A dog brought into a West Virginia animal shelter was found to have been missing for 6 years from a Virginia home 470 miles away.
Workers at the Huntington-Cabell-Wayne Animal Control Shelter said a couple brought a pit bull into the shelter recently and said they found the canine wandering alone.
The dog was scanned for a microchip and identified as Chief, a dog belonging to Tara Hillis, a Georgia woman from the Atlanta area.
Turns out Chief had been missing for 6 years. He was about 1 1/2 years old when he wandered away from home.
Shelter officials said there are no indications of where Chief has been for the past six years or how he came to be 470 miles from home, but the canine is friendly and healthy.
The dog’s owner said she expects to be reunited with Chief today.
