Just name him Goldilocks.
A searching canine was rescued Wednesday after falling right into a slim cave shaft in japanese Tennessee and changing into caught almost 40 ft under floor. And as if these circumstances weren’t treacherous sufficient, the group working to avoid wasting the canine had discovered that he was sharing the English Mountain cave with a black bear.
“As I rounded the corner, I could see two little bear feet and a quite large claw grasping onto the wall beside him,” firefighter Tori Downing told local news station WVLT of a Tuesday rescue try.
The canine, named Charlie, was caught farther alongside within the cave system, previous the a lot bigger slumbering animal. The bear, estimated to be about 2 years outdated and 200 kilos, was “happily sleeping and apparently not too concerned about his ‘cave mate,’” Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department said on Facebook.
After consulting with the state wildlife company, rescuers decided that the most secure choice was to go away the bear “alone to come out on his own,” the division wrote. They arrange a path digital camera to maintain a lookout in case the massive animal exited the dwelling.
When the bear finally left, a group of individuals from a number of hearth and rescue crews descended far sufficient right down to get to Charlie, put a harness on him and take him to security.
Following his three days within the cave, Charlie was “dehydrated and hungry, but in otherwise good condition” and was “quickly reunited with his happy owner,” the Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department wrote.
“It was definitely a sigh of relief for everybody on scene,” Sevier County Fire & Rescue firefighter Andrew Wojturski instructed WVLT.
English Mountain is near Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which CNN notes is residence to about 1,900 bears.
As for Charlie’s bear specifically, the fireplace division famous on Facebook that he’s “fine.” Hopefully he’s having fun with having the cave to himself once more.
