Family dog returns after getting carried away by bird

Some kind of large bird picked up Poppy the 3-pound chihuahua in Columbia, South Carolina .

"It kind of looked like he was in both of his talons and the bird was flying up and he was looking down and whining," said Tim Todd.

The family spent hours searching the nearby streets and neighbourhoods for Poppy, but they couldn't find him. That made it hard to get to sleep.

"It was a very sleepless night because everything that kept going through my mind was my little dog being torn apart and it was hard to imagine that he was going through that," said Tim's mother, Elizabeth.

After a night of tossing and turning, relief showed up right at the front door as Elizabeth's dad was leaving for work. It was Poppy, running to Elizabeth's arms. "I just broke down in tears because my little Poppy was back," said Elizabeth.

Poppy was in one piece, despite being a little dirty and scratched. "He just wanted to love on someone," said Tim. "Miracles still happen," said Elizabeth. "Prayers get answered even for little dogs."