Los Angeles, June 4 (IANS): Singer Taylor Swift says that she hiked the trail backwards to avoid getting clicked by the paparazzi.

The "Bad Blood" singer's fans posted the image where she is spotted in dark blue tanktop and green shorts walking the trail backwards with her bodyguard in a photograph, on Tumblr and asked for her confirmation.

Curious with what actually happened in the photograph, one of Swift's fan, thebentley13, wrote: "Taylor wtf is happening here im confused."

Another fan, curiousswift, chimed in: "It's like she is doing that test that police officers do to see if you're drunk or not."

Swift responded to her fans' comments and said that she hiked the trail backwards, reports aceshowbiz.com.

The 25-year-old explained that she did it to avoid getting photographed by paparazzi.

She wrote: "I saw the guy with the camera and wasn't in the mood so I hiked the whole trail backwards and my security told me when to make turns. Ah, the tranquility of the great outdoor TAYLORCANYOULOOKOVERHEREGIVEUSASMILEAREYOUDATINGJYC."

Back in March, Swift was also seen walking backwards for the same purpose, to avoid paparazzi, as she was guided from her home in West Hollywood by a bodyguard.