The scenario itself is extremely implausible. Industrial sausage production involves grinding, mixing, and strict quality controls, including metal detection. A USB flash drive would almost certainly be caught or would damage machinery long before packaging. The idea that it ends up perfectly embedded, intact, and in a retail product is basically impossible in normal conditions.
Then there’s the storytelling pattern: ordinary setup → strange discovery → escalating mystery → eerie, unresolved ending (the photo, the feeling of being watched). That structure is classic creepypasta—designed to create tension and leave you unsettled, not to document a real incident.
The “OPEN ME” folder and a single unsettling image is another common horror trope. In reality, if someone went through the trouble of hiding a device like that, it would likely contain more meaningful or targeted content—not something vague and cinematic.
So the most grounded explanation: it’s fictional, or heavily embellished for clicks and engagement.
That said, one part is worth taking seriously in real life: never plug unknown USB drives into your computer. That’s a genuine security risk.
As a story, though, it works—it taps into a very specific fear: something hidden inside the ordinary, turning a safe, everyday routine into something unsettling.