A dog's unusual refusal to leave the house may have saved its owner from walking directly into the path of a violent mini tornado that tore through a Cornish village. Stephen Jeffrey had been preparing to take his cocker spaniel, Sevi, for a walk when the dog suddenly refused to go outside. Minutes later, powerful winds swept through Quintrell Downs near Newquay, uprooting trees, tearing away roof tiles and damaging homes. According to ITV News West Country, Jeffrey believes Sevi's strange and unprecedented behaviour kept them both out of danger.
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