Are these horses floating along the surface of the water? Optical illusion sends netizens into a tizzy

The viral video was filmed while Rogers was paddleboarding with her two grandchildren on the Salt River in Tonto National Forest, Arizona. During the outing, Rogers noticed two horses standing in the shallow waters of the river. Like any other traveller, she whipped out her phone and filmed the animals.

TN Viral Desk

Updated Aug 18, 2022, 11:49 IST

Horses 'walking' on water

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Are these wild horses 'walking on water' or are your eyes deceiving you?

A clip recorded by a woman called Kelli Rogers in July has sent social media into a frenzy because it shows something very otherworldly or magical.

The viral video was filmed while Rogers was paddleboarding with her two grandchildren on the Salt River in Tonto National Forest, Arizona.

During the outing, Rogers noticed two horses standing in the shallow waters of the river. Like any other traveller, she whipped out her phone and filmed the animals.

But when she revisited the video, she was taken aback to see the horses appeared to be majestically floating along the surface of the water.

Watch it here.

Some of you may have guessed after watching the video what was really happening in the river.

Baffled by the clip, Rogers shared the optical illusion on social media and awaited answers from her friends. The clip reportedly clocked more than 10 million views on Tiktok.

While many users were unable to understand how the horses were floating on the surface, many said they were probably standing and gliding down the river on a semi-submerged raft or a large and flat floating surface.

Experts explained the illusion occured because the horses were standing in a shallow part of the river and Rogers and her family had drifted past in a deeper channel.

The trick happens because our mind and eyes think the camera is stationary. But it was not. It was moving in the stream with Roger's paddle board.

“It gives the illusion that they [the horses] were the ones floating or paddle boarding, not us,” Rogers had told Kennedy News after her video went viral.

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