PIGEON FORGE â Canines trained to detect odors from accelerates used at potential crime scenes visited Alcatraz East Crime Museum Thursday as part of the attractionâs current temporary Tennessee Bureau of Investigation exhibit.
The TBI has four accelerant detection canines spread out across the state to respond to fire scenes with questionable origins. Three of those highly trained dogs were at the attraction for the event, including Canine Faith, who is partnered with Special Agent Mark Delaney.
âShe works fire scenes looking for ignitable liquids, so any liquid that you can pour on the ground and start a fire with â kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel, diesel,â Delaney said. âThereâs six core odors theyâre trained to detect and in those core odors thereâs hundreds of actual products they could detect.â
Tourism Booming In High Country, Some Attractions, Lodging Sold Out For MLK Weekend Published: 15 January 2021
NC High Country winter tourism is off to a great start. The region is experiencing sell-out weekends and large volumes of weekend day-trip visitors.
According to the Avery County Chamber of Commerce, for the upcoming Martin Luther King weekend, ski resorts and snow tubing with online bookings (including Beech & Hawksnest) are already sold out for Saturday and Sunday.
Sugar Mountain Resort offers in-person ticket sales, but they expect to sell-out quickly after opening.
Most area lodging is booked as well.
Following N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s current restrictions, ski resorts and area attractions have limited capacity and most are selling tickets online.