A four-year-old kid named Gabe Allbritton fell down a well outside his family’s house near Brookhaven, Mississippi on Monday. Something good actually came out of it. (Brookhaven is about 50 miles south of Jackson.)
The well he fell into was about a foot-and-a-half across, and over 20 feet deep. His mom says she had no idea it was there, and he was standing next to her one second, then he was gone.
Luckily, he survived the fall. It took rescuers about three-and-a-half hours to get him out, but he only ended up with a few bumps and bruises.
Now here’s the weird part: They also found the family’s missing DOG at the bottom. It had gone missing about three days earlier. Gabe’s mom thinks he must have heard it barking, and fell in when he went looking for it.
Once Gabe was out, rescuers lowered another rope with a loop on the end, and managed to snag one of the dog’s legs. Now Gabe and the dog are both doing fine.
