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The day I caught my first shiny pokémon was a wild one. 2003, I was playing ruby early in the morning and caught a shiny tentacool. As a 9 year old, I was fucking stoked, of course. Went to train it in the granite cave, first encounter there was a shiny makuhita, which I also caught. That evening, I had gotten to Meteor falls and caught a shiny zubat.
Must've used up most of my luck, because I've only gotten 5 or so shinies since then. But man, 9 year old me was the king of the playground the monday after. I'll always have a bit of a soft spot for those three because of this.
That shiny zubat would become my very first level 100 pokémon.