A newspaper reporter was driving through her small town in British Columbia when she spotted a deer wearing a high-visibility jacket, which proceeded to cross the road in front of her.
McBride Village resident Andrea Arnold, who reports for the Rocky Mountain Goat newspaper, was driving around town on Sunday afternoon when she saw the deer.
"The vehicle in front of me had slowed right down, which is not abnormal because there are deer that cross the highway," she said. "But this one was wearing a high-vis jacket."
The animal was wearing a neon yellow high-visibility jacket with strips of reflective material on it. It crossed the highway and then disappeared into the adjacent residential area.
"I was like, 'What? Like ... what?'" Arnold recalled.
A nearby tow shop owner, Joe Rich, stated that he'd also spotted the deer in the woods roughly around the same time, reported CBC. Rich believes that someone dressed the deer in the jacket, considering the fact that its legs went through the jacket's arm holes.
"It's zipped right up," said Rich. "Someone ... obviously had to tackle this thing and put the jacket on it. At first I thought maybe it got tangled up in it, but on second glance, that's not the case."
Arnold, who was able to snap two photos of the deer, posted them to Facebook. Her post quickly gained traction as users began commenting jokes under her images.
"If you're cold, they're cold, as well, let them inside," said one comment.
"A deer on its way to work," read another comment.
"Trying to pass as a hunter!" said a third.
Many users speculated that someone had placed the jacket onto the deer in order to prevent the animal from being hit by incoming vehicles when trying to cross the highway.
Originally published on Latin Times.
