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Why the long face? A horse tries to 'board' a bus in London

Updated on: 06 January,2017 07:00 AM IST  | 
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A horse appearing to board a bus in London leaves passers-by and Twitterati bemused

Why the long face? A horse tries to 'board' a bus in London

Why the long face? A horse tries to 'board' a bus in London


What can be a better advertisement for public transport than even the four-legged creatures using them? '


Well, a particularly bizarre moment unfolded in a London recently when a police horse was spotted appearing to board a double-decker bus.


Stunned politician Simon Crowcroft stumbled across the unusual sight as he walked through Islington, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

Bemused passers-by in Islington, north London stopped in their tracks when they saw a police horse trying to get on a double-decker. They later realised that the horse, named Invictor, was actually assisting the cops with a passenger, who had fainted inside the bus.

The Met Task force even tweeted congratulations to the horse for his role in helping the police.

The Met Taskforce tweeted: “Police Horse Invictor showing he's a team player steps in to help PC Dan Smith with a person collapsed on a bus in Islington."

The tweet though got some funny responses from Twitterati.

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