Hypothermic Dog Won't Get Out Of The Freezing Water. Rescues Sees Its Paw And Screams, "This Can't Be True!"

On a cold winter morning, Jake spotted a dog shivering in the icy lake. Despite his best efforts, the dog resisted leaving the water. Jake's concern grew as he waded in, hoping to save the animal. It wasn’t until he saw the dog's leg that he realized the shocking truth.

"No way," he muttered, eyes wide with disbelief.

“Hold on there, buddy,” Jake tried to reassure the dog. Its whole body was stiff and tense from the cold, and it had trouble breathing. Jake did his best to lift the dog out of the water, but every time he tried to do that, the dog began to whimper. It wasn’t until Jake felt around underneath the surface that he truly realized what was going on. 

“Ah!” he yelled as he pulled his hand out of the water. He had touched something that was attached to the dog’s leg, and now his whole hand hurt. He waved it around to ease the pain, even sticking it in the snow on the waterbank. When he looked at his hand again, it was completely red and started to swell.

If Jake was in such pain from only touching whatever was attached to the dog’s leg, imagine how much pain the dog was in! He had to do something, but what? The dog had to get out of the water quickly, or else it would freeze to death. Suddenly, he knew what to do.But why wasn’t the dog getting out of the water? And what was attached to its leg?

Jake pulled his hat from his head and put his hand inside to use it as a glove. Then, he quickly reached underwater, grabbing whatever was attached to the dog’s leg. He knew this would hurt the dog, but it was the only way, so with one swift movement, he yanked the thing from the dog’s leg. The dog screamed it out, but from the adrenaline, it jumped straight out of the water and ran away.

Suddenly, the creature that had been attached to the dog began moving around like crazy, splashing water in Jake’s face and pulling him under. He wanted to let go, but it was as if it had suctioned itself onto Jake’s hands. Luckily, Jake managed to pull his hands out of his hat, and he quickly got out of the water.