Incredible door cam footage shows missing dog RING BELL as she found her way back home after being lost for weeks
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THIS is the incredible moment a dog who had been mysteriously missing for a week returned home on Christmas Eve - and let her owners know by ringing the doorbell. Athena, a 4-year-old German Shepherd and Husky mix, escaped her Florida home on December 15, which prompted a huge search.
![[There's someone at the door]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/missing-dog-returned-home-florida-960243840.jpg?strip=all&w=878)
The unbelievable footage shows the pooch jump up onto the door to alert her owners after nine days away and then casually wait to be let in. The door then opens for Athena and she returns home as if nothing had ever happened. The ordeal began after Athena's owner, Brooke Comer, went to Church and got a message from her neighbor showing the pooch outside the house.
![[Athena returns home after nobody knows why or how she escaped]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/missing-dog-returned-home-florida-960243838.jpg?strip=all&w=662)
Brooke's family rushed home to the Green Cove Springs residence, only to find her collar in her crate and no idea as to how Athena escaped. Somehow, Athena kept evading the family, as they received constant alerts from people in neighboring towns with sightings of the escapee.
![[Athena makes sure to ring the doorbell just in case nobody heard her]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/missing-dog-returned-home-florida-960243839.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Reports of Athena sightings poured in, suggesting she had roamed nearly 20 miles during her adventure. At every sighting, Brooke and her family would go to the spot within minutes and search for Athena only to have their hearts broken. The entire search was a terrifying and scary experience for Brooke, who was worried about where her already skittish dog could have gone or could have encountered.
![[Athena's owner Brooke thanked the community for looking out for her beloved pooch]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/missing-dog-returned-home-florida-960243841.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
