India, Feb. 5 -- Nancy Guthrie, mother of TODAY show host, Savannah Guthrie has reportedly been kidnapped. Authorities said that they believed she was taken from her home after the 84-year-old was reported missing on Sunday. A flyer with Guthrie's image was circulated, but for some it sparked fresh concerns because Guthrie was seen with a dog.

People online began to wonder what happened to the dog and if it belonged to Nancy Guthrie. "I was hoping to confirm was that Nancy's dog-HAD she had one- wasn't harmed or missing," one person wrote on X.

They added, "Was clearly talking to someone else hoping nothing happened to the dog in the missing flyer."

No, by all accounts Nancy Guthrie lived alone and did not have a dog. The black dog tha...