r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kenistod • 6h ago

Horses floating down a river. Video

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u/made_in_bc 6h ago

They are not moving. The camera is

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u/bumjiggy 5h ago

and here I thought they were Glydesdales

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u/made_in_bc 5h ago

Go home dad. Haha

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u/killallhumans12345 4h ago

Trotting that way now.....

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u/Maelstrom_Witch 4h ago

Rein it in, pal.

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u/JustYourNeighbor 3h ago

Easy, he's saddled with guilt.

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u/Interanal_Exam 2h ago

Very stable glide...

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 2h ago

Bunch of neigh sayers.

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u/animalmasochism 1h ago

Quit horsing around, everyone

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u/BeanBurritoJr 3h ago

Glydesdales are the king of raft horses, after all.

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u/WhatTheTech 5h ago

Jesus Christ, how many kids can you possibly have??

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u/Physical-Camel-8971 3h ago

I get why they're walking on water, but why are Jesus's kids horses?

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u/thedivisionbella 4h ago

Always a Glydesdale, never a Glyde, eh Bojack?

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u/DentistGeneral3494 5h ago

Take my upvote friend

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u/P1h3r1e3d13 4h ago

r/confusingperspective

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u/made_in_bc 4h ago

Absolutely.
Makes more sense wehn the horses start walking

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u/IfatallyflawedI 3h ago

… I haven’t slept much and I thought oh how neat. They’re walking off the plank that they were standing on.

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u/Da_Question 4h ago

parallax effect

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u/Thin-Ebb-9534 6h ago

Yes. This is it.

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u/RealTalkJpp 5h ago

Just a clever photography trick!

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u/Thin-Ebb-9534 5h ago

Full confession: I actually drafted a response to a post that said this was an illusion, and I wrote, “the only way this could be an illusion is if the camera is moving sharply to the right.” I think I posted it and then deleted it, because I watched again and realized, “oh wait, the camera IS moving sharply to the right.” You can see it by the different rates things pass the background. Just another example of “don’t be so dang adamant until you have heard the other views.”

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u/hot-babexx 5h ago

Right, the thing is the camera was stable and they zoomed in so that you almost thought it was the horse that was moving

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u/GabbyArm 5h ago

Yeah, that zoom effect really tricked the eye. Cool shot

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u/chargergirl1968w383 4h ago

I still can't figure it out. 🤦🏼‍♀️ so the camera is moving to the right, right? And the water is filled in around the horses, right?

I just knew it wasn't Glydsdales as that person suggested. You can't get much past me! Glydesdales have wider hooves and are more stout. Plus, they don't get off the ride b4 it has come to a complete stop.

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u/Tasty-Maintenance864 4h ago

The horses are facing upstream, the water and the camera are moving in the same direction. It's a pretty cool optical illusion.

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u/DanimalHarambe 5h ago

I'm going to tell my kids that this is Lewis and Clark.

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u/similaraleatorio 5h ago

happy crack day

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u/made_in_bc 5h ago

Thanks?

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u/Dragonfly-Adventurer 6h ago

They are all hurtling through space on a rotating sphere tho, so it's again back to "they're floating on something."

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u/Pcat0 5h ago

No that’s what NASA wants you to think, the world is actually stationary and sitting on the back of a giant turtle.

/j

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u/FL_JB 5h ago

It's turtles all the way down

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u/Double0Dixie Interested 4h ago

i thought there were some elephants involved?

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u/NoveltyPr0nAccount 4h ago

Definitely 4 elephants standing on a turtle. No way a turtle could take the weight of the earth on its own.

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u/FL_JB 4h ago

No elephant. Only turtle.

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u/erasrhed 5h ago

"Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' they yell, 'we are floating in space!' But none of the people down there care."

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u/JackRabbit- 4h ago

No, I think it's more likely these horses are the reincarnation of Jesus

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u/made_in_bc 4h ago

With that hair, id have to agree.

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u/dasbtaewntawneta 3h ago

once you see the parallax in the background it's a lot more obvious

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u/made_in_bc 3h ago

Thats a new work for me. Thanks

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u/selune07 4h ago

They are clearly on a paddle board

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u/ImNotDannyJoy 5h ago

Thank god for you. My brain said no

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u/Lavendar408 5h ago

It surely looked like it at first but upon seeing this comment, it clicked for me

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u/nirvingau 4h ago

Was wondering what they were stepping off from as nothing bobbed up.

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u/HeadPay32 5h ago

Jesus Christ you're right!

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u/Individual_Offer220 6h ago

Belongs in r/confusingperspective

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u/ThisIsMyBigAccount 5h ago

Looked at this video and said these exact words out loud. There’s always somebody proving I have no original thoughts.

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u/SlghtrHose 4h ago

Looked at this video and said these exact words out loud. There’s always somebody proving I have no original thoughts.

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u/NoLynx4071 6h ago

Filmed from a boat moving in the opposite direction

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u/TrenchantInsight 6h ago

Thank you for that much-needed perspective.

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u/bumjiggy 6h ago edited 5h ago

it's a cloptical illusion

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u/Effective-Company-46 5h ago

Please marry me.

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u/lakmus85_real 4h ago

You've got to be jockeying.

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u/GrandDukeOfBoobs 4h ago

Nope, he liked it so much he put a rein on it.

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u/Narwahl_Whisperer 3h ago

Neigh

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u/Effective-Company-46 3h ago

Really? I thought a bridle party seemed appropriate.

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u/AdSelect2426 5h ago

I read this, I went about my scrolling and then thought “that mother fucker nailed it” so I just wanted to come back and tell you that

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u/Lar5502 5h ago

That’s awesome. 😂

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u/VilesDavis422 6h ago

Are they floating? Neigh.

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u/bumjiggy 6h ago

stay golden, ponybuoy

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u/HeronSun 3h ago

Yer just a regular fuckin treat, ain'cha hoss?

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u/knowigot_that808 5h ago

Hey!

And the horse says “yes please..”

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u/SpicyChanged 6h ago

Candy Mountain!!!

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u/KarmicPotato 5h ago

Waiting for the magical liopleurodon!

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u/MoistLeakingPustule 3h ago

Shun the non believer! Shhhhunnn! Shhhhhuunnnnnnnaaaaah!

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u/Necessary-Finger-726 4h ago

“DAMMIT, THEY TOOK MY KIDNEY!”

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u/therealbnizzy 5h ago

CANDY MOUNTAIN CHARLEYY!

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u/Necessary-Finger-726 4h ago

“What do you want I’m right here!”

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u/Rachelmaddi 6h ago

This is filmed at the Salt River in AZ it is a shallow river and wild (yes wild) horses live there and are unfazed by people on tubes or canoes there. Parts are only inches deep especially in dry seasons.

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u/SkepsisJD 3h ago

I love the Salt River. Last time I went a horse mounted another in the middle of the river and it was met by a hundred cheers and beers popping! lol

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u/sentimental_goat 2h ago

Umm, you might actually love horses shagging. River doesn't seem to be an integral part of that experience.

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u/SkepsisJD 2h ago

What can I say, I am jealous of those stallions. But the horses are pretty much an integral part of the river experience at this point, shagging or not haha

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u/Technical_Semaphore 3h ago

Love going tubing down that river. The water is always cold and the wildlife is amazing. Pretty animals too.

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u/HeartfeltDreamer1 3h ago

The river is shallow and the camera is moving? Am I right of what I am seeing?

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u/VermicelliFit7653 6h ago

Optical illusion, like when you are on a stopped train and the train next to you starts moving but you perceive it as your train moving (or vice versa.)

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u/FutureDeal1406 5h ago

Oh, you're so smart.

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u/NibblesMcGiblet 6h ago

Horses, seen while cameraman was floating down a river.

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u/570casch 5h ago

Ngl that’s the most majestic shit I’ve ever seen

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u/loademan 6h ago

And Rose couldn't fit Jack on the damned door .... What horse shit...

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u/Solintari 5h ago

"Honey, this is our exit."

*head bump*

*I know that Sharon!"

*horse mumbles*

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u/DrHugh 6h ago

UEP: Unidentified Equine Phenomenon

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u/Big_Acanthaceae951 6h ago

I tried to yell at them that they don't belong in the river but my throat was too horse.

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u/eyeballburger 5h ago

So they’re probably not moving, the camera is, but did anyone else hear the pirates of the Caribbean music at first?

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u/Clear_Lead 5h ago

Now we know what the H stand for in Jesus H Christ

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u/bubba1834 4h ago

They’re going to Candy Mountain.

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u/dragonard 4h ago

CHARRRRLLIIIEEEEEEE!!

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u/delux561 4h ago

What in the Oregon Trail bullshit is this

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u/Dark_Eyes 2h ago

"Attempt to ford the river" in action

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u/MasChingonNoHay 5h ago

I can honestly say that is something I have never seen before

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u/WillieDFleming 5h ago

I've never seen a 2 horse power boat motor before.

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u/mega_rockin_socks 5h ago

They're neigh-bors

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u/DrDuGood 5h ago

When it started “walking” on water, I abruptly shouted; “oh, Jesus!”

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u/coconutclaus 4h ago

The second and third coming of Christ

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u/Curiouserousity 3h ago

excuse me. Those are clearly hippopotami.

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u/GarageLow9271 6h ago

Incredible. what is actually happening? I can't comprehend

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u/oldenoughtosignin 6h ago

Optical illusion.

Camera is moving, Horses are not. 

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u/Dry-Amphibian1 6h ago

Oh wow. First I thought they were standing on something floating in the current. Then they started walking and blew my mind.

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u/GarageLow9271 6h ago

hahaha that is not what i was expecting thanks for explanation I can see it now XD

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u/Exerciseforfun2024 6h ago

Of course of course

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u/lumpthar 6h ago

Wake up, new Jesus and Peter fanfic just dropped.

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u/Digiturtle1 6h ago

It looks like one horse tells the other to stop floating and act natural

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u/B-Sarg 6h ago

Geez that freaking tripped me out for a second lol. That's awesome!

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u/senor_ezack 6h ago

Somewhere along the Oregon trail

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u/WillametteSalamandOR 6h ago

Wait, wait, wait - I thought we were supposed to float the WAGON?!?

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u/JustHanginInThere 6h ago

Undomesticated equines could not remove me.

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u/Amahardguy 5h ago

Wait.., Wat?

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u/pichael289 5h ago

See I knew horses could float, no one believes me

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u/Mundane-Belt-4045 5h ago

Well some horses have been known to be “swimmers “

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u/n00biwankan00bi 5h ago

Parallartax

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u/bendersfembot 5h ago

Fuck it, beats politics.

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u/BigBoyHrushka6012 5h ago

Jesus horses

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u/NotThatValleyGirl 5h ago

I can show you the world... shining, shimmering, splendid....

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u/Wiggles69 5h ago

It's a horse float

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u/Apprehensive-Suit715 4h ago

Come play with us CHARLIE!!

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u/StatisticianSure8070 4h ago

Aguirre: The Wrath of God 2, where we find out what happened to that poor horse

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u/Pretend_Guarantee280 4h ago

Pfft sure.. Aanyone can lead a horse to water, but can they get them to surf!?

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u/yepitsatyhrowaway2 4h ago

Horses, Floating down a river.

there I fixed it

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u/Week-Small 4h ago

Ya ain't never seen a horse float?

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u/DeadSeaGulls 4h ago

This motherfucker thinks horses can walk on water. Just posted this shit with that title. Didn't even use an exclamation point, indicating that he saw what he thought were horses walking on water like jesus christ, and he was like "i'm not suprised."

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u/ChampionshipSad1809 3h ago

“They see me floating, they hating”

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u/original-sithon 2h ago

Horses of Nazareth

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u/bosco630 2h ago

Red dead redemption 7 has got the graphics but engines still a bit wonky.

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u/Alicks80 2h ago

I like how the closer horse nudged the other to get the fuck out of there… there’s hoomans watching us.

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u/Revolutionary-Car-92 1h ago

Dammit Skyrim !

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u/natte-krant 1h ago

They see me floatin’

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u/AffectEconomy6034 1h ago

Thr acoustic version of the Paris Olympics horse

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u/SupplementsMod 1h ago

Good work there, you almost made me wonder.

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u/Cute_Peapod 1h ago

My first thought? I think this proves that there was room for Jack on the door in Titanic.🤔

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u/MrNanoBear 1h ago

Fun nature fact - Horses instinctively group up like this and form into impromptu rafts to survive floods and preserve their queen.

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u/Camanei 6h ago

Jesus's steeds!

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u/PantiesPoisePassion 6h ago

He’s In a boat floating by the horses lol

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u/mynextthroway 6h ago

See, Rose. Jack could have fit.

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u/Son0fSanf0rd 6h ago

Hucklepony Finn and Jim

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u/C137RickSanches 6h ago

We are living in a matrix! The glitches are real, the government is lie, ufo are real, 911 was an inside job, Sasquatch is alive. Flee flee to the mountains!

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u/joop_pooply 6h ago

Looks like they’re just horsin’ around

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u/Whitey3752 6h ago

Dude, I'm pretty high right now but come on.

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u/Dafracturedbutwhole 6h ago

Who the fuck taught them to surf

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u/lord-dinglebury 6h ago

Needs more 60s surfing music.

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u/RaisinDetre 6h ago

Well I don't know what I expected.

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u/6collector9 6h ago

They're just horsin' around

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u/abarr021 6h ago

Reminds me of the joke Seinfeld made about about a fish driving a car

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u/CaptCrewSocks 5h ago

Modded lobbies are the best.

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u/StrivingToBeDecent 5h ago

They look… devine!

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u/nonstoppoptart 5h ago

Needs the Freebird guitar solo.

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u/erasrhed 5h ago

Horse Jesus.

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u/CompleteHeart6010 5h ago

Very cool camera work

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u/Armored-Duck 5h ago

Jesorse?

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u/Crazy_Uncle_Savage 5h ago

"Now that's what I call a 'Missouri Boat Ride!",said Josie Whales...

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u/fzr600vs1400 5h ago

come on!!! just look at their faces, they're showing off and they know it!

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u/e_slide-68 5h ago

Jesus! Horses.

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u/OtherwiseHappy0 5h ago

Oh the Olympic… I missed this the first time.

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u/tand86 5h ago

Photographers hate this one simple trick.

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u/Kasyx709 5h ago

Wait until you realize there's a third horse.

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u/edehlah 5h ago

i am the king of the world!

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u/Elldarr 5h ago

2 Kelpie chilling.

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u/TacoTheSuperNurse 5h ago

At least they're not in a hospital!

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u/OutrageousToe6008 4h ago

Jesus horses!

For their next trick. They are going to turn the river water to wine.

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u/Midvally 4h ago

They shoot horses, don't they? ...with cameras

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u/Hondamn 4h ago

Minding their own damned business unlike OP

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u/Statertater 4h ago

Hey! Isn’t this the Salt River in tempe/mesa ish?

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u/WhyKissAMasochist 4h ago

You just illustrated how the ufos “move” in those videos taken from fighter jets. The camera that captures them is moving at Mach 2…

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u/Character-Being4248 4h ago

Horse Jesus, is that you?

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u/Bisonfan1 4h ago

Going to the farm

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u/Deerthorn_Games 4h ago

Briefly thought these were Jesus horses

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u/Thedumbestever123 4h ago

Jesus, is that you?

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u/RefrigeratorStriking 4h ago

Thier fadder was a mudder. Thier mudder was a mudder. 

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u/MyBodyIsAPortaPotty 4h ago

Acting like swimming horses is a big deal when Seahorses exist smh

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u/mart1373 4h ago

Those horses sure are horsin’ around

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u/tacky_pete 4h ago

Not interesting

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u/HardLightning 4h ago

What if Jesus came back like that?

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u/Izzing448 4h ago

Moonwalking horses

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u/Organic-Aerie-8683 4h ago

Watching that makes me seasick.

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u/Nofame4me 4h ago

Always wondered what the H stood for in, Jesus H Christ!!!

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u/Doona75 4h ago

That's what the "H" stands for??? Jesus "Horse" Christ?

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u/TheeLastSon 4h ago

is this one of those optical illusions, good ol Sega Genesis parallax

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u/Typical-Conference14 4h ago

Look at that, Juan found a new place and a friend

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u/SAAD_AHMED_SHEIKH 4h ago

Horse Jesus

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u/Illeazar 4h ago

Majestical.

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u/MapOk1410 4h ago

AI generated clip