Two experienced hunters were slowly walking through the winter forest, stepping carefully so the snow wouldn\u2019t crunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day was unsuccessful \u2014 there were almost no tracks, no game either. Tired and irritated, they were about to head back to the car when suddenly a red shadow flashed right in front of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFox!\u201d one of them exclaimed, raising his rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shot thundered, but it missed. The fox darted to the side, and the hunters, forgetting everything else, rushed after her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For several minutes they followed her tracks until they suddenly noticed that the forest had ended. Before them stretched a huge, white field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And in the center of it, like a black maw, gaped a deep pit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fox stopped at the edge and turned around. It seemed like she was waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat the hell\u2026?\u201d the second hunter muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They came closer, and one of the hunters carefully stepped onto the snow and looked down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod\u2026\u201d he breathed out. \u201cThere\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continuation in the first comment\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**\u2014\u00a0There are people down there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the bottom of the pit lay an overturned snowmobile sled and three people \u2014 two men and a woman. They were waving their arms and calling for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently, the tourists had fallen into this karst sinkhole earlier in the morning and couldn\u2019t get out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Alive\u2026 they\u2019re alive!<\/strong> \u2014 shouted one of the hunters and immediately grabbed the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fox all this time was still standing at the edge, anxiously flicking her ears, as if she understood what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Half an hour later, rescuers arrived at the scene. Using ropes, they descended into the pit and pulled the victims out one by one. It turned out that the tourists were severely frozen, but miraculously survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the last one was lifted up, the hunters turned around \u2014 but the fox was gone. Only paw prints led back into the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 She\u2026 saved them<\/strong>, \u2014 one of the hunters said quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second nodded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 And we were chasing her.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two experienced hunters were slowly walking through the winter forest, stepping carefully so the snow wouldn\u2019t crunch. The day was unsuccessful \u2014 there were almost no tracks, no game either. Tired and irritated, they were about to head back to the car when suddenly a red shadow flashed right in front of them. \u201cFox!\u201d one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1660,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virli.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}