Footage of a woman walking a camel through an east London street has been met with bewilderment on social media.
The clip, which is believed to have been filmed in Chingford, captures a woman leading the ungulate along the pavement of a residential street.
The video shows a young girl staring in amazement from an upstairs window of a nearby home, telling the woman filming: "See, I told you it's a camel."
"I'm seeing too much weird stuff today," the woman responds, laughing. "What is going on? This little girl told me there was a camel outside. I thought she was lying!"
What is a camel doing in London pic.twitter.com/FdnhRv3AXv
— UB1UB2 West London (Southall) (@UB1UB2) December 18, 2023
The video had clocked up more than 300,000 views on X, formerly Twitter, by 3pm on Tuesday.
Social media users were quick to respond with jokes.
"It’s Uber's new XL vehicle, very popular in London beats the traffic," wrote one. "Good way to avoid the ULEZ charge," wrote another.
Another quipped "it is not even hump day", while one user suggested the camel was in the capital on a "city break".
Others suggested a more logical reason - that the camel had been used as part of a nativity play, or Christmas procession.
One X user named Albie wrote: "It happened in Chingford. They march it down the road most years with a few wise men and that. Don't ask me where they get it from."
