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October 17, 2025 32 mins
It started as one woman’s unusual plan to control ticks on her family’s old Wisconsin farm: drive hours in a tiny Kia, pick up ten ring-neck pheasants in burlap sacks, and release them on the land.

But the road trip spiraled into a comedy of chaos—hissing birds, Jurassic-Park-like screeches, an unforgettable smell, and a surprise waiting in the back seat. Out of that disastrous adventure came an unexpected miracle: one tiny life that would change everything.

What began as a spur-of-the-moment farm solution became a heartfelt bond with a bold little pheasant named Darby, who had no fear of anything—not even the family dog. But years later, after Darby’s time on earth came to an end, the story took a turn no one could have predicted.

When grief lingered and memories wouldn’t fade, something impossible happened—an unmistakable sign that love doesn’t always leave when the body does.

Was it coincidence… or proof that some bonds really do outlast death?

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