Missing Boy Scout Found Alive

Thanks to Gandolf the search dog, missing twelve-year-old Boy Scout Michael Auberry was found, dehydrated and disoriented, but alive.

Searcher Misha Marshall said her dog Gandolf detected Michael¹s scent and alerted rescuers. When they approached Michael, "he was a little disoriented, but he¹s great," Marshall said.

"It took him a minute to realize we were there for him," she said. Asked how Michael reacted when he saw the rescuers, Marshall recalled Michael saying, "I¹m hungry, give me some water, stuff like that."

"We have our missing Boy Scout," said a jubilant National Park Service spokeswoman Tina White.

Michael was found about 1½ miles from the campsite from which he disappeared, White said.

The radio communication from the search team that found Michael set off a celebration among leaders of several Scout troops waiting for news about the boy. "A lot of tears, a lot of hugs," White said, and members of Michael's church joined hands to pray at the staging area.

And that, my friends, is the power of prayer!