Posted on 07/14/2024 11:16:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
“She was shivering, and she was cold,” said one of the cavers who executed the three-hour rescue. “She clearly had been there for several days.”
Jesse Rochette is an experienced caver and has stumbled upon many things below ground. He’s seen glow-worms, salamanders, giant crickets, fossils, bat colonies and crystals.
But Rochette was shocked by what he and a small group of cavers found this week deep inside a cave in Giles County, Va.: a wounded dog trapped 50-feet below ground.
The first thing Rochette did was offer the stranded pup a slice of salami. She snatched it right up.
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i’m guessing i shouldn’t post “archive” links here but it came up for me when i typed title in search engine
Here is how you read the story without giving hits to the communist WP.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article289963454.html
The N&O is my hometown newspaper. It’s no better than the WaPo.
I forgot to add that it’s a great story regardless of newspaper.
“The N&O is my hometown newspaper. It’s no better than the WaPo.”
A good number of regional daily rags in Virginia are owned by the WaPo.
That is one lucky dog.
I am impressed that the author didn’t call the guy a spelunker. Apparently, the author has been caving before and knows to call the guy a caver.
Wonderful news.
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