16/10/2025
File it under strange but true 📁
Ruby the Labrador was found two days after going missing — thanks to a noisy group of squirrels.
She'd been hit by a car in Swindon and had gone to hide in a bush for two nights, in what vets believe was her "final resting place" due to the severity of her injuries.
There were frantic searches with local residents on foot and police officers on bicycles, while Ruby's family put up posters all across town.
But squirrels creating a loud commotion near the hedge led a builder to the injured Ruby, who recognised the dog from one of posters.
Ruby is now getting emergency care.