The Mystery of The Missing Shutterbugs

Foreign relations experts around the world heralded President Trump's visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30. Many consider it the most significant diplomacy meeting in history.

"It was incredible," said a man claiming to know all sorts of things about diplomatic history and other important things. "I mean, really, it was something else. Trump is the first American president to step on North Korean soil. That's a total game changer! The world may never be the same."

But a curious thing happened after the historic pow-wow –– all the North Korean photographers and videographers who captured the event mysteriously vanished.

An official on the U.S. travel team said, "There were swarms of cameramen snapping pictures like they were witnessing Beyonce eating raw sewage. But soon after, our intelligence reported they all disappeared. Along with their photography gear."

The Lint Screen dispatched a crack investigative journalism team to North Korea to look into the mysterious matter. Here is what they found.

When the pictures and video of the epic meeting were reviewed, both President Trump and Glorious Leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be obese. N. Korean officials were outraged because both leaders are in perfect physical condition.

Obviously, the evil photographers had doctored the images. They must have used advanced photographic retouching techniques to alter the film in an effort to discredit the great men.

The pictures were fake!

Soon after, the photographers and videographers "disappeared."

The mystery of their whereabouts is unknown. Some suspect, the shutterbugs may be attending photography school. Or, perhaps they went on vacation.

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Patrick Scullin (aka PD Scullin) was a founder of ASO Advertising and recently left the ad game to write what he wants, wrangling parts of speech to entertain and amuse.

He has an upcoming novel, SAWDUST, and writes two blogs: The Lint Screen (satire, smartassery humor, pop culture ramblings, and advice for people getting hip replacements) and Empathetic Adman (marketing pontification).