Sarah Shanning was quite upset when she couldn't find her 7-year-old African land tortoise, Mrs. Doubtfire, who escaped from her yard in Elmer City on May 26.

Shanning put up fliers looking for Mrs. Doubtfire, and took out an ad in The Star newspaper.

Weeks later, on June 15, Shanning was reunited with Mrs. Doubtfire while at her job at the Tee Pee Drive In.

"We were beginning to lose hope about f...