A frightened dog has spent 14 hours stuck in the engine of a
car – so well hidden that a mechanic working on the car's motor did not notice
the confused pooch was there.
Spoodle Ollie was spooked by a Melbourne storm in the early
hours of Monday morning when he ran away from home, seeking refuge in a dry, warm
place.
Later that morning, Berwick resident Therese James's car
inexplicably refused to start, but she was relieved when RACV mechanics were
able to fix the problem without incident.
Before Ms James could drive away, she received a call which
saved her neighbour's beloved pup's life.
Ms James was completely unaware that the missing pooch was
entangled in her car's engine bay.
'Luckily my boss told me to work from home because I
would've driven to work and who knows what could've happened,' Ms James told
the Berwick Leader.
Unbelievably, Ollie had managed to crawl up through the
engine mount into the car's engine but quickly became very stuck.
The four-year-old pup was located 13 hours later, when his
frantic owner Caroline O'Reilly called out his name – and heard Ollie's cries
coming from her neighbour's Mitsubishi Lancer.
'As I knocked and called out ... he heard me and started to
cry,' Ms O'Reilly told the Berwick Ledaer.
'I looked under the car and noticed his tail hanging out
when I looked under the car — he was shaking and we tried for at least an hour
before RACV came out to dismantle a couple of pieces.'
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