Reality might occasionally be stranger than fiction, but other times, it just takes inspiration. How many times have you witnessed the most bizarre thing and thought “Man I wish I had a camera, because no one is going to believe this if I told them”?
Thankfully, everyone carries a smartphone with a decent enough camera these days. So it’s a whole lot easier to capture ridiculous occurrences on photo or video in case no one believes you. How do you think memes happen?
Here’s a sight that’s unbelievable on its own, but every bit as incredible.
Dilara İlter from Istanbul, Turkey whipped out her phone at just the right moment to catch this scene straight out of a Disney film.
Bu hanim her gun mahallede ne kadar hayvan varsa etrafina toplayip onlari doyuruyor. Kedi kopek karga hepsi sisko hahajd @MaltepeBelTr pic.twitter.com/f8r5UnDHUb
— ☽ Dilere (@cocukkilidi) September 23, 2017
Down the street from her window, there’s a casually dressed woman without anything to out of the ordinary about her. Except of course, for the whole parade of animals following behind her.
Now you might say “But maybe she’s just a pet sitter!“, which could be the case if it weren’t for the various sorts of birds following suite too.
Those don’t look like pets to me.
Unsurprisingly, Dilara’s video went viral when she posted it to Twitter. When you spot a real life Disney character, it’s hard for it to go unnoticed. Dilara shares that this woman regularly feeds these animals when she goes out for a walk, even though they’re not her pets.
And like everyone knows, animals remember. They see this woman out walking, and they know it means feeding time. The dogs and cats alone wouldn’t have been too unusual on their own.
All you need to get them to follow is some treats and a bit of “pspspsps” noises with your mouth.
It’s really the birds are what solidify the Disney character look.
These aren’t just pigeons and sparrows either. If you look closely, you’ll see that those are crows following her. And if you’ve read or watched any number of fictional stories, you’ll know crows are a favorite of writers for these stories.
You can even hear the distinct cawing in the video too. It’s hard to mistake that call for any other bird.
Dilara spotted the same woman a year later, and she had the same type of crowd following her.
It’s a wonder that it took that long to find her again. I feel like someone with a whole congregation of animals following them around would be pretty hard to miss, even in a big city.
Yine karsilastik :) Gidip konusamadim ama bi gun denk gelicez seninle super kadin pic.twitter.com/9tPcvQhqOQ
— ☽ Dilere (@cocukkilidi) June 26, 2018
Talking to a source, Dilara shared her attempts to find out more about this woman. Her mother actually went out her way to try and talk to the woman, but didn’t get much further than a short conversation. The woman didn’t speak Turkish that proficiently, Dilara explained.
Or maybe it was just a cover up on the woman’s part, and she was trying to keep her identity as a witch secret.
Whatever the case, let’s hope this woman never stops what she’s doing, and that the animals keep following her all the same. Things like this make the world a lot less dull.
It’s also good to know that the citizens of Istanbul take care of the animals on the streets. The dogs, cats and birds of Istanbul might never have to go hungry when they have citizens – be it normal people or Disney princesses, feeding them.
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