# SCP-173 SCP-173, also called The Sculpture, launched the SCP Foundation universe when an anonymous 4chan user posted its creepypasta to /x/ on June 22, 2007[2]. A concrete statue that freezes in direct eyesight and kills by snapping necks, the entity turned into fan-fiction scaffolding for a whole collaborative horror wiki. By January 2019, Instagram meme accounts were nicknaming the figure a 'peanut' and captioning edits with the onomatopoeia 'cronch' for its signature kill sound[4]. ## Origin Moto42, posting under the moniker S.S. Walrus, submitted the SCP-173 creepypasta to 4chan's /x/ paranormal board anonymously on June 22, 2007[2]. The post paired a horror file with a photograph of Izumi Kato's sculpture Untitled 2004 to illustrate the entity[8]. Readers quickly noted the concept matched the Weeping Angels from the Doctor Who episode 'Blink,' which had aired just thirteen days earlier on June 9, 2007[6]. The original thread stayed unnoticed for over a decade until Redditor dasMaymay surfaced it inside a Jason Scott 4chan archive and shared screenshots to r/SCP on October 9, 2018[7]. That archival find pinned down the exact first wording of SCP-173 before any SCP Foundation wiki existed[9]. - **Platform:** 4chan /x/ (original post) / SCP Foundation wiki (collaborative expansion) - **Creator:** Moto42 (posted as S.S. Walrus) - **Date:** 2007 ## Overview Inside the SCP universe, SCP-173 lives in a locked cell at Site-19 and must be watched by no fewer than three personnel at a time, with two keeping direct eye contact to prevent the figure from moving[1]. The containment file describes a concrete and rebar body with traces of Krylon spray paint that attacks by snapping necks at the base of the skull or by strangulation, leaving a reddish brown mix of feces and blood on the floor for bi-weekly cleaning[1]. Scraping stone noises from an empty enclosure are logged as expected behavior. As a meme subject, SCP-173 gets joke edits where fans point out its visual resemblance to a peanut and use the onomatopoeia 'cronch' for the sound of its kills[4]. Most of this fan output circulates on the r/DankMemesFromSite19 subreddit, where parody containment logs and absurd Photoshops run alongside straight horror art[4]. The peanut nickname stuck hard enough that it shows up in Urban Dictionary entries describing the entity as 'the holy peanut.' ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is SCP-173? SCP-173, nicknamed The Sculpture, is a fictional concrete statue from the SCP Foundation universe that cannot move while being directly observed and kills by snapping necks or strangulation[1]. ### Where did SCP-173 come from? A user named Moto42, posting as S.S. Walrus, wrote the SCP-173 creepypasta on 4chan's /x/ board on June 22, 2007, using a photo of Izumi Kato's Untitled 2004 sculpture to illustrate it[2][8]. ### What does SCP-173 mean? In fan memes it mostly means 'the peanut,' with jokes about the statue's visual shape and the sound 'cronch' used for its neck-snapping kill[4]. ### How do you use SCP-173? Fans caption images of the statue with peanut jokes, cronch onomatopoeia, or parody containment logs, with most of this content posted on the r/DankMemesFromSite19 subreddit[4]. ### Is SCP-173 still popular? Yes, SCP-173 is still treated as a landmark SCP entry, though the Foundation removed its original illustrating photograph on February 13, 2022, because of concerns about Izumi Kato's artwork[5]. ## References 1. [http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-173]() 2. [https://archive.is/QD9UF]() 3. [http://www.scp-wiki.net/history-of-the-universe-part-one]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scp-173]() 5. [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14469202/announcement-regarding-the-removal-of-scp-173-s-image]() 6. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(Doctor_Who)]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/9mkms3/hi_this_should_be_the_first_iteration_of_the/]() 8. [https://izumikato.com/#Untitled-2004]() 9. [https://archive.org/details/4chan_threads_archive_10_billion]() 10. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvXa7MB0UZ/]() 11. [https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/1488632389668524032]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/scp-173 Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library