I remeber a few months before I caught my shiny, I was mad since I saw so many people with shiny pokemon. While I was running across the grass from Hearthome to Oreburgh (by the Berry Master house) I saw it... a shiny, blue Psyduck! I quickly took out my Garchomp with Flase Swipe and caught it.
After that, I was very happy. I started EV training my hoothoot in the old chateau for a few days. It was the afternoon and I was watching the news when I looked at my DS and BOOM! - a shiny Gastly. It was my Naive personality that didn't see it, and it was too late: my Hoothoot used confusion. Dead. Forever.
After that, I was like, "Okay." I decided to start radaring pokemon and went to the rainy route next to Pastoria to get grimer and I came across Kricketune, except it was gold. That was in September this year, too. I quickly caught it, and it is now a trophy.
The rest of my shiny pokemon are just traded...