Disappeared in the forest, a man finally saved… by his dog: “He would have given his life for me”

A disappearance quickly considered worrying, in the Isulacciu di Fium'Orbu sector, by the gendarmes of Haute-Corse. As the military reports on their website, it took two days to get their hands on the missing man. Found safe and sound at the cost of great fright.

Loss of consciousness

This Monday, November 4, TF1 collected the testimony of the lost man and his animal. The opportunity to find out more about the circumstances of the rescue. Made possible, according to Pierre-Albert Spacessi, by his dog, who never left his side and who above all allowed him to escape hypothermia after a nasty fall and loss of consciousness.

“He did something absolutely huge. He protected me until the end. »

“My dog ​​saved my life because the nights were very cold. I was soaked, my legs were sticking out of the shelter which was continually wet,” Pierre-Albert Spaccesi told TF1.

“He did something absolutely huge. He protected me until the end. Every time he came against me, I warmed up. My body returned to normal and I could tolerate the temperature well,” says the 49-year-old man.

“He stayed with me the whole time, he didn’t move. When he heard noise, he would bark. From time to time, he would go around the shelter,” the survivor also remembers. “He did something absolutely huge. He protected me until the end. I am sure he would have given his life for me.”