Sometimes the best laid plans are meant to be broken. That’s what Alicia Jessop, a sports law professor at Pepperdine University, found out on a recent trip.

The self-proclaimed “true millennial” wound up with the accidental photo of a lifetime while trying to capture a picture-perfect moment on the coast of Maine. All she wanted was a picture of her lobster roll in front of a lighthouse—but the seagull watching her had other plans and proceeded to swipe the sandwich right out of her hands.