BIG.EXE

Ever since I was a kid, I was a fan of the Sonic franchise. Everything from the wonderful colorful cast of characters, the outstanding music, and the gameplay being the cherry on top. As I got older, I got out of the franchise farther and farther. However, this year I graduated from High School, and I wanted to check out a few things before I head to college. One of the things that I found was my Big the Cat plushie from Sonic. Big the Cat is one of the most hated characters in Sonic, and that is mainly for his levels back in Sonic Adventure 1, but however, he was one of the my favorites, right next to Jet and Silver. Anywho, it got me thinking, what if I play Sonic Adventure 1 on my computer? Well, that would be easier said than done, and I didn’t have any money with me. To I scavenged around the internet to find the game playable, and I found one file named “Adventure.exe”. It was an executable file, and was labeled as a pirated version of Sonic Adventure 1. I downloaded the file, and when I opened it, it looked like Sonic Adventure 1. Everything was going great, and that was until I got to the first level. 
I played as Sonic first in the level called “Emerald Coast”, and throughout the map, I saw big, standing there, more than usual. With almost every new spot I go to, he like follows me…without moving. Now, when I mainly went through the campaign without no trouble, and that was until I got up to Red Mountain with Knuckles. In SA1, there are 6 playable characters. These characters are Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Omega, and Big. Now, Big does make cameos in some levels, and especially in SA2. However, from when I watched videos on it when I was younger, Big wouldn’t have appeared that often in these videos. Anyways, when I got to the level, I was going smoothly, until I get a black fade into a cutscene. This cutscene was done…differently. The scene involved Knuckles seeing Big the Cat sitting on a cliff. When Knuckles said to Big “What’s wrong Big?” Big responded with a voice that sounded ghostly compared to his usual deep voice, and he said “I can’t find the soul.” The cutscene was animated like those in-game cutscenes back in the original game, but this was a little more eerie than all the others. Suddenly, a boss fight between Knuckles and Big ensues. I was bewildered, as I did not remember this at all. To be granted, I only watched videos on the game, not the actual game before this, but I was still shocked. When I beat Big, I get another cutscene with Big, but this time, he is crying. When I see Big’s face, he was crying out, but he has black holes where his eyes were. Suddenly, Big jumped at Knuckles, and then, he eats him alive. When it cutted back to Big, his face got more deformed, and looking like more like a creature than anything, before going back to his regular look.
When I got back to the character select, Knuckles model was seen lying on the ground, dead. When I was about to choose Sonic, the game gave me a black screen. When it came back, it dropped me into Big the Cat’s first level, “Twinkle Park”. Before I could even do anything, a cutscene emerged. Big is found by Eggman, and he asks Big “What are you looking for?” Big responded, “A soul.” Eggman didn’t know what to say, and Eggman tried to shoot Big down, but…Big got the upper hand, and…he ripped off Eggman’s head. After that, he saw Gamma, and…he tackled it down, before it cut to static. 
When I went to go choose Gamma, he was laying on the floor, just like Knuckles. I finally chose Sonic, but when I did…the level was not a level I have seen before. It dropped me into an area called “Smith”. I was wondering what was wrong with my game, but haven’t turned it off, due to how intrigued I was. Anyways, a cutscene happened, and Sonic, Tails, Amy find Big, and they ask “Why did you do this?” Big responded “To find my lost soul…I had a froggy with me, and he was with me for a long time…but there was a moment…where I lost Froggy…soon…I found him…dead…drowned…and none of you helped. You had your chances to help…now…I must bring back his soul…in an exchange for yours.” After Big said that, the game cut to static, and then showed flashing images of cats, frogs, abandoned places, water, pools, and suddenly…it freezes on a frame with a ghostly painting of Big,…looking like he is screaming, with a loud scream being played during it. The game closed…and I was weirded out.
When I went to research this game, it turns out I found something more disturbing. The people in the comments have seen different versions of what happened. Some paragraphs I found were similar to what I saw, but changes in some dialogue, and what the images were, and some would even say more distortion of the game. One man also had a text file, and when I opened it, it read “Dear James, I know…I know that you can’t be saved as of now…but I wanted to keep you safe forever…not wanting my son to die…but…it is happening…I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to save you…I’m so sorry…Love, Briggs”. As soon as I read that…I saw the address written at the top of the file, and I searched it up.
What I found out through the comments…It turns out this person worked at SEGA back during the time of the first adventure game. He had a son named James who he lost due to cancer. Out of revenge, he died of an rare disease a day before the release of Sonic Adventure 1. My guess is that he didn’t want to possess the game, but tell a grim tale. I got this information from one of the comments on the download link for the game…however…I got a response back from someone, a user named “Big”. When I checked out the message, it turns out…it was a fabricated hoax.
It turns out the person behind this was making his own creepypasta named “BIG.EXE”. The creepypasta was inspired by the “SONIC.EXE” creepypasta, which scared me as a kid, but not much anymore…and it even made me laugh. Anyways, the user wanted to make something unique, and so he took a normal pirated version of SA1, and changed up the code of it to fit his story. The note and the story behind this was all fabricated and made up. I sighed in relief, and I written “Thanks for clarifying that with me, I had no idea this was for a creepypasta.” When he responded back to me, he told me to send the creepypasta on a website, and name it “BIG.EXE”, but it would be under my perspective. I agreed, and I posted this story here, and looks like I played the audience. I was a step ahead.
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