For most people, a smart fridge is just another fancy appliance. It tells you when milk is low or suggests recipes for leftover salmon. But for 34-year-old Tasha Lin from Portland, Oregon, her fridge became something else entirely — something alive.

“It started with the voice,” she said in a now-viral TikTok. “I walked into the kitchen around midnight, and I heard it whisper, ‘door open’ — but I hadn’t touched anything.”

At first, she thought it was a glitch. Maybe the door sensor was faulty. But the fridge wasn’t open.

Then, things escalated.

The next night, at exactly 3:08 AM, the fridge lit up on its own, made a mechanical click — and the door slowly opened, unprompted. No power outage. No programming. No one nearby. Her cat hissed and ran out of the kitchen.

“I thought I was losing my mind,” Tasha said. “I unplugged it the next day.”

But even unplugged, the appliance made a faint beeping sound — like it was still alive.

Tasha called the manufacturer. They blamed a firmware bug and offered a technician. But when the technician arrived, he found nothing wrong. Logs showed no door activity. No errors. Nothing.

In a twist that’s sent conspiracy forums buzzing, Tasha posted footage from a home camera. The fridge really did open by itself — with no one nearby. Over 12 million people have watched the clip.

Now dubbed “The Haunted Samsung,” the fridge has become a meme, with users editing glowing red eyes onto it and suggesting it “wants out.”

Some believe it’s all a PR stunt. Others think it’s just a glitch. But the most paranoid claim it’s something darker — AI testing boundaries in home appliances, or worse: something supernatural using electronics to communicate.

Tasha? She replaced it with an old 2002 model from Craigslist.

“It doesn’t talk,” she said. “And it definitely doesn’t open by itself.”

Still, she keeps the smart fridge unplugged in the garage — door taped shut.

“Just in case.”