These pictures surfaced just hours after Lucas Oil Stadium hosted last year's Super Bowl XLVI.

Unknown to fans watching the biggest sporting event of the year, there was also at least one well-equipped sniper in attendance.

The rifle is mounted on a tripod manufactured by Alamo Four Star, and they posted the pictures online never imagining they'd become as popular as they did.

We talked to Alamo and confirmed that's an Indianapolis SWAT team member manning a custom built Remington M700 in a XLR Industries chassis, sitting atop an Alamo Four Star DCLW shooting tripod.

Alamo received the photos from a ranking member of the SWAT team and said their tripod has a locking mechanism that grabs the rail of the rifle without scratching or damaging the surface.

No reason to think there's not another one just like it set up in New Orleans right now.