Saanich drivers were briefly forced to share the road with an unusual kind of pedestrian on Wednesday.
According to ScanBC, a sea otter was seen wandering down the 4000 block of Saanich Rd. It is believed the animal was actually a river otter who are known to roam in search of food.
#Saanich Police are responding to the 4000blk of Saanich Rd. to assist a sea otter travelling down the road
— ScanBC (@ScanBC) January 24, 2018
Luckily, the Saanich Pound intervened and managed to get the critter safely back into Swan Lake.
Though no one managed to get any photo or video footage, the incident did prompt a minor Twitter storm.
Some of the best tweets can be seen below:
Y did the sea otter cross the road?
— Clinton (@clinton_hardy_) January 24, 2018
To get to the otter side?
— Paul Barraclough (@paul_wb_wtf) January 24, 2018
Some explain to the otter that the tsunami alert has been canceled.
— Patrick Heide (@otohp) January 24, 2018
Hey, the otter was just trying to hitch a ride. You have any idea how hard it is to hitchhike without opposable thumbs?
— Jason Carter Glass (@FlagtopJasonCG) January 24, 2018
— Anita (@anitadha) January 25, 2018
It was Otter chaos!
— Zoro (@ZORO_Really) January 24, 2018
Maybe he should try some otter route
— mike styczen (@mstyczen) January 24, 2018
