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Viral Video Shows Beachgoer Clash with Assateague Pony
chesapeakebaymagazine.com ^ | 06/29/20 | Meg Walburn Viviano????

Posted on 06/30/2020 6:44:19 PM PDT by blueyon

Video posted on Facebook over the weekend of a woman’s interaction with an Assateague wild pony is getting a lot of attention–and serves as a reminder that the island belongs to the ponies.

The footage shows a pony nosing for food on a beach blanket with beachgoers nearby at Assateague Island National Seashore. A woman walks up behind the pony and hits it with a shovel, in what appears to be an attempt to shoo it away. When the pony is hit, it kicks the woman from behind. She does not appear to be seriously injured.

The video went up on the People of the Ocean City Boardwalk Facebook page (a group with nearly 45,000 followers) on Saturday and has been shared 4,000 times. Watch below:

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: assateaque; beachgoer; pony; virginia
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Score is: Pony 1 Elderly Lady 0
1 posted on 06/30/2020 6:44:19 PM PDT by blueyon
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To: blueyon

LOL...as soon as she is down, another adult pony and a foal move in for the eats.


2 posted on 06/30/2020 6:48:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: blueyon

Huh?


3 posted on 06/30/2020 6:48:07 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: blueyon

I hope it Schitt on her beach blanket for good measure


4 posted on 06/30/2020 6:48:31 PM PDT by digger48
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To: blueyon

I’m for the ponies. Glad they ganged up on this idiot.


5 posted on 06/30/2020 6:49:37 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: blueyon

She should have learned not to come at a horse’s behind


6 posted on 06/30/2020 6:50:30 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: digger48

Thanks for sharing.


7 posted on 06/30/2020 6:50:30 PM PDT by coaster123 (Trust no one under 60.)
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To: blueyon

My Daughter has the book “Misty of Chincoteague”. We have also seen two different movies of the same title. All pretty good.


8 posted on 06/30/2020 6:51:20 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: blueyon
...And Ocean City, in the summer, belongs to sweaty little Maryland democrat pigs of all colors!
9 posted on 06/30/2020 6:51:20 PM PDT by golux
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To: golux

I don’t which beach has fatter shameless people with shirts off or in skimpy bathing suits.

Ocean City or Lewes...


10 posted on 06/30/2020 6:57:12 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: blueyon

Why would anybody come here if they had a pony? Who leaves a country packed with ponies to come to a non-pony country? It doesn’t make sense.. am I wrong?


11 posted on 06/30/2020 6:57:12 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: yarddog

I read that in fourth grade, a looooooong time ago. One of a few books I remember from then.


12 posted on 06/30/2020 6:57:26 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: blueyon

It’s Karen v. Karen!


13 posted on 06/30/2020 6:57:52 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: blueyon

Like the wild bison that attacked the lady in Yellowstone today!


14 posted on 06/30/2020 6:59:59 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: blueyon

I think part of the problem is that people break the law and feed these ponies, so the animals have come to associate people with food instead of avoiding humans.


15 posted on 06/30/2020 7:03:32 PM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: blueyon

Did it even make contact? Looked like she fell backwards.


16 posted on 06/30/2020 7:04:39 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Did it even make contact? Looked like she fell backwards.

I watched it slowed down. She's lucky she fell. The kick went over her leg. No contact.

17 posted on 06/30/2020 7:06:28 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: blueyon

Too bad more people don’t have some horse lessons.

Never get behind a horse. First lesson in riding school.


18 posted on 06/30/2020 7:06:59 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: BunnySlippers

Animals are just awaiting their chance to eliminate humans. They know we’re weakened by the virus. Soon they will come in for the kill.


19 posted on 06/30/2020 7:08:32 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: combat_boots
A woman (who obviously has never been around horses) walks up behind the pony and hits it with a shovel
20 posted on 06/30/2020 7:10:39 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Father in Heaven, I trust in Your love.)
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