Rescuers are hailing as a “four-legged hero” a furry Chihuahua whose pacing atop an Alpine rock helped a helicopter crew find its owner, who had fallen into a crevasse on a Swiss glacier nearby.

Image via wu hsoung/Shutterstock It turns out that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. How else do you explain how a tiny Chihuahua managed to save its owner from a grisly fate? The hiker had gone hiking on a glacier when he became trapped in a glacier crevasse.