The Horse Just Spooked
A horse’s sudden spook tells us something happened, but it doesn’t tell us why. Dr. Laura Pettler connects the questions horse people ask on the trail with the questions investigators ask in a homicide case: What happened before, during, and after?
When Horses Read What Humans Miss: Lost Person Behavior Through the Lens of the Equine Investigator
Lost person behavior is not random. Fear, exhaustion, injury, cognitive decline, and terrain all shape how missing individuals move and hide. Through the lens of the Equine Investigator, mounted search operations become more than trail coverage. They become behavioral investigations where horses, terrain, and science work together to help find the missing.
