Spiritual Sign or Coincidence? A Crow Warns President Traoré

sometimes help comes from the sky sometimes the eyes that save you are not human the sky was gray that morning the wind was quiet president ibrahim trrower sat calmly inside his armored vehicle rolling through a dusty village road in the eastern part of burkina faso around him nearly 20 military trucks moved in formation the village they were visiting had just been freed from terrorist control weeks before but the air still felt heavy something was not right soldiers were alert the people had come out of their homes to wave and greet the president children were holding tiny flags but triayor looking through the window seemed deep in thought his instincts were sharp as always he could feel that danger was still near then suddenly large black bird dropped from the sky and landed directly on the hood of the president's vehicle it was a crow it didn't move it didn't fly away it just stood there staring through the glass at trrowure the driver slowed down the guards were confused "should we remove it captain?" one soldier asked over the radio but trrower raised his hand "no wait," he said the crow flapped its wings twice let out a loud cry and then flew low ahead of the convoy it landed again not far down the road then it looked back as if waiting as if calling the president narrowed his eyes "stop everything," he said all the trucks came to a halt dust rose in the air soldiers jumped out rifles ready but the crow didn't fly away it just waited and trior followed president ibrahim trareore stepped down from his vehicle slowly the air was still almost too quiet his soldiers stood in formation confused looking at him looking at the crow unsure what was happening one soldier whispered "it's just a bird sir." but trrowé raised his hand again "that bird," he said calmly "is showing us something." the crow flew forward again stopping a few meters down the path right where the road curved around an old mango tree it cried out again louder this time and flapped its wings twice as if trying to pull attention to that exact spot trayore turned to his security chief i want the engineers and explosive unit here now within minutes a small team of soldiers with detection gear moved toward the area they scanned the ground nothing they scanned again one of them froze "sir," he said his voice shaking "there's something under the road buried deep." the soldiers started digging carefully after 20 minutes they uncovered a deadly surprise and improvised explosive device large enough to destroy the president's entire convoy wires pressure triggers a powerful detonator it was fresh it had been placed recently maybe in the last 12 hours everyone was silent troreé looked at the spot then turned his head toward the crow it was now sitting quietly on a tree branch watching from above watching like a guardian the team continued to scan not one not two but three hidden bombs were discovered along the path ahead all linked together it was a carefully planned assassination attempt someone wanted trior dead his face didn't show fear it showed something else calm anger deep quiet rage the kind of rage that doesn't scream at axe he looked at his men whoever did this he said thought they could hide from us but they forgot one thing truth always reveals itself sometimes through a crow soldiers nodded in silence some touched their guns some touched their hearts one of the villagers old man who had been watching from a distance stepped forward and said in a low voice "they say the crow sees what men do not see today it saved your life." triayor walked back to his vehicle but before stepping in he looked up at the tree the crow was still there he nodded toward it as if thanking it without words then something incredible happened the crow let out one final cry spread its wings and flew into the open sky circling the convoy once before disappearing into the hills the village the soldiers even the children watching all stood in awe what they had just witnessed felt more than luck it felt like a sign tray turned to his chief of staff call the intelligence team