>live in Europe, densly populated rural area
>hunting is basically a policing action to guard farmers fields from animals fucking them up
>the government finally legalizes NV and thermals, to help genociding board because of ASF
>dad buys a NV scope, I come over to check it out
>he mentions how everything looks strange and animals act different at night
>that night we go hunting
>turns out there's a lot more deer living around the village than I ever expected
>I'm fascinated to see how they stand up on two legs a lot during the night as if they were looking around
>some do strange head moves that look like dancing
>some move quickly and nervously between herds, completely different than in the light of the day
>whatever we are after the piggies not them anyway
>fast forward a few weeks
>I speak to dad and he says the deer no longer act strange at night
>I check it out on our next hunt and they are just grazing, exactly the same way as during the day
Have anyone experienced anything like that? Dad is genuinely convinced they noticed we can see them in the dark now and pretend to be "normal".