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Photograph by Karine Aigner
In Rochester Hills, Michigan, Tinkerbell the Chihuahua was relaxing with her owners at an outdoor market when a 70-mph (112-kmh) blast of wind tore through the area. Tables and chairs flew into the air—and so did the six-pound (2.7-kilogram) Tinkerbell. -
Photograph by Karine Aigner
Her frantic owners chased after her, but the wind carried her away like a furry paper airplane. For two days owners Lavern and Dorothy Utley searched the area. But the only sign of Tinkerbell was her leash, found about a quarter of a mile (.4 kilometers) away. -
Photograph by Karine Aigner
Desperate, the Utleys wandered along an old trail calling the dog one final time. She came running! No one is sure how Tinkerbell survived her journey—or her landing. “She was probably only six or eight feet (1.8 or 2.4 meters) off the ground,” meteorologist Dave Rexroth says. “I suspect she was tossed around like a tumbleweed until she got caught in small trees.” -
Photograph by Karine Aigner
Her owners, however, didn’t care how she managed to survive. “We were just tickled to death to have her back,” Lavern Utley says.
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