Kelly Thomas and her husband were involved in a car crash in July 2013. Their dog, Bear, fled the scene.
The couple took all the proper steps to try and find him, but the search seemed hopeless. For two years, they thought that their beloved rescued pooch was gone for good.
But thankfully, rescuers Stephanie Sparks and Kera Bagwell found Bear over a year later in a junkyard, just a few miles from where the family had the collision. They spent more than a year attempting to catch him.
"We had absolutely no idea that it was going to turn into a 13-month ordeal. We thought we are going to go out, make friends with this dog, put him in the car and take him home," Kera told Fox 5 Atlanta.
They were finally able to catch him and bring him to a local vet. They were thrilled when they found out Bear had a microchip, making it really simple to find his owners.
Thomas and her husband had an incredibly emotional reunion with their dog, as you'll see below (much like the woman who was reunited with her dachshund after a tornado).
They are forever grateful, telling the news station: "They brought my baby home, and not only did they bring him home, they took care of him, they adjusted their schedules to take care of him. I mean, you don't see that kind of selflessness in people that often nowadays."
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