The farmer timed it.
11 minutes.
Not 10.
Not 12.
Exactly 11 minutes.
Every afternoon.
The same alpaca escaped.
Walked down the same path.
Disappeared behind the same hill.
Then returned.
The fence wasn’t broken.
Nothing scared it.
Nothing chased it.
The mystery lasted six weeks.
Until the farmer followed it.
And discovered something nobody expected.
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Behind the hill stood an abandoned farmhouse.
And in the yard…
a garden mirror.
Months earlier, the mirror had fallen against a fence and remained there.
The alpaca had discovered its reflection.
Every day it visited.
Every day it stood in front of the mirror.
For exactly a few minutes.
Then walked home.
Veterinarians later explained that some herd animals can become fascinated by reflections.
The farmer eventually moved the mirror.
The next afternoon…
the alpaca stood in the exact same place searching for it.
So he put it back.
Problem solved.
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