'I was broken': Miracle hamster saves man's soul, helps with job, finds him new wife, dies

Even followers of hamsters should admit that, as cute as they’re, they don’t have a tendency to attain an enormous quantity of their brief lives. Positive, they’ll run about on a wheel, curl up in a bit furry ball, and lick that bizarre salt factor, however their capacity to alter the world is considerably restricted.

Effectively, no person informed that to Popcorn. This Welsh hamster just hit the news, leaving individuals astonished at how a lot this little man impacted the lives of his house owners and charmed tens of millions.

The saga started as nurse Chris Williams’ life fell aside. His job was stressing him out, he was feeling existential distress, and his long-time accomplice had unexpectedly dumped him. As he told the BBC, “I was damaged”. However there was one shining pinprick of sunshine on this abyss. His title? Popcorn.

Chris’ eight-year-old daughter Lily had been begging him to purchase the household a hamster. He was skeptical, however she insisted, presenting her dad with “hours of analysis”. Quickly this unassuming rodent was of their lives, however Chris shortly realized there was “one thing completely different” that set Popcorn aside from different hamsters.

For one factor, it appeared that Popcorn may sense the void gnawing at Chris’ soul: “He was following me like a canine. I obtained him on the couch with me, and he fell asleep on my chest. I couldn’t imagine it.” Each time Popcorn was current, his nervousness and distress started to soften away: “It was only a actually lovely factor. It was mindfulness. Being a nurse within the NHS, some days are fairly onerous and it’s actually nerve-racking, however Popcorn would simply calm me down.”