When a much-loved aunt passes away, how do you pay homage? If you’re one Australian farmer, you involve your sheep in the most moving way.
Farmer Ben Jackson was stuck in lockdown in New South Wales. Unable to make the funeral of his aunty Deb after she lost her battle with cancer in Brisbane, he wanted to convey the impact she’d had on his life.
“Unfortunately, she didn’t make it,” Jackson said, according to the Guardian. “At those times of grief, you feel really helpless, you don’t know what to do, what to say.
Then, while out feeding his pregnant sheep some extra food, an idea came to him. He’d seen before that if he drew shapes in the land, the sheep would gather.
It took a few attempts, but the final resulting footage, taken by drone, is absolutely beautiful.
Ben and a mob of singles organised a tribute to his Aunty pic.twitter.com/R33SuN6YoK
— James Jackson (@guyrajack) August 24, 2021
“It was certainly something that she would have loved and absolutely cherished,” said Jackson.
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With the short film set to Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, you genuinely might want to get the tissues ready before pressing play on this one.
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