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So, some of you know I train dogs in Human Remains Detection. HRD for short. We work with Law enforcement on missing persons, cold cases, and even historic grave searches to locate unmarked graves.
Right after Christmas, 5 friends decided it would be fun to go kayaking on the rain swollen river and run the rapids. They all entered the rapids and were quickly dumped into the very cold and turbulent water. They floated out of the rapids all having lost their boats. 2 headed to shore and got out, 3 headed to an island. Only 2 of the 3 made it out and the last one was seen slipping and going back into the water and went under. Swift water rescue got the 2 off the island but deemed the river too dangerous to search.
Day 2, the river was still too dangerous and searchers were used on the banks and woods.
Day 3, our team got the call and we showed up. The river had fallen about 5 feet and was deemed safe enough to put searchers and dogs in the zodiac boats. We were told where the missing boater was last seen. Several dogs were put out before we were sent out. We were the 3rd HRD K9 team on the water. We headed upstream towards the rapids, about 20 feet off the island. As we reached a certain point, my dog Lilly had what we call a "Change of Behavior" aka COB. The boat pilot also noticed it and I instructed him to circle out and back through the area again. Lilly quickly went back to normal and as soon as we circled back through the area again, she had another COB. We marked the location on GPS. We continued to the rapids and crossed, drifting back the other side of the river. As we got below the marked area, the pilot took us back in again for a third pass and once again, Lilly had the COB.
The search was called off for 2 days.... New Years eve and New Years day. On Jan 2nd, they started the search again and while I wasn't there, I believe they put another dog into the marked area and then ran side scan sonar through the area. They found the missing boater. 15 feet down on the bottom, exactly where several dogs said he was.
I was so proud of my dog Lilly. When you go boating, or just around water, wear a PFD. Only 2 of the boaters were wearing one and none of them were dressed to go in the water.
Things like this is why we train.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Herb, thanks for sharing your story about Lilly and the HRD mission. Tragic and fascinating. Appreciate what you and Lilly do. Ron
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Thanks for sharing. This isn't the first time you've shared your Lilly stories, and I appreciate the service you and Lilly perform.
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I appreciate it too.
Personal not so cool story;
I almost became a search target for HRD once when we tipped in the Au Sable river on a day it unexpectedly got below 32F (before 24/7 phone weather data) ..
I had ice forming on my clothes before I was all the way out the water.
We had no PFD, but in a 3' deep river it isn't much of a concern (even though it moves pretty quick in places), however getting *out of the water was when things got bad quickly. We were shivering pretty bad within minutes and everything we had was wet.
Thank goodness we had a bottle of something over 100 proof and got a little blue flame going for a fire (everything was wet/frozen, so getting tinder was a fail) .. otherwise they wouldn't have looked for us for a few days, and it would have been with dogs.
Make your sound your own!
.. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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It's amazing how quickly things go south when you least expect it.
Most people, like rharv was saying without saying, die from exposure. Most happen in less than 3 hrs of the exposure event. Getting wet in cold weather is one of the leading causes.
You should always have one of those emergency blankets that are silver. You can get out of your wet clothes and wrap yourself in the emergency blanket and be much warmer than remaining in the wet clothes.
In deep water.... Shoes and pants off immediately. Make a life jacket out of the pants.
Rule of 3 rule of thumb
3 minutes without air.
3 hrs without shelter
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
My daughter and one of her BFs went hiking.
Wrong shoes, no raincoat/waterproof or warm clothing, and decided to go down what looked like a little side trail. Before long the trail was not a trail. They almost had a bad experience but managed to get back to the main trail. It was getting dark and cold.... They'd have been the subject of a search in not much more time.
When she told me about it, we had a serious conversation about carrying a backpack with essential supplies on any and all future hikes no matter how simple or easy she thought it was going to be.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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