Jessica was hiking in a remote part of New Zealand with her dog, Molly, when she slipped and fell 180 feet down a waterfall. Jessica survived and was rescued - but Molly had disappeared.

A local helicopter company heard what happened and organized a volunteer search. A week after Molly went missing, the team flew back to the waterfall to start looking.

And there she was.

Molly was sitting on rocks beneath the very waterfall where Jessica had fallen. Despite spending a week on her own, rescuers said she was in perfect condition.

They lured Molly over with a treat, carried her to the helicopter and brought her to safety.

After an unimaginably difficult week, Jessica and Molly were finally both back home.

Source: https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/hiker-survives-180-foot-fall-down-a-waterfall-a-week-later-her-dog-is-waiting-there

  • antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
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    9 days ago

    “At the same time Lily, the cat of Jessica, was also missing. After looking for her with various notices, a neighbor reached out. It turns out that Lily was looking for a new family. Because Lily is a cat, and cats are disloyal pieces of shit”

    (I like cats)

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      7 days ago

      My dog is totally like that. I mean he likes me and all (I feed him and take him to the bathroom) but he’d be ok to not see me again too.

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      7 days ago

      My SO in regards to our late cat: “I love Tuna but she’d sell me for a handful of Temptations”. Rest in peace gentle, but onery little void.

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      8 days ago

      I have two cats and every day when I come home from work they both come running to greet me, one comes over to actually say hello, and the other one comes over so she can make sure I can see it, when she snubs me. Unless I have shopping bags in which case all shopping must be thoroughly inspected.

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          7 days ago

          I meant to say the animals act more practical.

          Sure a cat won’t jump into a burning building to save you; it’s a survivor and it knows it can’t drag you out anyway.

          If you try to play with them like you would a dog, they just look at you like you’re a weirdo.