SakshiGone Missing
A woman diagnosed with dementia was reported missing by her family in Florida. No one had clue where could have she gone. Despite no breakthrough, the woman was found in just five minutes, all thanks to the dog that tracked her easily. The tool officials used to find the woman was indeed different.
Smell The Solution
The woman was using her own scent. She even had deposited a bottle storing her own odor to the nearby police station in case she gets lost as she did that day.
Storing The Scent
The scent had been kept in the jar for over two years. Usually, in such cases, the chances are high of the scent becoming ineffective. But luckily, the bottle had the life of seven years which means that the scent could be used in finding the woman. Alexandra Horowitz who is a dog cognition expert at Barnard said: “Simply enclosing an item will help the odor remain for much longer.”
Human Scent Preservation Kits
Human Scent Preservation Kits come in handy while tracking a missing person. The police officials and the nonprofit organization have been using this strategy for a long time. All one has to do is to press the armpit with a sterile cotton, put it in a jar and after sealing it one should not forget to label it. It eases up the process of finding a missing person as the officials can make use of any of their dogs after having them exposed to the smell.
Amazing Trick
And in this case, the same kit was going to help the police a great deal. Officials exposed their canine K9 officer Ally to the missing woman’s smell in order to find her out. The dog after inhaling her smell did not take much time to locate the woman. You will be surprised to know how long did she take to find the woman who was missing for over two hours.
Five Minutes Job
The canine took only five minutes! Yes, you read it right. It was nothing near to difficult for the K9 officer. The woman had wandered off somewhere away from home.