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Step into a James Bond scene as you drive Switzerland’s Furka Pass — a cinematic mountain road featured in Goldfinger (1964).

A Chihuahua was called a “four-legged hero” after helping to save his owner who had fallen down an icy crevasse in the Swiss Alps.

Furka Pass, one of the world’s most legendary mountain routes, gained fame in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, where the Aston Martin DB5 and Ford Mustang raced through its stunning curves.

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A Chihuahua's pacing on Alpine rock helped rescue team find its owner who fell into a crevasse on a Swiss glacier. Dog named four-legged hero.

"While the man was stuck in the glacier ice, his faithful companion, a small chihuahua, was left at the edge of the crevasse, ...