What did he See?

November 17th 1999

I was waiting at the bus stop with my friend. We were both heading into work for the day at a local retail store. I was friends with this person for a few years ...He's chill and not one to really joke or play around.

Anyway, as we're waiting for the bus I notice my friend start walking haphazardly about and almost off the curb and into the busy street. His eyes go wide, full of absolute terror.

"Look! Do you see that!? Oh my God, Look!!

I'm completely puzzled and quite frightened honestly.

"everything got pixelated like you see in a computer game" "You didn't see that!!" "The sky.... the clouds.... everything"

He staggered a bit.

"I'm going home. I can't believe you didn't see that"

He went onto explain how everything looked like a videogame getting refreshed or rebooted ...not fully buffered.

26 years later and I never forgot that moment. Never will.

He would never speak about this day ever again. Whenever I'd bring it up... he'd clam up and change the subject. Time went on and we drifted apart. Haven't seen him in nearly 20 years.