In February 2014, Betsy Dehaan let her dogs out to play in the backyard of her Florida home. In a moment of distraction, Harley, her beloved Pit Bull, darted into the nearby woods, and despite her frantic search, he vanished without a trace. “We searched and posted missing pet posters. We never stopped looking,” Dehaan recalled, her voice filled with the pain of loss.

As the years passed, Harley’s absence weighed heavily on Dehaan and her family. They held onto the hope that someone would find him and check his microchip, which was up to date. “Every day, I thought about him. I just hoped he was safe,” she said.

Fast forward to a fateful morning in 2022, when Dehaan was reminiscing about Harley. Little did she know, a surprise was waiting just around the corner. She received an unexpected phone call that would change everything. “I got a text saying someone found my dog. At first, I thought it was a prank,” Dehaan admitted, still in disbelief. “I was talking about him that morning, and then this message popped up. I thought, ‘Is this a scam?’”