Two horses missing in the mountains north of Moran, Wyoming, since Oct. 27 remain lost, the Teton County Sheriff's Office reports . But there's a high-tech option that could help locate them.

Alex McElligott, a professional mover in Idaho Falls, operates a side business using a $20,000 thermal imaging drone to find lost animals throughout the region.

McElligott’s company, Keystone Operations, hasn't been contacted about the horses missing near Moran.

He said flying a drone over national parks and wilderness areas could require a lot of extra permitting and paperwork.

But if the horses are somewhere in the Teton Wilderness Area north of Moran, a search might play out like the one he did in the backcountry near Hoback Junction.

"It was probably one of the longest, most technical jobs

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