SCP-8226 Auxiliary Logs: Dogs In Sheep's Clothing

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+* [[[SCP-8226]]] Auxiliary Logs
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++* Dogs In Sheep's Clothing
> **[[[SCP-8226]]] Observation Log Series**
> Recorded on static trail cams within the pastures of the Carpathian Mountains, Southern Transylvania. These logs were captured over the span of several weeks, with recordings remotely transmitted to Foundation analysts. All of the following logs  are believed to be of a single SCP-8226 instance within the same herd. 
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++ **Log 8226-A - "The Lamb"**
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 **02:14:** //An abnormally small lamb is seen lying prone behind a bush, separated from its flock by about 20 meters. The neck is hyperextended and its eyes are rolled upward, fixated on the sky. Occasional convulsions are observed// [[footnote]] Symptoms appear consistent with Polioencephalomalacia  syndrome or "Stargazing" in various livestock [[/footnote]]. 
  
 **2:16:** //A doe, the presumed mother, approaches the lamb while bleating repeatedly. It nudges the lamb's side, but fails to rouse it.// 
 
 **2:28** //SCP-8226 enters the frame from the northeast, the opposite direction of the ewe. Its maw is stained, and multiple claw-wounds have torn into its fur. These items disappear over the next several minutes, and SCP-8226 returns to the appearance of a normal sheep.// 
 
 **2:34:** //SCP-8226 pauses briefly and approaches the doe. It presses its head against the mother's flank and gently guides it away.// 
 
 **2:37:** //The doe hesitates and circles back once more, before it and SCP-8226 return to the herd.// 
 
 **3:10** //The lamb continues exhibiting tremors, rigid limbs, and upward eye fixation. SCP-8226 returns to frame without the mother and lies next to the lamb without making contact.// 
 
 **5:36:** //The lamb is now completely still, covered in flies around its eyes and mouth. It emits a final bleat.// 
 
 **6:38:** //SCP-8226 rises and positions itself over the lamb, unhinging its jaw beyond normal anatomical limits. In a single motion, the lamb is consumed whole. No residue remains// 
 
 **6:54:** //After lingering for several minutes, SCP-8226 rises and walks back in the direction of the herd.//
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++ **Log 8226-B - "The Ram"**
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 **21:05:** //An aged ram is lying on its side in a quiet field with no other animals visible. Its breathing is shallow. The sky above it is clear.// 
 
 **21:45:** //Entering the frame silently, SCP-8226 settles next to the ram, which lifts its head and bleats.  SCP-8226 does not respond.// 
 
 **23:10** //The ram attempts to rise, but collapses in a few short steps. SCP-8226 moves beside it and coaxes it into a resting position.// 
 
 **00:58:** //The two figures remain sitting upright, until the ram leans into SCP-8226's flank. No further movement observed for three hours.// 
 
 **04:34:** //SCP-8226 shifts out from beneath the ram, which is no longer visibly breathing. Lowering its head, SCP-8226 opens its mouth and consumes the ram from the head down. No residue remains.//
 
 **04:43:** //SCP-8226 exits frame.// 
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++ **Log 8226-C - "The Doe"**
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 **13:01:** //The herd is seen moving through a valley. One doe lags behind, stumbling downhill and vocalizing repeatedly. The herd does not slow.// 

 **13:04:** //The doe freezes and continues calling out. SCP-8226, lingering near the back of the herd, pauses and approaches the struggling doe.// 
 
 **13:18:** //The doe collapses and begins crying out. SCP-8226 approaches and lies down beside her and begins licking her back. The doe's bleats soften slightly.// 
 
 **13:25:** //The herd disappears behind a distant hill. The doe has stopped bleating and begins whimpering. SCP-8226 maintains physical contact, with its head atop her back. It continues licking intermittently.// 
 
 **13:54:** //Without warning, SCP-8226 snaps the back of the doe's head mid-lick. The doe goes limp. SCP-8226 opens its mouth and slides the body in. It then stands, shakes, and continues on in the direction of the herd.//
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++ **Recovered Document 8226-D - "The Dying"**
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 The following document was uncovered in historical archives near the location of the documented SCP-8226 instance and herd.  

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 To whom takes the time to read the words of an aged shepherd: 
 
 As the wind grows cold and stale, my legs no longer carry me across the hillside as they once did.  On my best days, I can only sit by the old fir and watch the flock from afar. Though I would like to think they still know me, I can no longer call them home as I once did. 
 
 In my youth, I had crafted a new breed- not for guarding nor hunting nor companionship, persay- but rather, for mercy. 
 
 Too many winters I watched my flock suffer slow deaths. Those sick, frail and lost things each cried out for an end that would come ever-so-slow, and I had naught the strength nor - lord forgive me- the heart, to answer each one. Therefore, I prayed not for this strength, but rather, for a kindness that could walk among my flock when I one day could not. 
 
 With those prayers and careful hands, I crafted the dogs. 
 
 They are quieter things than I expected. They do not bark nor chase nor even herd. Instead, they wait. Wait until they smell the scent of pain, of hopelessness. They walk beside the dying and offer what I could not: an end without terror, cold, or solitude. 
 
 It is far from pretty work, but it is holy in its own way. 
 
 Now, my legs cannot carry me alongside the herd. My arms can no longer lift my crook. My lungs cannot whistle for them.  
 
 But the dogs still walk. They walk with the lambs and the rams, the does and the dying.  They walk through dark and frost and cold and wind, where only mercy is kind enough to go. 
 
 And tonight, one sits beside me. 
 
 He has not moved within an hour. He watches the stars with me. His breath is steady, and I feel no fear. 
 
 Yet, I know that when I sleep, he will finish the work that I began. 
 
 And it will be the last kindness I ever know.
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