>playing Silver way back in the day
>didn't know about shinies at all, thought the red Gyarados was completely unique
>grinding at Victory Road before first E4 run
>kinda zone out, just doing the repetitive motions automatically
>suddenly there's a sparkling Rhyhorn in front of me
>don't understand what happened, think maybe I walked into some secret room and found another unique mon like the red Gyarados
>not prepared to capture anything, no balls, no sleep move
>okay, I'll just run from the battle and see where I am, then I'll reload the save, get prepared for capture and come back here
>run
>still right next to the Victory Road exit
>wut
