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I Can't Believe What I Saw!

ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN--Maurice Letravailler has been a computer user for a long time, since the day his dad assembled his first Apple II when Maurice was a kid. But in the twenty-plus years that Maurice has been using computers, he has never seen anything like what recently appeared on the screen of his 19-inch flat screen monitor.

Maurice was "shocked and amazed" by what he saw on his computer screen.

It was a week ago, and Maurice was on his machine searching through Google for rare Aquaman action figures. As the results of his search appeared on his web browser, something else appeared at the same time, something indescribable, a strange image that was eerie yet wonderful.

At first, Maurice thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him, like the time he thought he saw a 3D image of the Starship Enterprise hidden within a dot-filled colour poster.

"I must admit I've never seen anything like that on my computer screen--ever!" said Maurice, a usually-rational guy who always looks for the reasonable scientific explanation to seemingly unexplainable phenomena.

"Is what I saw even possible?" he questioned. "There was nothing logical about what I was seeing--on my computer screen--but there it was, right before my eyes. This was no trick. Nothing at all like that The Matrix screen saver my cousin installed on my system last month."

Maurice doesn't believe in ghosts. He is hesitant to accept stories about Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, or the Loch Ness Monster. And he doesn't believe that aliens routinely abduct Iowa farmers to conduct invasive experiments. But he was seeing something directly in front of him (right there on his screen) that made him rethink every one of those perceptions (except the uncomfortable alien anal probe stories).

"In all my years of Internet surfing, I have never ever seen anything like that on my computer screen or any other screen," said Maurice, still shaken from the incident. "I couldn't even imagine visualizing something that bizarre, and yet so extraordinary at the same time. It's beyond mortal comprehension. You know, my life is usually uneventful. But not this time."

Maurice was ready to dismiss this incident, attributing the unnatural episode to mental fatigue. He admits that he was tired from working all that overtime at the office, and he felt perhaps that he was catching a cold. But the image on his computer screen wouldn't let him forget. It remained on his screen, almost challenging him to try and deny its existence.

"While it was still on my screen I called a couple friends, and pleaded for them to come over and check out what what I was talking about," described Maurice. "I knew that no one would believe me otherwise. I needed witnesses!"

Maurice thought that if he had tangible proof, no one would be able to deny the truth about what he saw on his screen. Maurice wanted a smoking gun, but he didn't believe in using firearms. Unfortunately his friends were engrossed in a Babylon 5 marathon on the Space Channel and weren't able to verify what he saw.

"Damn it! My camera is getting fixed," Maurice remembered saying while the image was still on his screen. "Now, I'll never have proof of this. I don't think there's a chance in a hundred years that this could ever happen again. Not on my monitor anyways, because the warranty was only for two years."

Maurice tried to grab a screen shot, but his operating system wasn't able to capture what he saw on his monitor. The cached image that was saved turned out to be a 1024x768 image of pure white pixels. There was no clear evidence of what he saw on his monitor.

"My buddy Darren said he heard of it happening one time before...to a friend on his LCD monitor," said Maurice. "Or was it his friend's friend? I can't remember. It's like one of those urban or suburban myths. But I know this time that it was true."

Eventually the image dissipated, and his monitor returned to normal. There was no residual effect from the image, nor was there any damage to Maurice's computer. It's like it never really happened.

"I couldn't begin to tell you what it was," concluded Maurice. "It's beyond words. If I could explain it, I would. So I guess we'll never really know what was on my computer screen."

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