Exactly how Buster Brown, a 7-year-old blend of beagle, pit bull and golden retriever, got from Boulder to Salinas, Calif., appears a mystery known only to Buster.
And he’s not barking.
But he should be howling with joy today after a flight from San Francisco to Denver and a reunion with owner Samantha Squires, a Boulder resident who figured Buster was lost to a mountain lion six months ago.
Buster’s unlikely journey home started May 20 when a Salinas police officer found the dog wandering on Tyler Street and dropped him off at the city shelter.
Shelter workers scanned Buster and discovered he had a microchip, but manager Cindy Burnham said the phone numbers the chip company provided were wrong. So the shelter sent a certified letter to the last known address for the microchip.
Squires received the letter Tuesday — the last day to call before Buster would be put up for adoption, or worse — and started making “a gazillion calls” to get him home.
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