No it was not unusual.
Just another normal day at LAX.
We do not have a camera.
Some gates at LAX are very tight for a 744. So we are towed onto those gates. But... my dim memory reminds me that a BA Jumbo, as in 747-200 I think, and it is a very dim memory, hit the jetty at LAX because they were blinded, and or confused by reflections of the sun reflecting off the guidance system. After that incident we have always been towed onto those certain gates affected.