Thread: Dog killed while saving owner from train

A heartbreaking story out of Kazakhstan: According to reports, a dog was killed while trying to save its owner from an oncoming train.

The suicidal owner had passed out on the train tracks after drinking a bottle of alcohol. According to Russian news site Ria Novosti, the man told authorities that his dog dragged him to safety. The dog wasn't able to avoid being hit.

"Upon seeing the train, the dog started pulling its owner away," said Aida Muldashevam, who investigated the incident. "When train drivers saw the dog on the rail tracks, they used the emergency brake."

Unfortunately, it was too late. The dog was killed instantly, while the owner was taken to the hospital. He had two broken ribs and an injury to his shoulder.

Dogs have a well-deserved reputation for loyalty. At a funeral for a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan in 2011, dog Hawkeye lay by the casket during the memorial service. And in a small village in China last year, a dog remained at its owner's grave for weeks. When villagers took the dog back to town, the dog returned to the grave. Villagers eventually decided to build the dog a kennel near its departed friend.

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As much as I love stories about animals saving people/each other, I`m gonna have to call bullshit on this one. See if you can figure out why.

So the dog pulled him away from the tracks, but somehow was on the track after successfully getting its owner off.

I can see why you're skeptical.

Wow,

If this is real I think it is sad, but if its not real, they are a sick person. But, it really doesn't make sense how the dog would die.

This is a truly sad story, but the desrciption to what happened seems sort of confusing, because of what Shinobu has just pointed out.

I see I wasn't the only one wondering how the dog got hit. It's possible that it went back on the tracks for some reason, but it doesn't explain other things. How did the owner get injured? I'm hoping this isn't true because the thought of a dog dieing like that saddens me.