A Redditor Got High And Went On A Mission To Save A Hedgehog In The Middle Of The Night
I left a note on the door saying: "There was a hedgehog outside. I went to pick it up."
Some late-night decisions sound harmless until they turn into a full-blown comedy of errors. That is exactly what happened when one Redditor, high at home and trying to stay quiet, spotted what he thought was a hedgehog outside his window.
He lived with his family, waited until everyone was asleep, and then opened a window to smoke weed. After noticing the animal, he decided to rescue it from the cold, but a dropped pipe sent the whole plan sideways. Suddenly, he was sneaking around with gloves, a bucket, and a note that was supposed to explain everything without raising suspicion.
By the time he realized the hedgehog was just a shadow, the mission had already gone off the rails. Read on.
The story from OP
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The rundown of the rescue mission was to get into gear, meaning grabbing the gloves and bucket, then running out to find the hedgehog.
As he got closer to the neighbor's yard, he realized that something was off. It turns out the hedgehog he’d been tailing was just a shadow!
Now he was outside with a bucket and gloves, without an explanation if he’d get caught. OP ran back to pick up the pipe and put everything back, but the gnawing feeling that someone would confront him about what happened scared him.
Let’s face it, OP, this mission impossible was a bust.
Let’s face it, OP, this mission impossible was a bust
Wottiger
They either think you’re practicing for something or already know you were baked with all that random clanging at night.
Wyvernkeeper
OP did defend that it was very possible for him to be outside at night catching hedgehogs based on where he lives.
MrLambNugget
A mission out of kindness, even if OP’s senses were haywire.
farts_n_darts
This is the same kind of chaos as when Jen’s ferret bandit escaped during a pet-sitting dilemma.
Looks like OP is the friendly neighborhood hedgehog rescuer.
MrLambNugget
A lot of Redditors agree that OP’s family might already be in the know about his smoking.
abnormalmap
Gotta have a way for the smell to vent.
mastermentor575
An understatement of this whole post.
haemol
It’s a trait that weed can emphasize and can be easily felt by people who are high.
Amadeo78
The lengths people go to cover how stoned they are while they’re already stoned don’t always work out the best.
sawdummy
Your efforts can either slightly hide it so it’s not too obvious,
MrLambNugget
or make it stand out more while you mentally high-five yourself for doing a good job hiding it.
BritishFoSho
In his defense, it looked like a hedgehog even before he was high.
ViewedFromi3WM
Yeah, maybe it was too fast for OP and he was only left with a shadow.
angellou13
An idiot who would hopefully laugh about it when they’re sober?
kickdooowndooors
Is this hedgehog hunting while high a common thing?
Asexual__Solomon47
Redditors made a joke reference to Shadow the Hedgehog, a character from the Sonic fandom.
ForkShirtUp
It might be him or not; OP will never know.
Dry-Conference4530
More pressing questions to be answered.
CanadianFluffyBear
The answer is yes, he did pick up the pipe, and people sometimes wake up to go to the bathroom and might wonder where he was.
bongbutler420
Well, it must’ve been a hilarious movie for this Redditor.
evosaintx
High or not, Redditors agree that this is one of the funniest TIFUs that has been posted. The fact that it was the norm to rescue a hedgehog and then be thrown off by it turning out to be a shadow was a funny plot twist.
OP’s family might already have a strong suspicion of what he’s up to, but hey, maybe if they saw that note he left, they’d be convinced. Have a funny story like OP? You can share it with us in the comments.
Before you blame the “hedgehog mission,” read how one friend pushed OP to adopt an aggressive hedgehog.
