Four Years after My Husband Went Missing, a Dog Brought Me the Jacket He Was Wearing on the Day He Disappeared

Four years after Maggie’s husband, Jason, disappeared during a solo hike, she had come to accept his loss. He had been struggling emotionally but seemed hopeful the day he left, saying he just needed time in nature with their dog, Scout.

“I’ll be back before you know it,” he promised.

But he never returned.

Search teams combed the mountains for weeks. Friends and neighbors helped, but eventually, the search ended, and Jason was declared legally dead. Maggie tried to move on, raising their children while keeping Jason’s memory alive through little things—his hiking boots, his coffee mug, stories she told the kids.

Then one day, Scout returned. In his mouth was Jason’s old jacket. Maggie followed him deep into the forest—only to uncover a truth she never imagined.