Sneezing Hedgehog Green Screen Meme Template

Grainy black-and-white footage of a small hedgehog, like a night camera, sits between two banners: "WATCH UNTIL THE END" above and "DON'T BLINK!" below. It trundles toward the lens until its snout fills the picture, then shuffles and turns side-on.

At nearly 25 seconds it is built to make you wait for one tiny moment, and that wait is the bait.

• the payoff of a 40-minute story my uncle tells