Dog in a log

A couple were stunned to find the mirror image of their beloved pet dog - embedded in a log.

Terry Wright and wife Joan were amazed to see a colour vision of their beloved labrador Bess, who died three years ago, set into the grain of a poplar tree.

Terry, 66, was about to throw the log on the fire at their 200-year-old cottage at Antrobus, near Knutsford, when Joan spotted the resemblance.

Terry, a retired carpenter, said: "I'd already thrown it into the log basket when my wife just looked at it and said our Bess had come back.

"I asked if she'd been drinking whisky, but when I looked at the log I was amazed.

"I have been handling wood all my life but I have never seen anything like it before."

Since losing 13-year-old Bess the couple felt unable to have another dog because they felt her loss so much.

Terry said: "It was a big loss and no other dog could replace her. She was brilliant with my wife and was a very good gun dog.

"I've been offered money for the log but no amount will persuade me to part with it.

"Bess has come back to us in the most amazing way and this time she's staying right by our side forever."