Neigh impossible! Mind-bending video appears to show horses floating on water along Arizona river
- Kelli Rogers had been paddleboarding on the Salt River in Tonto National Forest
- She spotted the two majestic beasts while with her excited grandkids
- In the clip, the horses appear to be floating or standing on a raft above the water
This is the mind-bending moment two majestic wild horses appeared to walk on water in Arizona, as an optical illusion saw them ‘float’ down a river in front of stunned locals.
Kelli Rogers had been paddle boarding on the Salt River in Tonto National Forest, Arizona, spending last month with her excited grandkids when they noticed the two horses.
The 58-year-old was left speechless when she saw the horses appearing to float on the water.
In the clip, the horses appear to be standing on a raft on the surface of the water as the scenery moves by behind them – but in fact, they’re standing in shallower water than the person filming them while paddle boarding past.
Sn optical illusion saw two majestic horses ‘float’ down a river in front of stunned locals
In the clip, the horses appear to be standing on the surface of the water as the scenery moves by behind them, but as they trot away, they break the illusion, revealing they are merely standing in shallow water
It looks like they were nearer to Kelli and her children than the scenery behind them, giving the impression they were moving when in fact they were staying still.
Kelli said: ‘It was crazy. It wasn’t until I got home and looked at the video that I was like “oh, they look like they’re floating”.
She added: ‘It was one of those moments where they were stood completely still in a few inches of water. As we passed by, they didn’t move. They just don’t stand still like that often.’
Other social media viewers joked about the illusion, suggesting Jack and Rose from the Titanic should have fit on the door together if two horses could fit on a raft.
‘Ok start over; if they fit, Jack totally had enough room! Rose needed to move over,’ said one commenter.
Kelli Rogers is pictured with her two children. They had been paddle boarding on the Salt River in Tonto National Forest, Arizona when they spotted the horses
She watched the footage back and saw the horses appeared to be the ones floating on water
After sharing the video on TikTok, Kelli’s clip attracted more than 8.3million views and more than 1.1million comments and likes.
One viewer said: ‘Why did I think these horses were on a raft floating down the river so majestically?’
Another said: ‘It took me like six times watching to realize that you are floating down stream and they aren’t moving.’
Another TikToker said: ‘I thought my eyes were deceiving me…until I realized you are the one going down stream…what a capture… just beautiful.’
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