BELCHERTOWN — A blind husky with no eyes vanished from her western Massachusetts home and spent an entire day alone before a drone search team found her curled up on active railroad tracks in the middle of the night.

Kalia, a 3-year-old husky, went missing from her owner's home in Belchertown on Saturday morning. By 7 p.m., with no sign of her anywhere, the town's animal control officer Sarah called Hawkeye Aerial Systems — a drone search team that specializes in finding missing pets — and asked for help.

The team didn't hesitate. Despite having just spent the entire day with family, they made the two-hour drive to Belchertown and arrived on scene around 11 p.m. The search would take another five hours.

The search wasn't easy. The area surrounding Kalia's home is rugged — steep changes in terrain, marshes, and swampland in every direction. Kalia had run away once before and been found at a dump site next door, but this time she was nowhere near it.

The team methodically swept the area with their drone, clearing the marshes and swampland first to make sure she hadn't gotten stuck or fallen into the water. Once they were satisfied she wasn't there, they relocated to the Belchertown Animal Control property and launched the drone again.

That's when they saw her — curled up on the train tracks, sleeping.

The team immediately called the Belchertown Police Department and had the owner's daughter come to the scene. Officer Brougham responded to assist, and Kalia was safely recovered from the tracks and brought home.

Kalia was finally located at 4 a.m. — nearly nine hours after the team got the call.

"She is home safe and in good health," the owner wrote on Facebook. "Huge thank you to everyone who helped! We can't thank everyone enough and are so happy Kalia is home safe. Amazing work from Hawkeye!!"

For a dog who can't see a thing, Kalia somehow managed to travel far enough from home to end up in one of the most dangerous places she could have found. And for the team that drove two hours on a Saturday night to search the woods with a drone — it was worth every mile.

Welcome back, Kalia.