Elderly Man Waits Each Day For His Friend To Crawl Out Of There And Greet Him

May 20, 2019 by apost team

Who doesn’t love a sweet animal story? When we turn on the news, we typically see nothing but terrible news stories over and over again. Bombings, shootings, robberies: It is enough to make us want to turn off the news forever. It makes us cry and feel physically sick at times, right? So when we hear about a wonderful animal story online, we definitely want to read more!

That is definitely the case in this story. Seppo and Iivari are the stars of this story, an animal lover and an animal. Seppo Laamanen is an animal lover who happens to be part of this wonderful story. He is a 65-year-old man who lives in eastern Finland in a town called Punkaharju. Iivari is the animal, an adorable otter who lives near his home.

We often see unlikely man and animal friendships online, but this particular one is definitely one for the books!

It all started when an otter showed up at Seppo’s doorstep. Since that day, the otter, who is now named Iivari, and Seppo have been inseparable.

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Seppo started off the friendship by providing worms and fish to the small, malnourished otter who showed up at his doorway.

He could tell that the otter was having trouble finding food. Since then, this adorable little animal has become extremely friendly to Seppo.

He shows up all the time at Seppo’s home to visit. While many other people have tried to visit with the otter, Iivari is actually only comfortable with Seppo. He knows just who rescued who!

Not only that, Livari will even come when Seppo calls to him! He will come out of his hole in the ground and follow him back home when Seppo finds his hiding spot. And why not? The animal knows how many adorable treats the man has in store for him when he gets back to the house!

We can’t believe how trained this adorable otter has become. Seppo probably never realized just how quickly the animal would take to him when he first started to feed him.

You can learn more about the pair from the video below. Check it out for yourself and see why we should always take care of animals who need help:

Have you ever known an unlikely animal and human pair? Leave us a comment below and then pass this on to others who love animal stories!