Germantown Couple Searches For Runaway Dog Flown From Egypt

After 18-hour flight, dog got spooked, bolted from the Dulles Airport parking lot Wednesday.

(Updated) A Germantown couple who eagerly awaited the arrival of a street dog they rescued from Egypt are now trying to find the animal, which bolted from its crate while being taken through the parking lot at Dulles Airport Wednesday night. Would-be owners, David Scott and his wife—who Scott said was too distraught and did not want to be named—are waging a public campaign to find Ralphie, a German Shephard and Labrador mix. They’ve made the appeal to local television stations, are creating fliers and have posted the loss on Craigslist. NBC Washington was among the first news outlets to pick up the story. “My wife and I spent four and a half hours at the airport last night, in the cold and the dark searching for him,” Scott told Patch, as …

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