Dog survives knife lodged in skull

May 20: A Florida dog is recovering after a fight with a alligator. WPTV's Tim Malloy reports.  

April 16: Eleven-year-old Tyler Hemmert survived having a butter knife lodged in his head. He and his father, Brian, talk to Meredith Vieira about his remarkable experience.

June 14: A Labrador Pitt-bull mix puppy that was dumped into the trash, miraculously survives 35,000 pounds of crushing pressure inside a truck. WFIE's Stephanie Silvey reports.

May 3: A dog that was shot in the face survives and thrives at animal control in Campbell Country, Va. WSLS-TV's Angela Hatcher reports.

March 25: A gray Maltese-toy poodle escapes a hungry alligator. WFLA's Samara Sodos reports.

An 11-year-old Canadian boy has survived after a 10cm blade of a butter knife lodged in his head when it was thrown in anger by a boy at a playground.

An 11-year-old Canadian boy has survived after a 10cm blade of a butter knife lodged in his head when it was thrown in anger by a boy at a playground.

July 8: A 19-year-old Colorado man survives a metal pin from a roto-tiller shot into his brain. KOAA-TV's Nicole Vandeputte reports. (NBC News Channel)

A Utah Boy Scout got a knife lodged between his eyes, and survived.

Zeke, a therapy dog, was trapped in a 15-inch drain pipe for five days near Fort Wayne, Ind.