Instagram celebrity pug stolen from SF apartment, then found at homeless encampment

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Otis, an Instagram-famous pug who was stolen from a San Francisco apartment Wednesday, was found safe at a homeless encampment early Thursday morning.

Kelly Fitch, the owner of the "Otis The Pug SF" Instagram page, wrote in a post Thursday morning that a "complete stranger" found the stolen pug and "jumped through hoops to get him off the streets."

"WE GOT HIM. I'm speechless. Shaking. Emotional," she wrote to her 18,000 followers. "The man who found him is the angel we all prayed for and I can't even [sic] to describe what he did to make this happen."

The dog was first reported as missing Wednesday afternoon when Fitch said someone entered her apartment and took only the dog. She told KGO her security camera picked up the door opening slightly at 2 p.m., and she believes Otis came to the door and was subsequently abducted.

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Fitch used the Instagram account's thousands of followers to help launch a campaign searching for Otis, and offered a $15,000 reward.

Fliers were put up in the Mission District, and Fitch told KGO she got a call at 5 a.m. from a man who said he saw Otis at a homeless encampment.

The man led Fitch to the encampment, and a woman there presented Otis to her. Fitch told KGO that the woman at the encampment said another woman approached her on the street and said she was trying to give her dog away.

Fitch said the description of the woman sounds like it could be a neighbor of hers, and took to Instagram to thank everyone who helped in the search.

"THANK YOU to every single person who searched/shared/commented/hung flyers/and dropped everything to help me," she wrote. "I have no words."

Eric Ting is an SFGATE staff writer. Email: eric.ting@sfgate.com | Twitter:@_ericting