"Did anybody else catch a shiny in original Pokemon Gold/Silver before knowing what shiny pokemon even were?"

Years ago I was playing Pokemon Gold and was cruising around Kanto and was walking through that patch of grass above rock tunnel, the spot where you can surf to get to the power plant if you so wish. I found a pokemon, and this dude came across my screen.https://ift.tt/2xjkVEM (not a real screenshot, but same pokemon)I honest to god thought my game was broken (I was watching tv and missed the shiny stars flash across the screen). I had the shiny Gyrados from the Lake of Rage but had no idea there were other "shiny" pokemon. I caught it and immediately googled why the hell my Voltorb was blue and found out there was a 1/8192 chance to find a shiny. I honestly couldn't believe it. After all the hours I put into Red/Blue and eventually Gold/Silver I never even realized something like that existed.I actually found another shiny in Sapphire years later as well. But it was a god damn Zigzagoon. I was honestly mad lol via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2NeLIgu