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His heart thudded against his ribs as he opened the image. It was a high-resolution drone shot of a house in the suburbs. The roof was missing a few shingles near the chimney. A blue sedan was parked in the driveway with a cracked taillight. It was his house. But in the driveway, there was something that wasn't there when he got home: a tall, thin figure draped in a yellow raincoat, standing perfectly still, looking directly up at the camera.

When it finally finished, a single folder appeared on his desktop. Inside were three files: view_from_above.jpg READ_ME_IMMEDIATELY.txt 57423.rar

He scrambled to the window and threw back the curtains. The street was empty. No yellow raincoat. No figure. He felt a brief surge of relief until he looked back at his laptop. His heart thudded against his ribs as he opened the image

The file was gone. In its place was a new archive: ELIAS_V1.rar . A blue sedan was parked in the driveway