In November 2020, Lexi, an 11-year-old Labrador retriever in Fairfield, Connecticut, was visiting a farm with her owner when she got spooked and ran off into the woods. What followed was an adventure worthy of “The Incredible Journey.” For a month and a half, Lexi evaded hundreds of volunteers, all of them desperate to save the pup from frigid conditions and dangerously low temperatures. Periodically, Lexi would be caught on Ring doorbell videos, leading to frantic attempts by her owner and volunteers to catch her. Finally, after 42 days, Lexi was caught when she went into a humane rescue trap to snag some chicken. When her owner came to get her, she remembered her right away, and today is safely at home with her family, eating and sleeping to her heart's content.
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