A dog in the US named Edgar was found in a 12 inch drainage pipe after being missing for a week.
According to Edgar’s owners Sean and Juli Ryan, Edgar went missing after he and another dog, Oscar chased after a squirrel or some other animal. Only Oscar returned the next day after an all night search for the dogs.
“In the morning I headed out to work and opened the garage door and there’s Oscar but it’s just Oscar,” said Ryan.
“We do all the things you do, put up signs, talk to people, spread the word, post online, call animal control, search every night,” said Ryan.
None of it was working. But then seven days after Ryan last saw his newly adopted dog he thought he heard him.
“Going through my head I’m thinking, ‘I hear it, nah,’ then I hear it again” said Ryan. “I think, ‘That can’t be Edgar.’”
Ryan says the whining sound gets louder as he approaches a drain pipe. He then sticks his head down near the opening only to see Edgar.
“He saw me and that’s when he sounded the alarm, he started whaling and crying and then barking like, ‘Oh my gosh you’re here,’” said Ryan.
Edgar couldn’t get out, he was stuck. So, Ryan did the only thing he thought to do, call 911. The fire department arrived and with a saw and began cutting the pipe.
“They exposed a little bit and he popped his head out, it was a tearful moment,” said Ryan. “He had goop on his eyes, he looked a mess.”
Looking back at the week without Edgar, Ryan said he still can’t believe he walked past the pipe twice a day on walks with Oscar and never knew Edgar was stuck in the pipe.
Health-wise Edgar is doing great even though he looked banged up from being in the pipe for so long.
He has been prescribed some antibiotics and is expected to make a full recovery.
