The dog clung to the front of the car for almost 60 miles
A dog is recovering after managing to cling to the grille of a car for almost 60 miles.
The dog
travelled all the way from Coleraine to Belfast, wedged in the front of a Peugeot 306.
The driver thought he had struck something on the dual carriageway
outside Coleraine after hearing a thud, but when
he saw nothing on the road, he continued unaware of his '
passenger'
. It was only when he got out at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast that he heard a barking sound coming from the front bonnet.
After such an ordeal, the dog was understandably grumpy, and this attitude has earned him the nickname Father Jack, in honour of the cantankerous priest in the sitcom Father Ted.
As reported
by Peter Allen on Radio 5 Live 'Drive' programme.
Chris Trott was on duty answering the emergency phone line, when a call
came through from a dog. Nobody would have blamed her for hanging up,
but something about the urgency of the barking and the whimpering made Chris
stay on the line. On checking the incoming phone number Chris realised that
the line belonged to Joe Stalnaker, who is known to be susceptible to
seizures.
The background to this phone rescue was that Joe had pre-programmed the
buttons on his phone to dial 911, so all his dog Buddy had to do was to pick
up the phone in his mouth. One of his teeth was almost certain to hold
down one of the keys for 3 seconds and thus trigger the dialling. (See
mock-up of miracle dog with phone to the right).
The very same thing had happened twice before, unfortunately, Joe is prone to
seizures as a result of suffering a brain injury while serving in the army.
Buddy arrived aged 8 weeks courtesy of 'Paws With A Cause', which trains
miracle dogs like Buddy to help people like Joe.
Surprisingly, Will and Guy learn that there have been other similar cases
of miracle dog rescues, for example, Leana Beasley's Rottweiler called Faith
summoned help by pressing a speed-dial button with her nose. Then when
the operator answered, Faith barked down the phone so that the emergency services
operator realized Leana needed medical assistance.
The Sun newspaper reports the story of a cat named Aslan who fell asleep under a car bonnet in the East Anglian town of Ipswich in the UK. The car's
owner and driver, a Mr Rob Hillier, then drove the car
some 260 miles to visit his relatives in Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. The next day Aslan's
cries [surely '
miaows'
says Will] were heard and he was found unhurt and returned home. I imagine he travelled
more comfortably this time.
Greg, the three year old, put his shoes on by himself. His father, Barry, noticed that the left shoe was on the right foot and vice-versa. He sat Greg down on a chair and said quietly, 'Greg, your shoes
are on the wrong feet.'
He looked up at his father with a quizzical expression and replied, 'Don't
mess me about, Dad, I know they're my feet.'
A Russian couple had a narrow escape when their naked neighbour dropped in - through the ceiling.
Rozalia Valiakhmetova had been relaxing in the bath when
the floor gave way, dropping her and the bath tub into the flat below.
She said: 'I had just dozed off and then I heard this huge crash and realised what had happened. The bathroom floor just collapsed
under the bath and I came crashing through the ceiling of the people below me.
'They seemed as shocked as I was when they saw me lying there naked in the bath in the middle of their living room.'
She
was treated at a local hospital for injuries to her leg but otherwise was unhurt.
Local council engineers said the floors in the old apartment block in Solnechnaya in the Surgut district of Russia where
Valiakhmetova lived were supported by wood which had rotted over the years.
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