A massive search effort for two missing girls and their dog resulted in good news last night in rural St. Tammany Parish. Sheriff Randy Smith said the girls – ages 4 and 7 – got lost with their dog around 5 pm yesterday while playing on their parents’ property.
“They went deep in the woods behind the house got turned around and it got dark, and then they went south away from the house,” said Smith.
Smith says the girls were found safe with their dog Artemis around 10 pm. Hundreds of volunteers, numerous law enforcement agencies, two helicopters participated in the grid-by-grid search. But Smith says it was a dog that found the pet dog, and the girls.
“For our dogs to do a track for an individual like that they’re more likely to follow the scent of the other animal than they are of the kid,” said Smith.
In a Facebook post, the girls’ parents, Mary and Justin Bourg, thanked everyone involved for the happy outcome. Sheriff Smith said the girls were in good spirits.
“I asked them how they felt, were they scared, and the little one shook her head yes an seven yer old, she was very talkative, she said well i guess i was a little bit,” said Smith.
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