2 Dogs Slow Down Bishop Ford Expressway Commuters, Entertain Traffic Choppers

A woman who spent the night looking for her lost dogs learned they were slowing down traffic on the Bishop Ford Expressway early Thursday morning as she listened to the news on her way to work.

Shiloh and Charlie, a mother-daughter pair of Akitas, slipped out of their garage at about 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to their owner, Angela Myrick, who searched for them until midnight and then again from 4 a.m. until she had to leave for her job.

Wind chills were well below zero overnight. Between 6 and 7 a.m., the dogs slowed traffic as they walked along the Bishop Ford, occasionally poking their heads into traffic. All the while, TV station traffic cameras kept watch overhead.

Myrick’s daughter, Morgan, drove to the spot near 115th Street where IDOT workers and State Police were trying to keep the dogs on the shoulder of the road. A neighbor had knocked on her door and told her the dogs were on TV. State Police said the dogs were growling, so they weren’t trying to get them into a patrol car on their own.

Myrick said she’s sure the dogs were just frightened. One is 4 years old and the other is 8 months old. She told WGN Morning News the dogs are now safely back at home awaiting a much-needed bath.

“Without you, we wouldn’t have found them,” Myrick told WGN.

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