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Loading...Hero Chihuahua Finds Missing Girls in the Woods
A 3-year-old chihuahua named Bell is an unexpected hero after finding three young girls who became lost for hours in the woods in Newnan, Georgia, on Monday.
CBS Atlanta reports that, on Monday, 8-year-old Carlie and 5-year-old Lacey Parga went for a walk with their dog Lucy down a cul-de-sac on trails near their neighborhood.
What started as a casual stroll became an unintended, and at times frightening, experience. As Carlie tells CBS, ‘”We tried to find our way out of the woods. We kept following paths and stuff and we got lost.” Indeed, they became scared that they were only to get more and more lost.
Carlie’s father, David Parga, noted that it wasn’t characteristic of them to wander off and, after searching for them but not hearing them respond, he contacted police and firefighters. Neighbors joined them including Carvin Young who thought to take Bell, who plays with the girls every day and knew their scent. Bell was able to lead searchers to the girls.
As Young tells CBS, “Bell sniffed them out. She smelled them, her tail went to wagging and she kept running and running until she got to them. She started jumping up on me and I knew we were close.”
The girls were scared but no one was hurt.
One small dog who lives near Atlanta can now be called a rescuer, and a successful one at that — plus, Bell’s finding the missing children is a reminder of why it’s not a bad idea for kids to get to know the neighborhood dogs.
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Hope they are not destroyed because they are so beautiful and needed.
How fantastic! Such a practice should be more widespread!
So precious a little one! So many animals care for one another and just help where and when needed.
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+ add your ownWhat a great story. So glad an otherwise potentially tragic story had such a great ending thanks to Bell!!
Sweet and wonderful! :)
Bless her heart!
amazing
Great result...
Thank you for sharing.
The dog is beautifull for sure. They were lucky he knew where to find them.
All dogs big and small can be and are heroes. This little beauty aptly named Bell loved her friends and showed everyone where to find them. Love comes in all sizes and sweet Bell is proof of that. I am so glad the little girls are safe and Bless you Bell.
Aww so cute! So awesome!
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