‘Christmas miracle’: Penticton, B.C. dog rescued after being trapped under boulder – Okanagan | 24CA News

A ‘Christmas miracle’ — that’s what one Penticton, B.C., household calls the story of how they had been reunited with their canine.

He was trapped outdoors in a single day throughout freezing temperatures, unable to even transfer.

Krista Berrigan is overjoyed to be reunited together with her canine Firefox after a scare when he went lacking whereas taking part in outdoors.

“We went over to the neighbour’s house, then the other neighbour’s house and thought, well, where is he? He’s not anywhere around, it’s crazy,” mentioned Berrigan.

Berrigan and her companion had been calling out to their four-legged pal, searching for him all through their neighbourhood earlier than ultimately turning to social media.

“The whole city came together and really helped us and there were people out looking for a dog up and down this road,” she mentioned.

“We looked as far as Naramata because there were all kinds of signs.”

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The household gave up the seek for the evening and returned the next day, this time with Berrigan bringing her different canine Chrome alongside. When she began to play close to a sure spot, Berrigan took a better look and noticed some orange fur.

That’s when she seen he was wedged beneath an enormous rock.

The household tried transferring and lifting the boulder to get Firefox out, however there wasn’t sufficient room for the canine to flee. That’s when the household referred to as within the authorities.

“Firefighters come in because we needed weight for people to actually get the rock and the boulder out,” Berrigan mentioned.

“So that he would come out successfully because we thought the boulder would fall back in on top of him.”

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Firefox instantly scooted out from below the rubble and was reunited together with his household and finest buddy Chrome. Berrigan says the discover makes this vacation season much more particular.

“It is my Christmas miracle, without getting too emotional. I don’t think anybody needs to go through what we went through, but I cannot thank anybody (enough), all the community for what they did here.”

Although it’s believed Firefox was trapped below the rock for over 16 hours, he got here out and not using a scratch.

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