Last Thursday, Kentucky-based Malissa Sergent Lewis was running late to work, so she decided to take a shortcut. As she was driving, she noticed something unusual – a moving garbage bag. What Lewis found inside was heartbreaking.

“I saw this trash bag in the road, and I thought to myself, ‘Did I just see that bag move?’ The closer I got, I realized it was moving,” Lewis told The Dodo. “I could hardly wrap my mind around that. Something was alive in that bag, and I just knew I had to get whatever it was out.”

Lewis released what turned out to be an abandoned puppy wearing a collar, but no tag. She took it with her and is still trying to find the owners, but there’s a good chance no one will claim it. Therefore, Lewis and her family decided to give it a forever home themselves. The pup, which they named Hefty, is now healthy, happy, and in good hands.

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As Malissa Sergent Lewis was driving to work, she noticed something unusual on the road…

It was moving garbage bag

With an abandoned puppy inside

Lewis was heartbroken, she couldn’t believe someone would do this

Thankfully, the pup is now in good hands, as Lewis has taken him home

Below is a heartbreaking video of the ‘moving garbage bag’