During the funeral, when the coffin was being placed into the car, a horse suddenly appeared: it walked slowly toward the coffin, and what it did next shocked everyone 

During the ceremony, just as the coffin was about to be loaded into the hearse, a horse appeared unexpectedly.

White, out of breath, with mud on its sides, yet with bright, pain-filled eyes. It walked slowly toward the people, and then — directly to the coffin. What happened next left everyone speechless.

On the same day its owner died, the horse broke free from the stable and ran away. No one knew where it had gone. The family of the deceased was too busy with funeral preparations to look for it.

For two days, no one had seen the animal — it seemed to have simply vanished.

But the horse had felt its master’s passing. They had been together for nearly ten years — he had raised it from a foal, talked to it like to a friend, fed it from his hand, cared for it when it was sick. The horse knew his voice, his footsteps, even his mood.

The day of the funeral came. People stood crying, saying their goodbyes. But at the exact moment when several men lifted the coffin to place it into the hearse, the white horse came running out of the forest.

It stopped abruptly, neighed loudly as if demanding to be let through. The people instinctively stepped aside. The horse walked confidently toward the coffin, lowered its head — and then did something that shocked everyone present  Continued in the first comment 

It pressed its muzzle gently against the coffin lid, snorted softly, and seemed to sob. For a few minutes, there was complete silence — even the wind stopped.

Then, as if it understood that its beloved owner would never return, the horse let out a long, deep sound, like a mournful sigh, and struck the ground with its hoof. Many of those present couldn’t hold back their tears.

When the car engine started, the horse did not move away — on the contrary, it stood right in front of the hearse, blocking its path.

They had to wait until it stepped aside on its own. But even then, it followed the car — step by step, trotting, trying to catch up, until it finally collapsed from exhaustion at the side of the road.

Later, people said the horse remained for a long time in the very spot where it had last been seen. It stood there motionless, without eating or moving, staring into the distance — as if still waiting for its beloved owner to call its name.