Say, WHAT, Lassie?
"What's that Lassie? A Democrat fell down the well?" Nope, not a Democrat. A donkey did, but it was a four-legged one. With ears, tail and hoofs.
UNDERWOOD, Minn. - Firefighters in the western Minnesota town of Underwood weren't quite sure what to expect when they got the call: A donkey had fallen down an abandoned well and was trapped. Firefighters quickly realized that the donkey, who belonged to farmer Warren Gundberg who lived about a mile away, couldn't just be pulled from the abandoned well on Bryan Nelson's land.
So they started pulling away earth with a Bobcat tractor and dismantling the well block by block on Thursday.
Once the west wall of the well had been taken apart, firefighters put a harness around the donkey and guided it out with a rope.
"Whatever it takes," Nelson said as he watched his well come down. "I love animals and I'm just glad it's OK."
The donkey was not hurt, except for a few minor bruises. The donkey was named (we're not making this up) either Amos or Andy - the farmer isn't really sure which one is which. There are pictures here, as well as the all-time best radio call ever sent for the fire department: "Donkey down a well."
By Uncle Pinky, Saturday, 15 September , 2007 @ 9:44 am
A little thought and the radio operator could have opened with “Ding-dong-dell.”
It is by not taking that precious second before calling in that we lose the classic lines.