Dog Returns to Couple After Being Lost for More Than a Month With Help of Entire Village

Dog returns to couple following more than a month of an entire village joining in the search. Mia, the 8-year-old rescue dog, reunited with Hanna Poscente and Charles Reigies after she got lost when they figured in a car accident. A village helped her return home.

Reigies told NPR that they lost Mia before Christmas when he and Poscente got into an accident while driving back home to Grand Junction on Interstate 70 in a snow storm. Their jeep swerved and hit a patch of black ice, causing them to crash. 

He said that when he regained consciousness, Poscente was hurt, and Mia was gone. It was already dark, and they were miles from any town. While Poscente was rushed to a hospital with a broken neck, Reigies waited for the tow truck and searched for Mia, but there were no signs of her.

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A village looking for a dog

The couple posted about Mia on Garfield and Eagle Co.'s Lost and Found Pets Facebook page, NBC11 News reported, encouraging residents to help find Mia. Some reported sightings of Mia, while some shared the couple's call for help on their social media accounts.

The missing dog post also had the entire Eagle County and Gypsum village putting food and water out in the hopes of inviting Mia into their homes.

One Eagle resident, Janet Cross, went out of her way to find Mia, since Poscente and Reigies were two hours away from where they lost Mia. Cross set up traps and trail cameras to capture the dog.

The trail camera showed that Mia kept returning to the crash site, perhaps to look for her owners. Cross had set a trap to lure Mia inside her home but failed to secure her.

Mia, the dog, returns home

After a week without getting reports of Mia sighting, Poscente got a call from Cross, so she rushed to Gypsum, around 10 miles away, bringing her sagebrush and other items that might signal home to Mia.

According to CPR, Cross set up the trap again, and a friend drove Poscente into the area. They failed to find Mia that night, but Poscente tried again the next day and was rewarded. While walking down the train tracks, Poscente finally saw Mia, who slowly walked towards her, as she was choking up with tears. Poscente caught the reunion on camera.

After a month and a day of losing Mia, the couple finally found their missing furry family member. Reigies said that Mia still needs to put a lot of weight back on, but the vet said she is doing good.

The couple is incredibly grateful to the Eagle Co. community and Cross for ensuring that the dog returns home safe and sound.

"You know that saying, 'It takes a village'? It literally took an entire county, and they all just... stepped up. They didn't know us. They never met Mia," Poscente told NBC11.

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