Hippos in Destiny

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, June 16, 2013, 19:21 (3959 days ago) @ electricpirate

I think so:

Back in the very early days of Halo's development, before we'd even announced it, everyone at Bungie was very excited about the game. One of the things Bungie people do when they're very excited is come up with all sorts of wacky and impossible ideas and press the developers to include them in the game. My wacky and impossible idea was an easter egg: a hippo for net games that was invulnerable to attack and available only to Bungie employees. That way I could jump into people's games to wreak havoc in style, erupting out of marshes and ponds when nobody expected it and tearing suckers to shreds with my enormous teeth as I galloped gracelessly across the beautiful landscape.

http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463

(Spoiler: they were the shotgun shells)