A goat snuck onto a UPS truck in North Dakota, and photos of the encounter are going viral as delivery workers share their own hilarious animal sightings

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  • Photos of a UPS driver's encounter with two goats on his delivery route are going viral on social media.

  • One of the driver's daughters, Maria Slette, tweeted photos of the encounter on Wednesday, writing: "My dad is a UPS driver in rural North Dakota & today he sent me these photos with no context."

  • "My dad has been a UPS driver for over 30 years, so he's sent us a lot of funny animal photos," Slette told Business Insider. "Through the years he's sent us photos of a miniature horse, lots of dogs, a hairless cat, cows, and now the goats of course."

  • Some delivery workers responded with photos of their own animal encounters on the road.

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A UPS driver's encounter with a pair of goats on his delivery route this week is going viral on social media.

One of the driver's daughters, Maria Slette, tweeted photos of the encounter on Wednesday, writing: "My dad is a UPS driver in rural North Dakota & today he sent me these photos with no context."

One photo showed a goat standing in the cargo area of the truck among a sea of packages. Another photo showed a goat appearing to climb into the truck.

Slette, 22, told Business Insider that she later called her dad to find out what happened with the goats.

"I was delivering several packages to a house and the owners weren't home so I was hauling them into the garage," he said, according to Slette. "I made three trips and each time I came back to the truck, the goats were a little closer. By the final time I came back, one of them was in the back of my truck!"

Slette said her dad, Bruce Slette, often sends photos of animals to her and her sister on a text chain.

"My dad has been a UPS driver for over 30 years, so he's sent us a lot of funny animal photos," she said. "He used to deliver in town, but since moving to a rural route his animal encounters have gotten more frequent. Through the years he's sent us photos of a miniature horse, lots of dogs, a hairless cat, cows, and now the goats of course."

The images have been shared hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter, and some people responded with photos of their own animal sightings on delivery routes.

Here are some of the best responses.

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