HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A man running from Florida deputies decided to make his own version of snow angels while hiding out in a dirt pit on Christmas Eve.

On Dec. 24, the suspect crashed his car at an intersection in Tampa around 7 p.m., and quickly ran from deputies before they could get his information, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.

The sheriff’s office said the driver, identified as 34-year-old Eliezer Armando Reyes Rios, then decided to run away from the crash and into a nearby construction site.

The department’s Aviation Unit ultimately spotted the suspect laying in a dirt pit, where he was observed “perhaps feeling the holiday spirit, making ‘Dirt Angels’ and making calls on his phone,” according to the sheriff’s office.

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A man running from Florida deputies decided to make his own version of snow angels while hiding out in a dirt pit on Christmas Eve. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office via Storyful)

Moments later, the suspect hopped over a construction site fence, where he was apprehended.

“He sprang to the fence, up and over, only to find, not eight tiny reindeer, but 3 deputies and one dutiful K-9,” the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wrote.

Reyes Rios was arrested and now faces several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a canceled, suspended, or revoked license, and trespassing on a construction site.