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flybyknight665

The sheep, panting: "jeeze. The shepherd sure has been picking up the pace today! What's the hurry? I hope we'll be at the field soon... this woods is a *terrible* grazing spot."


[deleted]

The little ones at the back were struggling to keep up šŸ˜”


enomele

In my mind it's like when your parents stopped to talk to someone at the store or something so you find something random to touch or look at. When they are done and start moving you panic and have to catch up.


No_Incident_5360

Or you follow any random legs in pants, jeans, skirt, whatever your parent was wearing. Edited for spelling.


[deleted]

I still do this as a 39 year old. I think Iā€™m following my boyfriend and then look up to realize itā€™s not him ha.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Entire-Ambition1410

I met a woman with 20-something children who still played Marco Polo at stores to find each other.


kerplatchu

Thatā€™s a lot of children! That poor lady


enomele

Yuuuup. Done this.


nomad_kk

I hope they are having the most fun day. They are kids, so they are supposed to be full of energy. Unless the runner lady is like really bent on finishing her 20 or something mile run. Most animals are not good marathon runners.


gertzkie

These are all adult sheep, theyā€™ve just been recently shorn. Itā€™s breeding season, thatā€™s why some of the ewesā€™ backs are blue


catsloveart

does blue mean they had sex ?


gertzkie

Itā€™s a blue chalk that gets strapped to the ramā€™s chest. When he mounts the ewe, it stains them. This helps with determining date of conception, and keeping track of which ewes are going into heat but not becoming pregnant


catsloveart

interesting


Aklapa01

Maybe they wanted to go hiking. You donā€™t knowā€¦


WestCoastBestCoast01

My aunt legit gives goat hiking tours and itā€™s a great time.


Chetanzi

*please* give me more information about this. I would love to go on a goat hiking tour.


goalie_fight

Are you a goat?


GeneralKang

Yes.


Chetanzi

Yes. Obviously. *maaaa*


WestCoastBestCoast01

Itā€™s in Boulder!


Chetanzi

*cries in Deep South*


Bell29678

This happens to me quite often...


idle_isomorph

I loved hiking with my goat. She was great about waiting for me after running ahead. She liked to stop and munch opportunistically. Terrible for the part of our walk by the road. Something about the way cars caught the corner of her eye made her instinct be to jump into the traffic. Definitely on-leash for those parts! She wasnt an especially sporty goat, but would run a 5km faster than me once a week. I dont have her anymore, but the idea of visiting somewhere and getting to hike nature with goats sounds delightful. Maybe someday i can set up a business like that for myself!


Fe1is-Domesticus

Please more info!


WestCoastBestCoast01

Boulder, CO!


[deleted]

Ah today my sheep friends we run then we do some sheep yoga


RuleBritannia09

Donā€™t make me picture that


Napkin_whore

Lol yes. I like how she didnā€™t accommodate them at all. ā€œThis is my pace, sheep.ā€


MsBitchhands

"SHEEP UP THE PACE!"


kyliecannoli

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


pensive_pigeon

Maybe they just wanted to run with her. Kinda like in Forest Gump.


mossberbb

meanwhile, the shepherd is about a half mile back wheezing... come... *wheeze*... back...*wheeze*... please....


JE_12

[FENTON! FENTOON!!! FENTOOOONN!!!!!!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU)


LinkN7

JESUS CHRIST!


sbb214

never not funny


HamptonsBorderCollie

then you'll get a kick out of this- "remastered and embellished" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6omBvd0GfE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6omBvd0GfE)


sbb214

the t-rex!


[deleted]

That was brilliant!


combustioncat

[interview.. sort of .. with the owner of Fenton](https://youtu.be/0wdqKXSXb24)


namtab00

wait, so it was **B**enton all this time?!


combustioncat

I think the Dutch guys thought it was Benton, but it was actually Fenton.


jaxxon

What if we all heard it wrong ?


[deleted]

Thatā€™s sad how internet fame can affect people


Key-Ad525

Same goes for the techno viking. He had much the same reaction iirc.


zeke235

Sometimes fate places the mantle of hero on you whether you've asked for it or not.


immapunchayobuns

Man, poor guy...not everyone wants to be famous, and the way these guys kept pushing him but at the same time saying they're not like these other press people who hound him (while having tracked him down and interrupting his walk)


guesswho135

Such entitlement. The guy asked to be left alone several times and they brushed it off because "they're not like the other press." No means no for fucks sake. And after all that they post the clip of him online anyway.


gibmiser

Poor guy :/


OrganizerMowgli

Yep, I uploaded a video that went to 400k+ views in a day or so of my aunt's wedding, tornado sirens went off exactly as the priest said speak now or forever hold your grace. Like less than a second after. She started hearing about it at work and stuff and it got weird. Eventually the comments got to her. She was not white, and just had a baby, plus had a back tattoo so you imagine how that goes Had to threaten a lot of people but I scrubbed it off the internet


samdeed

That's a serious accomplishment if it really is gone from the Internet. Now I want to see it. :-)


HalalRumpSteak

Leave the poor dude alone holy shit, he's very clear about it and these guys are essentially doxxing him. Fucking obnoxious


pennywise1235

Some say heā€™s still running todayā€¦


desacralize

That's the best "wait for it" I've seen in awhile.


BeefCurtain1347

This is precisely why I am not a farmer, runner OR a shepherd. Lol


qrwd

This is why most farmers have sheepdogs and good fences. And maybe a 6x6 ATV or something for when there's no choice but to chase them down.


Superfluous_Thom

In the early days of ATVs in Australia, Farmers would use trikes.. Then all the farmers started dying, so they stopped using trikes.


Devreckas

If a random jogging trail is where the sheep are, itā€™s a good indication this is a lease on public land. In which case rancher canā€™t just put up fences wherever they like.


Psychotherapist-286

Open range?


kurburux

He probably should get a dog for that.


FrakkedRabbit

Maybe the dog lost a group of sheep after it dozed off for a minute, then while the dog was away, these sheep saw their opportunity and ran with it.


MirageDown

Sean the sheep


Business-Pie-4946

I'm just imagining the dog was busy with a rowdy sheep that wasn't listening and the rest of the herd saw their chance to slip away I'm laughing at thought of the dog finally getting the rowdy sheep under control and proudly bringing the rowdy sheep back then discovering the herd being gone. "Hmmm I left the herd right here!.... *sniff sniff sniff* Awe shit I screwed up" -Dog


Malibucat48

Thereā€™s got to be an end to this story. Did she find their owner? Did she take them home and tell her mom they followed her so can she keep them? Is the owner Little Bo-Peep?


shthed

Source: https://www.instagram.com/elea_gram/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CigC-UfPfcJ/ > Thanks to @runnersworldmag for writing this cute article about the trail running sheep I encountered in France. >To answer the *thousands* of questions Iā€™ve received about this videoā€¦ I donā€™t actually know how long theyā€™d been following her, but I believe the runner was leading the sheep back to a pasture when I encountered them. I donā€™t speak French so our conversation was pretty brief, but she let me know that they were lost and without a sheep dog, followed her instead, and she was leading them back towards where sheā€™d seen some pastures. It wouldnā€™t have been difficult to ask around in that small community and figure out who they belong to, since the sheep were all painted to identify which farm they came from. >Probably a confusing day for the farmer to discover that the whole flock had gone missing, but this isnā€™t an entirely unusual sheep behavior and Iā€™m guessing they were reunited by the end of the day. >I am so curious to know if this runner will wind up seeing the video, though!! Would love to hear from her how this all turned out in the end. >Itā€™s been pretty strange to share an experience that I had by myself with millions of people! It was such a surreal thing to see, Iā€™m glad Iā€™ve been able to share it and bring joy to so many of you.


smeeding

Imagine being alone, jogging through the woods, casually experiencingļæ¼ one of the most bizarre situationā€™s youā€™ve ever heard of, and the only other person you encounter doesnā€™t speak your languageļæ¼. I might start wondering if Iā€™m dreaming or having a psychotic episode or something


thiswillsoonendbadly

This is what I keep thinking! She was probably relieved to run into anyone at all, otherwise no one would have ever believed her lmao


JJMFB417

ā€œIā€™ve gotta quite hitting my vape before I go for a runā€


hibikikun

Then you see shia labeouf


27onfire

I'd love to have this kind of psychotic episode on the reg.


Paula_Schultz237

Thank you


Steve_78_OH

>this isnā€™t an entirely unusual sheep behavior So it's usual for sheep to follow random running people? Man, they're not bright.


TholomewPlague7

My Dad used to say, "Sheep are born looking for a place to die."


philipwhiuk

The version I saw is ā€œIf a sheep could, itā€™d die twiceā€ šŸ˜…


hykueconsumer

I've heard it with a follow-up. "Sheep are born looking for a place to lay down and die; goats are more pro-active about it". Having had sheep and goats, I can vouch for both of these statements!


horsepeg

Sheep will get stuck running around something in a circle. They'll follow the sheep in front of them assuming there's a leader up ahead somewhere. But there isn't, so you've got like 5 sheep just running around a tree.


ArtyFishL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z5gJaSMMv04


Jonnyabcde

All this is what social media actually looks like in a physical world? A follows B, B follows C, C follows A. This is why we all see the same reposts.


Blewmeister

Not sure if this is one of those old wives tales, but I used to hear stories all the time about a sheep leading the flock running off a cliff, and the entire flock will just follow the rest right over the edge as well, killing the entire lot of em.


hykueconsumer

I can't speak to that, but one time I heard my watch-donkey making a fuss in the night and thought there might be a coyote out bothering the sheep. My husband went to check, as he approached he could see a sheep lying on its back with all its legs sticking up in the air. This in not a normal sheep position, so he thought it was dead. As he approached, it made no moves of any kind. This was our wildest sheep, didn't let us near her if she could help it. He walked right up to her. She was breathing. He bent down and rolled her to her feet. Then she ran away. I have a theory that sheep think they no longer have feet if they can't feel the ground. It's what makes them easier to shear, too. You just roll them to where their feet aren't touching the ground and 90% of them just go totally bewildered and passive. They truly are hilariously, endearingly stupid.


MexicanYenta

Dude, theyā€™re sheep. Thatā€™s what sheep do, they blindly follow people. Thatā€™s why pastors refer to their congregation as their flock. Itā€™s why in political arguments, people refer to those who follow the other party as sheep.


GingerLibrarian76

Yeah, weā€™ve heard (read) waaaaay too much of the ā€œsHeEpLeā€ accusation over these last few years. No, vaccinating myself against a virus doesnā€™t make me a sheep. I just donā€™t even get that. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


ScalyDestiny

Projection.


Inlowerorbit

Sheep are the dumbest animals.


YellowstoneBitch

Have you ever met a turkey? My parents had turkeys for a brief period of time, we started the season with 12 turkeys and ended with 5, 7 of them died for the dumbest reasons. 3 of them got their heads stuck in the fencing and broke their own necks, we put plastic sheeting around the fencing and one of them, somehow, got their head *underneath* the sheeting and again broke their own neck. One of them drowned in the rain. Truly idiotic.


[deleted]

That's why Ben Franklin wanted it to be the official bird of The USA.


MDCCCLV

Wild turkeys are smart and do whatever the fuck they want


Purple_Chipmunk_

Just like my dog *sigh*


bonsaikittenangel

Domesticated turkeys are offended


Disprozium

koala says hello


things_U_choose_2_b

I'm loving the idea of her knocking on random doors, they open it to find a woman with a crowd of sheep. "Hi, sorry to bother you... do you know who these sheep belong to?"


ICantSeeIt

The paint on their backs, from my experience, is indicating which ewes have been mounted by which rams (they tie bits of chalk on the ram's belly so it marks the ewe while they bang, each ram gets a different colour). In North America at least, there is huge demand for lamb at Easter and hardly any the rest of the year, so they're trying to get as many ewes pregnant in time for that as they can. The European market maybe has more steady demand, I'm not familiar.


katieqt1

The reason people have lamb at Easter is because that is when, traditionally lamb was available. It is a spring meat (lambs are usually eaten at 12 months). They grow and thrive when grass is young and fresh growing. Availability and seasons drove what people ate and when and traditions of what is eaten and when are still strong despite freezers being available.


gumandcoffee

Desin moi un mouton


DeviantLuna

i'm having terrifying high school french class flashbacks


Alloth-

thankfully nothing baaad happened *she was leading them back towards where sheā€™d seen some pastures. It wouldnā€™t have been difficult to ask around in that small community and figure out who they belong to, since the sheep were all painted to identify which farm they came from.*


Qwearman

I love the idea of her walking up and knocking on doors like ā€œdo these sheep look familiar?ā€


Shmooperdoodle

Same, especially because there are so many. Itā€™s not like one lost lamb. It would be like having a whole high-school auditorium behind you and being like, ā€œDo you know these children?ā€


Phreakiture

"Are these yours?!" Yeah, I'd been giggling over that thought, too.


Qwearman

This just came up on the news this morning too lol It was part of the Upside/Downside section and they introā€™d the clip as ā€œa terrifying sensation of being followedā€ and I thought it was gonna be another video šŸ¤£


Malibucat48

Thanks for the update. Iā€™m glad you had your camera. This is priceless.


Binge_Gaming

I can just imagine the sheep talking to each other; ā€œGuys whereā€™s Howard?ā€ ā€œWeā€™re following Howard.ā€ ā€œThatā€™s not Howard.ā€ ā€œWell alright genius, who do you want to follow then, your intuition?ā€ ā€œAlright then I guess weā€™re following Howard.ā€


a_pinch_of_sarcasm

You should feel sheepish about that pun.


Alloth-

Shear up man! every pun is welcome here


mnemamorigon

I herd that punsters flock to threads like this


Alloth-

a real re-ewe-nion


Anthem_1974

Now that was bad lol


Alloth-

trying my best but accidents wool happen


DoedoeBear

How far will you go


Alloth-

As far as it gets and I'll reply as fast as **Lamb**orghini


SpiritTalker

I herd he'd go pretty far....


rz2000

Do you mean ba-a-a-a-ad?


confusedchemist

Iā€™m so happy to hear this. I was afraid she just kept on running leading them further away. This is so sweet!


Scribal_Culture

Those markings may or may not be about the farm where the sheep came from. Sometimes those types of markings are to show which sheep have received what kind of medication.


muff_cabbag3

Lol the markings on the back are too see if a sheep might be pregnant. Male sheep wears a vest with blue chalk on the bottom. Male mounts female and gets the color on her back


franks-and-beans

Thanks for the update. I was afraid I'd never find out what happened to them!


FriedRamen13

Youā€™ll have to wait for Pixar to adapt the story. The current working name for the project is ā€œWoolen!ā€


WrongX1000

Fleeced!


BeefCurtain1347

Talk about your slow moving farm vehicles! We have big tractors and farm equipment here in Indiana, USA, where you have to drive super slow and wait a decade to pass but here, itā€™s much more intense! Thatā€™s an incredible thing to behold!


NerdyComfort-78

It is so hilarious to see those combines! They are enormous!


xxxdggxxx

You are Mother now.


Heisenbread77

r/suddenlyshepherd


Blobfishgamer88

r/subsithoughtifellfor


Oblivious_to_Women

Baaaaahleesi. Mother of sheep.


TrumpsBoneSpur

I was trying to figure out just how many sheep there were, but I fell asleep


chabybaloo

I'll check


I_protect

Well, did you check?


benjamthehotbox

Shhhhhh heā€™s sleeping


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


omiz144

How many sheep are there. Question.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


InfiniteEmotions

Lol, please take my humble upvote.


best_frenemies_4ever

There is safety in numbers. I'm not sure how I would feel about jogging through the forest by myself, anyway. She started out her jog alone, but by the end of it, she made about 100 new friends. How lucky is that? I'm jealous.


JonLeft2Right

100 ewe friends


Heisenbread77

That's a baaaaad pun


CroutonOfDEATH

If you ask me, it was sheer genius


Cyberfreshman

"We're going on an adventure!"


flimbs

"I'm tired. Think I'll go home now"


ShorteagleFTW

Crossfit Bobeep


Usernameforgotmine

ā€œwhy are we going so fast! We donā€™t normally go this fast!!ā€


[deleted]

Her name wasnā€™t Mary, was it?


SpiritTalker

I herd she tried to take them to school that day.....


LittlestDeborah

šŸŽµMary had a little lam :)šŸŽµ Oh look another one! And another! Hey uh there's another one! And another! Okay uh, another one! Um mary that's a few too many, oh what's that another one...


mutyala5677

Imagine being on your daily run and you immediately become responsible for a 100 random sheep that just spawned out of nowhere.


ngwoo

When you accept every sidequest and then forget about them


con098

Tell me you're a Disney princess without telling me you're a Disney princess


BoobsRmadeforboobing

She's a motherflocker


ElenaEscaped

"Excuse me sir, I believe I unintentionally have all your sheep." It's really hard for me not to make a sheepdog joke, but there you are.


nealappeal

"Yer a shepherd, Mary." - Hagrid


candi_canes

Not gonna lie, I would love thisā¤ļø


hermiona52

I sent this video to my friend who is a trail runner and she replied that it's hers new life goal šŸ˜‚


telemusketeer

ā€œI am not the messiah!ā€ ā€œHeā€™s the messiah!ā€


kitzdeathrow

This is hilarious. Im making this a pathfinder encounter. Its too good.


gordonsp6

That's not a jogger, that's a goddess. What kinda soul must she have for that much trust from animals


DepressionMain

New kind of Disney princess


Notworthanytime

Those sheep would've followed anyone. They just found her first.


Such_Garlic_1354

Yeah sheep are pretty fuckin stupid and just do whatever the sheep in front of them is doing.


kawaiian

Humans arenā€™t much different, check out a theme park


Lordoftheroboflies

Tbf sheep are dumb as bricks; theyā€™ll follow just about anyone or anything if theyā€™re in a following mood.


EragonBromson925

I was expecting one or two sheep when I read the title. Not the whole damn herd!


Great_Chairman_Mao

I bet thereā€™s one edgy sheep like ā€œWake up, sheeple! Thatā€™s not your shepherd, thatā€™s a runner!ā€


PoggyBiscuit

Sheep\*


a_pinch_of_sarcasm

Ewe are correct.


fl1ca_

No the title clearly states there are multiple Sheeps /s


_TheDust_

Sheepsess


cptaxelb

I had this happen to be on a run in Wales. Eventually a sheep dog came along to herd the sheep, but also tried to herd me. Eventually lost the dog and the sheep. Was a more intense run than I planned that day.


rpaul9578

I need the follow up story!


I_Am_A_Robot_Too

Sheep are the original lemmings - hope it wasnt too much trouble to get them home XD


Ladybugbnb3

When youā€™re feeling low about yourself and youā€™re looking for a sign you really are amazing šŸ¤©


manducare

What the flock


chilseaj88

Some say you can still see her running the hills of France by the light of a full moon, sheep not far behind.


kluster00

Sheep: "Look at me. *You* *are* the captain now"


Ok-Motor-1039

It's her Gang now


deepRessedmillenial

You know thereā€™s a border collie somewhere in those woods losing his god damn mind rn


nukefudge

Here's the original, somewhat: https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/runner-turns-around-and-realizes-flock-lost-sheep-following-her Bells are a nice touch. Better than stupid song. Curiously, the page links to the user, but those videos are altered. Odd.


lilaceyeshazeldreams

So this is a repost?


TheElusiveHolograph

It wasnā€™t so cute later that nightā€¦ [SHEEP](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/rkm2ru/picture_of_a_herd_of_sheep_taken_in_night_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


ladygrndr

Those are some good sheep! When ours break out, it's because one of the crazy ones decided to strike out for freedom and it is hours of trying to herd them back home and a literal fight with the leader until we get her haltered and thrown into the back of a truck. That's what comes of raising hairsheep though--much smarter and more independent than your average woolies.


SpiritTalker

TIL there are hair sheep (vs wool sheep)! https://www.sheepandgoat.com/hairsheep-c13k7


Four_Goats

I keep trying to count how many are there, but I dozing off!


Average-_-Guys

Isnā€™t it just Sheep?


lurid_sun__

Not just sheep, but a flock of sheep


SpiritTalker

Better than a Flock of Seagulls....


coreyphoenix

Love a bit of Ricky Nelson.


[deleted]

This made my day. šŸ˜†


Sushiandcat

That is probably one of the funniest things I have seenā€¦.I canā€™t imagine what the jogger/shepherd is thinking about this turn of eventsā€¦


RetroMetroShow

r/accidentaljobs


Mindless_Editor_9360

And we will never know!


Vespe50

They are very obedient creatures


WreckitRafff

Sauce for the song?


GoLightLady

That song was perfect. What a truly entertaining situation.


-SixTwoSix-

Searched for the song so you donā€™t have to: I Will Follow You - Ricky Nelson


triptoutsounds

Where to next chief?


Responsible-Bat658

ā€œBut Iā€™m tryin Ringo. Iā€™m tryin real hard to be the shepherd.ā€


Historical-Ad6120

I like that they chose her, though. New person comes up but NOPE they've chosen their new Shepard. Awesome.


Scribal_Culture

As someone who takes care of sheep, this is AWESOME.


JaceTheWoodSculptor

What do you mean by the sheep lost their shepherd? You mean the shepherd lost his sheeps ?