Emergency personnel were out searching to make sure someone hadnât fallen in the Yadkin River in Wilkesboro when the clock struck midnight on New Yearâs Eve.
The incident began when Wilkesboro police officers P.L. Parsons and J.G. McHargue found a German shepherd dog in the Yadkin near where Moravian Creek enters the south side of the river around 11:30 p.m.
The officers were at the nearby town garage at the end of North Collegiate Drive to drop off a vehicle needing work when they heard the dog bark, said Robbie Bolin, Wilkesboro Fire Department captain.
The dog âwas hanging on the side of the bank and couldnât get out because it was so steep,â said Bolin.