We might as well go ahead and cancel all the local news broadcasts around the country and replace them with reruns of Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond or whatever other syndicated sitcom affiliates can get their hands on, because we have officially found the greatest possible story. I hope you are sitting down.
A 10-year-old boy with Down Syndrome reported missing in Marion County overnight has been found.
The family said Kyle Camp was watching television around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday before he went missing. They searched for him until 7 p.m. and then called police.
Dozens of volunteers and the sheriff’s department searched for the boy all night. Officials said at one point, at least 150 volunteers were searching for the boy. [...]
Wait for it.
A volunteer searcher said he followed his family dog along a creek in thick brush and found the dog’s puppies with the boy around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
“I heard the dogs barking again and followed him down there and started hollering for the puppies and I hollered for him and he hollered back. He was in the creek about a half a mile over the ridge,” said searcher Jamie Swinney. [...]
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait for it…
Officials said the boy was wet and had no shoes. They think the puppies kept him warm overnight.
They think the puppies kept him warm overnight.
They think the puppies kept him warm overnight.
They think the puppies — THE PUPPIES — kept him — A BOY WITH DOWN SYNDROME WHO WAS RESCUED AFTER GETTING LOST IN THE WOODS — warm overnight.
THEY THINK THE PUPPIES KEPT HIM WARM OVERNIGHT.
Shut it down, people. We can’t do any better today.
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Yep – Hero Puppies – not gonna beat that.
nope, I won’t cry at work. not gonna happen.
I wish those little heroes were here right now so they could chase away that evil ninja who is cutting onions.
“Who’s a little hero? Yes you’re a little hero!”
Officials said the boy was wet and had no shoes.
So I assume they spent the night licking his toes, too.
That’s just what they want us to think… because they got caught. Now one will believe the real story of two puppies kidnapping a kid with down-syndrome and water boarding him for an entire day probably because he figured out their coded messages.
That’s the premise of Kiefer Sutherland’s new show right?
If not, it should be.
My reaction to this story looked something like this.
OMG, you win the gif award. Perfect!
This is how Of Mice and Men should have ended.
“…based on the novel ‘The Kid’ by Sapphire”.
These puppies are probably going to be media celebrities for a little while, and they need someone to look after their interests, to make sure they’re not taken advantage of. But who could do it? Agents are too sleazy. Maybe…a well-respected lawyer?
Speaking of dogs, lawyers, and mistreatment we need updates on KUMA!
Wait a second….idea forming….oh my god…
WHY HAS THERE NEVER BEEN A SHOW ABOUT A LAWYER FOR DOGS BEFORE?!
BECAUSE I AM STILL WRITING IT
And the lawyer’s rival could be a dog that’s also a lawyer.
I need to sit down.
HIS RIVAL IS A CAT WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
[sorry to yell at you BabyCarruth, I'm just so excited about this show]
Zach – Jon Lovitz as the voice for the cat?
The law firm of Barker, Ruff, and Lebowitz
Guys, guys, can I just say something really quick? Paw & Order.
Franklin and Bark
Better call Saul
Benji the Hunter, starring Fred Dryer
Ally McBeagle
Puppy Mason
And one of the episodes can be a trial for a dog that attacked a cat but it turns out he did it to protect a bird that can be called as a witness after the DOG LAWYER gets assistance from a certain BIRD LAWYER something something Charlie day as a guest star!!
Let me a guess.. grey bulldog, black cat and a yellow bird?
I was thinking Golden retriever and gray cat, but I’m not a casting person so who knows
although your version could be referential – ABED AS THE JUDGE BECAUSE POP CULTURE REFERENCE!
Canine
Sniffing
Investigations
Jay Catler could be a guest star! He could be charged with driving under the influence (of catnip)
YOUR’E RIGHT ZACK WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING
JamaaL – Catler’s NFL apparel commercial is great because he is just standing there looking at his phone just screaming “DOOOOONNNNN’TTTT CCCCCAAAARRRREEEE”
Roll Puppies.
Aw! Now I want to get lost in the woods!
/takes off shoes and runs from the office giggling
“/takes off shoes and runs from the office giggling”
Damnit…. It’s Thursday again, already?
/takes off shoes and runs from the office giggling
Well, one time I got lost in the woods and ended up covered in ticks, so, who really won?
(This is a way awesome story, yay RESCUE PUPS)
Fun fact: He ate three of them.
I just laugh/snorted a snot bubble
I bet they were St. Bertards
Sadly all of the puppies had to be put down. No, not like that, it’s just that he kept picking them up, and you know how clumsy downies can be. Look how often Eli fumbles.
i lol’d
/goes to hell
Thank God those puppies didn’t hold a grudge after what Lenny did to their great Grandfather.
/goes to tend the rabbits
It’s official. Puppies are the best and cats are evil, soulless monsters.
We have a dog (German Shepherd) and a cat (Siamese and God knows what) that are polar opposites personality-wise. The dog thinks we are the greatest things in the world, the cat would kill us in our sleep if he was big enough.
In unrelated news, there seems to be an extraordinarily high pollen count near my computer this morning *sniff*, *sniff*, I’M FINE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT???
I just want to add that I’ve been hugging my computer, giving it hi-fives and crying uncontrollably for the last 10 minutes.
I am man enough to admit that I was doing the same thing. I just want to cuddle with this story.
Oh…shit, bro.
This is the first time I’ve been on this site . . . great story, heart-warming, REALLY tear jerking, etc. but I’ve gotta admit that reading through these comments blew me off the rails. A sitcom with a dog’s lawyer vs a lawyer dog? And the cat . . .? I barely made it through the ’60s by the skin of my teeth and even then nothing would have taken anyone off on the tangents you folks are displaying. Do you guys know each other and is your town really, really small? All I know is that somewhere, someone’s not watching the store . . .
We all live together in one commune! Join us!
JOIN US!
@Lobster Mobster . . . O.K., I’ll come join you guys, but “fair’s fair” . . . I get to sleep out in the forest near the river with the puppies once a week.
Of course it is a town. @Burnsy is the mayor.
Ah, the plot thickens. If @Burnsy is the mayor that explains how Old Fred got the permit for the 24/7/365 pharmacy over the Bijou Theater on Spruce Street. And the bears that would have eaten the little kid with the puppies didn’t want a downer . . . they wanted uppers. Works for me . . .