Soldier surprises wife with ultimate photobomb

Thursday, December 21, 2017
GUILFORD CO., North Carolina (WABC) -- A soldier from North Carolina returned from Afghanistan and surprised his wife by photobombing one of her pictures.

Terrance Clark snuck behind his wife, Mariah, while she was taking a picture at a Christmas display. She didn't realize he was in the photo until the photographer showed it to her.
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This was going to be their first Christmas apart.

Mariah screamed with joy and hugged her husband, knowing they could now spend Christmas together.
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Mariah carried a cardboard cutout of her husband around with her to take pictures with while he was away.

She said she wasn't expecting him to come home until next month.
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