An Indiana woman owes her life to her heroic rescue dog, who barked up the right tree by sniffing out a carbon monoxide leak.
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38-year-old Samantha Griffin shared her story with Good Morning America on Thursday, July 11. She recounted how, in June, her two-year-old husky Luna began urgently “pouncing on” her to go outside. Shortly thereafter, first responders discovered a significant carbon monoxide leak in her Marion apartment.
Griffin recounted to GMA that the story began in late May when she chose to unplug her smoke and carbon monoxide detector due to its intermittent alarms.
“So we just kept thinking it was a power issue. But when Luna started acting up and then I started getting a headache, we [thought], something ain’t right,” Griffin explained.
However, Luna, Griffin’s full-of-spunk pup rescue from Speedway Animal Rescue in September 2023 wouldn’t leave well enough alone. On June 24th, when Griffin attempted to sleep off a monster headache, Luna wouldn’t let her “paws” for rest.
“All day long, she was bugging me to go outside. And normally she don’t do that,” Griffin recalled. She added that her dog, estimated to be around two years old, suddenly began to “pounce” on her.
The Rescue Dog Luna Gets Serious About Carbon Monoxide
Luna was forced to get physical, unleashing a furry vengeance upon her owner and her home.
“I think I still have bruises from where she’s hit me,” Griffin admitted. “She scratched up my door and stuff like that, trying to get out, so she was alerting us way before the alarm even went off,” she added.
After Griffin reached out to her building’s maintenance team, the local fire department arrived and discovered a significant carbon monoxide leak. They credited Luna with saving her owner’s life.
Marion Fire Prevention Chief Brandon Eckstein informed local outlet WRTV that the apartment’s carbon monoxide levels were beyond the normal range of 0.09 parts per million. He emphasized the importance of homeowners having their flue pipes inspected annually. He also suggested placing carbon monoxide detectors near natural gas appliances.
Meanwhile, Griffin detailed to GMA that a bird’s nest in the flue of her building’s gas water heater caused her apartment’s leak.
“Luna did save my life that day. If she hadn’t gotten me out, I definitely probably would have fallen asleep and just died,” Griffin insisted.
“I’m just so overwhelmed, grateful for all of it. Because I don’t know where I’d be right now without her,” she added of her prized pooch.