By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 05:12 EST, 26 February 2013 | UPDATED: 08:33 EST, 26 February 2013 A U.S. man surprised his girlfriend with a marriage proposal amid a cloud of monarch butterflies in a wildlife sanctuary in central Mexico. Samantha Goldberger set up a camera for a romantic Valentine's Day picture at the El Capulin reserve, near Zitacuaro, and was stunned when Jason Skipton dropped to one knee as the flash went off. 'This place is like a miracle. And it is a miraculous thing that took place with us,' Mr Skipton told Yahoo News. Wings of love: Samantha Goldberger was surprised when Jason Skipton proposed marriage surrounded by monarch butterflies at the El Capulin reserve, near Zitacuaro, Mexico
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Jason Skipton surprised his girlfriend with a ring among the butterflies
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He met Samantha in chance encounter thousands of miles from home
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He felt proposal among the beautiful creatures far from home was apt
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