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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) &#8212; The surprisingly powerful winter storm that swept across Pennsylvania on Thursday brought some surprising sights with it, including a camel stranded along a snowy Route 309.</p><p>The camel was spotted on the highway near the Perkasie exit in Bucks County, according to WFMZ-TV&#8217;s website.</p><p>Motorists passing by while the flakes were still falling started tweeting about the camel and posted video on social media.</p><p>An organization called Jewish Philly says it was their camel named Einstein. He was on his way to the group&#8217;s event at Philadelphia&#8217;s Kimmel Center when the vehicle he was traveling in got stuck.</p><p>Jewish Philly later tweeted Einstein&#8217;s handler decided it was best for the camel to head home after his snow adventures, so he returned to Peaceable Kingdom Petting Zoo, a traveling petting zoo. It serves the Lehigh Valley, the Philadelphia suburbs and parts of New Jersey.</p><p>The camel story has attracted so much media attention, there are apparently people out there trying to make a quick buck off Einstein&#8217;s newfound fame.</p><p>So the folks at the Peaceable Kingdom posted the following statement to its Facebook page Friday:</p><p>&#8220;Any merchandise featuring the Snow Camel or Einstein is not affiliated with Einstein or Peaceable Kingdom Petting Zoo, nor any portion of the proceeds are going to Einstein or the zoo. Many people have been sending in links and asking us if we were. We wanted to make that clear. Just people jumping on an opportunity.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This camel was spotted along Route 309 in Bucks County during Thursday&#8217;s snowstorm. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_Camelon309.jpg</photo0><caption0>This camel was spotted along Route 309 in Bucks County during Thursday&#8217;s snowstorm. </caption0><photoCredit0>Courtesy of Bob Strange </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Not a mirage: Camel along Route 309 during snowstorm