--- title: Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures description: One attention-hungry onlooker was determined to be a permanent fixture in the couple's memories from the romantic day. canonical: https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-19T22:59:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:18.953Z og:title: Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures og:description: They spent "the next 10 minutes crying and laughing at the same time" og:url: https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures twitter:description: They spent "the next 10 minutes crying and laughing at the same time" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=2837a05e-47f4-4c92-8594-5976b6c1641a&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 10:59 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 10:59 PM UTC Reddit user [McYay](https://www.reddit.com/user/McYay) and her now fiancé were spending the day at Ripley’s [Aquarium](http://time.com/3560116/baby-otter-cute-swim-chicago-heart-bursting/) of Canada in Toronto when they decided to check out the “Ray Bay,” a.k.a. the stingray exhibit. At the end of the show, the couple was chosen to participate in an activity that was — unbeknownst to McYay — all part of an elaborate proposal plot. “The host asked for 2 volunteers to play a game and they picked us to go up,” [she wrote](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/46geu3/my%5Fboyfriend%5Fproposed%5Fto%5Fme%5Fat%5Fripleys%5Faquarium/d058otz?context=3). “The game is for him to try describing a stingray and me try to guess what type…The hosts asks me for my answer and I blurt out the name of the only stingray from the show I can remember which is a Roughtail stingray. Host lady says I can turn around and see for myself and tadaaaa.” **Read More:** [Majestic Horse Pulls Off the Perfect Photobomb](http://time.com/4166321/horse-photobomb/) The Redditor turned around to see a sign that read, “Will you marry me?,” before her boyfriend got down on one knee and popped the question. However, one [onlooker](http://time.com/4020546/beluga-whale-connecticut-press-conference-malloy/) was determined to be a permanent fixture in the couple’s memories from the romantic day. An attention-hungry stingray [managed to photobomb](http://time.com/3951862/great-white-shark-photobomb-mossel-bay-south-africa/) every single one of the proposal shots. Luckily, McYay thought the pictures were hilarious, explaining that she spent “the next 10 minutes crying and laughing at the same time,” after seeing them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/"},"headline":"Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures","datePublished":"2016-02-19T22:59:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:18.953Z","description":"They spent \"the next 10 minutes crying and laughing at the same time\"","url":"https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4231235/stingray-photobomb-proposal-pictures/","name":"Stingray Epically Photobombs Couple's Proposal Pictures"}}]}] ```