Skip to content
NOWCAST WYFF News 4 at Noon
Watch on Demand
Advertisement

Pocket full of sunshine: Rescue dog helps woman missing in woods for 2 days

Sweet reunion between lost woman, rescue dog

Pocket full of sunshine: Rescue dog helps woman missing in woods for 2 days

Sweet reunion between lost woman, rescue dog

Video Player is loading.
Current Time 0:00
Duration 0:00
Loaded: 0%
Stream Type LIVE
Remaining Time 0:00
 
1x
    • Chapters
    • descriptions off, selected
    • captions off, selected
      the oh, amazing animals. E e just wasn't I wasn't familiar with anything. Just couldn't think how to get home. E was giving up because, you know, I hit my head and was disoriented, and all I want to do is sleep. That's all I wanted to do was sleep e Come on. E Just said, Are you Geneva? And she said yes. And pocket was pulling me in really hard. Never did. Dream Pocket was looking for me. I'm gonna bring me home. I think some of the family didn't hear that she was alive. They heard that they found her. And they're like, she alive as she did. Um, and it was very emotional. She saved Geneva's life. Thank you. Thank you.
      Advertisement
      Pocket full of sunshine: Rescue dog helps woman missing in woods for 2 days

      Sweet reunion between lost woman, rescue dog

      Watch more on Pocket and Geneva's reunion in the video above.When Geneva Logston went missing during an evening walk, things turned bad quickly."I wasn't familiar with anything. I just couldn't think how to get home," Logston said.In her confusion, she slipped and fell, hitting her head and was knocked unconscious. She didn’t have her phone, and her family started what would become a two-day search. "I was giving up, because, like I said, I had hit my head and was still disoriented. And all I wanted to do was sleep, that's all I wanted to do, was sleep," Logston recounted of the incident. Then came Pocket, a search-and-rescue terrier with KYK9. Disoriented, Logston believed Pocket's handler, Jennifer Hall, was just someone walking their dog. "Never did I dream Pocket was looking for me, to bring me home," said Logston. "I just said, ‘Are you Geneva?’ And she said yes. And Pocket was pulling on me really hard," said Hall. "I think some of the family didn't hear she's alive. They heard that they found her and they were like, 'Is she alive? Is she dead?' It was very emotional. She saved Geneva's life."Logston was taken to University Hospital and treated for what she described as minor injuries.The pair were recently reunited, and Logston had just a simple message for her canine rescuer: "Thank you, Pocket. Thank you."

      Watch more on Pocket and Geneva's reunion in the video above.

      Advertisement

      When Geneva Logston went missing during an evening walk, things turned bad quickly.

      "I wasn't familiar with anything. I just couldn't think how to get home," Logston said.

      In her confusion, she slipped and fell, hitting her head and was knocked unconscious. She didn’t have her phone, and her family started what would become a two-day search.

      "I was giving up, because, like I said, I had hit my head and was still disoriented. And all I wanted to do was sleep, that's all I wanted to do, was sleep," Logston recounted of the incident.

      Then came Pocket, a search-and-rescue terrier with KYK9. Disoriented, Logston believed Pocket's handler, Jennifer Hall, was just someone walking their dog. "Never did I dream Pocket was looking for me, to bring me home," said Logston.

      "I just said, ‘Are you Geneva?’ And she said yes. And Pocket was pulling on me really hard," said Hall. "I think some of the family didn't hear she's alive. They heard that they found her and they were like, 'Is she alive? Is she dead?' It was very emotional. She saved Geneva's life."

      Logston was taken to University Hospital and treated for what she described as minor injuries.

      The pair were recently reunited, and Logston had just a simple message for her canine rescuer: "Thank you, Pocket. Thank you."