Sandra anderson and her bone sniffing dog Eagle a hoax

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/dogs/index.html

The dog is not at fault. He was just trying to be a good dog and a loyal pet...and he was. It was his handler Sandra Anderson that brought disgrace this 'eagle-eyed' canine and thus upon herself. Most notably Anderson and Eagle were commissioned to assist in a land dispute between American Indian bands concerning burial grounds. This is a massive responsibility where repatriation of sacred land to the right band was hinged on her findings. Archeologists that had previously done research on the area were suspicious of what Anderson and Eagle found. As is noted in the article, if Anderson's account of where Eagle had detected remains were in fact validated this would deem the area the largest Native American burial ground in the Upper Midwest. While her claim was never overturned due to land use regulations against excavation a small sample of what lay beneath was nothing more than bedrock.
This is one example of the many travesties caused by Anderson and her actions called into question the validity of dog scent detection, which has shown much promise in the recovery of human remains.

Eagle and Anderson worked on war crime evidence recovery in Panama and in Bosnia as well as in the rubble at the World Trade Centers. These are not small expeditions by any means and  Eagle was recalled as a very well trained and resourceful sniffer dog (http://truthinjustice.org/sandra-anderson.htm). The unfortunate part is that she brought a lot of pain and undeserved suffering to many families whom counted on law enforcement and their affiliates to bring peace to them in recovering remains.