Ever since I started shiny hunting again in May, my luck has been through the roof.
And yet again, my luck strikes!
The following occurred between 2:05 and 2:11 PM EST while I was soft resetting for Palkia and Aerodactyl simultaneously.
Alrighty, so I made the arbitrary decision on Diamond to chain for a shiny Growlithe. There really was no rhyme or reason to it; I was on IRC, and people were talking about Arcanine, and I thought I'd chain for my own shiny one with a good nature and IVs.
So I decided to go to PokeEarth, to see if it would be easier to chain for Growlithe on Route 201 or 202.
But FIRST because I'm so random, I went to the Kanto PokeEarth to see the encounter rate of Heracross in Pattern Bush...I don't know why, I just did! Turns out the encounter rate is 20%. After read that, I went to the Sinnoh PokeEarth, and was scrolling through the information for Route 201.
I look down at my GBA SP and my DS Lite. I find myself watching a Palkia scrolling across the screen. I also find myself looking at the summary of an Aerodactyl. And what do I see?
https://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...86574303645_1206924074_30572235_3016310_n.jpg
That. :D
It was taken with my cousin's (a different cousin) camera on his phone...sorry if the quality isn't too good. I was so surprised when I got it; I wasn't even expecting to get it at all! It just goes to show you that hunting for multiple shinies at once really does help...
Furthermore, sorry that I posted this so much later. I would have taken more pictures, but we had to leave soon after I got this to go get a haircut. If you guys want more pictures, just ask, and I'll take them.
I'm SOOO happy right now! :)
Good luck, everyone.