Kelly Olynyk and his wife, Jackie, helped spread some Christmas cheer during the holiday season. The pair stumbled across a stray dog while out for lunch in Austin, Texas. After being unable to find a shelter with enough space to house the dog, the former Boston Celtics big man and his wife were able to locate an emergency clinic and get the owner’s details via its microchip.
However, things didn’t go according to plan. After driving to the registered address of the stray pooch, Olynyk and his wife found out that the address details were outdated.
“We’re like, we have the address!,” Olynyk told Eric Walden of the Salt Lake City Tribune. “So we then drive to this person’s address, and we knock on the door, and we’re like, ‘Hey, I think we found your dog.’ And they’re like, ‘Uh, I don’t have a dog,’” Olynyk recalled. “We’re like, ‘Oh, are you so and so?’ They’re like, ‘No, and I’ve lived here for four years. It’s not me.’”
Failing to be discouraged by their setback, the couple began to play detective. They had the owner’s name and former address, which could be enough to find time via social media.
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