<div><p>When you open your door in the morning to go to work, what's the most likely thing you're going to see? Your street, your neighbors, maybe a paper or flyers on your doorstep. </p><p>These people found something quite different waiting for them outside their door. No, it wasn't a stray cat or dog looking for scraps of food. </p><p>Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/27/seal-makes-its-way-to-doorstep-hoping-to-shelter-from-a-storm-in-redcar-6601520/#mv-a">was notified</a> in the early morning on April 25 that an unexpected visitor had showed up at the Royal Esplanade Apartments in Redcar. When they investigated, they found a baby <a href="https://www.shared.com/man-brutally-attacked-by-baby-elephant-seal-2187226380/" target="_blank">seal</a> pup at the doorstep of one of the apartments. </p><p>It's not known how the seal made it all the way from the ocean, across the streets, and up a flight of stairs, but rescuers suspected he was seeking shelter from the previous night's storm. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pri_37809373-e1493303727330.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pri_37809373-e1493303727330_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>North News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The confused but <a href="https://www.shared.com/someone-give-this-baby-deal-a-high-five-dont-leave-him-hangin-2097513021/" target="_blank">adorable seal</a> sparked a rescue effort to bring him back to his home in the sea. </p><p>"While we were assembling to carry out a lifeboat changeover this morning, one of our crew was alerted to a seal sheltering in the doorway of the Royal Apartments on the sea front," <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/27/seal-doorstep-misplaced-mammal-sparks-rescue-mission/" target="_blank">Redcar RNLI</a> wrote on Facebook.</p><p>When they arrived on the scene, they had no crate to transport the seal. Luckily, one of the off duty coastguards owned a pet shop and showed up with just the thing. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk.jpeg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk_GH_content_550px.jpeg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk_GH_content_650px.jpeg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk_GH_content_750px.jpeg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk_GH_content_850px.jpeg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/TELEMMGLPICT000127047998-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV1Dw_eSK9L94XFGrGE0L6spbHqWJUt2MfcNjpcDuZuk_GH_content_950px.jpeg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>North News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Having alerted the rescue service we were working out how to get the pup back to the water when an off-duty coastguard officer who runs a local pet shop drove past in a van. And in the van was a dog cage," <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/27/seal-doorstep-misplaced-mammal-sparks-rescue-mission/" target="_blank">RNLI wrote on Facebook</a>. </p><p>After the team encouraged the little guy into a dog cage, they brought him to the shore, where he eagerly took off towards the lapping waves. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pri_37809389-e1493303885989.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pri_37809389-e1493303885989_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>North News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"A bit of cautious coaxing got the seal into the cage and it was soon reunited with the North Sea," <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/27/seal-makes-its-way-to-doorstep-hoping-to-shelter-from-a-storm-in-redcar-6601520/#mv-a">said a RNLI spokesperson</a>.</p><p>Watch the video of the adventurous baby seal returning to the ocean: </p><div><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/RedcarRNLI/videos/pcb.1602539809774970/1602539419775009/?type=3&theater" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p><strong>Can you imagine finding a baby seal at your door? SHARE this post if it made you smile!</strong></p></div>
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