6170 Explanation

Description: SCP-6170 is a sentient Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Western Lowland Gorilla) currently residing within the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio. SCP-6170 demonstrated stabilising effects on anomalous phenomena, not just in its general vicinity but throughout reality. Objects with anomalous traits brought close to SCP-6170 have these properties diminished, or in some cases, outright nullified. If the object was itself anomalous, it would either be forcibly changed into its closest non-anomalous analogue or outright removed from existence.

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Update 28/06/2016: On May 25th, 2016, a child visiting the zoo fell into SCP-6170's enclosure. Fearing that SCP-6170 would inadvertently kill the child, it was fatally shot by a zoo worker. Aside from the loss of a potentially high-value asset, no discernible consequences came from SCP-6170's death.

Reclassification to Neutralised pending.

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SCP-6170
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