Before trash gets dumped in the garbage machine at the Gorkomhoz Utility Center in Russia, the items inside each bag get checked for metal. This ensures there won’t be any issues when the garbage gets crushed inside the machine. However, on December 21, 2020, a center employee by the name of Mikhail Tukash discovered something still living inside one of the garbage bags.
If Tukash hadn’t glanced at a seemingly lifeless pile of trash, it would have gotten crushed with the rest of the many piles of garbage that are brought to his worksite every day. And if it wasn’t for his quick thinking and swift action, his employers might have had a very different story to tell.