Barelybreathing.dmg

Sure, we've all read the stories of these "paranormal files." All these stories are unrealistic, like someone dying after playing a video, having a ghost haunt you after listening to a basic audio file, you get the drill. However, there is one creepypasta that I have discovered association to.
Let's get to the point. I recently had received a personal computer. I'm a graphic designer so this computer was some good shit (16 gigs of RAM, 8 cores, 4 TB of data storage). It was used, so of course it had older files on it. Opening up the Pictures folder, I found some files dating back to 2009, so this machine must have caused a fortune to the previous owner. Back to the story, I opened up the Internet to see what happened. I got the "Firefox has closed unexpectedly. Would you like to recover the previous tabs?" Selecting "yes," I was taken to an email link, nothing else. I checked this email, and there was a new email, sent at the exact same time I had recovered the webpage. It contained three files, "cradle.avi," "needles.mp3," and "burningman.jpg." I downloaded them to a folder in the Desktop. When I opened the "burningman" file, it displayed the image, which was quite a mess of overlayed images of dolls and a hallway. There also seemed to be an image of a man standing with his head leaning down in the background. It was at this point that the computer completely froze. Nothing worked, even the power button didn't work. I had to unplug the computer and plug it back in. When the PC started again, I saw a new profile.
"Equilibrium"
What the heck is happening?! clicked the profile only to see that it was completely blank albeit for one file which was entitled "barelybreathing.dmg." It took me a while to find someone that was willing to convert it to a exe file.
But when I gave the file to him, after he converted it, he didn't return the flash drive. He ran the file.
A simple command window opened up with the title of "asphyxiation." A strong feeling in my gut came up when I saw the words "Converting DNA to CPU..." flashing on the screen. It closed out after some time and the computer crashed. Now be in mind that it was about 2:30 AM at the time and we were both tired and scared, but what tipped me over the edge was the sound of the lobby door opening.
I did what my father taught me and I hid behind a filing cabinet.
Then the alarm started counting down. If this was what it came to, I knew that my time had come. I fell to my knees and prayed. Prayed with all my might that I would be saved from whatever is coming for us. The clock was no longer ticking. It had died. The room was completely silent. I only heard a sound of huffing and puffing... the pain was starting in my arm, they were here. I knew it was over. My arm was nearly destroyed by now and by this point I knew they had cut the artery. My vision began to fade, and I could tell that I was...
barelybreathing 
Category:Computers and Internet
Category:Shortpasta