Hiker rescues pup from abandoned coal pit after frigid weeklong search in Pennsylvania

I grew up pretty much at the base of this mountain. It's like runs out of the back of town. So it was bearable in the woods. So I was like, maybe I'll I'll go up and take *** look, try to maybe find this dog because I saw the poster, like earlier. The night after he disappeared, it's walkable for *** person, but it's like, and it's noticeable in the winter, you can sort of see them. But Bass was like pulling me towards it, pulling me towards it, and like I looked down and there's like this little like Cave created by some rocks that fell down and it's like leaves bedded. And like I look and I locked eyes with this dog, and I was just like, my jaw hit the ground, *** tear came to my eye. I was like, are you kidding me? He came across the pit, the bottom of the pit, and like got to the wall, and you could see he like didn't have strength to get up it. He got like just enough where I could lay down and grab him by the neck, and then I just pulled him up by its collar and He lost it when when I like finally got him off the bank, like the cries that he let out were like. It was like heartbreaking but amazing at the same time. So I was the neighbor called them and I can hear like screaming on the phone like, oh my God, like tell him to stay, tell him to stay. I'm like, I'll stay as long as you need me to stay here, like the dad got out of the car and like. He, the dog just started jumping in the air, like he was so excited when he ran down the yard at him, jumped up into his arms, and like the dad just carried him around the whole time we were talking. It was like, it was amazing.

A Pennsylvania hiker had followed his dog off a mountain trail this week when he glanced toward a deep coal pit below and saw a tail move near a pile of rocks.Collin Leiby, an avid hiker and wedding photographer, locked eyes with the animal and knew it was Freddy, a 6-month-old golden retriever whose disappearance had sparked a weeklong search in Pottsville, a community in eastern Pennsylvania바카라 게임 웹사이트�s historic coal country. Leiby had been on alert for the missing dog and finally found him Monday on Sharp Mountain, about 10 feet down the coal pit, too weary to make his way out.Freddy the dog is rescued: Watch the report in the video above바카라 게임 웹사이트�A tear came to my eye,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Leiby, 33, who lives a few blocks from the dog's home. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I started calling his name. He slowly got up and started walking toward us.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Freddy made it partway up the icy side wall while Leiby reached down and grabbed him. He gave him water, clipped a spare leash on him and walked Freddy off the mountain alongside his dog, a pit bull mix named Bass.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was crying and jumping on me,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Leiby said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was like, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Get me home.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Pam and Joe Palko had pulled out all the stops since Freddy went missing on Feb. 17. They took to social media. They chased tips. They organized a posse of volunteers to distribute flyers in schools, churches and across town in Pottsville. They even hired a company that uses search dogs to track missing pets, and another that flew thermal drones overhead.That helped rule some places out. But there was still no sign of the 6-month-old puppy as the week wore on and temperatures dipped into the single digits in snow-covered Schuylkill County.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was excessively cold,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Pam Palko, a financial planner and mother of three. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We knew we would never give up, but the more that time went on throughout the week, our hopes were getting smaller."They were chasing one of many false alarms at a nearby animal shelter just before dusk Monday when Joe Palko got an alert from their home security camera. A stranger was at the door with Freddy. Then their neighbor called. They raced home.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He just was a little frantic, hungry and confused,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the neighbor, Dr. Carolyn Canizaro-Orlowsky, a retired veterinarian. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When they showed up, he started wiggling."The Palkos, whose children are 17, 20 and 22, had been especially heartsick after losing a beloved 4-year-old dog last year to cancer. They had gotten Freddy not only for themselves, but to give their other golden retriever, 2-year-old Harper, a new companion.Freddy, who had weighed about 45 pounds, lost at least 10 pounds from the ordeal, and is a little the worse for wear, but otherwise healthy. The Palkos are grateful for that, and for the community that went to such lengths to reunite them.바카라 게임 웹사이트�There's a big collective sigh of relief," said Canizaro-Orlowsky. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It's a neat lesson not to give up.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

POTTSVILLE, Pa. —

A Pennsylvania hiker had followed his dog off a mountain trail this week when he glanced toward a deep coal pit below and saw a tail move near a pile of rocks.

Collin Leiby, an avid hiker and wedding photographer, locked eyes with the animal and knew it was Freddy, a 6-month-old golden retriever whose disappearance had sparked a weeklong search in Pottsville, a community in eastern Pennsylvania바카라 게임 웹사이트�s historic coal country. Leiby had been on alert for the missing dog and finally found him Monday on Sharp Mountain, about 10 feet down the coal pit, too weary to make his way out.

Freddy the dog is rescued: Watch the report in the video above

바카라 게임 웹사이트�A tear came to my eye,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Leiby, 33, who lives a few blocks from the dog's home. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I started calling his name. He slowly got up and started walking toward us.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Freddy made it partway up the icy side wall while Leiby reached down and grabbed him. He gave him water, clipped a spare leash on him and walked Freddy off the mountain alongside his dog, a pit bull mix named Bass.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was crying and jumping on me,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Leiby said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was like, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Get me home.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Pam and Joe Palko had pulled out all the stops since Freddy went missing on Feb. 17. They took to social media. They chased tips. They organized a posse of volunteers to distribute flyers in schools, churches and across town in Pottsville. They even hired a company that uses search dogs to track missing pets, and another that flew thermal drones overhead.

That helped rule some places out. But there was still no sign of the 6-month-old puppy as the week wore on and temperatures dipped into the single digits in snow-covered Schuylkill County.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was excessively cold,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Pam Palko, a financial planner and mother of three. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We knew we would never give up, but the more that time went on throughout the week, our hopes were getting smaller."

They were chasing one of many false alarms at a nearby animal shelter just before dusk Monday when Joe Palko got an alert from their home security camera. A stranger was at the door with Freddy. Then their neighbor called. They raced home.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�He just was a little frantic, hungry and confused,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the neighbor, Dr. Carolyn Canizaro-Orlowsky, a retired veterinarian. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When they showed up, he started wiggling."

The Palkos, whose children are 17, 20 and 22, had been especially heartsick after losing a beloved 4-year-old dog last year to cancer. They had gotten Freddy not only for themselves, but to give their other golden retriever, 2-year-old Harper, a new companion.

Freddy, who had weighed about 45 pounds, lost at least 10 pounds from the ordeal, and is a little the worse for wear, but otherwise healthy. The Palkos are grateful for that, and for the community that went to such lengths to reunite them.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�There's a big collective sigh of relief," said Canizaro-Orlowsky. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It's a neat lesson not to give up.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Hiker rescues pup from abandoned coal pit after frigid weeklong search in Pennsylvania

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