[Rev-O]

Today's true story:
So, I cleaned the fish tank, and decide to relocate the fish tank from my daughter's room to the basement. Yatta yatta yah.
After much time, I'm on the home stretch. 29 gallon tank set up 3/4 full of water, and all three oscars floating in 3 big ol' ziplocks, acclimatizing. Dump the first oscar out of a bag, an albino tiger named Dropsy. Dump second oscar out of second bag, a tiger oscar named Shakey. Everything is going just fine.
Dump out third bag, containing third oscar, a red oscar named (imaginatively) Red. Big splash, water goes flying. After the intial flinching from getting splashed, I look in the tank. No Red. Naturally, I start swearing. I reach in the tank, and feel behind a plant and a rock, and confirm that, in fact, Red is awol.
Start searching the floor. Pulling out bookcases, tv stands, dvd stands, moving a sofa and a coffee table. No Red. Now red is about 6" long, so he is a sizable fish, and should be easy to find. Nothing. Get flash light and yell for assistance from my wife. Wife checks on the cat, who is asleep upstairs. More searching. Getting to the absurd point: we're looking in doll houses, on top of cabinets, etc. Still no Red. Continue to search in vain for another 30 minutes. At this point, it has become a recovery operation instead of a rescue. Mostly, we don't want our 3.5 year old daughter to find the dead fish, and we don't want a dead fish stinking up our basement. Nothing. Think WTF? You can't just lose a 6" fish.
An hour goes by. I am not kidding you. An hour. My wife an child are in the basement watching a movie on the tv next to the fish tank. My wife starts screaming for me. So I stop looking through MacNN Forums and head down to the basement, thinking she found the dead fish. My wife says that she heard a loud 'thump' and Red was in the tank. Sure enough. I look, damn fish is swimming in the tank. It's a 29 gallon tank with one rock, one plant, a 5" albino tiger, and a 7" tiger oscar. You'd notice a 6" red oscar, if he had been in there. Once again, I think WTF?
I can only think of two possibilities. 1) Red was stuck behing the hanging powerfilter, and finally got free. 2) Goddamn aliens abducted my poor fish, and then returned him when they were all done with their alien anal probe evilness.
I'm leaning towards the aliens. Little grey skinned bastards. Can't trust 'em at all. Come after my fish again and I'm gonna open up a can of whoop ass on 'em.

[hyperb0le]

I quite enjoyed that story.

[Cubeoid]

Aliens love fish and fish love aliens. Standard science theory.

[effgee]

Originally posted by Rev-O:
... aliens abducted my poor fish, and then returned him when they were all done with their alien anal probe evilness. ...

Once you start receiving premium channels you're not paying for on the TV set next to the fish tank, I'd have the fish examined by a vet or your local cable guy. Also - when watching TV in the dark - keep an eye out for little flames coming from Red's rear end. On that note - have you noticed him being able to swim any faster since he reappeared?

Seriously though - good thing he's back.

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
Aliens love fish and fish love aliens. Standard science theory.

Humbug - aliens love cows and whales - everybody knows that.

[Cubeoid]

The explanation....

[nredman]

great story, thanks for sharing. i'd keep my eye on that fish though

[Gussy]

Serious!
The exact same thing happened to someone i know!!!
how... strange...

[i_rooster]

HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!

Exact same things happends to my goldfish a few days ago. Thought it was dead and threw it out! Next dae it was back inn!!!!!!! swimmingly well!!




But they are smarter now, they know how to bvild their own highwaze.