VIRGINIA (Storyful/KFOR) – About 150 ponies are seen on the video above, swimming from one island to another off the coast of Virginia. “Oh, that is so cool!” one spectator is heard saying.

The origin of the Chincoteague ponies has ... a Spanish galleon off the Virginia coast near 1750. Others believe they descended from livestock released to forage on the island by early settlers.

"Misty of Chincoteague," suggests that the ponies are the descendants of Spanish horses who swam to the island after a Spanish ship wrecked off the coast of Virginia, reverting to a feral state ...

Most of the Chincoteague ponies born on Assateague Island are auctioned off annually to keep the herd a manageable side. According to data from the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce, 1,586 ponies ...