The saga of Dixie—and how it captivated the OBX community

Dixie safe and reunited with her family. (Photo credit: East Coast Animal Tracking and Trapping) The moment she recognized her dad, she melted right into his arms. (Photo credit: East Coast Animal Tracking and Trapping) Dixie was finally home. (Photo credit: East Coast Animal Tracking and Trapping)

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice

This was the week when a five-year-old pitbull became a pretty big celebrity on the Outer Banks. The saga of Dixie, who went missing in Nags Head on Nov. 8, was followed, pretty breathlessly, by what seemed to be hundreds or thousands of folks on social media.

On the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 12, East Coast Animal Tracking & Trapping, which kept people up to date on the search for Dixie, post

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