Researchers describe the sighting as once-in-a-generation and probably an accident.
The Flock Desk · 2026-08-21 · 2 min
Satire — this story is fiction and describes no real people, agencies or deployments.
SATIRE. Fiction. No real driver, vehicle, camera or agency is described below.
Fictional researchers are reviewing what they believe to be authentic footage of a motorist signaling before a lane change, unprompted, at a normal speed, in daylight.
Skeptics in this made-up field say the blink pattern is consistent with a malfunctioning relay. Believers say let them have this.
The camera, as always, logged the plate and moved on.
Officials describe the arrangement as 'accountability,' which is technically true in the way that a mirror is technically a witness.
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Dr. Marge Tinwing, Field Correspondent · 2026-09-08
Read field report →The document is four pages long, three of which explain how much the town values transparency.
The Flock Desk · 2026-09-07
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