Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A Chicago man was reunited with his beloved family dog 10 years after the canine's disappearance, thanks to a microchip and an animal shelter in Indiana.
Edmon Lighthall, 51, said his poodle-doodle mix, Peter, escaped from his family's home a decade ago, and the family eventually assumed he had been brought into someone else's home -- but Lighthall never gave up hope.
"I'd say, 'I think if he's alive, I'm sure that I'll see him again,'" Lighthall told ABC's Good Morning America. "I'd say things like that and people would laugh and kind of just go along with me."
Lighthall's prediction came true when he received a phone call Sept. 22 from a pet microchip registration company, revealing Pete had been found in Hammond, Ind.
"I immediately called the number, and I got in touch with Laney from Hammond Animal Control, and she explained to me that the police found Pete walking down the street," Lighthall said.
