Kicker - A living work of art

NICK EICHER, HOST: Sometimes cards and flowers just aren’t enough.

An Australian sheep farmer in New South Wales recently found an amazing way to honor a beloved relative.

Ben Jackson’s Aunt Debby lived 250 miles away in Brisbane, and amid strict COVID-19 lockdowns, he was not allowed to visit her, even as she was rapidly losing her battle with cancer.

She passed away last month, but Jackson couldn’t even travel to her funeral. So he found a creative way to pay tribute.

Jackson loaded the bed of his truck with feed and carefully dumped it in a very specific pattern.

He then sent his drone-mounted camera into the sky and the video footage captured what happened next.

Hundreds of sheep trotting into the field and stopping to eat where Jackson dropped the feed in the shape of a gigantic heart.

His video played at his aunt's funeral—a living work of art.

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