The Rescuers Couldn’t Believe What They Saw When Searching for A Missing Dog Walker

56-year-old Annette Poitras, a dog walker, is well-known in her neighborhood of the suburban city of Coquitlam, in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia in Canada. She was out walking her three dogs in the Canadian woods of Eagle Mountain on an average November day when the weather turned hazardous and things took a turn for the worst.

Typical Day

56-year-old Annette Poitras earned a reputation in her neighborhood for her passion for dog walking, which she turned into a vocation. She was very familiar with the neighboring hiking trails, particularly those around Coquitlam’s Eagle Mountain, and she would walk her dogs there on a daily basis. Long hikes were healthy for both her and the dogs.

However, one day things went differently. Monday, November 20 began like any other morning, with Annette heading out to Eagle Mountain with her three dogs, but things were about to change. She would never have thought what was about to happen to her.

Heading Out

She went for a walk with three dogs: hers, a Collie named Chloe, and two of her clients’ dogs, a Puggle named Bubba and a Boxer named Roxy, as she did virtually every other day. Annette said her goodbyes to her husband Marcel before walking out the door on her walk.

The dog walker only intended to be gone for about an hour, and she didn’t tell her husband where she was going, because there was no need. When she didn’t return home after a long time, her husband became concerned. What is it that is taking her so long?

Stormy Weather

Time seemed to be moving slowly for Annette’s husband Marcel, and it was getting dark outside. But Annette had yet to return home, and he was growing increasingly concerned. He could not stop wondering where she was and why she was taking so long.

His worries were then exacerbated when the weather turned bad and a typhoon known as Pineapple Express blew in, dumping tremendous amounts of rain. His wife was still out there, and the weather was stormy and dark—no one could be safe in those extreme conditions. What had happened to Annette that she had not returned home?

Concerned Husband

So, when she had not returned home by the evening, Marcel went to the area where she normally walked and discovered something that could lead him to her location: her van. The van, however, was empty, and Annette was nowhere to be seen. Marcel started getting anxious and extremely preoccupied, so he decided it was time to ask for help.

Marcel got in touch with the authorities after not hearing from his wife and discovering her empty van. He informed them that Annette had not come back home after her stroll earlier that day and that she had gone missing.