They Heard Cries From This Dangerous Hole In The Ground, So A Man Was Lowered Into Its Depths…

Image: YouTube/Animal Aid Unlimited, India

For five days, something howling from the cavernous depths of a local well had villagers in the northwest of India scrambling for help. After all, they had a problem that they didn’t know how to solve.

But climbing into the well themselves and investigating the situation was out of the question. Indeed, if someone had fallen during the process, that person might easily have been hurt and only added to the problem.

Thankfully, the villagers finally learned of a professional team based in the city of Udaipur that had the necessary equipment and expertise to help. And, though many miles away, Animal Aid Unlimited sent a reconnaissance team to check out the situation.

Once the team arrived, rescuers Ganpat and Kalu Singh immediately knew this was not one of their ordinary rescues. After all, taking the plunge down a large hole to save whatever was down the well would require extra heavy equipment.

But this was no ordinary well. In fact, it was originally meant to provide easy access to the water table, and as a result it now suffered from erosion and had perilous sides and an overgrown canopy of vegetation. So, in order to be safe, the team needed a crane.

Using the crane slowly and carefully, the animal rescuers lowered one of their team members into the well. It was tricky work, particularly as the well looked like it might have been abandoned a long time ago.

So how did something get stuck in the hole? Unfortunately, open wells such as this one, even when active, are rarely given protective covers. This makes them easy to stumble into if someone or something doesn’t know it is there.

In fact, it was exactly that problem that lead to the howling from this well. And, from the look of the filmed rescue attempt, it seemed as though there wasn’t any more water left inside, either.