Bride Has ‘Slowest Walk Down the Aisle’ as Her Ring Bearer Pet Tortoise

Steals the Limelight on Her Big Day

By Good News Network - Feb 4, 2022

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A bride had the ‘slowest walk down the aisle in history’ as she made her pet tortoise the ring bearer at her
wedding.
Vets Ericka and Jay Johnson first met while doing a wild tortoise survey 20 years ago, so felt it was only
right for their beloved Sulcata tortoise, Tom Shelleck, to be part of their wedding celebrations.

The 41-year-old said that strawberries were dotted down the aisle for ‘always hungry’ Tom to follow before
the pair tied the knot last year at Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens in Arizona.

The mom-of-one said that everything ran smoothly and he even became the ‘center of attention’ on her big
day.

Photos captured show the 20-year-old reptile creeping down the aisle following a trail of fruit while bearing
rings on a floral basket attached to his shell.

Ericka said, “The only thing we were worried about was if ladies had painted toenails and he’d look at them
and think they were fruit and maybe get off track and bite some toes, but fortunately that didn’t happen.

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“I was proud of how he did. I think he did great and we’re really happy with how everything went.

“The day after the wedding I had several people text me like ‘Hey, do you have any pictures of Tom?'”

Ericka said it took around three minutes for Tom to get down the aisle—while it took everyone else a matter
of seconds.
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Still, getting him in the right direction was easy.

“He eats mostly hay and dry things like that because he’s a desert-adapted species, so he’s not supposed to
eat a lot of fruit but since he loves strawberries so much we knew it was a surefire way to get him to go
down the aisle.”

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