A home security camera inside a house in Knoxville, Tennessee, captured the following.
The man in the pajamas is Harold. He is 79 years old.
He was diagnosed with a progressive memory condition two years ago.
Part of Harold's condition causes what his doctors call "sundowning." In the late evening hours, Harold's mind sometimes takes him back decades. He will wake up convinced he needs to drive somewhere. Go to work. Meet someone. He gets dressed in whatever is closest. Walks to the door.
Before last year, this happened three or four times a week. Harold's wife, Carol, would hear him and get up to guide him back. But Carol has her own health challenges. She can't always wake up fast enough.
On two separate occasions, Harold made it outside before Carol could stop him. A neighbor found him once at eleven PM walking down the middle of their street in slippers.
Their son suggested an alert system. They tried one.
Harold figured out how to turn it off.
Then last February, their daughter brought over a two-year-old Golden Retriever named Samson that she could no longer keep due to a housing move.
Nobody planned what happened next.
About three weeks after Samson arrived, Carol reviewed the home security footage from the previous night. She hadn't heard Harold get up.
The footage showed Harold walking down the hallway toward the front door at 1:17 AM. And Samson already standing at the door before Harold reached it.
Harold tried to go around him. Samson shifted.
Blocked again.
Harold tried once more. Samson moved a second time.
Then Samson reached up and very gently took Harold's sleeve in his mouth. Just held it. Began slowly walking Harold back down the hallway toward the bedroom.
Harold followed him.
Carol watched the footage sitting at her kitchen table with her coffee going cold in her hands.
She called their son right away. Sent him the clip.
Their son showed it to Harold's brain doctor at the next appointment.
The doctor reviewed it twice. Then said: "This is door-blocking and redirection behavior. It is a recognized way to help with memory-related wandering. This dog is doing it correctly. On his own.
Without any training."
Carol told us: "Samson came to us because our daughter needed somewhere for him to go. We thought we were doing her a favor. Turns out Samson was the one doing us the favor. He has been watching over Harold every single night."
Harold, on a clear morning, was told about what Samson does.
He looked at the dog for a long moment. Then said:
"Well. Somebody has to look after things around here.
Samson sleeps at the foot of Harold's bed now.
Some dogs arrive at exactly the right moment, for reasons nobody fully understands until much later.
ER Nurse in Aurora, Colorado says if you are against ICE mass deportations, you don’t know what being a victim of illegal immigrants looks like
“I have seen personally in the ER:
- A 16 year old who was shot in the face during a robbery gone wrong. She died. Unfortunately, we were not able to save her. Her injury was unsurvivable. That was due to illegal immigrants, the gang activity going on at the apartment complex that she lived
- I have seen a dollar store worker beat almost unrecognizable. Yeah, because his store that he was working at got robbed and he tried to defend it. And he lost, obviously. Still alive but had severe, severe injuries and wound up back in the hospital several times. Beat unrecognizable
- I have seen assault victims of things that felt with rape
- I have seen assault victims from just illegal activity.
- I have seen people dropped off by their friends in our ambulance bay due to fentanyl overdoses
- I have seen so many car accidents. I can't even count how many. It's like at least one a day if not more because these people come to our country and they don't know our laws, just basic laws like driving laws. Then they get in a wreck. Oh, and guess what? Aurora PD is so severely understaffed. When you get into a wreck here in Colorado, they don't even immediately respond. Almost always, the wreck happens, EMS gets there, they take the patients who need to be transported to the hospital to the hospital. we care for them and then a couple hours later a couple accident investigation officers and sometimes the patrol officers show up
- I had a patient the other day that had severe trauma and a liver lack. She was bleeding internally (This was from being hit by an illegal, it was a vehicle with license plates from Chihuahua, Mexico)
- A 15 year old kid got jumped by a gang of illegal, he now has severe facial fractures
It doesn’t end there, she explains more and more things she’s seen all through Colorado. This is the cost of Democrats illegal immigration
She’s seen all this just since she’s started in the ER in 2024. Insane.
Unions representing police and firefighters in Phoenix are joining a lawsuit filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich that seeks to invalidate federal vaccine rules that affect millions. https://t.co/NTr9BIca1i
Thanks @JamesTHarris for having me on to discuss how us Moms & Dads are fighting for our kids against these weaponized school boards. Concerned parents are NOT terrorists. As Governor I will never allow state resources be used to investigate these parents. https://t.co/Wde8LCLOiS
President Biden has done nothing to address the border crisis he created. He hasn’t even bothered to visit Arizona’s southern border. This morning, I met with fellow Republican governors to discuss how we’ve filled the void in leadership to protect our communities. @GOPGovs
I will be at the location of the emergency #SUSD Board Meeting to stand with the brave parents who have been targeted by the board president Jann-Michael Greenburg. #susdgreenburgfiles
Socialism has never worked in any country. We have to educate ourselves about the dangers of these policies and STAND UP for our freedoms which make America so great!! 🇺🇸
“Today, it’s see something, say nothing. Folks not only is this a reflection of how our society has disintegrated, but it’s also a reflection of the dehumanization of crime victims of a culture that has no feeling for the victim of crime.” Judge’s powerful opening statement
Maricopa County just dropped a 7 pm update -6,397
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Jorgensen - 145
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Trump picked up 140 votes there. Not many more votes left out there in Maricopa County. Tuesday at 5 pm is a signature curing deadline
DATA UPDATE:
Arizona’s number of ICU beds in use by #COVID19 patients is at 138, down by approximately 86% from July 13. The number of ventilators in use by COVID-19 patients is at 65, down by approximately 91% from July 16. 1/
NEW DETAILS: The Phoenix City Council denied a request to install a "Black Lives Matter" street mural downtown after another group sought to create a pro-law enforcement mural in response. https://t.co/OFqTL1Ulos
NEW: Phoenix has decided not to allow a “Black Lives Matter” mural to be painted on a downtown street after receiving another request for a pro-law enforcement mural.
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