Twleve years ago Stuart Little fell overboard just off the northshore of Great Thatch Island. Niles, his owner, searched for hours, but could not locate him. Heartbroken, Niles returned back to port on St. Thomas.
Three weeks later Niles was contacted by a fisherman from St. John named Junior. Junior had found Stuart Little on the island of Tobago, which lies northwest of Jost Van Dyke. Without food or water, Stuart Little was near death. He couldn't walk and his eyes were shut for three days, but he survived and regained his health.
Niles, describing the reunion, said, "I cried. I hugged that man. I said, 'you have no idea what you've done for me.'"