Mayoral oil painting of SCP-XXXX from Boring's City Hall, painted by Walter Anton.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Special Agent Heidi Williams-Huang of MTF Beta-4 ("Castaways") has been placed as a mayoral aide to supervise the anomaly. Weekly reports on the activity of SCP-XXXX are to be delivered by the Agent.
Direct containment of the entity has been deferred to GoI-466 (Wilson's Wildlife Solutions) as per the Boring Agreement.1
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to Jonathan "The Beak" Gomez, a specimen of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the acting mayor of Boring, Oregon.
SCP-XXXX possesses visual and auditory cognitohazardous effects; subjects exposed to SCP-XXXX will perceive the entity as a middle-aged Caucasian male, typically wearing a suit and tie. This extends to photographs taken of the entity. Any sounds produced by SCP-XXXX will be interpreted as speech relevant to the current situation, though this effect does not extend to recordings taken of SCP-XXXX. It is currently unknown whether SCP-XXXX truly possesses any political knowledge or if its expressed standings and opinions are a part of its cognitohazardous properties.
The entity has served two consecutive terms, having first been elected in 2001. SCP-XXXX's mayoral platform consisted largely of environmental reform, protection of endangered species, improvement of the local school's curriculum, and an expansion of the Boring Animal Services program. Through the policies and grants allowed by SCP-XXXX, Wilson's Wildlife Solutions (then Wilson's Wildlife Shelter) was able to successfully establish a foothold as the premier animal services provider in Boring.
SCP-XXXX was re-elected in 2005 and operated out of the Boring City Hall until its discovery in 2008 following the Ursus Maritimus Incident and increased Foundation presence in the area.
Addendum XXXX.1: SCP-XXXX was originally discovered by Foundation personnel reviewing a recording of the object addressing public concerns following the events of the Ursus Maritimus Incident. Though present personnel recalled hearing SCP-XXXX speaking clearly and concisely, personnel reviewing the tape were only able to hear clucks and gobbling. Following this discovery, MTF Beta-4 personnel were instructed to select a member of Wilson's management trusted by SCP-XXXX in order to infiltrate its office and speak directly to it in order to determine the nature of the anomaly.
Foreword: MTF Beta-4 Captain Isau selected Faeowynn Wilson, Accountant of Wilson's Wildlife Solutions, to infiltrate SCP-XXXX's office. She was outfitted with a two-way transmitter device and a microphone to record any conversation.
<BEGIN LOG>
Esau: Testing… Okay, we're on. Can you hear me, Fae?
Wilson: Loud and clear. So care to tell me why I'm doing this?
Esau: We have reason to suspect Mayor Gomez is not what he seems, and may in fact be some kind of avian entity disguised as a human.
Wilson: So you're telling me you think the mayor is a bird.
Esau: In so many words, yes.
Wilson: Am I being hazed here? I get that you and the Supervisors are the big kids on the block, but hazing me isn't going to do anything for either of us.
Esau: No, miss. We aren't hazing you. Just follow along and go talk to the mayor.
Wilson: Fine. But I get the feeling this is one big practical joke being played on me.
[Wilson leaves the van and approaches City Hall on foot. She scales the stairs and opens the front door.]
Wilson: Hi. I'm here to see Mr. Gomez. I have a meeting with him regarding the budgetary plans for the center for the 2009 fiscal year.
Secretary: You know where to find him, dear.
Wilson: Thank you, Clara.
[Wilson continues down the hallway towards SCP-XXXX's office. She knocks on a door and after a moment enters.]
Wilson: Hello, Mr. Gomez.
[Gobbling is heard.]
Wilson: Sure, thank you. [Wilson pulls back a chair and takes a seat. There is the sound of shuffling papers for a moment.] So as you can see, I have outlined here our plans to construct an aviary, including an ancillary building. The budget is included, of course, and thanks to your generous grants as well as the help of our new sponsors, we will be able to complete everything within the next year and a half.
Esau: Get him to talk. We need to hear more of it to know for sure.
Wilson: Do you, uh, have any thoughts on the matter, sir?
[Clucking is audible for a moment before gobbling resumes.]
Esau: Yup, he's a turkey.
Wilson: [Muttering] You're fucking with me, Captain.
[SCP-XXXX gobbles.]
Wilson: Oh, nothing, sir. Just mumbling to myself. Bad habit. Sorry about that.
Esau: Keep 'em busy. We're coming in.
Wilson: What?! What am I supposed to say?
[SCP-XXXX gobbles.]
Wilson: Oh, nothing sir! Sorry, just thinking out loud. I'm stunned at the fact you're being so generous as to donate that much towards construction! Really, my father and I are so thankful for you and the city council believing in the funding of our Center so much as to—
[Captain Esau enters the room.]
Esau: Hello, Mister Mayor. We'd like for you to come with us.
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks.]
Esau: Who I am is not important. I need you to step into the carrier, please. [Esau opens the door to a pet carrier she has brought into the office.]
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks. Flapping is heard as it presumably flaps its wings in an attempt to escape Captain Esau.]
Wilson: Whoa!
Esau: Oh no you don't! Get in here! Fae, shut the door!
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks.]
Secretary: What's going on in there? Mr. Gomez, what's happening? Faeowynn, what are you doing to the mayor?!
[Wilson locks the door shut and attempts to help Captain Esau to capture SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX gobbles and flaps around chaotically.]
Secretary: I'm going to call the police!
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks.]
Wilson: What are you waiting for? Get him!
Esau: A little hard considering he looks like a human. Kinda hard to tell where he physically is!
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks.]
Wilson: Well, didn't you bring a net?!
Esau: Does it look like I brought one?
Wilson: Fine, just… urgh! [Wilson dives on the ground after SCP-XXXX.] I caught something! I think I caught his leg! Come on, get him in the carrier!
[SCP-XXXX gobbles and clucks aggressively.]
[Captain Esau proceeds to trap SCP-XXXX within the carrier. Gobbling, clucking, and flapping is audible as the two proceed to stand.]
Esau: There we go.
Wilson: He looks so weird all cramped in there. A person shouldn't bend that way…
Esau: Fortunately for us, it's not a person, it's some sort of bird. We'll figure out exactly what later. For now, I need to put on my best business face for the police.
Wilson: This won't affect me or the Center, will it?
Esau: Not at all. You may just have an additional critter to take care of once all of this is over.
<END LOG>
Note: The mayor's secretary was amnesticized by Esau prior to engaging with the police, which arrived fifteen minutes after being called. SCP-XXXX was stored in Esau's van prior to interacting with the local police department, and a cover story stating that the mayor had resigned from his position due to a family emergency was planted. Deputy mayor Gustavo Montalbán was sworn in immediately following these events.
Following its capture, SCP-XXXX expressed outrage at being held in the Wilson Center, but made no physical efforts2 to breach containment when placed within a chicken pen.
Addendum XXXX.2: On 23/01/2009, Three Portlands mayor The Mayor announced their bid to run for governor of Oregon. Fearing their history as a beloved populist leader with a strict anti-Foundation position, Site-64 personnel were faced with attempting to source a planted candidate to run in a rigged election against The Mayor. Though test screenings amongst personnel were at first seemingly appropriate, none possessed a history of politics nor the necessary experience to begin one.
It was suggested by Roger Tarpan, WWS liason, to attempt to coerce SCP-XXXX into cooperating with the Foundation due to its political career and experience in the field. The following day, Agent Sidd was sent to initiate communications with SCP-XXXX and offer it the
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