Pit bull gets stuck in engine of truck

A Vacaville, California, man found a pit bull stuck in the engine of his truck and chewing through wires yesterday morning, his family said.

Walter Witthoeft had just woken up and went outside to put power steering fluid in his truck. When he opened the hood, he saw a pair of eyes, heard growling and then noticed a dog wiggling around in his engine.

The dog worked his way up and under the truck the night before and got stuck.

Witthoeft's family called police and reported the incident.

Witthoeft said he had just paid $1,000 to fix his truck last week, but the truck had to be towed back to the shop for repairs due to damage caused by the pit bull.

The dog eventually was able to wiggle out and animal service brought it to a county shelter.