By: Laura Lee
Posted at: 06/02/2011 11:46 PM
(ABC 6 NEWS) -- It's a kind of journey too coincidental to believe.
Lost for nearly a week, a golden retriever named Lucy ends up a couple states away and with the help of the Internet she returns home safely.
What started out as a typical day chasing birds and rabbits ended with Lucy, missing.
"I was upset obviously, I started asking everyone," says Amber Yaw, who has owned Lucy for over four years.
"We went all the way around here and on the freeway and I had a feeling she couldn't have died," says Patti Yaw.
That's because this golden retriever was already heading east.
"The guy that picked her up was headed from Washington state to Rochester, he stopped at the the truck stop in Alden, took her collar off and asked if they knew a dog named Lucy that was out on the freeway and they had no clue so they said I guess you have a riding buddy," says Bob Yaw.
From there, she was handed over to a dog lover who promised to find Lucy's owner. "And then where does she go she lives in Nashville, Indiana and that's where she went, " says Bob.
"There really wasn't much I could do, so I created a 'Help Lucy Find Her Way Home' Facebook page, " says Amber.
At this same time, the stranger from Indiana posted Lucy on Craigslist--- fortunately, someone was paying attention.
"Within an hour someone had written on the page that she had seen on Craigslist for the 27th of May a listing for a Lucy," says Amber.
"Had we not had the Internet, had Amber not done what she did, and had the person that took her (Lucy) not put it on Craigslist, I mean all these different things had to work together," says Patti.
"It ended up being Lucy, so I asked, when I can pick up her and she said I'm in Indiana, and I said come again," chuckles Amber as she recalls the conversation.
Just by chance, her parents Patti and Bob were in St. Louis, Missouri visiting friends and decided to make the detour to Indiana.
"And met her at a gas station and as soon as she drove up Lucy got out," says Bob, "that's lucy, she gave me a hug and wrapped her arms around me."
A reunion destined to happen.
"777 was the odometer reading to the mile, from there to here in the driveway, talk about meant to be," says Bob.
"It was serendipity, who would have ever thought we'd ever find her again," says Patti.
And having a sense of humor helps. "It's nice to have her back, and she's not leaving again, she's on probation and in prison from now on," jokes Patti.
The Yaw family says Lucy is still a little shaken up from the whole ordeal, but they expect her to be okay.
They want to thank all of those who had a hand with Lucy's return.
Source: http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/s2139760.shtml
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Also see:
http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/story/Alden-Dog-Reunites-With-Family-With-Help-From/mDBkyytAzk2RN1KEu1tf5g.cspx
and
http://www.albertleatribune.com/2011/06/02/internet-key-in-finding-lost-dog/
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