KNOXVILLE, TN: A Tennessee family's young hound dog may turn out to be quite the bird dog.

"Buford", a five-month-old hound mix, had to be rescued by utility crews after somehow climbing to the top of a 20-foot tree in his family's Knoxville yard.

No one saw Buford make his way up the tree, but by the time his rescuers returned him to the ground a small crowd had gathered.

Tyler Wilson, Buford's owner, says he's never seen anything like it.