It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: Your child is missing and you don’t know where he could be. All you can do is not give up hope.
In Arizona, 2-year-old Boden Allen walked away from his home in Seligman, Arizona, which set off a frantic attempt to find him.
According to NPR, Boden Allen’s story has a happy ending. And it’s all thanks to a very special dog.
“Dressed in just a tank top and pajama pants, Allen spent some 16 hours alone as he wandered, according to the sheriff’s office, and the desert area he walked through had at least two mountain lion sightings that night. But at 9 a.m. local time, he was retrieved by a dog named Buford.”
“Sheriff’s office spokesperson Paul Wick told NPR that Allen’s parents were ‘distraught’ at the boy’s disappearance and shared a teary reunion at his return.”
Buford’s owner, Scotty Dunton, recalls seeing his dog and the little boy.
“I’d heard about the missing child before I was going to town, and when I was driving out the driveway I noticed my dog was sitting down by the entrance. And I look up, and the little kid’s standing there with my dog.”
When he’s not rescuing missing kids, Buford protects the Dunton ranch from coyotes.
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