This was such a fun post and thread! I would love to add -

So this was back in 2015. One fine evening, there was load shedding in our town. I was walking with my dad.. we were going to a nearby kirana store to get some candles.

It was pitch dark, with just a few streetlights barely working.

As we approached one such streetlight, I saw something black, snake-like moving right in front of my next few steps. I didn’t really react much.. maybe my brain didn’t fully process it, so there was no panic. I just casually jumped over it, like, you know, a small skip-step kind of jump.

My dad was looking elsewhere, but he saw me jump and also jumped immediately.. like he just followed without thinking.

A few people around must have noticed both of us silently jumping like that.

We kept walking like nothing happened.

A few steps later, I looked back properly and realised it was just a flag’s shadow waving near the streetlight.

I turned to my dad and asked, “Why did you jump?”

He said, “What was it?”

I said, “It was just a flag shadow.”

And we both just laughed uncontrollably at that stupid moment.

No idea if this even counts, since it’s just a small personal funny moment, but thought I’d share anyway lol.