Woman Adopts Abandoned Rescue Dog, Convinced ‘Fate Stepped In’ [Video]

A touching story of love, loss and fate has gone viral after a woman shared how she believes her late family dog sent them a new companion. The emotional journey has garnered 3.3 million views on Instagram, moving people around the world.

In the video, content creator Lindsay Bartelt, 36, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, lies beside her senior dog, Reba, who was 11 at the time. The text on the screen reads, “Please don’t leave me sweet girl. Who will look over your brother when he is born in two months?”

A response from Reba’s point of view follows: “It may be my time to go, but I promise I know who to send you.” Sadly, Reba died nearly two years ago because of internal bleeding.

Bartelt told Newsweekthat fate intervened just five days after Reba’s death, when a new dog, Tilly, entered their lives. In July, the story went viral, amassing almost 300,000 likes on her …