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[@kbjerke]

Granddad was in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, in ought six. Out way of Fort Whoop-up. He wrote articles about his experiences, in the Mountie Chronicles. One tale involved him being lost in a blizzard, but he let go of the reins on his horse, Harry, and the horse brought him directly back to the post. Thank you for these wonderful stories!

[@howlerbike]

You might like a very well written book called "The Englishman's Boy". A fictional work about some historically true goings on around there a couple decades before your Granddad's stint.

[@kbjerke]

@@howlerbike Thanks!

[@ekirenrut]

I like that. 👍

[@chrismitchell4665]

Fantastic storytelling. Merry Christmas dudes and dudettes.

[@scottturcotte1860]

Horse sense for Christmas! I remember my grandfather telling me about being out in the Maine woods logging alone in his youth, he had an accident, the tang bounced off the log he intended to spike it into and pull, and instead he took it into the back of his leg behind his knee. He knew he was in trouble and hobbled over to the team of horses he had with him, tied the reigns around one wrist and smacked one of the horses on it's arse to go and let them drag him home before he bled to death... it's true, they do know their way home. And it was also a lucky situation, because my grandfather was known to faint at the site of blood, so to have the mind to do what he did in that situation is remarkable to me. But, I guess when that survival instinct kicks in, everything becomes crystal clear as to what you need to do in the moment... thanks AvE, Happy happy, merry merry to you yours!

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

What a wonderful story your Granddads strength lets you walk this Earth to tell us bout him.. Have a Good New Year.

[@sparky6086]

"Made sense to the horses" might be a useful saying or quip!

[@AtlasReburdened]

Maybe about moving back to your stomping grounds after living elsewhere a long time. "So why'd ya come back this way?" *shrugs "made sense to the horses"

[@hawkinseric]

Loving these cAvEman TV vidyas.

[@DavidKutzler]

In 1934, my Dad and his older brother George attended a one-room school out on the Eastern Montana prairie, where their parents had a homestead. Dad and George, along with most of the other students, rode their horses to school. Dad and George usually arrived first, and fired up the potbelly stove that was the only source of heat for the school. One snowy day, they arrived as usual, put their horses up in the lean-to shelter, brought in enough firewood to feed the potbelly and fired the stove. The snow got heavier and heavier, but neither the teacher, nor any other students showed up for school. They hung around for a couple hours, entertaining themselves by writing swear words on the blackboard. They finally decided that no one was coming, so they saddled up their horses and headed home. They got a little scared, because it was whiteout conditions as the storm raged on. Dad asked George if they were going to die. George assured him that the horses would know the way home, and sure enough, the horses got them home.

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

Priceless memory of folk who knew hard work and duty. Happy Christmas and New Year

[@ekirenrut]

Good story. 👍

[@dehypnotizerz]

What about the swear words? Did they have any problems afterwards? Great story, btw.

[@craigcollette5784]

Thank you for the much needed caveman TV, stories and mental break. As always, it is very much appreciated.

[@minnesotatomcat]

I was driving down a winding gravel road one day a few years back when I came upon a younger gal and her horse, and that horse seemed determined to get her off its back. I stopped and watched as the horse bucked and reared up and eventually knocked her off into the ditch and took off running down the road. I pulled up to her and asked if she needed help, she said she was fine and yelled to please try to catch her horse. So I took off after this horse, it was trotting down the road but if I accelerated to try to get in front of it the dang thing would get nervous and speed up, so I just hung back and followed as it trotted down the road. We went a couple miles then all of a sudden it turned into a driveway and ran all the way up into the yard and into the corral where it called home. That horse absolutely knew where home was!

[@GnuReligion]

One needs a tight holt of the reigns, when a horse "smells the barn."

[@minnesotatomcat]

@ that young lady had a tight hold and she fought her best, I don’t know what got into that horse but it was just not going to be ridden that day. That’s why I prefer the 2 wheeled steel horses.

[@tylerkinley268]

Cant count how many hours of wisdom-tainment you have provided sir. Thank you so much for opening your shop to us. Merry christmas to everyone (or whatever you do this time of year with family or friends). Best wishes and take care folks.

[@dogie61]

Fantastic story. At first I thought pops was going to die in the blizzard. Glad he didn't. Merry Christmas all!

[@n.ull.]

excerpt from the book The pioneer years 1895-1914 : Memories of settlers who opened the west. page 73

[@rcpro5631]

My journey of fascinating discovery started here. From the author, "Canada's foremost oral historian," Barry Broadfoot, to American historian 'extraordinare,' J. Franklin Jameson. Actual 'factual' histories and stories of everyday life are often more fascinating and entertaining than anything else. Thank you, CAVEMAN and commenters! From wen in Oregon USA 😸

[@RustyorBroken]

My father in law occasionally talks about working on the farm as a young boy. Their dad would head to town to get the boys some pops. They knew they'd get them eventually. Might be the next day.

[@debcamp2359]

Thank you for another wonderful story. All the best 2 you and yours.

[@MrMersh-ts7jl]

Thank you. Ive enjoyed your story telling these past years as a welcome tradition. Merry christmas and warmth to you and yours.

[@codehunter3414]

perhaps the best story I've heard in a while

[@erictrainor4345]

I was walking home from first grade on a dirt road in rural New England. A team of Belgian horses come trudging the other way at the end of their day to their owner’s barn. I didn’t know they would stop, so I grabbed the long reins and walked with them the 1/2 mile back, thinking they must have busted loose of some restraint or fence. The farmer’s family managed to keep a straight face and thanked this 60lb kid for “leading” the 2 tons of muscled draughts livestock back home.

[@johnpowell5433]

Thanks for another year's wit and wisdom, AvE. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@raycar1165]

I look forward to hearing your Christmas stories every year. My Christmas situation kept me to busy to hear it on Christmas this year but I’m glad to see the tradition continues. Much ❤ Love 🌏🌎🌍☯️⚡️ Terra 🌞 Pax 🎄🎁🦌🍄🎅🏼 Merry Christmas

[@joeboatwrench9315]

Thank you for these. Merry Christmas to AvE and family.

[@ewenreid8803]

Merry Christmas from Scotland ❤

[@lawrencefine5020]

"A horse is a horse, of course of course" Thanks for the fireside chat. I needed that.

[@OrvinSolberg]

Great stuff! Done well, your delivery is perfect. Even like where you mess up on one sentence and re-do it and you didn’t edit it out….imperfection in real life makes for perfection! A friend shared this clip with me, it was all new to me…never knew of “you” till just last week. Now I’ve heard most of your stuff. Outstanding! History, grass roots, hard times, and true story telling. Please don’t stop …keep em coming! If anyone disrespects ya, I’m going to send “Olaf” after them.

[@caseymacdonald878]

Merry christmas, Thank you for sharing these wonderful stories

[@bc30cal99]

Happy Boxing Day from the socked in south Okanagan, thanks again for the stories of the flatlands. When we'd go anywhere on the prairies as a kid, we'd carry a bag of survival gear with us in winter just because of situations like that. We'd also sometimes carry a snow machine on the back of the 2 wheel drive pickups as emergency "get home" rigs. My wife's great grandfather spent a night in the barn in a Minnesota blizzard once because of a blizzard. Happy New Year all.

[@johnbrady7431]

Thank you, AvE. These are great stories, and I'm glad that you share them. Love the content overall. Keep up the good work!

[@robertmorris4784]

Sincerely profound story.... thanks AVE.

[@whatbuttondoipush]

We rented a nice, wide, flat, field full that was always full of green grass, from the neighbors down the dirt road. When the donkeys would pick the lock and let the horses out, we knew exactly where to find them.lol.

[@starcarrier1874]

That was a great story. Especially to those who have been in a tight spot before and survived it.

[@mine6312]

Love these stories

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Thank you AvE. THAT was a real banger of a story. I was actually guffawing when you made the reveal. Ponies know where home is.... you just might not know where *they* call home. Peaceful Skies

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

AVE you are a brilliant story teller I do hope we can hear more of you not just at Christmas. My Very best to you and your Kin may the coming year bring forth good health and sound opportunities. Best from Wirral UK

[@peterparsons7141]

Really good ! I listened to a Stewart Mcclean story yesterday it used to be something I really liked to do. Your stories bring back memories of those times.

[@zincwick99]

Thank you so much for the story and how you told it. It's been a rough 6 days over this Christmas. Helped me. Off grid southern Ont air i oh.

[@hbracerx]

Great story, and story telling! Thanks!

[@MuMTcT]

I love these! Glad you're back!

[@markthespark6240]

Great story!! Lots of love from 35° C Australia. Merry Christmas 🎁

[@mybuickskill6979]

I definitely can't blame the horses . 🤷🏼‍♂️ They got set to a task that the old man couldn't do himself. Luckily they made it to somewhere though 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@willsplaceupnorth]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode of caveman tv. Thankyou sir.

[@festus512]

Good story with alot of truth to it My father would always go to town to pay bills when it rained . But he always had work me and my brother to do while he was paying bills and drinking beer at the local pub.

[@gsxrmh]

As a Boer, love the intro, now if you say boo and just ad an rolling R you will nail it ❤ Boer. Or rock spider is what the brits called us 😂

[@bouajilasaif]

nr.1 for you Ave. Grüße aus Deutschland

[@Mr.Midwest]

had about 4 glasses of the brown stuff since we got home from our family festivities where I'd already had a few, started to get lost in the story and coulda sworn I could feel the glowing warmth from the fire on the screen. Wasn't till near the end that I remembered i had my own stove roaring and scooched in so close I damn near was burning my leg hairs off. A merry one to every one of you

[@dv87]

Merry Christmas AvE🎄🎅 I got my AvE 18mm knife put together first thing. Pictures do not do it justice for scale - even next to the 25mm. Love it!

[@julietphillips1991]

Great story...5 stars! Merry Christmas one and all!

[@pkuudsk9927]

You must own one of them book things old people talk about, full of stories form the olden days. LOL I have been getting a kick watching cAvEman tv both mine and your's , BUT your's talks though mine only crackles. I need an older one I guess. Merry Christmas all.

[@alexgreen1767]

I like the classical music and the machine fluid ballet.

[@alexgreen1767]

Happy quanza?

[@richardnunn6017]

Best one so far AvE! Happy year to you sir.

[@ElectricChimera]

Merry Christmas and god bless, thanks for the story.

[@phil2156]

Excellent story and timely

[@billbillson3129]

Excellent!! Thanks and Merry Christmas AvE!!!

[@gshingles]

Imagine most of us wrote up our journals of our experiences in the city, "It was raining hard and the line of traffic stretched the whole length of the street, as far as the eye could see. The fuel gauge was hovering just above the first quarter mark and I figured I should pull off and fill up, but I didn't want to get out of the line of traffic so stuck with it. As a small concession I turned off the air conditioning as I knew that would increase my fuel consumption while crawling along, the air in the cabin became cool and clammy. Anyway, I made it home with barely a whiff of fuel remaining and while eating the meal I just heated in the microwave I reflected on how close I came to disaster, and whether I should have just stopped for fuel when I could." Not Quite The Same. 😆

[@bartrainer3916]

Merry Christmas to all from Southern Chile 🐴

[@thelamb288]

Recalling old memories is so nice, but sharing them with us is even nicer. Cheers.

[@AudioFanMan]

Story time by Ave.. who woulda thunk it would be the best gift given and taken this holiday season!

[@kenhnsy]

Good to hear from you again, future American.

[@CASniffer]

Awesome story! Happy Holidays Ave!

[@richardlincoln8438]

Thank You AvE for this video on Christmas Day. Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends !

[@jeffmassey4860]

"No matter where you go,there you are."

[@honkhonklersr.4340]

That was a wonderful read. Bet your children loved it! Merry Christmas AvE!

[@tinpony9424]

Did not see that one coming. Merry Christmas, and thank you.

[@JasonOBrienThinksHeCan]

It fascinates me just how hard things were not all that long ago.

[@bryandraughn9830]

Thank you brother. I'm hoping my horses are headed home. I'm hoping pretty hard.

[@Falconburg]

Like Ben Green himself, love a good horse story. Merry Christmas Top!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Really appreciate your stories. Sounds like they are coming out of a book somewhere. Is that something we could buy? Thanks for the few minutes of timber burning and story time. I hope you and your family had a good Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year.

[@mcurbmcurb]

God I wish there were more human beings like you, Ave!

[@o2wow]

Now you know why Farmers happily made the change to tractors.

[@PolarisMinore]

Let me get this right, so us hoomans can lead a horse to water but the darned things don't drink. Yet as soon as we need to find home, said horses feckin go wherever they fancy. I'd still take a horse over an FSD Tesla in a snowstorm mind. Never seen a horse accidentally take a tumble off of a cliff after all.

[@kota3233]

God I love these videos!

[@dogpaw775]

Perfect Christmas yarn, thank you.

[@repetemyname842]

Spin us another yarn, Uncle AvE, these are great.

[@BatteredBrewer]

It always makes me feel very small to hear stories where blind luck has pushed someone to safety. Maybe because I recognise that I've benefitted from ol' Lady Luck too often. Sometimes the brain just isn't enough for those wanting. Either way, thinking can sometimes be overrated and stupidity undervalued. Both heart warming and scary. ty

[@379insk]

Great story Ave! Merry Christmas!

[@cslimfu336]

Great story, thanks for it and merry christmas.

[@GlenStoner]

So glad you made it home..!

[@georgecooke9010]

GOOD HORSE SENSE AVE!

[@jason-ge5nr]

awesome story. merry christmas bumble.

[@iaov]

Great story Uncle BF!!❤

[@creamy2017]

I love you man, Merry Christmas.

[@IFRYRCE]

Merry Christmas everyone. May God bless you and yours

[@amped5234]

Christmas day story time.

[@peglor]

They're still trying and failing to get self-driving as good as we already had before the automotive age...

[@stooplimitee5596]

Please keep doing these. My kids love them. I do too.

[@thomasstone313]

Thank you. It was a good story

[@joshshwank]

If I could only read...story wouldn't be as good in my head ifin I read it myself.

[@ExcuseTheSaltImLearning]

This is the first time youtube has EVER recommended a video from AvE, I have always had to manually search for new videos. Is KZbin no longer shadow banning you? I don't know, but it's a big enough deal to me that I took a screenshot of this Christmas miracle.

[@Mike-t8r]

Merry Christmas

[@trog.lodyte]

The Western Canadian equivalent of Dylan Thomas's "A child's Christmas in Wales", instant classic for the holidays. The whole fam damiliy coagulated 'round the digital woostove with a cup of cocoa.

[@davidskiffington7039]

When AvE said “oral history”, I thought we were going to hear the tale of Monica and Bill

[@nbub6473]

Need you to do more of these

[@FromMyBrain]

Wouldn't have thought of ash lifting something up until now.

[@darrellseike3185]

I love the fireside chats!

[@mevk1]

You are a Canadian treasure.

[@nicoquattro3950]

Merry Christmas everyone. Another year went by, and nothing accomblished. Anyway. Hey I wouldnt mind a 30 or 45min story about the good old times up there in canada.

[@twocvbloke]

Animals always have a greater sense of direction than we do, only trouble is, they're just like a satnav in that they only go where their programming tells them, and it ain't always the right direction, as many people driving into rivers can attest to... :P

[@allanjgray1]

just wonderful

[@FrosticlestheBenificent]

Really enjoyed that!

[@terryou812]

Merry Christmas man 👍👍

[@assistantto007]

That's a grand story, thanks... BTW, I watch most KZbin videos at 2X speed. When I listen to you at 2X speed you sound just like an Irish man.. Have a great 2025...

[@wallebo]

Great story!

[@yurapit88]

A very touching story indeed