“So this happened today at Assateague State Park…” as the original uploader, Amy E. Carter, noted on her post to Facebook on August 15. She and her family were having a nice day on the beach when they got a couple of unexpected visitors.
Assateague Island is a barrier island between Virginia and Maryland has a small population of wild ponies. They’ve been there for a long time; they’re most likely descended from the same horses that were brought over nearly 400 years ago.