this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
22 points (95.8% liked)

And Finally...

1071 readers
177 users here now

A place for odd or quirky world news stories.

Elsewhere in the Fediverse:

Rules:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Alex Lang was flying his motored paraglider around the Great Pyramid in Egypt when he saw something odd in the distance.

Intrigued, the adventurer moved in for a closer look.

When he was finally able to make out the mysterious figure, it was the last thing he was expecting- a dog that had somehow made its way to the apex of the 455ft structure to bark at 'birds’.

Viewers were impressed by the dog but were all left with the same question after watching the video: how did it get up there?

...

However, while some might like to follow in the footsteps of the dog, humans are banned from climbing to the top. Offenders could face up to three years in prison, and in 2016, a teenager was banned from visiting Egypt again after making the ascent.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

How does it baffle anyone? A dog can jump, and the blocks are only about 3 ft in height. It's basically large stairs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Just looking for bones, which is Pharoah enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Kind of wish we knew whether the dog is okay

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They flew over the following day and the dog had gone, so he presumably got bored and wandered off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Phew, that’s good news. If it was in the article I didn’t see it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's made some news clips on social media - the second fly over and one I just found of the dog bounding down the side of the pyramid (he's done that before).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)