A US fisherman couldn't believe his eyes when a traumatised dog appeared alongside his kayak off the coast of Florida.
This video shows the moment the exhausted pooch swam towards the man -- known only as midget2000x -- after running into the sea following a hit-and-run accident.
The fisherman was able to lift the bleeding and shivering dog from water of the Gulf of Mexico and take him to the safety of a local vets.
There it was discovered that the dog, Barney, had been out running with his owner Donna Chen when she was hit by a car and killed.Writing on YouTube he said: "The accident scene was about a mile from where I found Barney swimming. "Our guess is that he was so freaked out and traumatized that he just wanted to get as far away from there as possible.
"And when he ran out of land, he took to the water.
"I feel lucky that I was there fishing, because there was no place for him to go and I don't know if he could have made it much farther."