[AndyJackson]

It's not normal for dogs to lose a scent when tracking.

It is when you are picked up by aliens.

[21twelve]

If they don't find the guy the story will end up on Missing 411.

If they do find the guy, maybe Les Stroud can do one of his reenactments of it. Lots of those stories are of berry pickers, runners, day hikers that went out planning on a few hours so they were really unprepared if they got injured or lost for days.