After A Tragic Car Accident Took The Life Of Her Mom And Threw Her Beloved Golden Doodle Out Of The Vehicle In Colorado, Community Members Didn’t Rest Until They Found Her Pup, Bentley, 19 Days Later In The Mountains
A TikTok creator recently made thousands of people online extremely emotional after sharing a dog reunion story that is one of a kind.
Samantha Orr (@heyasammy) is a 27-year-old TikTok creator who makes beauty and lifestyle videos. She also had gained a lot of attention for bravely creating videos related to the grief she’s been dealing with since 2018 when she was in a fatal car accident that took her mom’s life.
Recently, Samantha shared one aspect of that story that makes me want to believe in angels and miracles.
In August 2018, 21-year-old Samantha, her mom, Jennifer, and her one-year-old Golden Doodle, Bentley, were setting off on one of their beloved and routine Jeep trips in her mom’s home state, Colorado.
As her mom happily drove Samantha and Bentley along one of her favorite Jeep trails, she tragically lost control of the vehicle, and their Jeep fell and tumbled hundreds of feet down the side of a mountain.
In some of her TikTok videos and blog posts, Samantha recalls seeing Bentley fly out of the Jeep as it tumbled down, and the accident was horrific. Samantha’s mom tragically died in the accident, and she suffered serious injuries.
“My mom was the most inspiring, beautiful, intelligent, gracious, and generous person I have ever met in my entire life and will probably ever meet,” says Samantha in one of her TikTok videos.
After being taken to a hospital, Samantha learned from her family that Bentley was missing after the accident, which broke her heart. However, her primary focus was on the loss of her mother, and she mentioned in videos that she didn’t have the mental or emotional capacity to dedicate hours to finding her dog in the mountains.
But thankfully, people from her community were determined to help. Once family, friends, and Colorado residents learned of Samantha’s accident and Bentley’s disappearance, they set out on a search mission to bring Bentley home and reunite him with Samantha so they could heal together.
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For two weeks, people set out on foot, searching the open terrain and leaving food and objects covered in Samantha’s scent out near the accident site in hopes of luring Bentley to them. Local newspapers wrote articles about Bentley to spread the word, and posts were put up online.
Finally, 17 days after the accident, a Colorado man identified Bentley near the Jeep trail.
“Bentley was, what the man thought, hunting rock mice!” wrote Samantha on her blog.
“Can you believe that? My ‘designer dog’ was in full-blown survival mode. It’s crazy to think that some of the animals in our homes, the ones we consider ‘family,’ have the instincts to survive in the wild if the need should arise.”
A few days later, Samantha, still emotionally and physically healing from her accident, admirably climbed the very mountain that brought so much tragedy into her life. After climbing an elevation of 11,000 feet, she saw her puppy looking back at her.
Samantha began recording Bentley very slowly and timidly approaching her after not seeing her since the accident 19 days prior.
In her videos and blog posts, Samantha notes that she was careful not to run towards Bentley or assume he’d go right to her, as she was warned he would likely be skittish, scared, and untrusting after everything he had been through.
But finally, after a few minutes of Samantha sitting patiently on the mountain, softly calling Bentley’s name, the precious pup walked over to her and let her embrace him.
“He’s safe, and he’s coming home, and I just am so grateful,” says a teary-eyed Samantha in her viral video.
“Thank you, everybody. Seriously, thank you so much.”
Bentley has been home safe with Samantha ever since, and she’s referred to their reunion as her “miracle on the mountain.”
“You did everything right,” commented a TikTok user on Samantha’s video.
“[I’m] sobbing at how much you and Bentley absolutely needed this reunion and so happy for you that it happened.”
We’re so happy for Samantha, too, and thank her for sharing her story.
@heyasammy Our reunion after the fatal jeeping accident that took my mom’s life and surviving 19 days in the remote mountains on his own. // Per my experiences with this video on FB: Ask me why I waited patiently and didnt just grab him, I fking dare you. pt 6: @Samantha Orr The accident: @Samantha Orr #foryoupage #fyp #animalloversoftiktok #mymiracle #miracleonthemountain
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