Dog rescued after 17 hours stranded on cliff
Grissom brought Carl home as a puppy while he was in the depths of grief. Grissom’s wife was killed in a robbery at their home in Memphis in 2017. For roughly 17 harrowing hours last week, Grissom wondered whether he was going to lose Carl, too.
Scott Grissom, a longtime dog lover, brought his 30-pound Lagotto Romagnolo named Carl everywhere he went, including road trips, fishing trips, and hiking adventures. Carl was Grissom's constant companion after his wife's tragic death in a robbery at their home in Memphis in 2017. On August 13, Grissom and Carl visited a friend's farm, 45 minutes west of Nashville, where they left their dogs off-leash to explore and swim.
Grissom, 65, and his friends went to a lookout point above a cliff, taking in the view before returning to their vehicles. However, Carl didn't come with them. The group heard Carl barking down the cliffside, a 200-foot drop, and spent hours trying to locate him. A neighbor and property owner's son, Bert Echols, 23, used a drone to search for the dog and spotted him about 100 feet down on a tiny ledge.
Local first responders arrived with rappelling equipment, and after a 20-minute rescue, Carl was safely back on the farm and reunited with Grissom. Despite minor injuries, Carl seemed shaken but was otherwise unharmed. He was treated at an emergency clinic and returned to his normal self in a couple of days. Grissom and Echols credit teamwork and Echols' drone skills, fostered during teenage gaming, for the successful rescue.
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