something you really wish you hadn't.

你真的希望你沒有的東西。

Maybe it's perennial shock-site classics like Two Girls One Cup, or some of the truly

也許是像《兩個女孩一個杯子》這樣的常年震撼現場的經典之作，或者是一些真正的

horrific photos and footage of real-life death and murder floating around the web.

網絡上流傳著真實生活中死亡和謀殺的恐怖照片和鏡頭。

But what if we told you there was something even worse out there – an image that, just

但如果我們告訴你，還有更糟糕的東西在那裡--一個影像，只是。

by looking at it, you might be driven to pain, madness, or even death?

通過看它，你可能會被逼到痛苦、瘋狂，甚至死亡？

That's exactly what we're here to discuss today – the terrifying internet legend of

這正是我們今天要討論的問題--可怕的網絡傳奇。

Smile Dog, the photo with the power to kill.

微笑狗，具有殺傷力的照片。

Smile Dog is the colloquial name for a seemingly innocent image file called Smile.jpg, that's

微笑狗是一個看似單純的圖片文件的俗稱，叫Smile.jpg，也就是

been floating around the internet since as early as 1992.

早在1992年就已經在互聯網上流傳開來。

According to most sources, because of the image's place in internet folklore, there

據多數資料顯示，由於該圖片在網絡民間的地位，有

are thousands of copycats out there – none that have the sinister and deadly power of

有數以千計的模仿者--沒有一個人有陰險和致命的力量。

the original.

原來的。

From the scattered reports of the image's victims, we do have a vague description: It's

從影像受害者的零星報道中，我們確實有一個模糊的描述。它是...

a scan of a polaroid photo, featuring a dog that appears to be a Siberian husky against

一張寶麗來照片的掃描件，照片中的狗似乎是一隻西伯利亞哈士奇犬，與此同時，它也是一隻狗。

a dark background.

深色背景。

The dog has a wide, almost human grin, with teeth that look like they simply don't belong

這隻狗有一個寬闊的，幾乎是人類的笑容，牙齒看起來像根本不屬於他們

in the creature's face.

在生物的臉上。

Worse yet, in the darkened corner to the left of the dog is a red hand, outstretched towards

更糟糕的是，在狗的左邊黑暗的角落裡，有一隻紅色的手，伸向了

the viewer.

觀者。

Many of the people who've actually seen the image have described the hand as “beckoning.”

很多真正看過這幅圖的人都用 "招手 "來形容。

As though it's calling them into the darkness of the photo.

彷彿在召喚他們進入照片的黑暗中。

Some viewers have even speculated that this is the hand of the devil himself, calling

有觀眾甚至猜測這是魔鬼親手所為，稱其為

them down to the depths of Hell.

他們下到地獄的深處。

Naturally, as an intellectually curious viewer of The Infographics Show, you'll want to

當然，作為一個對資訊圖表秀充滿好奇的觀眾，您會希望

search for this cursed image.

搜索這個被詛咒的影像。

And don't worry, we're going to show it to you – that's right, the real, original

別擔心，我們會給你看--沒錯，真實的，原汁原味的。

Smile.jpg.

微笑.jpg。

But before we subject you to that, you have to understand what you're getting yourself

但在我們讓你接受這個問題之前，你必須明白你會得到什麼？

into here.

進入這裡。

After all, if the legends are true, it might just change your life…

畢竟，如果傳說是真的，它可能會改變你的生活... ...

While the stories about Smile.jpg have circulated the internet since the internet was a publicly

雖然關於Smile.jpg的故事在互聯網上流傳，但自從互聯網是一個公開的

available commodity, the first true, solid, and widely available account of a person's

可用的商品，第一個真實的、可靠的、廣為流傳的關於一個人的描述。

experience with Smile.jpg and Smile Dog appeared on 4Chan's paranormal board in 2008.

2008年，微笑.jpg和微笑狗的經歷出現在4Chan的超自然板塊。

The paranormal board is the birthplace of a number of terrifying internet urban legends

超自然現象板塊是許多恐怖的網絡都市傳說的誕生地。

and creepypastas – such as the malicious, shapeshifting Goat Man, the deadly Daruma-San

和令人毛骨悚然的故事--比如惡意的、會變形的山羊人、致命的達魯瑪桑。

Bath Ritual, and an infamous porcelain doll with living, wriggling innards.

沐浴儀式，和一個臭名昭著的瓷娃娃，活生生的，蠕動的內臟。

A frightening tale like that of the Smile Dog would be right at home on this hub of

像笑面狗這樣的驚悚故事，在這個中心是很合適的。

the strange and paranormal, but the story's haunting details still stuck with everyone

詭異超自然的故事，但故事中令人難忘的細節還是讓大家記憶猶新。

unlucky enough to read them…

不幸讀到它們... ...

It began with someone who was just curious, not unlike you.

開始的時候，有人只是好奇，和你不一樣。

They were a young, aspiring writer in college, searching for interesting stories that might

他們是一個年輕的，有抱負的作家在大學裡，尋找有趣的故事，可能是

inspire some exciting new fiction – but they stumbled on a horror that was all too

激發了一些激動人心的新小說--但他們偶然發現了一個恐怖的東西，這太

real.

真正的。

They put out the call for people with interesting stories on the internet, and got plenty of

他們在網絡上發出了徵集有有趣故事的人，得到了大量的

duds.

啞彈。

You know, all the stories about that time someone's weird uncle caught a big one while

你知道，所有的故事，關於那次某人的怪叔叔抓到了一個大的，而。

out fishing, or a kid could swear they saw something moving under their bed.

外出釣魚，或者一個孩子可以發誓他們看到床下有東西在動。

The young writer, identified only as Mr. L in the account, was ready to throw in the

這位年輕的作家，在敘述中只被確認為L先生，他準備在他的作品中投入

towel and give up, when he received a strange correspondence from a man named Terence E

當他收到一個叫Terence E的人寄來的一封奇怪的信件時，就放棄了。

in the summer of 2007.

在2007年夏天。

According to Terence, if Mr. L was looking for scary stories, his wife, Mary, had one

據Terence說，如果L先生要找恐怖故事，他的妻子Mary就有一個。

that would beat out all the rest.

這將擊敗所有其他。

Something genuinely terrifying.

真正可怕的東西。

Genuinely paranormal.

真正的超自然現象。

According to Terence, Mary had experienced a real encounter with the original smile.jpg

據Terence說，Mary曾經歷過一次真實的遭遇，原來微笑.jpg

image, and nothing had been the same ever since.

形象，從此以後一切都不一樣了。

It just so happened that Terence had contacted exactly the right person, as Mr. L had been

恰好Terence找對了人，因為L先生一直都在。

fascinated with the concept of Smile Dog ever since he was in the 10th Grade, back in 2005.

從2005年10年級開始，他就對 "微笑狗 "的概念著迷。

He could feel the mystery of the thing drawing him in – the desire to discover what nobody

else had ever discovered before.

別人曾經發現過的。

Terence consulted Mary, and she agreed to an informal interview with Mr. L around a

特倫斯徵求了瑪麗的意見，她同意與L先生進行一次非正式的面談，時間大約在一個星期左右。

month later.

一個月後。

The couple were based in Chicago, and Mr. L just happened to be in the area on unrelated

這對情侶在芝加哥，而L先生剛好在這個地區，因為不相關的事情。

business.

業務。

Everything seemed to be falling into place, until Mr. L actually arrived at the home.

一切似乎都是水到渠成的，直到L先生真的來到了家裡。

When he got there, eager to conduct his interview and potentially discover the truth behind

當他到了那裡，急於進行採訪，並有可能發現背後的真相。

all this hearsay, Mary had barricaded herself in her bathroom.

所有這些傳聞，瑪麗把自己關在浴室裡。

She appeared to be having some kind of psychotic break, screaming and sobbing uncontrollably,

她似乎是得了什麼精神病，尖叫著，泣不成聲。

like she was afraid for her very life.

就像她害怕自己的生命一樣。

In particular, Mary was screaming about some strange nightmares she was experiencing, but

特別是，瑪麗尖叫著說她正在經歷一些奇怪的噩夢，但是... ...

it was largely too incoherent to even tell what she was saying.

基本上是語無倫次，連她在說什麼都不知道。

Terence tried his best to console her for Mr. L's interview, but it didn't do any

特倫斯為L先生的採訪盡力安慰她，但沒有任何作用

good.

好。

From hours of sitting outside the bathroom and taking notes, he only managed to glean

從幾個小時的坐在浴室外做筆記中，他只設法收集到了

the following story.

下面的故事。

Mary was a system operator for a small Chicago-based Bulletin Board System in 1992, back when the

1992年，Mary是芝加哥一家小型公告牌系統的系統操作員，當時的公告牌系統是

internet was in its relative infancy.

互聯網還處於相對的初級階段。

One day, a seemingly innocent hyperlink was posted on the board system.

有一天，板塊系統上發佈了一個看似無辜的超鏈接。

She was one of around 400 to actually click the mysterious link, and was immediately transported

她是大約400個真正點擊神祕鏈接的人之一，並立即被傳送到了美國。

to Smile.jpg.

到微笑.jpg。

The other people who were exposed on that day remained anonymous, and their fates are

當天被曝光的其他人員仍然是匿名的，他們的命運是

unknown, but if Mary's accounts and the legends are anything to go by, their stories

但如果瑪麗的描述和傳說有任何依據的話 他們的故事...

are unlikely to have had happy endings.

是不可能有幸福結局的。

As Mr. L pressed for further details, Mary just sobbed and cried harder.

當L先生追問更多細節時，瑪麗只是抽泣，哭得更厲害。

The woman was inconsolable, and Mr. L realised he'd probably gotten as much as he was going

女人無可奈何，L先生意識到自己大概是得隴望蜀了吧？

to get from her.

要從她那裡得到。

Terence apologised for his wife's strange behaviour, and Mr. L thanked him and left.

特倫斯為妻子的怪異行為道歉，L先生謝過後離開。

This may have seemed like the end of things for most people, but for Mr. L, this was just

對大多數人來說，這似乎是事情的終結，但對L先生來說，這只是...

the start.

開始。

The hunt was on, and Mary's brief account had given him the scent.

狩獵開始了，瑪麗的簡短敘述讓他嗅到了氣味。

He began gathering all the information he could on the mysterious file, its effects

他開始收集所有的資訊，他可以關於神祕的文件，它的影響。

on its victims, and the people it hurt.

受害者和受其傷害的人。

But as the famous quote from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche goes, “He who fights

但正如德國哲學家弗里德里希-尼采的名言所說："戰鬥的人。

with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

和怪物在一起的人應該注意自己不要變成怪物。

And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

如果你長期凝視深淵，深淵也會凝視你。"

Mr. L found that information on Smile.jpg wasn't available anywhere on major internet

L先生髮現，各大互聯網上都沒有關於Smile.jpg的資訊。

information sources like Wikipedia.

維基百科等信息源。

In fact, he found that if anyone did attempt to add a reference to the cursed file on a

事實上，他發現，如果有人試圖在某一文件上添加對被詛咒文件的引用，那麼他就會發現，他是一個很好的例子。

Wikipedia page, it would quickly be struck down by editors.

維基百科的頁面，很快就會被編輯們打掉。

Who was trying to keep this thing buried, and why?

是誰想把這個東西埋起來，為什麼？

He also managed to discover a great deal more about the supposed effects of viewing the

他還設法發現了更多的所謂的觀看效果。

file.

文件。

The most common effects included, on the mild end, severe anxiety and persistent night terrors,

最常見的影響包括，輕度的，嚴重的焦慮和持續的夜驚。

and on the more severe end, hallucinations and temporal lobe epilepsy – with seizures

更嚴重的是，幻覺和顳葉癲癇--伴有癲癇發作。

most commonly occurring at night.

最常發生在夜間。

Naturally, as with anything on the internet that can cause harm, it was weaponized by

自然，就像網絡上任何可以造成傷害的東西一樣，它被武器化了。

trolls and bad actors.

巨魔和壞演員。

The image was often circulated on forums in the early Usenet days, and was allegedly once

早期的Usenet時代，這張圖片經常在論壇上流傳，據稱曾經是

used to flood the forums of humour and satire website Something Awful in 2002.

曾經在2002年充斥著幽默和諷刺網站Something Awful的論壇。

The result was a number of users developing severe anxiety, nightmares, and epilepsy.

結果是不少用戶出現嚴重的焦慮、噩夢和癲癇。

Back in the mid to late nineties, the image circulated as all spooky things on the internet

早在九十年代中後期，這個畫面就作為所有詭異的東西在網絡上流傳開來

did back then: By chain email.

當年做。通過鏈式郵件。

The email would disguise itself as one of the number of feel-good chain emails that

這封郵件會偽裝成大量的感覺良好的連鎖郵件之一。

did the rounds back then, with the innocuous subject line “SMILE!!

當年的報紙上也有這樣的標題："微笑！！！"。

GOD LOVES YOU!”

上帝愛你！"

But by the time you've opened the email and its attachment, it's already too late.

但當你打開郵件及其附件時，已經太晚了。

Plenty of people on the internet claim to have had experiences with Smile Dog, but the

網絡上有很多人聲稱有與微笑狗合作的經歷，但是，在互聯網上，微笑狗是一個很好的選擇。

veracity of these claims are in dispute.

這些說法的真實性存在爭議。

During his investigations, Mr. L did notice some other legends with eerie commonalities

在調查過程中，L先生確實注意到了一些其他的傳說，這些傳說有一些詭異的共同點。

to the Smile.jpg tale he was investigating.

到他正在調查的Smile.jpg故事。

The most prominent was a story known as “The Grinning Man”, about a person who received

最突出的是一個被稱為 "笑臉人 "的故事，講的是一個人在收到了

an email from a recently deceased friend with an image of – you guessed it – a grinning

一個最近去世的朋友發來的郵件，上面有一張圖片--你猜對了--一個微笑的

man.

男人：

However, after witnessing the image and an accompanying key phrase, the man's life

然而，在目睹了這一畫面和一個附帶的關鍵詞後，該男子的生活

spiralled out of control, with the only way to lift the apparent curse being to pass it

失控，唯一能解除表面詛咒的辦法是通過它

on.

在：

From the smiling to the horrific nightmares to the inevitable tragic end, could the two

從微笑到恐怖的夢魘，再到不可避免的悲劇結局，兩人是否能

things be connected?

事物是相通的？

There was no conclusive evidence on the matter, but Mr. L was sure to make a note of it for

這件事沒有確鑿的證據，但L先生一定會記下來，以備不時之需。

further study.

進一步研究。

Mr. L continued compiling research for an entire year, always haunted by the cries of

L先生繼續整理研究了整整一年，始終被哭聲所困擾。

Mary coming through the bathroom door, and the thought of that smiling hound.

瑪麗從浴室門口進來，想到那條微笑的獵犬。

He discovered that many of the people who'd originally claimed to see the thing had fallen

他發現，很多原本聲稱看到那東西的人，都已經倒下了。

off the map, and that some had tried to use medication to prevent the nightmares and the

一些人曾試圖用藥物來防止噩夢，並試圖用藥物來預防。

epileptic fits that seemed to naturally accompany an incident with the image.

癲癇病發作，似乎自然而然地伴隨著一個事件與影像。

All it took was one look – just one little look to change your life.

只需要一個眼神--只是一個小小的眼神，就能改變你的人生。

It felt like a somehow more eerily plausible version of the tape from The Ring.

感覺就像《魔戒》裡的錄音帶，某種程度上更詭異可信。

At times, Mr. L wondered if the whole thing was just some elaborate hoax.

有時，L先生會想，整件事是不是隻是一些精心設計的騙局。

An online inside joke, and it was all on him.

網上的一個內部笑話，都是他開的。

Truth be told, he felt almost ready to give up, when he finally got a massive break in

說實話，他覺得自己幾乎已經準備放棄了，當他終於得到了一個巨大的突破時，他在

the case: An email from Mary herself, explaining the whole situation.

的情況。一封來自瑪麗本人的郵件， 解釋了整個情況。

Mr. L eagerly opened the correspondence, excited for his next lead, but what he saw shook him

L先生急切地打開書信，為下一個線索興奮不已，但他看到的東西卻讓他震撼不已

to the core.

徹頭徹尾的。

Mary explained that the image of the Smile Dog had been haunting her in her sleep for

瑪麗解釋說，"微笑狗 "的形象一直在她的睡夢中縈繞。

years, repeatedly saying one thing “Spread the word, spread the word.”

年，反覆說著一件事 "傳播，傳播"。

She experienced symptoms akin to sleep paralysis – being frozen to the bed, and unable to

她出現了類似於睡眠癱瘓的症狀--被凍在床上，無法動彈。

do anything but listen to the words of the demonic dog sitting in front of her.

什麼都不做，只聽坐在她面前的妖犬的話。

“Spread the word, spread the word.”

"傳播消息，傳播消息。"

She told Mr. L that, a week after initially seeing Smile.jpg, a floppy disk containing

她告訴L先生，在最初看到Smile.jpg的一週後，一張軟盤裡裝的是

the image was mysteriously mailed to her home.

影像被神祕地郵寄到她家。

Finally, she understood: Much like the Grinning Man that Mr. L had been investigating, the

終於，她明白了。就像L先生一直在調查的那個笑臉人一樣...

Smile Dog wanted her to pass the image on and use it to inflict the curse upon others.

笑面狗想讓她把這個形象傳遞下去，用它來給別人施加詛咒。

That would be the only way to stop suffering from the symptoms herself.

這樣才能讓自己不再受症狀的折磨。

The nightly seizures and visions she was experiencing were so horrific that she was tempted to pass

她每晚的癲癇發作和幻覺是如此的可怕，以至於她很想通過。

it on to others, and even contemplated potential options: A co-worker, a stranger, or even

傳播給其他人，甚至考慮了潛在的選擇。同事，陌生人，甚至是...

her husband, Terence.

她的丈夫，特倫斯。

Mary decided against it, and instead hid the floppy disk away for years, until she finally

瑪麗決定不這樣做，而是把軟盤藏了好幾年，直到她終於。

found a person she could potentially pass the curse onto…Mr. L himself.

找到了一個她有可能將詛咒傳給的人......L先生本人。

However, as she was plotting to pass on the curse to him and ruin his life, she decided

然而，當她正謀劃著把詛咒傳給他，毀掉他的生活時，她決定

against it at the last minute – hence her breakdown in the bathroom upon his visit.

在最後一刻反對--是以她在他來訪時在浴室裡崩潰了。

Realising it's already too late for her, and wracked with guilt over what she almost

意識到這對她來說已經太晚了，並且為她幾乎要做的事情而感到內疚

did, Mary signed off the email with a harrowing final message for Mr. L.

做了，瑪麗在郵件上籤下了L先生的最後一句話，令人痛心疾首。

“Stop while you are still whole.”

"趁著你還沒死，趕緊停下來。"

Later that month, Mr. L received another email from Terence, telling him that Mary had taken

當月晚些時候，L先生又收到了Terence發來的郵件，告訴他Mary已經拿了

her own life shortly after sending the last email to him.

在給他發完最後一封郵件後不久，她就自殺了。

She just couldn't take the suffering anymore.

她實在是受不了這種痛苦了。

Terence also informed Mr. L that he'd found and destroyed the floppy disk by setting it

特倫斯還告訴L先生，他發現並銷燬了軟盤，將它設置為

on fire – adding that the plastic gave a snake-like hiss as it burnt and shrivelled,

火--補充說，塑膠在燃燒和萎縮時發出蛇一樣的嘶嘶聲。

destroying yet another copy of the cursed image once and for all.

一勞永逸地摧毀另一個被詛咒的影像副本。

Mr. L was ready to hang up his hat and close the investigation into Smile.jpg.

L先生準備掛掉帽子，結束對微笑的調查.jpg。

People had suffered and even died, and just as Mary had advised him to, he was going to

人吃過苦，甚至死過人，就像瑪利亞勸他的那樣，他要去

quit while he was ahead.

趁他不在的時候退出。

It was a couple months later, when he'd almost forced the whole nasty affair out of

那是幾個月後，當他幾乎把整件齷齪的事情逼出來的時候。

his mind, that he saw a new email appear in his inbox with the subject “Smile.”

他看到收件箱裡出現了一封主題為 "微笑 "的新郵件。

Without even thinking, he clicked on it, and by that point, it was already too late.

他想都沒想，就點了下去，而此時，已經來不及了。

The text in the body of the email, littered with spelling and grammatical errors, said:

郵件正文中的文字，到處都是拼寫和語法錯誤，說。

“I found your e-mail adress thru a mailing list your profile said you are interested

"我從你的資料中找到了你的電子郵件地址，你的資料上說你有興趣。

in smiledog.

在微笑狗。

I have saw it it is not as bad as every one says I have sent it to you here.

我已經看過了，它並不像每個人說的那麼糟糕，我已經在這裡發給你了。

Just spreading the word.”

只是把話說開了。"

And the rest is spooky internet history.

剩下的就是詭異的網絡歷史了。

Now, you've heard the story, and you know all the horrors this strange little photo

現在，你已經聽過這個故事了，你也知道這個奇怪的小照片的所有恐怖之處。

is said to be able to unleash.

據說能夠釋放。

Maybe it's all just an urban legend, or a hoax, or mass hysteria.

也許這一切只是一個都市傳說，或者是一個騙局，或者是大規模的歇斯底里。

After all, how much damage can one picture do?

畢竟，一張圖片的傷害有多大？

But hey, if you want to be safe, you can always send this video to a couple friends and…

但是，嘿，如果你想安全的話，你可以隨時把這個視頻發給幾個朋友，然後... ...

Spread the word.

傳播消息。

Check out “How A Meme (Slender Man) Became Real” and “Russian Sleep Experiment – EXPLAINED”

請看 "Meme（縴夫）是如何成為現實的 "和 "俄羅斯睡眠實驗--解釋"

for more chilling internet oddities.

更多讓人不寒而慄的網絡怪事。