A fun message displayed in the bus tunnel last week

OK I wasn't going to post this but it is just too cool to ignore any longer, I have to tell someone.

I was on the bus riding from school to downtown Seattle about a week ago. I was just going about my business, enjoying myself, noticing how every person was so singularly focused on one thing (phone, book, newspaper, etc etc.

The bus I take drops me off in a tunnel downtown, and I walk up several flights of stairs to get up to the street.

There is a sign in the tunnel that displays messages by illuminating little red dots on an otherwise black background. The sign usually says things like "Please stay behind the yellow textured line" or "the next northbound train will be arriving in two minutes" or "routes 32 34 and 67 are temporarily out of service due to road construction", things of that nature.

Well this time, I felt a strange impulse to just watch the sign for a little bit, I can't explain I just knew I should. I saw it display a normal message, and as I was about to turn to go something strange happened.

First of all, I have never seen the sign display in any language other than english. But as I watched, the words "Emociones impura" appeared on the screen. About three seconds later these words disappeared and were replaced by "Extermina los suenos".

I was in absolute shock. This translates to "Impure emotions. Exterminate the dreams."

I stared as it went back to a normal message, and then walked away, kind of laughing, kind of in awe, and certainly perplexed.

What an experience! Anyone else have a similar story?

Last Edited by Handy Monkey on 05/02/2013 02:20 AM