HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — It was an ordinary Thursday morning during rush hour, and Eunice Rivers was on her way to work, traveling from Jersey City to Pier 11 on a New York Waterway ferry. And that's when she saw a man – dressed in a full suit – paddling his way across the Hudson River.

Rivers chose the perfect word to sum up her feelings as she posted the video to social media on June 21: "hilarious." (Watch the video below) The strange sight would have been easy to miss on an otherwise boring morning commute. One ferry passenger in Rivers' video can be seen facing forward, absorbed in his music, while just outside the window the intrepid mariner paddles his way across the choppy wake of the river like Charon rowing across the River Styx.

Rivers wasn't the only commuter who got a thrill from the weird sighting. "People at my job are talking about that dude who paddleboarded the Hudson River," a bemused social media user commented on Thursday.

THE MAN BEHIND THE VOYAGE On Friday, Patch spoke with the man who claimed credit for the unusual maritime voyage: New Jersey resident Scott Holt.

Holt, a 32-year-old Belleville and North Arlington native, is currently living in Jersey City. And on Thursday, his goal was simple… make it to a meeting in New York City on time.

"I had a meeting with an agent," the amateur comedian explained. "I was running late and didn't want to take the ferry. So I got my board and hopped into the river."

Balancing in dress shoes and carrying a briefcase while navigating the waves proved to be a little daunting, but Holt eventually found his zen and settled into a groove… albeit a soggy-footed one. And that's when the authorities saw him. Holt said that as he cruised along the river, a NY Waterway worker and a police officer spotted him and started yelling to get out of the drink. The officer was surprisingly cool and a little befuddled about the whole incident, Holt said. But the ferry worker was another story.