Hurried search for the boy comes to an end as he is discovered with a dog standing watch over him.

Frantic hunt for missing boy ends when he's found with a dog standing guard over him

When six-year-old Kaydon Leach vanished from his Blount County, Tennessee, home the search was on.

Black T-shirt, grey sweatpants, and slip-on shoes were the last things he was seen sporting. One of Kaydon’s family dogs, a little black and white terrier, was also absent.

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Frantic hunt for missing boy ends when he's found with a dog standing guard over him

On a 2,000-acre remote mountainous location, a large-scale search operation involving roughly 100 first responders started at 7 o’clock in the evening.

Marian O’Briant, a representative for the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, stated that they’ve had resources out all night, and they’re getting help from the military, who used a Black Hawk chopper equipped with Flir technology to search the area at Top of the World.

They’ve also been walking about with boots on all night.

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Frantic hunt for missing boy ends when he's found with a dog standing guard over him

After that, around 22 hours after Kayden vanished, deputies found the young child half a mile from his home. And the snarling sound grew louder as they drew nearer.

Even Kayden had company. He actually had his guardian angel with him.

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