16. Killian

Benjamin and Hope Jordan trusted their babysitter, but their dog Killian kept growling at her. This convinced the couple to secretly record what was going on while they were out. They thought maybe she was kicking the dog, but she was actually slapping the baby. 

17. Madison

Andrea Gaylord’s house was one of 18,000 that burned in California’s November 2018 Camp Fire. She also lost two dogs in the blaze. Or so she thought. One turned up 87 miles away. And the other, Madison, turned out to be alive and well when his family came back to the burned site one month later. 

18. Figo

A guide dog named Figo saw a school bus heading towards his blind owner, so he launched himself at it. This didn’t actually stop the bus, but it did shield his owner, and Figo survived the encounter, suffering just a broken leg. 

19. The Jungle Cruise Monkeys

An amusement park owner in Florida in the 1930s ordered monkeys for his Jungle Cruise attraction (this wasn’t Walt Disney — it was an unrelated amusement park). The monkeys escaped, and their descendants still roam Florida today, carrying herpes. 

20. Roof Horse

For details, read 5 Animals People Found In Insanely Random Places

21. The Kali Catfish 

Catfish don’t generally eat people. But an Indian tribe dropped so many corpses in the Kali river that a giant fish there developed a taste for human flesh. After various deadly attacks, they lured it to shore with a funeral pyre and managed to slaughter it. It was 6 feet and 161 pounds. 

22. The Relatable Raccoon 

In 2017, a raccoon slipped through a Chicago sewer grate and feasted on the goodies it found. It became so fat it couldn’t get back out. The Public Works Department had to remove the grate to free it. 

23. LuLu 

Jo Ann Altsman had a heart attack in 1998. Her potbellied pig LuLu then escaped the fenced-in yard, found a highway, and lay in the middle of the road so a car would stop. None did, so LuLu ran back to check on Jo Ann, returned to the highway, finally succeeded in stopping a car, and led the driver to Jo Ann.