I plugged the flash drive into my computer, half expecting nothing to happen — maybe it was broken, maybe it was empty. But the moment the screen lit up, my heart began to race.
There was just one folder, labeled “OPEN ME.”
I clicked on it, and the image filled the screen.
A man’s face stared back at me — grinning straight into the camera. His expression wasn’t friendly; it was the kind of smile that makes your skin crawl. His eyes were sharp, almost mocking, like he knew I was looking.
For a long moment, I couldn’t move. My hands felt cold. There was no background in the photo, no information, just that face — frozen mid-laugh, staring right through me.
I shut the laptop and sat there, trying to process what I had just seen.
A Prank or Something Worse?
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