Reported by: Eddie Flores
4/01/2010 11:49 am
WESLACO - On January 22, Leon Escalon was held up at gunpoint at a convenience store in Weslaco. His dog, Buster, jumped in and took a bullet for Escalon and then ran away scared.
The family says they gave up hope of finding Buster, since he had been missing for three months. But Escalon's aunt thought differently and never gave up hope.
"I knew it all along. I told Leon we can't give up. The Lord is good. We've got to find him," she tells us.
Since Buster's disappearance, Trisha Cisneros has been putting Buster's picture on Craigslist. Today, she got a hit from an anonymous caller. The caller told her where he lived and he found a dog that looked like Buster.
Buster was miles away from where he disappeared, in Colonia next to the Donna landfill.
"He recognized me right away. I unhooked him and he bolted straight into the truck. I had the door open and he jumped straight into the truck and sat right there where he originally was, like nothing ever happened at all," Escalon said.
The people who had Buster chained up said they had no idea who he belonged to, but they were happy to see him back with his rightful owner.
There's no question as to whether it's Buster or not. He has the bullet wound to prove it.
The family will now take Buster to the vet to take a look at his wound. There is no exit wound, so they think the bullet may be lodged inside his body.
Source: http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Missing-Dog-Found-Thanks-to-Craigslist-Ad/Y-RRoHj83EabIwvCL1VJgA.cspx
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