GREENVILLE, Maine - Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, is getting credit for saving a Greenville man when a fire swept through his home.
Roland Cote said his wife and their 7-year-old grandson were away when the blaze started early Sunday in a converted two-story garage. He said Thumper grabbed him by the arm to wake him, leaving just enough time for him to dial 911 before fleeing the fast-moving fire.
While the dog is the hero, a cat is the bad guy in this story.
Cote said the fire marshal investigator believes the blaze was started when Princess, the family cat, tipped over a kerosene lantern. Cote says he and his pets escaped safely, but he says Princess did get her tail singed by the flames.
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how do we know if the dog didn't start the fire?
Let's see...who benefits from this? The dog who's getting the attention and the victim is the cat got her tail burned.
It's quite interesting situation here.
The dog saves the man's life, he's a hero whether the he or the cat started the fire.
Dog's can't plot and plan like the Mossad, so he's got no way of knowing the results of his actions. Thus even if he started the fire, it wasn't intentional and savin the man's life is still praise-worthy.
;-)