“It just brings us all to tears the loyalty of that dog,” she told CNN on Monday.
The weather was bright and sunny on the day Moore went missing, Vanne-Brightyn said, noting an avid hiker should have been able to see where his car was parked from the peak.
“[It] defied all of our lost person behavior that he went over the other side of the mountain,” Vanne-Brightyn said.
It isn’t the first time a missing hiker has been found dead with their furry companion still by their side.
Last May, 74-year-old Donald Hayes went missing while hiking a mountain near Prescott, Arizona, with his dog, Ranger, local authorities said in a 2022 release.
Persons:
Rich Moore, Jack Russell Terrier, Finney, Colorado’s San Juan Mountains –, Moore, Delinda, ”, Brightyn, Russell Hartstein, it’s “, ” Hartstein, Jack Russell, Donald Hayes, Hayes ’
Organizations:
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Locations:
Colorado, Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Taos, Pagosa Springs, “, Archuleta, Prescott , Arizona