The contact useclipse was a once in a lifetime event and millions of people in the United States dropped what they were doing to give the phenomenon a peek.
Including suspected car thieves.
SEE ALSO: The most epic images from the 2017 total solar eclipseOrange County law enforcement were tailing a stolen car Monday when the suspect suddenly pulled over to gaze upon the moon passing in front of the sun through a welding face mask.
They were all too proud to put it on their Facebook page.
Seeing solar eclipse is a incredibly rare occurrence. But getting arrested during one is even rarer.
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