When the truck they were in crashed into a ravine in Oregon, a pet whippet ran four miles to help save his owner.
As Brandon Garrett drove with his four dogs on June 2, his truck went over a hill in a heavily wooded part of the state close to the border with Idaho.
What happened to the man? His family didn’t know until Blue, his whippet, went to a friend’s cabin and told them something was wrong.
The New York Times claimed that Garrett and the dog, who had glass stuck in his nose, were supposed to return to the campsite hours earlier but did not show up.
The 62-year-old man’s brother Tyree called the police, and a search began that lasted all night in bad weather.
Officials said Tyree found his brother’s truck in the ditch the next day and called for help.
As Travis Ash, the sheriff of Baker County, and his team looked for a way to get into the creek, they heard a man yell for help.
It took Garrett 100 yards to get to the place above the creek where he had been able to crawl to safety.
At the scene, the sheriff’s office gave him first aid while volunteers from Pine Valley Rural Fire and workers from the US Forest Service used chainsaws to make a way.
When helpers got to the man, they put him in a basket and used ropes to pull him out of the gorge. After that, he was flown to a nearby hospital.
The other three dogs were hurt in the accident but were found living at the scene. One of the dogs had surgery to fix a broken hip and a sprained leg. Two places on another dog’s leg were broken.
