Fox boards London bus and goes to Imperial War Museum

Passengers were shocked to see a fox join them on their London bus commute on Monday morning.

The creature travelled on the top deck of a bus at rush hour and got off at the Imperial War Museum.

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A passenger managed to snap a picture of the animal on board the number 12 bus as it made its way from Elephant & Castle towards Oxford Circus, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Andrew Woodcock shared the image on Twitter and joked: "That stuff about urban foxes adapting to city life is clearly nonsense. This one didn't even have his Oyster card."

According to the Evening Standard, Andrew said: "Everyone noticed it and there were a lot of smirks and raised eyebrows and everyone looked to see what it would do next. It paused at the top of the steps as if waiting for the next stop.

"It had its head down low and was slinking along as if trying to avoid being noticed, but it didn't seem panicked or scared at all."

When we pulled up at the back of the Imperial War Museum, the driver came on the tannoy and said 'OK guys, it looks like we've got a fox on the bus. We're just going to wait here a while and try to coax him off'.

"As soon as the doors opened, the fox trotted down the stairs and hopped out onto the pavement.

"It may not have had an Oyster card, but it left a liquid offering on the top step, so I guess it can't have been quite as cool as it seemed."