The original post: /r/glitch_in_the_matrix by /u/RiverCityMystery on 2024-12-31 04:04:27.

My wife returned home from working out at the gym this afternoon and immediately noticed that the leaf had been inserted in our dining room table. She asked me and our two children (age 23 & 19) why we had put the leaf in the table while she was gone. We all looked at each other and confirmed that none of us had messed with the table. Of course none of us had any reason to insert the leaf in the table. As a matter of fact, I am the only one who even knew that we kept the leaf in the garage…and I’m 100% sure my daughter wouldn’t have the courage to wipe away the cobwebs on the thing. And my son certainly wouldn’t take it upon himself to insert a leaf into a table without being harassed to do so. The leaf has been in the garage for years, as far as we can remember.

I asked my wife if she was positive that the leaf hadn’t been in the table all along. She confirmed that she was 100% sure. So we started looking through photos from Christmas, since we had some family members over to the house. Sure enough, there was a photo of the table during the gathering…and there was no leaf in it. I was dealing with Covid over the Christmas holiday, so I didn’t participate in the gathering. I certainly didn’t feel well enough to go down there and insert a leaf in the table, exposing everyone to what I had. There is a 0% chance that I inserted the leaf over the past week.

My children had no reason to do so, and my wife didn’t do it. We went out of town from Friday to Sunday, so no one was in our house over that time. No one had access to the house while we were gone, or had any reason to go into our house.

Something else strange happened today while my wife was gone and I was home with the 2 kids. I opened the front door and a small bird that was on our wreath flew into the house. It flew around for about 5 minutes or so before it flew back out the open door. It was strange, but nothing paranormal for sure.

Since my wife is positive the leaf was NOT in the table when she left the house (because she puts her weights on the table and says she would have noticed if the table were extended), we think that the leaf MUST have been placed in the table while she was gone for that 2-hour period. It’s actually a 2-person job to properly insert the leaf without causing damage…and since none of us in the house did it, we are baffled as to what happened. It makes us wonder about the fact that the bird flew in…like, did the bird cause some sort of disruption in the matrix that resulted in the table leaf being inserted?

We have racked our brains and have no logical explanation for this. Unless a stranger entered our home and managed to find the leaf to our table in the garage, insert it in the table, and replace the tablecloth and centerpiece on the table, then this is some sort of glitch in the matrix.