Woman pulls over to find out what’s inside a trash bag walking down the road

Malissa Sergent Lewis works at an elementary school in Kentucky. And one morning, she happened to take an alternate route to work. Little did she know the trip would change her life forever.

Malissa Sergent Lewis decided to take the backroads to work one morning when she spotted the unthinkable.


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She was shocked to see a trash bag walking down the road. She pulled out her cellphone to record it and decided to help, no matter what it was inside.


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The bag started to walk toward Malissa as the mystery animal sensed someone nearby. Knowing it could be a very dangerous animal, she opened the bag to look inside.


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Her heart sank when she saw an adorable puppy. He started wagging his tail immediately as if he knew he was going to be saved. She took to Facebook to say, “If this is your puppy, let me know. If you are the scoundrel who put it in a garbage bag and tossed it on the side of the road… you’re a sicko.”


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The puppy had a collar but no identification, so she took him to work. When she got home that night, she took the puppy to the vet for an examination.


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The vet said he was no more than eight weeks old but that he was completely healthy!


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Malissa decided to keep the puppy and named him Hefty. Needless to say, her sons were pretty thrilled with their new dog! 🙂


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Meanwhile, the Sheriff’s department and animal control are involved in an investigation to find out who committed this horrific act. Who could do such a thing?

But the playful and loving puppy is safe, healthy and in his forever home. What a happy ending! 🙂

[h/t The Dodo]



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375 thoughts on “Woman pulls over to find out what’s inside a trash bag walking down the road

  1. Someone with absolutely no heart ties a puppy inside a garbage bag and throws him in a ditch beside a road. That’s the end of the evil. The good happened when a woman noticed a walking garbage bag and decided to open it. She was rewarded for her compassion with a beautiful loving puppy. This is like a fairy tale because they always have happy endings.

  2. Thank God there are people like you who care enough to stop and see what was in a moving bag,most people wouldn’t Have done that. The animal world says thank you. You have a loyal friend for the rest your life.

  3. what a wonderful soul you are. I hope they find that scanbag, but of course he will paid the fine and it will be ok. I wish they can cut his testicles and put the in a garbage bag. Thats where he belongs.

  4. Lucky for the puppy that this woman came along. Every time I see a story like this…i want to do the same thing to the person who did this. Thank you for taking the puppy home.

  5. God Bless this wonderful woman who saved this dear little Angel, Puppy’s life and she took him in also! How can someone do such a thing to an innocent little puppy? To put this Angel in a trash bag, I pray for animals who get abused and ask our Dear Lord to save our dear Animals from such horrible abuse from people who do such things!

  6. I am happy she took the time to look inside the bag she is awesome person for saving that puppy I hope they get the$#%&!@*that did that I hate when people abuse animals that pisses me off more than anything

  7. Poor dear baby. I always want to stop and look inside any trash bag I see dumped on the side of the road just in case. Why are humans evolving into such sick evil creatures? Why would you put a live animal in a bin bag and just dump it in the middle of nowhere so it has little chance of being found? Or on the side of a busy road where it’s not likely anyone will stop to look what’s in it? I despair of humankind. And it needs to be made illegal to breed animals without a licence.

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