Have they dug through the sand pit? It is possible that Gus may have accidentally buried himself if he dug a large hole and the walls collapsed on him??
Thanks for the infoNew South Wales and Queensland are the only states in Australia that have cadaver dog's. IMO they wouldn't have been called in at this stage.
A highly specialised policing area, New South Wales is one of only two states in Australia with a cadaver detection dog capability — the other being Queensland.
'A privilege being able to assist': Cadaver dogs are some of Australia's most specialised canines. How are they trained?
For those tasked with finding human bodies, the bond between specially trained cadaver dog and handler is vital — and the physical and mental exhaustion will likely be worth it, if it can bring closure to those grieving for a loved one.www.abc.net.au
Our ranch dogs (herding breeds) usually left the kids alone. They were tired from working all day! I can only think of two we had out of many that seemed to “police” the kids. Just another POV
Because some breeds are great with kids. My sister at 3 would wander on our property for hours. Just her and our Kelpie. He was soooo protective of her. He was hopeless with cattle, but the best babysitter ever.
Both sniffer dogs and cadaver dogs have been reported in the press…..
www.abc.net.au
If we assume there to be no sinister reason for Gus's disappearance, meaning, no adult kidnapped him, or worse, then yes indeed, it is a scenario such as this that I'd tend towards. A 4 year old country boy's curiosity might take him just about anywhere, including holes, wells, roofs, silos, creeks, ponds, up in trees, chimneys, sheds, outhouses, car boots, farm equipment, tractor tires, any little hidey hole would be attractive...I know, I was a curious country boy myself years ago
I could see a boy digging a hole, crawling in, and having it collapse on him. I see all sorts of possibilities here.
Truth. I'm late to the thread, but I agree with you. If there's been no illegal activity surrounding Gus's disappearance, he's likely relatively close by. I have a friend who's a canine trainer and handler, has written books on the subject of canine/handler training, ability, etc. I know for a fact that dogs can miss things. Scent is a peculiar thing, air quality, dew, wind direction, humidity, competing scents, training, ability of handler to read the canine, and vice versa, all play factors in search and rescue.
I believe that the DM have linked the wrong video. An adult male called Benjamin is also missing but in the Northern Territory. the Stuart Highway is then main route through the centre of the NT. The Barrier highway is the highway that runs through Yunta in SA. It is the wrong video and a confusing mistake they have made but I believe the two disappearances are totally unrelated.Missing boy Gus' grandparents break their silence: 'Clashes'
The little boy vanished almost two weeks ago after playing in the yard of remote Oak Park homestead in the harsh South Australian outback, 300km north of Adelaide.www.dailymail.co.uk
Daily mail article with video. Who is Benjamin? Scroll down to “Police scale back the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont”
Edited to include which video.
That's been my question for a while too. We've all seen the aerial shots that show vegetation growing around the sides and top of the sand pile, which suggests to me those areas not been disturbed for some time, let alone leveled. This shot was obviously (to me anyway) taken after Gus went missing. I'd imagine leveling the pile would be one of the first things done in the search for him. The only reason not to do so, in my opinion, is because it was rock hard, with no chance of caving in on him. Despite this, I'd be leveling it anyway, just to be sure.
See above. Short of a decision that the pile was solid as a rock (which it could easily be), I'd think leveling it would just be a quick and easy task to rule out that he may have caved into it. We shouldn't need to second guess their choices, but it's just nagging at me that this simple task doesn't appear to have been done very early on in the investigation.
