Though this is far from the first instance of a shiny Pokemon slipping through the fingers of a player in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and likely won't be the last, one unlucky Trainer has shared the moment where they came so close to catching a rare shiny Pokemon after frantically trying to chase it down. Fans of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have eagerly been continuing their hunts for shiny Pokemon since the games released, some players flaunting their hard-earned shiny Pokemon with others instead sharing their own horror stories of the rare critters escaping their grasp.