The 'Must Have Been the Wind' meme is a satirical take on the flawed artificial intelligence found in stealth-based video games, most notably Bethesda titles like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Oblivion. It mocks the absurdity of an NPC being struck by a projectile or witnessing a crime, only to enter a brief search state before concluding that the disturbance was merely atmospheric noise. The phrase has become universal shorthand for extreme denial or oblivious behavior in both gaming and real-life scenarios. It highlights the immersion-breaking logic where guards ignore blatant evidence of an intruder, making it a staple of the gaming community's collective humor since the late 2000s.