--- title: Women Stuck On Rainbow Unicorn Float Saved By Police description: A Chisago County officer pulled in four women on a unicorn float after they got stuck in the weeds on a local lake on Saturday afternoon. canonical: https://time.com/5364968/unicorn-float-rescue/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-12T19:04:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:16.831Z og:title: Minnesota Cops Saved These Women Stranded on a Unicorn Float og:description: Thanks to 'mad rescue roping skills' og:url: https://time.com/5364968/unicorn-float-rescue/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04762d90ce93310f/69893790457a52be8ad5f15b/women-stuck-on-unicorn-floatie-saved-by-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5600 og:image:height: 3150 og:image:alt: "Young man lying back on inflatable unicorn in sea, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Minnesota Cops Saved These Women Stranded on a Unicorn Float twitter:description: Thanks to 'mad rescue roping skills' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04762d90ce93310f/69893790457a52be8ad5f15b/women-stuck-on-unicorn-floatie-saved-by-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Minnesota Cops Saved These Women Stranded on a Unicorn Float > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Aug 12, 2018 7:04 PM UTC  Sean Murphy - Image Source/Getty Images by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Aug 12, 2018 7:04 PM UTC Four women out having fun in Minnesota on Saturday got more than they bargained for when the [unicorn](http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1814227,00.html) float they were riding got stuck in the weeds of a local lake. The plastic unicorn and its passengers ended up stranded on a Chisago County lake when the flotation device hit a patch of weeds and couldn’t go anywhere, despite the women having paddles on hand. Luckily for them, police were driving by and saw they were in a bit of distress. > [](https://twitter.com/ChisagoCountySO/status/1028410586382716928) Deputy Scotty Finnegan came to their rescue, throwing the women a rope and pulling them back in to a dock. “With a handful of laughs and some mad rescue roping skills they were pulled back to the dock!” the Chisago County Sheriff’s office tweeted, along with the hashtag #wherestheglitter. 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