Lacking canine discovered 470 miles from dwelling

A lacking canine that disappeared from its Georgia dwelling six years in the past remarkably turned up Saturday — practically 500 miles from his unique dwelling.

Chief, a 7-year-old pitbull, was noticed wandering alone close to East Lynn Lake, situated roughly 20 miles east of the Kentucky border.

After a person wrangled the canine and introduced it to a close-by animal shelter, professionals realized he belonged to Tara Hillis of Atlanta due to a microchip she had put in him when he was a pet.

“I truthfully thought I’d by no means see him once more,” Hillis advised WSAZ. “Initially, I assumed perhaps somebody took him to attempt to breed him, however he’s mounted. So a few years go by, you simply actually miss him.”

“So a few years go by, you’re simply kinda like, ‘Oh, I miss him,” Hillis stated, including she practically gave up all hope of being reunited together with her pet.

The elated pet proprietor stated Chief had vanished from her property when he was simply 1-and-a-half years outdated in 2017.

At first, Hillis suspected somebody stole him from her yard, however she figures he greater than probably jumped or dug from beneath her fence.

The escape just isn’t out of the query for Chief — the canine broke free from the Huntington District U.S. Military Corps of Engineers, situated close to East Lynn Lake, once they first discovered him meandering every week earlier.

Chief spent every week of their workplace whereas rangers tried to find his proprietor.

“Sadly, it escaped from them,” a spokesperson advised Fox Information, including Chief was picked up a short while later and introduced into the Huntington-Cabell-Wayne Animal Management Shelter

Shelter officers stated Chief is a wholesome and pleasant canine.

“He’s only a massive child,” Rachel Boone, the shelter’s Ok-9 conduct specialist, stated.

The mysteries of how Chief escaped, how he ended up 470 miles from dwelling and the way he spent the final six years may by no means be solved, however Hillis stated she is simply extraordinarily joyful to be reconciled with the adventurous canine, which may very well be as quickly as Monday.

Hillis expects to be overcome with emotion — just like how she reacted when she obtained the preliminary cellphone name from the shelter — however hopes Chief remembers who she is.

“I can’t consider this,” Hillis stated. “That is insane. Each time I’d discuss it that day, I’d get chill bumps.”