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Cavers find dog stuck in 50-foot cavern, feed her salami, rescue her
The Washington Post ^ | July 13, 2024 | Sydney Page

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dogs; gilescounty; rescue
Just wow. Praise Jesus.
1 posted on 07/14/2024 11:16:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

i’m guessing i shouldn’t post “archive” links here but it came up for me when i typed title in search engine


2 posted on 07/14/2024 11:22:15 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Here is how you read the story without giving hits to the communist WP.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article289963454.html


3 posted on 07/15/2024 12:27:20 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

The N&O is my hometown newspaper. It’s no better than the WaPo.


4 posted on 07/15/2024 1:27:22 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Revel

I forgot to add that it’s a great story regardless of newspaper.


5 posted on 07/15/2024 1:37:12 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

“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.


6 posted on 07/15/2024 2:19:36 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

That is one lucky dog.


7 posted on 07/15/2024 4:43:17 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

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.


8 posted on 07/15/2024 5:41:06 AM PDT by caver ( )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Wonderful news.


9 posted on 07/15/2024 6:09:12 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
They're not "cavers," they're spelunkers. Words means something and precision of language matters.

"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."

-- Mark Twain

10 posted on 07/15/2024 9:00:46 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

We have lots of caves in Giles County. That’s why the water is so hard.


11 posted on 07/15/2024 9:03:19 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: AppyPappy
I know Giles county. Traveled through there many times on the way to Bluefield. Beautiful country.

12 posted on 07/15/2024 9:12:43 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It is beautiful. Bluefield is crumbling though....literally.


13 posted on 07/15/2024 10:30:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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