THIS LOYAL CAMEL REFUSES TO LEAVE OWNER’S GRAVE

This grieving camel sleeps next owner’s grave for a week. (Photo: Al Wajeeh Ali’s Facebook page) — **This grieving camel sleeps next owner’s grave for a week.** (Photo: Al Wajeeh Ali’s Facebook page)

Sana’a, 3 Rabi’ul Akhir 1436/24 January 2015 (MINA) – A camel astonished residents in a small Yemeni village when it refused to leave the grave of its recently-buried owner for six days.

Animal forced by family to return home but kept going back to the cemetery, Gulfnews quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Witnesses in Sidah village, Ibb province, said the sad camel walked in the funeral procession of its owner, Ali Al Na’ana, and refused to leave the grave when mourners left the area.

Al Wajeeh Ali, a resident who publicised the camel’s case, said that Al Na’ana’s son took the camel from the graveyard fearing that it might be stolen.

But the moment he arrived home with the camel, it immediately went back to the grave and sat next to its late owner’s grave.

Ali told Gulf News that when the camel approached owner’s grave, it sniffed at it and sat there. “The grave has become a destination for many people. The camel refused to eat or drink”.

Ali said that many people from the wealthy Gulf states offered to buy the loyal camel.(T/P009/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)