Canada goose follows Alberta forester's truck to water

An Alberta man captured his own private Fly Away Home experience on Tuesday when he used his truck to lead a lost Canada goose to water.

Forester Andre Bachman was driving his pickup along a country road near Edson, Alta., west of Edmonton,when he saw the goose flying overhead in the opposite direction.

Then, he noticed the bird turnand followhis truck.

Curious about the goose's behaviour, Bachman stopped and the goose landed right behind his truck.

Bachmangot out of the cab to have a little chat with the goose, asking, "Are you lost? What are you doing here?"

For itspart, the goose didnot seem frightened of Bachman, and cheepedback ananswer.

Given howcomfortable the goose was with him, Bachmanthinks it may have beenraised by humans.

Since the bird showed no inclination to fly away, Bachmandecided to try leading it to water, and started driving to Shining Bank Lake, about 10 kilometres away.

According to Bachman, the goose had no trouble keeping up with him, even at 50 km/h. Curious to see how fast the goose could fly, Bachman sped up to 80 km/h at which point the goose slid behind the truck so itcould flap in its draft.

When they reached the lake, Bachman continued to shoot videoas the bird went for a swim.Bachman then left him on the shore of the lake.

He said he's travelled through the area many times, but has never run into the friendly goose before.

Bachman posted the video of his goose encounterto YouTube on Wednesday. Since then,it's been watched more than90,000 times.