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HIKER MISSING SINCE AUGUST FOUND DEAD, HIS DOG FOUND ALIVE BY HIS SIDE

By Stephen Smith,

15 days ago

A hiker missing since August has been found dead in Colorado with his dog still
alive next to his body, authorities said.

The body of 71-year-old Rich Moore of Pagosa Springs, who had been missing since
Aug. 19, was found on Oct. 30, according to a Facebook post last week by Taos
Search and Rescue . Moore's dog was found alive by his side.

The Denver Gazette, citing the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office, reported Moore
and his dog had gone missing after planning to summit Blackhead Peak, which is
about 20 miles east of Pagosa Springs.



The sheriff's office said that Moore's body was found on Oct. 30 by a hunter in
the Lower Blanco drainage basin, which is in a valley southeast of Blackhead
Peak's summit, the Gazette reported. His white Jack Russell terrier, Finney, was
next to the body, the sheriff's office said.

On Oct. 31, members of the sheriff's office and a search and rescue team were
flown into the area to locate and recover Moore's body, the Gazette reported,
citing the sheriff's office. Finney was transported to a veterinary hospital for
treatment and has since been reunited with her family, officials said.

Officials did not release Moore's cause of death, but said that foul play is not
suspected.

Blackhead Peak, which has an elevation of 12,500 feet, is located in the San
Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado.



In a Facebook post, Taos Search and Rescue member Delinda Vanne-Brightyn said
she responded to the initial search along with her search dog.

"We searched from just under the peak-top and directly west, searching down the
mountain toward where his car was located," Vanne-Brightyn wrote. "He was found
2.5 miles east of the mountain-top beneath where we were inserted [by
helicopter]."

This marks at least the third time a dog has been found alive next to a hiker's
body since last year. In May 2022, a Labrador was found lying next to the body
of a 74-year-old Arizona man who had died during a hike.

The month before that, a missing 29-year-old hiker was found dead in Los
Angeles' Griffith Park with his dog by his side. Family members said it appeared
the dog hadn't left his side for two weeks.


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DL JONES
14d ago
sorry the man didn't make it. I really feel for the dog. how hungry and lonely
he had to have been. at least he's going home now.
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Man
14d ago
Some people can’t even get family members to sit by them when they pass. Thank
god for that dog.
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