Had a weird but lovely thing happen the other week..(bit sappy, sorry)

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It was the day before the 5th anniversary of having my much loved horse PTS. I was driving up to the yard to see my other horses, when 'Somewhere Only We Know' by Keane came on. Now this record was played a lot in the run up to having my horse PTS, and I always sort of think of it as 'our' song - the lyrics are quite poignant. So that brought a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye!

Then, I was standing in the yard, which is a wide open space, when I saw a kestrel or sparrowhawk sitting on a post in the middle of the yard. I got within about 15 feet of it and watched it for about 10 minutes and it didn't move, it just looked straight at me. Then it flew round me really close in a circle and then flew off.

I'm not one for psychic phenomena, or contacting people from beyond the grave or anything, but I felt something almost spiritual about this event - like my old lad was letting me know he was ok. Probably daft, but what the hell, it was lovely!
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I had a similar thing the other week, was feeling really down about life in general (job, money and relationship problems) and there was a wild house sparrow trapped in the garage where I work so I spent 10 minutes just watching it before putting my hand out and low and behold it stepped onto my finger and sat quietly while I took it outside, even when I gently shook my arm to encourage it to fly off it took its time.

I've always been an outdoor/animal person and I took that as the outdoors telling me that even though I work in an office surrounded by cars and fumes there's still something amazing to appreciate, cheered me up no end.

If you're daft then I'm daft too lol.x
 
About a 2 years ago I had to have a set of kidney tests done and while lying on the table having all the x-rays and other things done a lovely red admiral butterfly found its way in to the room. Told the radiographer when she return and much to my surprise she burst into tears. I felt was shocked and very bemused but she explained that her sister had died the month before and when they had the funeral two red admirals had sat on the coffin in the church. Made me shiver at the time. No idea how it got into the x-ray unit but could understand how it made the lady think of her sister and all the raw emotions that she was going through. Someone had to come and take over from her as the pore lady was in no fit state to finish my tests.
 
Aw, thats so lovely and it aint soppy at all. I am a huge believer that everyone, including animals have souls.

I had my beloved GSD dog pts 10 years ago and was with her at the end at the vets. She was too poorly to do anything but lie with my head on her lap and the vet very kindly sat on the floor with the nurse, stroking her and being very, very kind. As the drugs took effect and the life went out of her eyes, I felt something brush past me and a pale blue glove emerged from her mouth and floated around the room for a good 5 minutes. I asked the vet if she could see it and she described it to me in some detail. She told me that not everyone saw it, but she always thought it was her soul, and she was hovering around saying goodbye.

I have often pondered on that experience, and the vet confirmed that she had seen it pretty regularily, especially when the owner was present at the end.

Oh dear, I am still in the office and am in tears!
 
Hang on to that idea, it is so nice, and so comforting. It seems all so 'meant'
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I must be soppy too...

When I was about 13 my mum's old dales pony was pts. he was elderly and had chronic navicular and arthritis. Mum couldn't bear to see him so uncomfortable any more, and the thought of another winter for him wasn't really an option in her mind. He couldn't be stabled as it made him worse, and if he was out he'd stand at the gate to see the others, which was as good as standing in!

It was about a week before christmas, and Dad had agreed to take Guiness to the kennels when mum wasn't around, so she didn't get too upset.

I was at a school church carol service, and I suddenly felt like I'd lost something. that feeling of "I know where I last saw it, but it's not there any more". I glanced at my watch and it was 10.27. I still remember. Speaking to dad later he'd thought it was about half 10 when he went. He went happy, having heard the hounds he was thinking about hunting.

and when Bobbie was pts last week there was silence for a few minutes afterwards. The birds had stopped singing, the sheep had shut up, and even the newly weaned calves stopped bawling for a bit. The lady who had had him on loan remarked she'd never heard the farm so quiet.

I think everything knows when a soul is passing.

On the flip side, the same evening Bobbie went, my bestest friend in the whole wide world rang to say she's pregnant. so maybe one needs to go before another can arrive?

I'm off for some tissues
 
I had a very similar thing happen when he was PTS. I wasn't there (I would have been a wreck, and I didn't want his last minutes filled with me bawling), but my husband and friend were with him. I was at work. He was due to be PTS at 10am. At 11.30am I was at my desk when I had this most amazing feeling of what I can only describe as peace - it was a wonderful feeling which I've never felt before or since. Turned out that the vet had been held up and my lad wasn't PTS until, you guessed it, 11.30!

As I said, I'm not religious or into paranormal doo dahs, but I keep an open mind, especially when things like that happen.

It's been nice to read all your stories too.
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