A dog trapped in a well looks up on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 in Surgoinsville, Tenn. A construction worker helping to install solar panels in a field beside an abandoned nuclear reactor in Hawkins County helped rescue the dog that got stuck in a 30-foot hole. Matt Mountie called dispatchers and several agencies responded to help. Working together, they were able to pull the dog, nicknamed Timmy, out safely. (Jeff Bobo/The Kingsport Times-News via AP)
Rescue workers look down a well helping a dog that was trapped on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 in Surgoinsville, Tenn. A construction worker helping to install solar panels in a field beside an abandoned nuclear reactor in Hawkins County helped rescue the dog that got stuck in a 30-foot hole. Matt Mountie called dispatchers and several agencies responded to help. Working together, they were able to pull the dog, nicknamed Timmy, out safely.SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. – Little Timmy got stuck in a well Tuesday, and it was going to take a lot more than Lassie had to offer to get him out.
A construction worker helping to install solar panels in a field beside the abandoned nuclear reactor at Hawkins County’s Phipps Bend Industrial Park heard a dog barking Tuesday morning as if it was in distress.
Matt Mountie of Charlotte found a hole in the security fence and located the dog stuck in a 30-foot hole in the floor of the reactor building.
The hole was about the diameter of a manhole, and the bottom of the hole was filled with water. Only the dog’s head could be seen above the water.
Mountie called Hawkins County Central Dispatch, which then called the Hawkins County Humane Society.