2Humor·Touching: Stray dog hugs 10-year-old girl lost in -20°C weather, shares body heat all night

Stray dog hugs lost 10-year-old girl, shares body heat. A heartwarming story of a 10-year-old girl, who was lost in a fierce snowstorm, being miraculously rescued in Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, where harsh cold temperatures raged. The secret to the girl's survival after a 18-hour ordeal was none other than the devoted body heat of stray dogs. The incident occurred when the 10-year-old girl, Vika (Vika Z.), was returning home after school. When she didn't come home for a long time after leaving school around 1 PM, her worried parents immediately reported her missing.

Situation when the 10-year-old girl went missing. At the time, the village was experiencing the worst possible conditions with strong winds and heavy snowfall, causing temperatures to drop to -11°C. Search operations faced significant difficulties due to the fierce snowstorm and biting cold. As night fell and the darkness deepened, in a moment of despair when everyone was worried about the girl's safety, an unexpected witness tip came in. The witness stated they saw the missing girl near an animal shelter for stray dogs, in the vicinity of an apartment building.

Photo of the lost 10-year-old girl. Considering the girl's usual habit of really loving animals, the search team focused their efforts around the shelter, and the results were astonishing. After 18 hours of being missing, the girl was found curled up under the shelter's balcony, surrounded by a pack of stray dogs. It was determined that the girl had gone to feed the stray dogs and got trapped in the snowstorm.

Stray dog hugs lost 10-year-old girl, shares body heat. Even in the freezing cold of -11°C, the girl was able to stay safe because the surrounding stray dogs embraced her, sharing their body heat. The warm embrace of the stray dogs protected the girl from the danger of freezing to death. Fortunately, the girl, who was dramatically reunited with her family, had no major health issues. It's reported that the stray dogs who protected the girl fled from the search team when she was rescued.

Photo of the lost 10-year-old girl. Without the devoted love of those stray dogs, the girl's life would have been in grave danger. The girl's parents, with tears in their eyes, expressed their earnest desire to find and adopt those stray dogs, who were their life savers, as family.