A sheriff’s bloodhound found two lost boys in Florida brush in ten minutes

Deputies in Manatee County, Florida, were searching for two lost boys on foot and from the air. Their bloodhound, Cane, picked up a scent and found them about ten minutes later.

9 November 2026

Body camera footage in thick green brush. A deputy’s hands hold a lead attached to a large brown bloodhound, who has its nose down in the undergrowth. — Cane on the trail, from a deputy’s body camera. Image: Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

Two boys had got lost in a remote rural part of Manatee County, on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Deputies searched on the ground. The sheriff’s Aviation Unit searched from the air.

Cane

Cane is the sheriff’s office bloodhound. Bloodhounds follow people by scent, nose to the ground.

Cane picked up the boys’ scent. About ten minutes later he led his handler to them, in thick brush.

Home

Both boys were brought home safe. The sheriff’s office gave the credit to Cane, his handler and the other deputies on the search.

The office has not said how old the boys are or how they got lost.

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From WWSB, 4 November 2026, WFLA, 5 November 2026, and Pulse of Manatee. Body camera image: Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.