The yard had been quiet all morning until a noise broke through; a short, uneven cry that didn’t sound like it came from any direction at all. It echoed strangely, low and muffled, as if it were trapped beneath something.

A California resident stopped what they were doing and turned their head toward the rocks. The sound came again, then silence. That kind of silence that makes you second-guess what you heard.

Moving slowly, the resident traced the noise to a narrow gap between two boulders. Nothing visible. Just still air and that faint noise again, somewhere deep inside.

It was clear something was down there, but figuring out how to reach it would be another story.

How Did She Get Stuck There?

When a 3-month-old puppy named Zoe got stuck in a tiny crack, she was extremely lucky that

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