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Richard’s image has proved a hit on social media, as seen in this tweet
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READ OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

The unusual raccoon-riding-alligator scene was caught on camera\u00a0by Richard Jones while on a family excursion to the Ocala National Forest, reported the Florida Times-Union<\/em> newspaper which adds that it has yet to verify the authenticity of the image.<\/p>\n

In an email, Jones told the paper he had captured the \u2018photo of a lifetime\u2019 while exploring the Ocklawaha River.<\/p>\n

Jones wrote: \u2018Had a wonderful morning with the family in Ocala National forest and took an equally wonderful photo!\u00a0We were walking along the Oaklawaha river watching some ‘gaters warm up in the morning (sic). My son went through some palm fronds to catch a different angle and frightened the raccoon.<\/p>\n

\u2018It must have been asleep because it stumbled toward the water and hoped (sic) on top of the gator we were watching.\u00a0I snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away.<\/p>\n

\u2018Without the context you\u2019d think the raccoon was hitching a ride across the river. Pretty amazing.\u2019<\/p>\n

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WEASEL RIDES WOODPECKER: INTERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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