Search for missing horse goes to air

NetPosse Case Update via news brief in The Wellington Enterprise, Tuesday, October 09, 2012

“He was my friend and I won’t try to sell him again,” said Cindy Scherry, long-time owner of Bogey, a brown sor­rel horse that has been miss­ing since Mon­day, Sept. 24.

The search has gone to a new level, as ear­lier this week Scherry went to the Med­ina County air­port and rented a plane to aid in her search for Bogey.

“We told them we need to fly around and try to find a horse. So they rented us a plane and a pilot.”

For an hour and a half, Scherry flew over and around Lorain County look­ing for Bogey.

“Noth­ing. We didn’t see him and the brush and woods were too thick,” she said.

In try­ing to cope with the econ­omy, Scherry sold the horse to a res­i­dent at 46775 Hughes Road, 10 miles away by road from her farm, so that Bogey would be a friendly rid­ing and learn­ing horse for children.

Three days after the sale, Bogey, who has a white spot on his fore­head between his eyes and scar­ring on his back legs, jumped the fence and hasn’t been seen since.

“The fenc­ing was low,” Scherry recalled about the res­i­dence on Hughes Road.

The sale was set-up as a trial run to see if the horse trans­ac­tion would work for all involved.

“He (Bogey) was sold on a month-trial. If he doesn’t work for your chil­dren, then he’ll come back. The kids had rid­den him here, but you never know what will hap­pen some­place else. He would get more atten­tion there, so it could have been mar­velous,” Scherry said.

No one has reported a miss­ing horse, and with such a big ani­mal, Scherry and friends are start­ing to won­der what hap­pened to the animal.

Last Fri­day Scherry went to the Sugar Creek auc­tion to see if some­one had found Bogey and was try­ing to sell him for meat.

“They went through 100 horses and none of them were Bogey. I saw horses go from $20 to $400. They ship them to Mex­ico and Canada for pro­cess­ing,” Scherry said.

When the 18-year-old Bogey was in his prime, he was an Ohio state reserve grand cham­pion in show­man­ship, but now, due to arthri­tis, is not show­able. Other than meat and friend­ship, Bogey’s worth is in being a les­son horse and let­ting kids ride him.

“He could be sold for $1,000 to $2,000. He’s pretty laid back, just stands and eats,” Scherry said.

All inter­ested par­ties are still actively search­ing for Bogey by adding Face­book pic­tures on news web­sites, pass­ing out “miss­ing” fly­ers, call­ing local vets, the sheriff’s office, ani­mal farms, horse res­cues, and con­tact­ing area blacksmiths.

Any­one with infor­ma­tion about Bogey should call the Lorain County Sheriff’s office at 329-3709 or Scherry at 308-7396.

by ADAM FOX

RESOURCE: Enter­prise reporter, http://thewellingtonenterprise.com/local-news/search-for-missing-horse-goes-to-air/