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We never separated: Man strikes up 37-year friendship with swan Share Updated: 11:05 AM EST Feb 9, 2021 By ERGIN YILDIZ and ROBERT BADENDIECK, Associated Press Ergin Yildiz Recep Mirzan, a 63-year-old retired postman talks to Garip, a female swan that he rescued 37 years ago, in his farmhouse outside Karaagac, in Turkeys western Edirne province, bordering Greece, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. SOURCE: Ergin Yildiz Share Updated: 11:...

My feathered friend has been swanning around with me for 37 YEARS! Man has been best pals with a SWAN for decades in Turkey Retired postman Recep Mirzan found Garip, a female swan, 37 years ago in Turkey´s western Edirne province Garip follows Mirzan whenever she is out of her pen, accompanying him when he is doing his chores on farm Mirzan named the swan Garip, which translates as bizarre but is also used to describe people down on luck