Stranger On A Horse Delivers Food And Coffee To Stranded Truck Driver

A Winnipeg, Manitoba truck driver on his way to deliver in Brandon, found himself stranded on the highway when the roads he thought were passable turned into a sheet of ice. Eventually sliding backwards and coming to rest in view of one of Manitoba 511's traffic cameras, driver Peter Douglas slept in his truck overnight on the barren highway, waiting for either the weather to break or rescue.

As he was on live camera, everyone - his family, bosses, etc. - knew where he was, including 18-year old Eileen Eagle Bears. On Tuesday morning, Douglas was woken up to Eagle Bears knocking on the door with a thermos full of hot coffee, having ridden her horse, Mr. Smudge, 3 miles to the stranded trucker's location. She promised to come back later with food, and did just that, returning that evening with water and a thermos of hot stew, as well.

"I thought he would be getting pretty hungry and that's not a good feeling, I just put on extra clothes and did what I promised I would."

Douglas eventually spent 28 hours stranded on the highway before getting towed. Eagle Bears has said she just wanted to help.

"She had to walk that horse half a mile up that hill and half a mile down because it was so icy. Blew me away," Douglas said. "She said she saw me on the camera. Her and her family were watching."

Stranded truck driver thankful for Minto woman who delivered coffee, food on horseback

That is a really cool story!