THAT
THAT SOMETIMES, IT TAKES A TALE LIKE WE FOUND IN TONIGHT'S LAND
OF 10,000 STORIES TO REMIND US
DOGS HAVE A PRETTY STRONG
CONNECTION TO US HUMANS AS WELL.
>> Reporter: EVER JUST WONDER
HOW THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS?
>> HELLO, THIS IS A ZELDA THE
WONDER DOG.
WONDER DOG. >> Reporter: THIS IS SENECA
KRUGER, ZELDA'S FOSTER MOTHER
FOR SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE ZELDA
DEPARTED FOR HER NEW ADOPTED
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. SHE WAS NOT GONE A FEW HOURS
WHEN SENECA STARTED HAVING
REGRETS.
REGRETS.
REGRETS. >> OUT OF 30 OR 40 FOSTER DOG,
YOU LOVE THEM.
THEN YOU LET THEM GO AND YOU
TAKEN THE NEXT ONE. WITH ZELDA,
I DO ADOPTED HER OUT AND I
SPENT THREE DAYS CRYING.
I FELT LIKE I HAD LOST MY DOG.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME,
30 MILES AWAY, SOMEONE ELSE WAS
NOT DIGGING HER NEW SCENE.
>> I THINK IT WAS MAYBE 10
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. AND, SHE WAS GONE.
>> Reporter: SENECA JOINED THE
SEARCH.
SEARCH.
SEARCH. >> THREE TIMES A WEEK, I WAS
OUT FOUR OR FIVE HOURS.
THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS 30 DEGREES
BELOW WERE THE DAYS THAT I WAS
MOST WORRIED ABOUT HER.
I WAS OUT ALL DAY, OUTSIDE
TRYING TO FIND HER SO THAT SHE
COULD BE WARM.
>> Reporter: A ZELDA WAS ON THE
MOVE, DOZENS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
SIGHTINGS NORTH OF FROZEN LAKE.
>> I NEVER BELIEVED I WOULD NOT
FIND HER.
FIND HER.
FIND HER. >> OUR GROUP IS CALLED STARTS
FORWARD DOGS. THIS STANDS FOR
SEARCH, TRACK, AND REVIVAL
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. >>
TEAM. >> WE THOUGHT SHE COULD BE IN
THE LAKE AND DID NOT MAKE IT.
>> Reporter: THEN SOMEBODY
CAPTURED THIS PHOTO, 51 DAYS
AFTER THE LAST SIGHTING ALONG
ST. MARY'S CEMETERY IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. >> THE START TEAM GOT A HOLD OF
ME AND SAID LOOK AT THIS.
I SAID IT IS HER.
I PUT UP 127 FLYERS IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> Reporter: WHY DID YOU DO
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? >>
THAT? >> I LOVE HER.
I REALLY BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS
TRYING TO FIND ME.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE
DID NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL THE REST
OF THE WAY.
>> Reporter: SENECA'S SEARCH
CONTINUED AS ZELDA CROSSED THE
MISSISSIPPI SEEMINGLY ON HER
WAY HOME WITH THE SIGHTINGS NOW
CLUMPED IN ST. PAUL.
>> WHEN YOU SAW SHE WAS TWO
BLOCKS FROM YOUR HOUSE, WHAT
DID YOU DO?
>> I COULD NOT SIT TILL.
I WOULD WALK FOR AN HOUR AND
COME BACK AND SEE IF SHE WAS
HERE AND IMMEDIATELY GO BACK
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> Reporter: THEN ZELDA
WANDERED INTO THIS ALLEY BEHIND
THE HOME.
THE HOME.
THE HOME. >> SHE WAS VERY SKITTISH.
>> I DID START FEEDING HER
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. THAT IS WHAT I DO, I FEED
ANIMALS.
ANIMALS.
ANIMALS. >> Reporter: SURE ENOUGH, THESE
DINNERS KEPT BRINGING THE DOG
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. THIS WAS CAPTURED LAST WEEK ON
A CAMERA.
A CAMERA.
A CAMERA. >> I WAS THINKING THAT HAS GOT
TO BE HER.
>> Reporter: THE NEXT NIGHT,
THIS FOOD WAS INSIDE A TRAP
WHEN ZELDA CAME BACK.
>> THAT WAS 4:34 A.M..
I WAS SLEEPING ON THE COUCH
READY TO COME GET THE DOG.
>> Reporter: AN IMPLANTED CHIP
CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS ZELDA.
>> I NEVER STOPPED LOOKING FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> Reporter: NEARLY A WEEK HAS
PASSED.
PASSED.
PASSED. SENECA IS NOW OFFICIALLY
ZELDA'S.
ZELDA'S.
ZELDA'S. >> WE BELIEVE THAT WE CHOOSE
DOGS.
DOGS.
DOGS. I
DOGS. I REALLY THINK IT IS DOGS WHO
CHOOSE US.
CHOOSE US. I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
>> 97 DAYS, SHE BROUGHT US FROM
VARIOUS COUNTIES.
VARIOUS COUNTIES. I WISH I KNEW HOW SHE KNEW HOW
TO GET HERE.
SHE MADE IT.
>> Reporter: AND SO, WE ARE
LEFT TO WONDER.
>> SHE IS THE WONDER DOG.
>> Reporter: LIFE'S BEST
MYSTERIES REMAIN UNSOLVED.
>> IT IS LOVE.
IT IS LOVE.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. >>
YEAH. >> Reporter: KARE 11 NEWS ST.
PAUL.
PAUL.
PAUL. >>
PAUL. >> I LOVE THAT.
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY IS
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. THE ANIMAL RESCUE THAT PLACED A
ZELDA SAYS THAT THE FAMILY
AGREES THAT SENECA SHOULD BE
HER PERMANENT OWNER.
THE ADOPTION WAS FINALIZED LATE
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. WHO OWNS HIM IN THAT
RELATIONSHIP?
RELATIONSHIP? IT IS A BEAUTIFUL