Social media users were upset by a dog that climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
A viral video was recorded by Alex Lang and reposted on Instagram by adventurer Marshall Mosher, and has been viewed more than 49,000 times. It shows an aerial view of the dog exploring the top of an Egyptian pyramid.
Lang was paragliding over the ancient pyramid, the largest in the area and standing more than 450 feet tall, when he spotted the animal. The glider was participating in the SkyOne Egypt Gate 6 paragliding event held around the Pyramids this week.
The dog barking at birds was recorded from the top of the pyramid, and it is about 3,800 years old.
Screenshots of an Instagram video showing a dog on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The dog was spotted by a glider. Screenshots of an Instagram video showing a dog on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The dog was spotted by a glider. Alex Lange via Storyful
The video went viral after Lange shared it on Instagram on October 14, with viewers reacting to the clip on multiple social media platforms. The parachutist zoomed in on the top of the pyramid to show the dog that was seen wandering around.
“This was not something I expected to see at all,” Lange told Storyful.
“I just saw some movement, and when I looked closely, I realized it was a dog barking and chasing birds from the top of the pyramid.”
There are 118 pyramids in Egypt dating back thousands of years. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and attracts many visitors every year.
In 2022, more than 11 million tourists visited Egypt to see sites like the Pyramids, according to Statista. More than 500,000 tourists to Egypt that year came from the United States.
Social media users were quick to share their reactions to the video which went viral, with many in disbelief at how the dog got to the top. X user @allthedogspleaz wrote, “Sometimes you just gotta climb up the hill and bark at some birds, man.”
“Whoever urinates higher has it,” Instagram user @andreicomedy wrote, adding: “Check out the cats.”
Other Instagram users also chimed in with the jokes, with @akkasharora writing, “His friends will never believe him.”
“Dog wants to explore nearby wonders of the world,” user @kevin_dsouza5 wrote.
User @my.own.person commented, “Dear Captain Maker, how can he live there? What does he eat and what does he drink? Do you mean he’s a wizard now?!”
In another video, Mosher showed the dog returning from the bottom of the pyramid to the ground, wagging its tail.
User @bogdan.gajic said: “He calls the sun god Amun-Ra!”
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