This Pup Is Going Viral for Climbing to the Top of an Egyptian Pyramid

Paramotorists spotted the dog while soaring above one of Giza’s pyramids last week

Sarah Kuta
Daily Correspondent

October 22, 2024



The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest pyramid in Egypt. Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3

Paramotorist Marshall Mosher was soaking up his bird’s-eye view of Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza when he noticed a bit of movement on one of the ancient structures. He realized a dog had climbed all the way to the top of one of the towering landmarks.

Now, Mosher’s video post of the precocious pup is going viral on social media, with online commenters wondering how the pooch managed to reach the summit—and whether or not the dog made it back down safely.

Mosher spotted the dog during Egypt Gate 6, an annual event that brings together paramotorists from all over the planet to soar above the pyramids. CNN’s Salma Arafa reports that when the paramotorists headed out around sunrise one day last week, several of them saw a four-legged animal running around at the top of the Pyramid of Khafre, Egypt’s second-largest pyramid behind the Great Pyramid.

At first, one paramotorist thought the creature was a mountain lion, reports Arafa. But the group soon deduced that it was probably one of the many stray dogs that hang out around the pyramids.

More:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-pup-is-going-viral-for-climbing-to-the-top-of-an-egyptian-pyramid-180985306/