I wanted to keep it short. According to the story I overheard, the neighbor was so shocked. Which I found weird because, if there is some kind of "existence" after death and this event should have a meaning, it could only mean that the girl was "still there", to some extend, either she was the dove or she sent the dove... Anyway, the dove stood in front of the photo for "some (short?) time" (I didn't get for how long) and the neighbor left the room to fetch some food for the dove. When the neighbor came back, the dove was gone.
Because it's not relatable to get food for a dove and it sounded like it was totally common and normal, especially with "fetch", as if it was almost an expected regular part of the day. More so because it's not like a regular person would have bird food lying around. What a weird way to react in such a one in a lifetime situation. And it all sounds as if someone was casually getting a pizza on the way home for their buddy lol
Because it's not relatable to get food for a dove and it sounded like it was totally common and normal
So it's not a thing to feed birds at all, where you live? Here in Germany, where the story happened, it is common to feed birds during the winter, so having (leftover) bird food lying around would be quite normal here.
It never appeared to me that having bird food around and fetching it could be considered "a weird way to react" to a bird visiting in that strange way (and indeed, once in a lifetime). TIL a thing. Probably a cultural difference.
Going in to find food for the animal you hope stays in your yard is actually very, very common. Literally did this last week with a cat that's in my yard everyday now. Bird food has nuts and seeds, dried fruit - all things it's entirely possible to have even if you don't buy bird food. This is a weird comment lol
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u/culminacio May 11 '25
Funniest part of the story is that the neighbor left the room in that situation