OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT) — A runaway dog was safely retrieved from the bitter cold water of a local creek thanks to the effort of an Oil City Police officer.
Patrolman Joab Orr, of the Oil City Police Department, answered an unusual call for help shortly after noon on Monday, November 2.
Orr told exploreVenango.com someone who was walking on a bike trail in the Oil City area had noticed a little dog out on a small island in the middle of Oil Creek.
“When I started moving toward the creek, it started swimming toward the shore, toward me,” Orr said.
“You could tell it was cold and it looked pretty tired.”
It was particularly cold that day, as the area had just seen a brief early bluster of wintry weather, and Orr noted the water was especially chilly.
“It was a perfect day for it, right around 30 degrees,” he noted with a hint of irony.
However, despite the frigid weather, Orr went into the creek to retrieve the dog.