By gayantha310
For the past decade, an elderly man named Walter has had a most unexpected friend — a wild swan named Greta.
It began when Walter, grieving the loss of his wife, started taking early morning walks by the nearby lake. One foggy morning, he noticed a lone swan swimming close to shore.
He tossed a few pieces of lettuce into the water. Greta came closer — and from that day forward, the two developed a quiet ritual.
Every morning at sunrise, Greta swims to the dock where Walter now waits with a folding chair and a small bag of greens. She greets him with gentle wing flaps and soft sounds — while Walter chats to her softly.
A neighbor recently filmed one of these meetings and posted it online:
“Every morning, rain or shine — this swan comes to see him. It’s the purest friendship.”
The video quickly went viral:
“Proof that love and connection know no species.”
“We need more stories like this in the world.”
Walter says:
“She saved me. I thought I was alone — but she showed me otherwise.”
At AmazedInk, we share these moments because they remind us that the language of friendship is universal — and sometimes the simplest connections run the deepest.
