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Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

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Re: Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

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Lower a strong cotton (edit: or some textile, something strong and thick enough) bag into the hole, with the rim of it held open by a strong wire. Large enough for the puppy to climb in, put food in there and something that smells human maybe. Best make the bag a longer tube. Hopefully the puppy will climb into it, getting the food - then try to pull the whole thing up.

Re: Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

#52
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Reminds me of Baby Jessica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_McClure Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986) became famous at the age of 18 months after she fell into a well in her mom's backyard in Midland, Texas on October 14, 1987. Between that day and October 16, rescuers worked around-the-clock for 58 consecutive hours to free her from the eight-inch (20 cm) well casing 22 feet (6.7 m) below the grou…

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Re: Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

#53
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Not sure what you need a helicopter for... The hole is too narrow for an adult "dude". A kid on a rope could work. Maybe.

Next headline: "Save the kid _and_ the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole"

and the loop continues

Re: Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

#54

Take a 140+ m rope, fold in half such that there's a loop. Affix a sizeable weight near the loop such that it is stationary on one side of the rope and the other side moves freely through the weight. Lower the loop down such that it is positioned, open, at the dog's level (like a snare). Wait for the dog to walk through the loop such that front paws are on one side and back paws on the other (obviously need a camera…

Even better: Lower a baby down to it on a rope. The baby can grab the dog. Backup plan: Fill the hole with water. Puppy will float.

attach the baby to double sided duck tape, this way the dog will stick to the baby, then you just have to pull it up

Re: Save the dog from a 70m deep, 35cm wide hole

#55
Cut a dog harness and add strong magnets on each end. Send down each half of the harness on a separate rope and a camera... Where going fishin'. You could do the same thing with a net. Just drop each half on a side of the dog and let the magnets do their thing and connect to make the net.
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