u/Mr-FurleyX1
of a dog
Found some old family photos and apparently this good boy is named “Schneider” from around 1920.
Nobody knows the exact breed, any guesses? He looks like the goodest boy!
Telemundo for the WC!
Honestly, my VRBO only having Telemundo is the best thing that could’ve happened this World Cup. I don’t speak any Spanish, but the sheer hype and energy of the broadcasts are incredible. I'm hooked—Telemundo only for the rest of the tournament.
“GOALLLLLLL!!!" 🔥 ⚽️
Orange moon catfishing
Got some quality time with my son night fishing got catfish under a beautiful orange moon last night.
A great reminder to spend quality time outside with the people you love 🫶🏼🫶🏾
DALLAS COUNTY, Alabama — A 92-year-old U.S. Marine veteran survived a harrowing night submerged chest-deep in a swamp on his family's farm in Dallas County, Ala., after rescuers used an unconventional method to find him: they strapped a cell phone to his dog and followed her back into the wilderness.
Elton Ralston, who regularly walks his dog, Abby, around the family property, didn't return home one Friday evening. When the family couldn't locate him by nightfall, they called 911.
"About to get dark, and at the time we really didn't know how long he'd been missing," said Dallas County Sheriff Mike Granthum. "So we started doing a search the best we could at night. Hard to search at night. We put some drones in the air, started calling in resources, started calling in canine units, search units and stuff."
Crews worked through the night until 1 a.m. before suspending the search and resuming at first light. The response grew quickly — drawing fire crews, emergency management personnel and volunteers until roughly 100 vehicles lined the rural property.
"It just blew our minds at all the people who came to help," his son, Russell Ralston, said. "It was an amazing response — fire, EMA and just everybody under the sun was here looking."
The search took a pivotal turn when Abby emerged alone from a dense, overgrown swamp bordering the farm. Rescuers seized on the moment, attaching a cell phone to the dog's collar to track her GPS location, then sent her back in the direction she came from.
What she led them into was treacherous terrain.
"There were snakes everywhere — moccasins, copperheads, we just saw them everywhere," Russell Ralston said. "Didn't even take time to kill them. Just sidestepped them and kept going."
Ralston was ultimately found not by sight, but by sound. He had been submerged up to his chest in the swamp water overnight, concealed beneath a covering of reeds that made him virtually invisible to searchers passing nearby. A chance overheard conversation between two crew members finally gave him away.
"The only way we found him was one of the searchers said something to another one, and Daddy said, 'Are you talking to me?'" his son recounted. "He spent the night in the swamp, under water up to about his chest. He was covered with reeds so you couldn't see him."
Ralston was found hypothermic and dehydrated but otherwise uninjured — a remarkable outcome given his age and the conditions he endured.
"It was a huge relief to find him alive," Ralston said. "The Lord just guided the timing of everything."