ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Rick Haley has enjoyed exploring caves since 1989, learning more about what lies beneath the surface.
But on August 6, not even he and other cave explorers could believe what they had stumbled across: A dog who turned out to have been missing for two months.
Haley said he and the other spelunkers were taking part in a research project for the Cave Research Foundation. They were remapping a cave just north of Perryville, Missouri. RELATED: Puppy rescued by firefighters after its head gets stuck in wheelWhile they were working, Haley said another spelunker came up to him."I met him, and he said we have to do a dog rescue," Haley told FOX Television Stations.
The spelunker told Haley that he, along with a group of parents and children, discovered the dog. Haley, 66, said the other explorers left the cave and knocked on the doors in the nearby neighborhood and actually found the owner of the lost dog.