A Dartmouth woman is on a wild goose hunt for the women who helped her grandmother escape a gaggle of geese at Sullivan’s Pond.
On Friday, Willow Webb went for her morning walk. Like every other morning, she circled Lake Banook before heading to her home nearby.
“She was on her way back to her house, walking through Sullivan’s Pond, when all of a sudden the geese just started charging at her and knocked her over,” Liz Bailey, Webb’s granddaughter, said.
As Webb, 87, lay on the ground with her walker out of reach and swarmed by geese, a woman walking by shooed the geese away.
She then called her friend and the pair helped Webb back to her house before calling an ambulance for her.
Webb was taken to Dartmouth General Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a broken elbow and pelvis.
“She had surgery for her elbow on Sunday but she’s doing good,” said Bailey, who’s visited her grandmother a few times at the hospital.
“She seems almost back to her normal self other than her injuries and she’s actually really positive.”
Now Bailey, Webb and their family are looking to find the woman and her friend to show their gratitude.
“We don’t really know what would’ve happened if no one was there and she was left lying on the ground,” Bailey said.
“They did a really good thing. Not everyone would stop and help someone in that situation.”
Bailey posted on multiple social media platforms, seeking out the women who helped her grandmother.
One of Webb’s neighbours told Bailey she believed the two women were in their early 30s and one is a firefighter, but she and Webb couldn’t remember any other details.
“My grandmother would love to say thank you,” Bailey said.
“And I’m sure they’re probably curious as to what happened after they took my grandmother away in the ambulance anyways. I know I would be.”
