OK Now give us the answer......
Okay, here it is.....
I will post the answer now.
That thing in the picture was......
it was.......
it was........
it was......
a glow stick!!!
I told you I was bored. It was dark and I had my glow stick, so I positioned the camera, set the timer and a very slow shutter speed, picked the glow stick up, placed it between my fingers, flicked it back and forth, and VOILA!!!
Everyone gets a consolation prize.....
a case of glow sticks for the next time the power goes out.... or you get really REALLY bored!