Video anomaly

by Ghita

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Jamie looked in the monitor again. She didn’t believe what she saw. Hit rewind again, and again. Slo-mo didn’t make it any better.

She saw a leprechaun. Running across the parking lot, chased by a dog. An honest-to-jebus leprechaun, green hat, green jacket, everything. Running for its life. Across the back parking lot of the trucking company. In Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Too bad the security video didn’t include audio. Looked like he was yelling. And he made it across and under the fence before the guard dog got him. Barely.

She thought – if I write this up, they won’t believe me. If I don’t write this up, they’ll never know since I’m the only one reviewing this stuff and it wasn’t called out as an anomaly in the theft-detecting automated reviewer.

What to do, what to do…

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Video anomaly

    Browncoatben's Buddy Icon Browncoatben

    Posted 4 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Comical…bizzare…I bet you chuckled for an hour after writing this.

  2. Video anomaly

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 4 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Funny glimpse into that moment of disbelief and apprehension when things start going wonky. Made me think back to St. Patrick’s Day when we admitted a leprechaun to the psych ward. Okay, so it was just a relatively short manic guy in a green suit, but it was still funny!

  3. Video anomaly

    KevMullins' Buddy Icon KevMullins

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The timing on this piece was fantastic… just the right amount of “movement” and rhythm between the paragraphs.

    I loved it.

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