Lost dog jumps into stranger's car during Hurricane Harvey, reunites with family

RUNGE, Texas — A dog is back with his family thanks to a storm chaser who found more than just a hurricane this weekend.

According to HotTopics.TV, Aaron Jayjack describes himself as a storm chaser and outdoorsman in his Twitter bio. According to a video posted over the weekend, he was in Runge, Texas, chasing Hurricane Harvey when a dog jumped into his car.

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“I stopped for gas and this guy was following me down the road and when I stopped he jumped into the Jeep,” Jayjack said in a video posted to Twitter.

He asked his followers to share the video in hopes of finding the dog’s owner. He nicknamed the lost pup “Harvey.”

His tweet went viral, and the dog's owner soon came forward. The dog, whose real name is Cash, is now back with his family, according to a Twitter update by Jayjack.

Cash was clearly happy to see his family again.

“Cash was trying to climb out [the] window to [his] owner,” Jayjack wrote.

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