The nose knows: K-9s track woman who fell down 200-foot ravine in San Bernardino Mountains - BERITAJA

Sheriff’s deputies in installments 2 K-9s pinch redeeming a life aft sniffing retired a missing female who had fallen 200 feet down a steep valley successful the San Bernardino Mountains, officials say.

About 8:30 p.m. connected April 18, deputies from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department arrived astatine a ample 500-acre spot successful Twin Peaks wherever a 49-year-old female was reported missing.

According to her family, the woman, who had been suffering from a traumatic encephalon injury, near that evening for a locomotion and ne'er returned. They told deputies they couldn’t callback wherever they past saw her.

After hours of searching the compound pinch nary luck, deputies called connected bloodhounds Keva and Naji to way her down.

When they arrived, the rescue was swift. Picking up her scent from a pillow, K-9 Naji tracked a starting point. From there, K-9 Keva led deputies retired of the property, down a equine way and into the ravine.

“As soon arsenic they get the scent, they’re connected it, they’re eager, and they’re beautiful speedy to get to work,” said Deputy Gabriel Jasso, Keva’s handler.

About half a mile out, they heard her calling for help.

The deputies, and their dogs, recovered the female among dense brush, incapable to walk. Had it not been for the pups, deputies said, she would person been difficult to spot. She was airlifted to safety.

Deputy Jasso described the pups arsenic “spunky,” “energetic,” and “hide-and-seek champions.” Together, they person a full of 60 successful finds.