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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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Post by fimdomeio »

zeteo wrote: post #12

Slowly fill the hole with very salty water. The dog will float to the surface. The stated dimensions will require about 7000 gallons of water. This is the capacity of a large-ish tank truck. 70+ meter hoses should be readily available.

or mythbusters style fill with ping pong balls. Probably both bad ideas.

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

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Post by tedmiston »

1. Bore a second (longer) hole at an angle 45° above the ground to meet at the existing hole at the end. The dog walks out.

    ------------------------ ground
    |                  ⧸
    |               ⧸
    |            ⧸
    |         ⧸
    |      ⧸
    |   ⧸
    |⧸
In the meantime, lower a long hose with a GoPro on the end into the hole to provide a stream of water and examine if the dog is hurt.

2. Ask the fire department for ideas?

Some ideas from a Reddit thread about getting a small object out of a deep hole [1]:

3. "Could a hose with vacuum pressure grab it?"

4. "Right now, we are thinking about making our own 20' version of the "grabeasy". Basically a long pole with bent wires coming out the end which will grab like a claw when you draw them in."

And from a pets.stackexchange thread about getting a cat out of a hole [2]:

5. "The safest interactive way for everyone is to use a live trap, and lower it down for the cat to go in and be lifted out."

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/needadvice/comments/2x94fh/how_do_i...

[2]: http://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/8171/a-kitty-fell-do...

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

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Post by codewritinfool »

make a 28cm-wide cylindrical cage with a trap door in the bottom and camera / light. lower over dog. trap door opens as bottom of cage goes over dog's head. keep lowering until cage is on bottom of hole. raise cage.

it may pinch the dog's leg but at least it wouldn't be dead.

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

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Post by macadata12 »

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 down there). Raise and tighten the loop (by pulling the length of rope that is free moving through the weight) such that the rope closes snugly around the dog (i.e. over its back and under its front legs; NOT around it's neck obviously). Raise.

Edit: diagram: http://imgur.com/a/W8PZ6

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

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Post by jbob2000 »

Drop an inflatable tube into the hole. Try to maneuver the deflated tube under the dog. Inflate the tube and pull the dog up, using the tube as the "floor of the elevator" (so to speak). You could drop one of those auto-inflating life vests into the hole on a string, get it under the dog, then pull another string to inflate the jacket, then pull up the dog on the life jacket. I'm pretty sure you could get a vest large enough that it would block the hole!

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

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Post by slater »

jwilk wrote: post #4
slater wrote: post #2

helicopter + dude on a rope

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.

Heli, because OP mentioned the surrounding soil was soft and muddy, landslide, etc. Also for flare, obvs.

Use dynamite to open the hole a bit :D

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

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Post by malyk »

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 ground. The story gained worldwide attention (leading to some criticism as a media circus), and later became the subject of a 1989 ABC television movie Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure. As presented in the film, the relatively new technology of waterjet cutting was a vital part of the rescue.

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