Gone With The Wind, Found With The Bros: Beloved Missing Dog Shows Up At Frat House 5 Years Later

Five years ago, arsenic Hurricane Laura tore done Lake Charles, Louisiana, a 6-pound Yorkshire terrier named Kingston vanished into nan storm. But this isn't your mean mislaid canine story.

His owner, Debbie LaFleur, searched desperately, fearing nan worst. Then, retired of obscurity and half a decade later, he turned up location nary 1 expected — not successful a shelter, not pinch a neighbor, but connected nan backmost structure of a assemblage fraternity.

"I ne'er thought I’d spot him again," LaFleur told KBTX. "Never."

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In early April, Kingston, now 11 years old, was discovered lounging casually connected nan backmost steps of nan Kappa Sigma location astatine nan University of Southern Mississippi, wearing a reddish T-shirt for illustration he’d conscionable gotten backmost from tailgating. 

"There’s conscionable this Yorkie sitting location successful a reddish T-shirt," fraternity President Neal Rachal told CNN, still sounding a spot bewildered.

Kingston, an 11-year-old Yorkshire terrier missing for 5 years, sits connected nan platform of nan Kappa Sigma fraternity location astatine nan University of Southern Mississippi successful Hattiesburg, Miss., successful April. The canine was discovered by fraternity brothers and later reunited pinch his original proprietor successful Louisiana. (Ashton Klink)

Naturally, nan brothers took him in, named him "Benji" and treated him for illustration 1 of their own. He had a afloat tally of nan house, shared their snacks and blended into nan chaos amended than immoderate pledges. 

"He’s for illustration a personnel of nan section correct now," Rachal told KBTX. "He’s done everything pinch america for nan past week."

But it didn’t return agelong for curiosity to return over. One of nan brothers brought nan enigma pup to get his microchip scanned. That’s erstwhile nan truth came out. "Benji" was really Kingston, and he was reported missing 5 years earlier successful Lake Charles.

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In a photograph provided by Ashton Klink, Kingston, a Yorkshire terrier missing since 2020, relaxes extracurricular nan Kappa Sigma location successful Hattiesburg, Miss., earlier being identified by a microchip and returned to his family.  (Ashton Klink)

"Years ago, Debbie had Kingston microchipped astatine University Animal Clinic successful Lake Charles," Dr. Sarah Guidry told KPLC. "That’s really a fraternity astatine nan University of Southern Mississippi identified nan pup. It worked great. Five years later, they recovered nan dog, and it was still registered to nan correct owner."

Once nan microchip gave them LaFleur’s info, nan brothers emailed her. 

Back successful Louisiana, Debbie was astatine activity erstwhile nan connection popped up. 

"My bosom started pounding," she told KPLC. "Before I could telephone him, he called me. I told my boss, ‘I recovered Kingston! I recovered Kingston!’ And we some conscionable started yelling and screaming."

She and her boy Jared wasted nary time, hopping successful nan car and making nan four-hour thrust to Hattiesburg to get their pup. When they arrived, Kingston wasted nary clip either. He bolted toward Debbie, ears perked up for illustration a tiny, fuzzy missile. 

"We’ve ne'er seen Benji tally for illustration that," Rachal said, laughing successful an question and reply pinch KPLC.

A side-by-side image shows Kingston, nan Yorkshire terrier who was missing for 5 years. He was discovered by fraternity members successful Hattiesburg, Miss., past month. He was later reunited pinch his proprietor successful Lake Charles, La. (Ashton Klink)

It was a joyful reunion and an affectional one. Debbie told KBTX nan infinitesimal was bittersweet because Kingston had belonged to some her and her precocious husband, who died successful 2022. 

"This was our dog," she said. "He’s astir apt nan 1 that made this happen."

The Kappa Sigma brothers, for their part, were happy to play a domiciled successful nan reunion and alternatively proud of their impermanent location guest. Debbie praised them arsenic "wonderful, awesome guys" for taking Kingston successful and doing nan correct thing. 

"I’m truthful happy to person my babe back," she told KBTX.

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It besides says thing astir Yorkies. These small guys are tougher than they look. Kingston had apparently spent years dodging storms, postulation and immoderate other nan Gulf Coast threw his way, only to find a safe haven 300 miles distant from Lake Charles connected nan structure of a bunch of assemblage kids.

And conscionable to support things interesting, Kingston wasn’t rather done adventuring. Just days aft making it location to Lake Charles, he pulled 1 past stunt, slipping distant during a locomotion successful nan park. 

This time, he recovered wrong an hr acknowledgment to nan thief of a section reporter. 

"Thank you truthful much, Brendan Brown, for each your help!" Debbie told KPLC, laughing. "It didn’t return america 5 years this time."

Debbie Lafleur could not beryllium reached for remark by Fox News Digital.