The night a UFO landed
12th December 2025
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Long exposure photo of a Christmas market ride on Princes Street Gardens East with the Scott Monument.
That spinning chair ride looks like a ufo beaming a ray down onto the ground, presumably to abduct unsuspecting humans passing by.
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