Everything cold. I
can't sleep because it's too cold.
Agent Kowalczyk: Were there lots of other children there with you?
E.M.: Lots of children … lots of tunnels, lots of holes, but I can't see all. I can't
see the other [unknown word]. Too dark. My hole is with René and Hekla and Sasha and
Paul. We make the toys together.
Agent Kowalczyk: The toys?
E.M.: If you don't make the toys, you don't eat. Don't stop making the toys, don't
fall asleep. Or he hurt you.
Agent Kowalczyk: He hurts you? How?
E.M.: He hit you, or he burn you … Or he bite off your fingers. Or he cook you on the
fire in his room and eat you. He eat Philippe and Sally.
Agent Kowalczyk: What about you, how did … this … happen to you? Did he do this?
E.M.: (pauses) René and Hekla and Sasha and Paul do this. They have to.
Agent Kowalczyk: … why?
E.M.: I get sick. When you can't make the toys, you become the toys.
[END LOG]
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