Waiting for rescue
Man tried to rescue dog and got stuck in swamp
A 70-year-old man had to wait around an hour and a half in a swampy creek bed in Hohenweiler on Wednesday evening until help arrived. The dog owner had gotten stuck in rough terrain while searching for his runaway four-legged friend.
The 70-year-old was out with two dogs in Hohenweiler on Wednesday evening when one of the two four-legged friends ran off. The dog owner ran after it until it got stuck in the marshy stream bed.
Neighbor heard cries for help
The man could neither go forwards nor backwards. It was only after an hour and a half that a neighbor responded to the cries for help. She alerted the emergency services, who arrived shortly before 10 pm.
The dog owner was rescued from his predicament and taken to the regional hospital in Bregenz with hypothermia and minor injuries.
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