Villager voided without ever moving in?

[RayisNTDO]

A long time ago Pashmina came to my main street even though I never had her in my town.
How could this have happened?

 

[MapleSilver]

Maybe it's possible that you never played for a while, and that was long enough for her to move in and out of your town without you noticing.

I really don't know, I've never heard of this happening before.

 

[hoodathotit]

Aha! So it's not just me. One of my non-updated towns that has never been online and has never TTd, has Merry lurking on main street for a long time now. She has never been a resident. I am very meticulous about keeping track of events and villagers. When a new town is started, I write down those 3 who are with Isabelle at the station and the other 2 on the way to town hall. Written down in order are all new arrivals. No way she could have slipped through. A brand new cartridge shouldn't contain such an oddity. Nintendo must like playing mind games?

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

This is new to me. Do you time travel or hack? Randoms do show up in the Roost for coffee asking for their usual, despite not seeing them before.

 

[~Unicorn~]

it’s either you time travelled, haven’t played for a while or never noticed them.

 

[RayisNTDO]

it’s either you time travelled, haven’t played for a while or never noticed them.

Sorry I'm a bit late on this, but in the time that I noticed her, I usually played every 2-3 days before.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I also never time travelled, the only times I change the time is for DST. I would've probably noticed after a while.

 

[Maude]

I've had Villagers on main street that I don't remember having in town. I always assumed they had snuck in and out while I was on a break from the game. It still seemed strange though because they must of been super quick about it.

 

[PugLovex]

@MapleSilver that could be a possibility.

I had Chrissy in my town. I saw her once, and then 2 days later she moved out :/

 

[Dorian]

That is SO interesting! I have never experienced this before in any of my towns (and I have sixteen of them). I wonder how it happens?