When Ben Jackson couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral due to border restrictions, the sheep farmer came up with the ultimate tribute.
A devastated nephew, unable to make it to the funeral of his aunt due to locked borders, has enlisted his farm animals to help pay tribute to his much-loved relative.
Sheep farmer Ben Jackson from Guyra, in the NSW New England region, wasn’t able to travel to Brisbane to be with his Aunty Deb Cowdery before she died following a two-year cancer battle, The Guardian reported.
Feeling helpless when she passed away and unable to make the funeral service, Mr Jackson decided he would use his farming expertise to honour the life of his aunt from afar.
“Especially in these Covid times, no-one can prepare for that border closure grief, not being able to say cheerio or be there when she passes. It’s pretty difficult,” he told the publication.
After some trial and error and the first try looking like the “sh*t emoji”, he successfully filmed from a drone as his sheep gathered into a perfect heart shape below.
The heartwarming clip, which played to Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel, showed hundreds of sheep follow a line of feed that had been laid in a heart shape.
The video was sent to his family in Brisbane to be played in front of guests at his aunty’s funeral.
“When I saw [the final product] I would be the first to admit that there was plenty of waterworks … It was very lovely to have it as part of a send-off. It was certainly something that she would have loved and absolutely cherished,” he told the publication.
Mr Jackson was confident his aunty would be “very proud” knowing his sheep art had brought a smile to the faces of many people.
“Certainly the reaction online has been such that, yeah, hey there’s a lot of people doing it tough and need a smile on their dial,” he said.
The video has received a huge reaction on Twitter where it was shared by James Jackson, with many admitting it had brought a tear to their eye.
“This is my favourite video/tweet/post ever! Ben, what a wonderful tribute for your aunt. How lucky she was to have you as a nephew – such a big heart. Thanks for sharing,” one replied.
“This is a beautiful, heartwarming tribute. Thanks so much for sharing, we need to see such special things like this,” another wrote.
“Just love it, I tear up every time,” a third said.
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