Playing Pokemon for about 20 years, I have found many random shiny Pokémon if I may say so. I still remember my very first shiny.
I was like 9 years old and I think I knew about the Red Gyarados at the point. My brother also told me he found a shiny Zubat once, telling my it had golden sparkles. Not sure if he was lying or he wasnt able to catch, since he never showed me... But one day I was in the school bus as usual, playing Gold on my GBC. I started a new game, just got passed Violet City and went into a patch of grass and there I found my very first shiny Pokemon: Mareep. It was perfect, cute, pink, everything. I could catch it and it was an unbelievable moment, haha. I used it in my team and evolved into a Flaaffy. I remember I showed it to my frieds at school one day and they didnt believe me, since shiny Flaaffy looks kinda similar to the normal one, haha, especially in the older games. Later on it evolved into a Ampharos and always remained part of my team.
The sad thing about this is... Last time I turned on my Gold it must have been like 10 years ago. Later I realised the internal battery could die. I never dared to turn on my Gold ever again since I know this.. aah.
I was like 9 years old and I think I knew about the Red Gyarados at the point. My brother also told me he found a shiny Zubat once, telling my it had golden sparkles. Not sure if he was lying or he wasnt able to catch, since he never showed me... But one day I was in the school bus as usual, playing Gold on my GBC. I started a new game, just got passed Violet City and went into a patch of grass and there I found my very first shiny Pokemon: Mareep. It was perfect, cute, pink, everything. I could catch it and it was an unbelievable moment, haha. I used it in my team and evolved into a Flaaffy. I remember I showed it to my frieds at school one day and they didnt believe me, since shiny Flaaffy looks kinda similar to the normal one, haha, especially in the older games. Later on it evolved into a Ampharos and always remained part of my team.
The sad thing about this is... Last time I turned on my Gold it must have been like 10 years ago. Later I realised the internal battery could die. I never dared to turn on my Gold ever again since I know this.. aah.