WHEATON, Ill. – A sweet pup was finally reunited with his owner Wednesday, after a thunderstorm sparked a journey spanning nearly 2,000 miles and three months.

Opie, a 5-year-old corgi-border collie mix named after a beloved television show character, ran away from his home in Beiber , California, in early July when he was spooked by a particularly severe weather event.

"He doesn't love thunderstorms, but he always just hid out under something, under a bed or something like that," Opie's owner Ciara Babcock told FOX Weather. "But this time, he just took off."

Looking for Opie

During her search for Opie, Babcock learned that the pup had been spotted at the local gas station – and then picked up and taken away. She noted how the same thing had previously happened to other lost dogs in th

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