A video of a seagull caught “red handed” in the act of stealing a woman’s underwear has gone viral on TikTok.
The moment was shared in a clip posted by @eloisebeattie and had amassed 1.6 million views at the time of writing.
The camera, which appears to have been left on the sand facing the ocean, was capturing Carbis Bay, a beach in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The clip begins with a relatively serene beach scene, with a woman and a child seen distantly walking along a sandy coast under a bright blue sky. Then, a seagull suddenly appears in the frame, dragging a piece of clothing across the ground with its beak.
Text overlaid on the video says “little did I know as I was taking a lovely dip in the sea, a seagull would pull my dress out of my bag and steal my panties!!” The seagull appears to poke the garment around with its beak a few times …