SCP-682 is a big, soft, cuddly lizard who just wants to be friends.

SCP-682 is a fictional character created by Dr. Gears for the SCP Foundation English Wiki. It is an intelligent, large, reptilian creature with a hatred of all life. SCP-682’s anomalous properties include being extremely fast and being able to adapt to any environment it is placed in to ensure its own survival. To keep SCP-682 contained, the SCP Foundation keeps it submerged in a hydrochloride acid at an undisclosed site; keeping all land within 50 kilometers of that site free from human habitation.

SCP-682 has successfully escaped from containment six times. Its article contains a list of the teams that were dispatched to capture 682 on each attempt; many of these team members were killed in action. In one escape attempt, 682 killed a group of farmers; when asked for its motive, 682 simply noted that “…they were… disgusting…”

Due to the danger posed by 682 and its numerous escape attempts, the SCP Foundation has declared that 682 “must be destroyed as soon as possible.” The organization maintains a running list of its various attempts to destroy 682, none of which have been successful.

On April 3, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Dr. Gears (then going by Cog) posted the text of SCP-882 to the /x/ board of 4chan.^[1]scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/573348.xml (archive) The SCP was well-received and Dr. Gears would go on to post seven additional SCPs in the ongoing thread.

On April 6 at 7:11 PM, Dr. Gears posted the text of SCP-682. The original text read as follows:^[2]scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/573348.xml, post 577860 (archive)

Item #682
Special Containment Procedures:
Object #682 must be destroyed as soon as possible. At this time, no means available to SCP teams are capable of destroying #682, only able to cause massive physical damage. Containment of #682 is to be made on-site whenever contact is made. Containment will consist of ten inch reinforced acid-resistant steel plate forming the walls, ceiling and floor of #682’s containment chamber. Containment chamber will then be filled with lye and hydrochloric acid until #682 becomes incapacitated. SCP crew will attempt to transport #682 to central facility as soon as physically possible.
Any personnel attempting to speak to #682 will be restrained and removed by force. Any movement or attempt to escape, move, or speak by #682 will be addressed by full use of force by SCP team, by whatever means available and necessary.
Description:
Object #682 is a large, vaguely reptile-like creature of unknown origin. It appears to be extremely intelligent, and was observed to engage in complex communication with #079 during it’s limited time of capture. It’s physical body grows and changes very quickly, observed to increase by one square foot of mass every hour that it is not physically damaged. #682 is also incredibly strong, and has escaped from SCP six times to date.
Object #682 appears to have a hatred of all life, which has been expressed in several interviews during containment. #682 gains energy from anything it ingests, organic or inorganic. #682’s regenerative capabilities are staggering, and #682 has been seen moving and speaking with it’s body 87% destroyed or rotted.

Dr. Gears was actually unhappy with SCP-682; he claimed that the idea sucked and that he regretted how the SCP turned out.^[3]scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/573348.xml, post 577973 (archive) History would very much prove Dr. Gears wrong.

On April 8, 2008 at 6:15 PM an IP address copied the text of SCP-682 over to the EditThis wiki.^[4]SCP-682 – History – Scp Wiki (archive.org)