Surf's up, raccoons.
A Florida family claims to have captured a crazy photo of a raccoon hanging out on the back of an alligator in Ocala National Forest on Sunday morning. The picture quickly gained worldwide attention after a Redditor posted it and it hit Reddit's front page.
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According to local news station WFTV, Richard Jones and his family, who hail from Palataka, Florida, were taking a stroll along the Oaklawaha River when Jones' son walked through some brush to take a photo. Jones claims that his son startled the raccoon, which then hopped on the gator.
"I snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away," Jones told WFTV. "Without the context, you'd think the raccoon was hitching a ride across the river. Pretty amazing."
Mashable was unable to independently confirm the photo's authenticity -- but hey, this is Florida we're talking about. Anything could happen.
This also wouldn't be the first animal to hitch a ride on an alligator.
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