You scrolled through your emails. Marking old messages, grammarly reminders, and movie theater ads as read until something catches your eye.

An email from your friend. The repeated "RE:"s at the beginning let you know that this has been forwarded many times. You open it.

SMILE!! GOD LOVES YOU! is the subject, and below it you see a picture of a photoshopped smiling husky, along with some "warnings."

You've seen so many chain emails that they've lost their effect, so you simply mark it as read.

You go on with your day like normal. You go to sleep after showering and you wake up in the middle of the night from a sound at the corner of your room. You turn on the lamp to see the dog... But he's different... Not too... Dog-like...