A supposedly real clip, which is in no way real at all, appears to show a pigeon in a waistcoat strutting across Vice City’s marina with the sort of confidence normally reserved for tax inspectors and drum majors.
The bird is seen tapping a tiny clipboard with its beak, then turning to a crowd of seagulls as if announcing a new lunch-hour rota, a parking scheme for chips, and a stern no-bread-in-meetings policy.
Witnesses in the clip — all of whom may also be gulls, shadows, or several regrettable reflections — suggest the pigeon is negotiating terms for the city’s unofficial seagull union, including hazard pay for swooping, better access to crusts, and a winter coat allowance.
Naturally, the footage has sparked fierce debate online among people who can tell a scripted scene from a sandwich wrapper, with many calling it the most powerful avian labour dispute ever captured on a phone that definitely wasn’t on airplane mode.
Industry observers, meanwhile, have noted that if true, this would mark a bold new era in open-world design: fewer tanks, more tiny birds with administrative authority and an alarming grasp of schedules.