Internet viewers were left confused and astonished at footage showing the top of a house floating in the middle of the sea.
TikTok user Shannon Dudley Jr., a commercial fisherman from Everglades City, Florida, shared a video of the strange sight that has bewildered viewers. The clip shows the top of a house floating in the Gulf of Mexico as a crew of men film from a boat close by.
The roof is seen floating in the distance, bopping along the surface of the water as the waves make it bounce up and down. As the video progresses, the camera zoom in to show it up close. The roof of the house appears to be intact, with even an attic window bopping above the water. However, the video does not show the condition of the rest of the house, and whether or not it is just the roof that was swept out to sea.
Florida has been battered by a number of extreme weather conditions in recent months, causing a huge amount of property damage in the southern U.S. state. Since August, Florida has been hit by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. The latter made landfall at Siesta Key in October after a huge evacuation took place. By October 24, 359,391 insurance claims had been made for both incidents.
Satellite photos showed some of the damage caused in Florida due to both hurricanes, revealing severe flooding and destruction of property.
Many people took to the comments section of Dudley's post to share their reactions and theories as to what they were seeing in the video.
A number of people said that it was the floating church that is seen in the Palmetto area, but this has not been confirmed.
Others wrote that it could have been a houseboat, a type of property that is popular in Florida.
"I'd like to see the ring camera footage of how this went down," posted one TikTok user with the moniker Split n Shift.
Jetranger commented: "How good would that be, you get shipwrecked on a desert island and find a 3 bedroom house waiting for you on the beach."
"I understand it's expected when living on a coast but it's still sad to me when someone looses their home," added @Stacey85.
Matt wrote: "I pray for the family who lost their home … bless them."
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