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jpak

(41,758 posts) Fri Jan 5, 2018, 09:23 PM Jan 2018

Snatched by eagle, dog amazingly survives, like something from Wizard of Oz

http://www.centralmaine.com/2018/01/04/snatched-by-eagle-dog-lives-to-bark-the-tale/

Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister’s little dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees.

Did he really just see that?

He had. Zoey the 8-pound bichon frise was gone, taken by a hungry raptor Tuesday not 50 feet from his sister’s house on the banks of the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. “It seemed like something from the ‘Wizard of Oz,”‘ he said Wednesday. “I’m a city boy. This doesn’t happen in my world.”

Even more astonishing: Zoey survived.

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Snatched by eagle, dog amazingly survives, like something from Wizard of Oz (Original Post) jpak Jan 2018 OP

This is all over the news around here Freddie Jan 2018 #1

Agreed. TomSlick Jan 2018 #4

They thought it would be fun to let him hang out on the deck in the summer Freddie Jan 2018 #5

Maybe we have it too easy. TomSlick Jan 2018 #6

If only Zoey could talk. What a story. SharonClark Jan 2018 #2

If Zoey could talk, she'd need counseling. TomSlick Jan 2018 #3

Poor dog. Duppers Jan 2018 #7

Wow! When we lived where there were hawks, I always stood right over my 8 lb. dog outside Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #8

Freddie

(9,267 posts)

1. This is all over the news around here

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jan 5, 2018, 10:00 PM

Jan 2018

A miracle.
More ammunition for yelling at my daughter for letting their cat outside.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)

4. Agreed.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 5, 2018, 11:34 PM

Jan 2018

Our cats wondered up to the front door, were eventually coxed inside, and never went out again.

It's a big scary world with lots of dangers for cats. If you love them, keep them inside.

Freddie

(9,267 posts)

5. They thought it would be fun to let him hang out on the deck in the summer

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 5, 2018, 11:47 PM

Jan 2018

I tried telling her that once a cat gets a taste of the outdoors they’re not content inside but she wouldn’t listen. They try to keep him in but he’s a slippery devil and slips out the door in a flash. He has been happy inside in the recent weather though.