Smile Dog

The Legend

"Smile.jpg" is a cursed image said to cause insanity to anyone who views it. The photo depicts a grotesque husky dog with a human-like smile, bathed in unnatural red light, often set against a dark, room-like background, with a red bloody hand in the darkness. Victims claim to receive nightmares and whispered demands to 'Spread the word.' It's said that in the mid-to-late 90s, Smile.JPG circulated as an attachment of a chain email with the subject line “SMILE!! GOD LOVES YOU!” Yet despite the huge exposure these stunts would generate, there are very few people who admit to having experienced any of them and no trace of the file or any link has ever been discovered. The origin of the file is unknown and those who attempt to find it often go missing.

Apperences

Although no one knows the exact origin of Smile Dog or where he originally came from, there are some who say that the origins of this entity come from an original picture of The Devil himself, implying that Smile Dog may be connected to demons and Satanism. Smile Dog has had several different apperences in different forms of media. Such as video games and youtube series.

STEP RIGHT UP

^ The three "Chatroom evils" (Demon, Dragon, and Husky) apear in the Friday night funkin mod "Step Right Up: Adventure Isle". Alongside several indie horror games, such as Yume Nikki, Duck Season, Tattletale, and Faith: The Unholy Trinity. Smile dog is seen tormenting a person by the name of Sara Taylor. There is also a new version of smile dog known as "Fakdog", or "Fuckass". From my understanding, he's a sentient computer virus that knows Sara and is more friendly the main chatroom evils.

^ ChainmailChasers is a youtube series channel dedicated to finding the origins of popular internet horror images, notably from creepypastas. This includes the notorious haunted Smile.JPG image. However, this leads to the main character, Grace, being tormented by the Smile Dog entity known as "The Dragon", or "Image Entity". Unlike the original creepypasta, Dragon is able to interact to its victims while they are still awake. It is shown to be able to turn on devices, and break out the screen and physically interact with the characters. The series is on going, so this part may change.

⚠️ VIEWING THE ORIGINAL IMAGE HAS BEEN LINKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.

The Image

SPREAD THE WORD