Moose Appears To Walk On Water As It Runs Alongside Boat In Alaska

Video footage captured the amazing moment a moose appeared to, er, walk on water next to a boat in Alaska.

Kristy Paniptchuk was riding in a boat along an Alaskan river when she was joined by a moose - yep, on the water.

With the boat speeding along in the river, in the footage the moose can be seen running alongside the vessel, seemingly moving effortlessly on the water's surface.

And before you suggest it must have been in shallow water along the shore, the moose crosses the water in front of Kristy - where the river must be deep enough to allow a boat to cruise down it, right?

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While there's been no explanation for the bizarre scenes, it's attracted a great deal of attention online - having gone viral with nearly one million views.

One user commented on the video, saying: "That moose learned to control her chakra."

Another one said: "This wasn't in the Bible!"

Paniptchuk has since shared the footage again on social media, writing: "It's not fake."

I mean, maybe the beast had seen the recent clip of Kanye West walking on water, and fancied trying the stunt out for itself.

The 43-year-old rapper was seen seemingly walking on the surface of water with his kids during his Sunday Service in Atlanta, United States.

Mind you, there's an explanation for this one - as Kanye doesn't actually have divine powers (I know, right?), but was merely sauntering on top of a translucent platform just below the surface.

Still, it made for a pretty grand entrance as a gospel choir performed 'O Fortuna' by Carl Orff.

Televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen gave a speech during the service as he also stood on top of the water.

He said: "Watching these fine men and women sing, it looks like they are walking on water. My mind goes back to that time where Jesus invited Peter to walk on the water. I can imagine Peter thought, 'Jesus, what are you talking about? That's impossible! I can't do that.'

"I think we all have that in times in life where we think, 'God is telling me to do something. I feel it down inside.' But we don't feel quantified or have the experience - 'I can't sing like them, or I can't invent like Kanye. That's for somebody else.'

"But God doesn't put a dream in your heart and then not give you the ability to do it. I have learned in life, that you have to choose between your comfort and your calling."

Kanye, a moose... Who next?

Topics: Viral, News, Animals

Jess Hardiman

Jess is a journalist at LADbible who graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics - indecisiveness at its finest, right there. She also works for FOODbible and its sister page Seitanists, which are both a safe haven for her to channel a love for homemade pasta, fennel and everything else in between. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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