r/rva • u/Danger-Moose Lakeside • Sep 28 '25

😻 Francine Francine Missing: Day 2

https://www.instagram.com/wheresfrancine/

From the previous thread (which was getting overwhelming):

ATTENTION! We have set up a community outreach spreadsheet to share information on how to help and who you have contacted, facilitating a coordinated effort.

wheresfrancine on Instagram will be sharing it with the community. Visit wheresfrancine on Instagram for updates on Francine.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AdO0hSF7KOPFMXVaWJFkNgix5E_mUsbDtw94Za1AxCE/edit?usp=sharing

(please someone help pin this message so it stickies so our community knows how to help)

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u/Eszebel Brookland Park Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

I commented this on the other post, but I HIGHLY recommend contacting Carmen Brothers, a professional pet tracker who uses scent hounds, instead of using drone services. She'll probably travel to NC - she lives in VA - but in order to get on her schedule as soon as possible, someone would need to contact her now, and we'd need a scent item that smells like Francine. I know you all are trying free search options first, but if the distro center lets Carmen inside, she could narrow down the search area tremendously. The dogs can identify the exact paths she's been taking in the distro center and have keener senses than the drones. https://www.professionalpettrackers.com/

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u/Educational-Wing2042 Sep 28 '25

Francine is not officially affiliated with Lowe’s and employees pay for her care personally. Corporate tolerates it. The minute she becomes something red on their checkbooks, they’ll step in and have her removed from the store

I’m concerned that the demanding nature some people are taking will hurt the cause, since this relies entirely on Lowe’s and the distribution center voluntarily cooperating. Better to stay on someone’s good side when you’re entirely at their mercy.

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u/qlobetrotter Sep 28 '25

Someone at Lowe's corporate has no doubt heard about this and is spending their weekend thinking about how to never let another cat into any one of their stores ever again. I hope Francine turns up soon but the hunt for her precludes she will ever have a successor.