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Foundation personnel within the Parazoology Division currently operate in various tiers of the U.S. equine industry. This measure exists to ensure:

1. That horse breeding continues as a controlled element.
2. That further progression of the anomaly can be mitigated.

Analysts are to track domesticated horse populations for anomalous behaviours such as uncharacteristic or unprovoked aggression, deviance from feeding habits, and deviance from natural breeding cycles. Known feral horse populations are to be monitored for abnormal activity.

To maintain the well-being of baseline horses, personnel are to avoid sterilization efforts within current populations and any restrictive actions taken to manage overpopulation. Instead, personnel are to disperse hormonal agent 762988-16-7 within horse populations. 762988-16-7 targets horse endocrine systems to promote docility and extend breeding cycles.

No known means of containing SCP-3787-ε exist at present. The Site-82 Operations Command Office is, however, accepting containment initiatives.

KETER-Class remains the classification of this anomaly until satisfactory levels of containment are met.

Project: DIRE HORSE outlines the production of a significant horse population and the dissemination of this new population across the United States. This is to be conducted to mitigate the ongoing loss of horse populations and produce a phenotype resistant to the effects of the anomalous illness.

To achieve this goal, DIRE HORSE has employed the use of Ashleigh's Fields: A cattle farm in Newton News, Montana. Ashleigh's Fields has been working under the Foundation front company Stratford Cattle Productions since 2010. Ashleigh's Fields uses an industrial farming facility responsible for the mass production of synthetic livestock in place of modern farming techniques.

DIRE HORSE will use the Rimmer–Lister Hippological Simulacrum (or RLHS) prototype. The RLHS can produce 500 artificially grown adult horses (or 1 000 foals) per 6-hr period, within 99.91% genetic similarity of their natural counterparts. Horses produced by the RLHS undergo behavioural engineering and memetic hardening to reduce the potential effects of an SCP-3787-1 spread into its population.

In a runaway equine extinction event, the RLHS and its sentinel facility at Ashleigh's Fields can store up to 100 000 stable horses in cryogenic storage for up to a decade.

To reduce general awareness of the full spread of the equine illness, DIRE HORSE is to promptly begin replacing horse populations in 35 U.S. states. Any expired horses affected by SCP-3787 are to be collected and transported to Site-41 Mnestic Production Facility-Aleph for decommissioning.

To prevent environmental contamination, expired SCP-3787-affected horses are undergoing decommissioning, detailed as follows.

1. A network of Foundation web crawlers is to conduct mass media blackouts by purging any verified news reports on SCP-3787.
2. Foundation personnel planted in the U.S. equine industry are to track all areas affected by mass die-offs. Expired horses identified during this process are to be removed from affected areas on an immediate basis and transported to Site-41, Facility-Aleph, for neutralization.
3. A randomized pool of 1 500 expired horses is to be stored for future testing.

Neutralization efforts will operate with the end goal of destroying all expired horses affected by SCP-3787. Per Procedure MNEMOSYNE, destroyed subjects are to be broken down into multi-component slurry to begin the transformation into Class-W Mnestics^[A] material.. A primary component of modern mnestics is an admixture of various parts of horse anatomy. Marness, L. (1976). Glue Huffing and Dutch Occultism: Why the Best Bad Ideas Are Seldom Forgotten. Understanding Antimemetics, 1, 393.

This aspect of Project: DIRE HORSE has been seized by the Antimemetics Division .. [DATA LOST]

^[A] Mnestic: An agent used to temporarily enhance a user's immediate memory retention.

NOTE: Because of the high volume of antimemetic anomalies on-site, all cameras at Site-41 are outfitted with a Mariotte-Pashler antimemetic perception filter. For identification purposes, anomalies corresponding with this description are outlined in red.

[BEGIN LOG | 01:04 AM]

[A large wheel-shaped anatomical mass (automatically marked in red) appears near Site-41. The anatomical structure disables a surveillance pylon at 55 km/hr. Security alarms whine and the mass charges toward nearby Facility-Aleph.]

[Mobile Task Force Chai-10 ("Oxygenated Morons"), a three-member fast-insertion unit operating a light strike vehicle (or LSV) outfitted with an M2 heavy machine gun, approaches the pylon to investigate. The mass notices the task force and mimics freezing behaviour, whinnying as it shudders.]

CH-10-Lead GARTER: Easy there, girl. You're a stunner, aren't you?

CH-10 CASSIUS: Who are you talking to?

CH-10-Lead GARTER: [He groans.] Turn on your filter, dumbass. Things are about to get hairy.

CH-10 CASSIUS: [He fumbles with his gear before activating a filter in his helmet.] Holy shit!

CH-10 AZALEA: Can our weapons even hit that thing? [She hesitates.] I mean, it's antimemetic, and the ammo's not spell-coated or anything. What if it passes right through?

[The mass slowly transforms into a ball and expands.]

CH-10-Lead GARTER: Clever hypothesis, AZALEA. [He chuckles.] Well? Find out for us, will you?

[AZALEA fires at the mass and punctures its outer layer, which emits loud equine vocalizations. A tan equine entity separates from the larger mass and gallops toward the task force.]

CH-10 AZALEA: I'll consider that debunked. [She repositions the M2 and focuses on the entity.]

[CASSIUS reverses the vehicle and circles the mass in a broad arc. The entity matches velocities and chases the unit for an extended period, then latches itself onto the back of the LSV. The larger mass remains stationary.]

[AZALEA expels 150 rounds at the entity. The entity breaks apart into smaller portions that each continue to animate, implanting themselves into various places on the vehicle to squeeze inside.]

[The LSV ceases operation.]

CH-10-Lead GARTER: All right, everybody out. Let's hole ourselves up before that thing decides to attack.

[MTF-Chai-10 exits the LSV and travels into cover and out of frame. The visible entity squeezes the rest of its body into the vehicle. Equine vocalizations continue.]

[Soon after, the larger mass reaches a diameter of about 3 m and moves again, this time rolling toward Facility-Aleph at an immense speed. It collides with the facility, causing structural damage and disabling the video feed. Audio surveillance continues.]

[Site systems log the activation of an automated anti-intrusion and disorientation system, illuminating the area with high-powered 1 000-watt floodlights.]

[Audio surveillance registers a sharp equine vocalization — loud at first, but eventually receding into silence.]

[END LOG | 01:26 AM]

CLOSING REMARKS: The next morning, site security launched an investigation on the premises. Security personnel found the equine entity trapped within the LSV, its form blackened and shrivelled — neutralized by prolonged exposure to intense light.

Foundation cryptozoologists have launched an investigation into these newly discovered equine entities.

3787-N is a collective of predatory, semi-humanoid equine entities. Each 3787-N instance is composed of malleable cartilage integrated with groupings of musculature typical of horses. One defining feature is its horse-like cranium, which consists of a muzzle capable of equine vocalizations. Naturally occurring braided horsehair is present in the form of a mane and tail. Each strand of hair is autonomous; 3787-N efforts to control hair movement often appear laboured, and seem unsuccessful.

Though 3787-N possesses dull, rounded teeth, it has been observed to engage in carnivorous activities and consume humans — albeit rarely. Instead of feeding for sustenance, instances choose to hunt for recreation.

All 3787-N appendages are capable of contorting, elongating, and wrapping around themselves. In acts of defence, 3787-N will balloon its body outward. Instances will also mount one another, combining in tandem with the formation of wheel-like anatomical structures to use their collective body mass as a moving vehicle. When this occurs, velocities of up to 150 km/hr have been observed.

Sightings of 3787-N occur in nocturnal settings. 3787-N is a pack predator, appearing in groups ranging between five and 50 instances. These groups typically manifest near domestic or thoroughbred horse farms and feral horse packs.

3787-N display a strong revulsion to most forms of visible light and experience physical damage on exposure. The Task Forces Commander at Site-82 advises any personnel in the vicinity of 3787-N instances to carry any form of light-based weaponry available.

No other means of damaging 3787-N have been observed at present.

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