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SONOMA, Ca. — Why did the elephant seal try to cross the road?

She isn’t saying, but officers with the California Highway Patrol and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services said she was determined to get the right of way.

The 500-pound seal was blocking traffic for a mile in both directions along Highway 37 as she repeatedly tried to cross it on Monday, reported KTRK.

The first time the mammal was spotted she was trying to climb the divider wall in the median, but authorities walked behind her, guiding her to the safety of the San Fransisco Bay.

Instead of swimming away, she tried to make a break for it two more times.

“Every time we got her in the water, she circled back and tried to climb out again,” Officer Andrew Barclay told the Los Angeles Times.

The officer even told KTRK he got a face-full of saliva while trying to help the very adamant animal.

He said she was so big, she was able to move the officers pretty easily and even tore off a piece of the board he was holding.

Officers were assigned to patrol the area all night just in case their determined friend made another attempt to cross the road.

Experts said she could have gotten confused, or is about to give birth and is trying to reach the dry land on the other side of the road.

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