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Motifs / wrong-eyeshine

Wrong eyeshine

Eyes that catch light the way a person's do — flat and dark — rather than the green-gold flash of an animal, or that glow when no light source is present.

Entities exhibiting this motif

Loup-GarouShapeshifter

8 reports carry this motif

CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0046The CAPTCHA Keeps Asking Which Pictures Contain MeThe CAPTCHA asked me to select every square containing myself. The nine pictures showed places from my life: my apartment kitchen, the corner store, my…Filed by The Archivist7 minyesterday CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0045There Are Seven People in the Cave Painting. We Entered With Six.There were seven people in the cave painting. We entered with six. Five of the figures wore helmets with square headlamps. One carried a tripod. Their…Filed by The Archivist7 minyesterday CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0036The Weather Balloon Came Down Dripping SeawaterOur weather balloon came down wet in the driest county in the country. Not damp with condensation. Wet. Seawater streamed from its white latex skin and…Filed by The Archivist6 minAug 6, 2026 CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0035The Woman in My Wedding Photos Has Never Been InvitedI noticed the widow because she was the only person wearing black at three weddings where nobody had invited her. The ceremonies were four years apart, in…Filed by The Archivist7 minAug 5, 2026 CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0034Every Dog in the Shelter Watches Empty Kennel TwelveThere has never been a dog in Kennel Twelve, but on my first morning at the shelter, all forty-three dogs watched me open it. Not barked. Not whined.…Filed by The Archivist7 minAug 5, 2026 CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0022The Crows Keep Bringing Us Things From Next WeekThe first thing the crows brought me was a key to a lock I had not installed yet. I found it on my porch beside three bottle caps and a wet marble. A…Filed by The Archivist7 minAug 1, 2026 CreepypastaEditorial reconstructionRPT-2026-0021Every House on Our Street Grew the Same Extra WindowWe all noticed the windows on the same morning. Twelve houses stood on Mallow Court, and each had grown a narrow third-floor window overnight. This was…Filed by The Archivist7 minAug 1, 2026 Field ReportDocumentedEditorial reconstructionRPT-2025-0010The dog on Camillien-Houde had human eyes — Mount Royal, MontrealI walk my dog on Mount Royal late, usually up Camillien-Houde Way after the traffic dies, because my shepherd mix Biscuit is reactive and empty roads are…Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2 min1 noteDec 9, 2025