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(#16) Bobbie the Wonder Dog Traveled 2,551 Miles from Indiana to His Master's Home in Oregon
In 1923, while on a family road trip in Indiana, Bobbie, a two-year old Scotch Collie and English Shepherd mix, was separated from his owners and lost. Although the family searched and searched for sweet Bobbie, they were unable to find him and had to start the trip back to their hometown of Silverton, Oregon. Six months later, a disheveled Bobbie was found waiting on the steps of the family home. His paws were worn bloody, he was emaciated and bone weary. He quite obviously walked the entire 2,551 miles back to his home through winter, crossing plains, mountains, desert, and likely fording rivers, swimming across lakes, and mucking through swamp at an average of about 14 miles each day. The Oregon Humane Society initially questioned the report, but further investigations proved the story, and Bobbie's ordeal was substantiated as 100 percent truth.
His journey garnered him instant fame, and he was known across the nation. Bobbie (also referred to as Silverton Bobbie or Bobbie the Wonder Dog) starred in a silent movie about his adventure, The Call of the West. He was the protagonist of many books, and he is still celebrated for his loyalty every year in the city of Silverton with a children's parade. A statue, murals, and memorials to Bobbie can be found throughout the town. He is one of the most famous and celebrated dogs in U.S. history.
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(#7) Siberian Husky Traversed 77 Miles in Seven Days Through Desert, Mountains, and a River
Moon, a Siberian Husky, found her way home to Ely, Nevada, across miles of desert, over the White River, and Ward Mountain ranges. Her owner, Doug Dashiell, had taken his three dogs with him for a weekend trip. As he stopped to let the dogs stretch their legs in Railroad Valley, Moon got free of Dashiell's hold and took off into the distance, probably on the trail of a squirrel or rabbit. Although he searched for hours, he turned up no sign of her.
Seven days later, a local living not far from Dashiell called him to report his dog had wandered up to his front door. Moon had made it home unscathed, except for the pungent stench of a skunk she had probably chased somewhere between Railroad Valley and Ely. Dashiell had all but given up hope that he would ever see Moon again and speculated she may have might have fed on rabbits during the seven days she was missing. To make it back home in one week, the loyal Moon traveled a distance of 11 miles each day through very rugged and challenging terrain. The purebred Siberian Husky lived up to her breed's reputation of having the best endurance of all domestic dogs.
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(#17) Bucky Walked 500 Miles from Virginia to South Carolina to Find His Owner's Home
In September of 2012, Bucky, a 3-year-old black Labrador, somehow traveled 500 miles from Virginia all the way home to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to be reunited with his owner, Mark Wessells. That January, Wessells had to leave the dog with his father in Winchester, Virginia, because dogs were banned from the complex where Wessells lives in Myrtle Beach. No one informed Bucky, however, and the dog managed to travel all the way home to South Carolina, by himself.
After being found by a kind man named Brett Gallagher, a trip to the vet yielded a microchip revealing Bucky’s real name and his owner’s phone number. “The nurse came back and said, ‘Are you Buck?’ and he got so excited,” Gallagher explained. “It must have been the first time he heard his name since he left.” Wessells hurried to the animal hospital, where they were reunited.
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(#12) Airedale Terrier Crosses State Lines to Find Home
In October of 2008, Max, a 2-year-old Airedale Terrier, was spooked when he and his owner, Bill Clark, were involved in a car accident, so he took off out of the back seat and into the woods in Sterling, Connecticut. He found his way back home to Conventry, Rhode Island, 45 miles away, by walking along highways and back roads. His journey took three weeks and three days. Clark searched for him the entire time, but one day came home to find Max just sitting in his back yard. He had lost 11 pounds, but other than that, he was no worse for the wear. “I couldn't believe that he came home,“ Clark said. “All that way."
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(#14) French Farm Cat Travels Nine Miles to an Unknown Town to Find Her Owner
Misele's owner, 82-year-old Alfonse Mondry, became ill and had to be taken to a hospital in a town nine miles away, where the cat had never been in her life.
The amazing feline decided to find her owner, whatever it took. She traveled the nine miles, through hazardous conditions like rock quarries, a forest, several busy highways, and cow pastures to find the hospital Mondry had been taken to. One afternoon, a nurse came in to check on her patient, only to find Misele had found her way into his room and was curled up on his lap. Once Alfonse told hospital staff how far of a distance his beloved cat had traveled to find him, through perilous conditions no less, no one had the heart to say that the cat had to go. She was allowed to stay there with her owner.
Source: Steiger, Brad. Cat Miracles: Inspirational True Stories of Remarkable Felines. Adams Media, 2008. Google Books. Web. -
(#18) Tony Hiked 250 Miles from Illinois to Michigan to Follow His Family
In 1945, the Doolen family moved from Aurora, Illinois, to East Lansing, Michigan, and decided it would be better off if their black Cocker Spaniel, Tony, stayed behind to live with friends. Tony, apparently, had other plans, and he promptly went missing. Five weeks later, Mr. Doolen caught the glimpse of a dirty, thin, black Cocker Spaniel approaching him as he walked down an East Lansing street on his way to work. The dog wagged it's tail and barked. Mr. Doolen couldn't believe his eyes, but on further inspection of his collar, he confirmed that it was his family's dog, the tenacious Tony.
Despite having never been there before, Tony traversed the entire 250 miles from Aurora to East Lansing without error at a rate of just over seven miles per day. Tony was never left behind again.
Source: "Dog Trudges 250 Miles After Master." The Lewiston Daily Sun 10 Oct. 1945. Google News Web.
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