Dog found 20 months after being lost in forest
By News 10-TV
FORESTHILL — In what would be an amazing story of survival, an El Dorado Hills family hopes a golden retriever found wandering through a campground in the Tahoe National Forest is the dog they lost while camping more than a year and a half ago.
Murphy, a 5-year-old female, was separated from Nathan Braun during a camping trip at Hell Hole Reservoir in October 2012. The family posted ads and flyers and never gave up hope that Murphy would one day be found.
Then a couple of weeks ago, the family was notified that a stray golden retriever had been spotted at a campground on French Meadows Reservoir — about 11 miles from where Murphy disappeared.
The family drove up on June 7 with Murphy’s blanket and a ball cap belonging to Nathan.
Camp host Jason Smith said he placed the items on the ground at his campsite and was stunned by what happened next.
This is some good news! :)
Awesome! I was just talking with my coworkers the other day about this, wondering if he had been found. Yay, Murphy! :)
These locations are 10.3 miles apart, very likely it is Murphy. Keep us posted about the DNA results ;)
I received a reverse 911 type call the other day offering a $4,000 reward for a lost dog. Does
anyone know how this system works?
“Dog found 20 months after being lost in forest”
Not true. He’s been posting here for quite a while. Everyone knew he was lost, but he certainly wasn’t missing.