The Choking Doberman
Urban Legend
Date: Mon Apr 08 2002
Time: 18:31:37
There is a somewhat new urban legend dating back to about the
1980's
- 1981, I believe. The story goes like this:
A woman in Phoenix, Arizona came home one day
to find her dog, a
large Doberman pinscher, lying on the floor choking. She
rushed the
dog to the vet for examination and was told to go home, that she
would be called later to pick the dog up. While she was home, she
got a
call from the vet. "Get out of the house now!!" the vet said
frantically.
The woman hesitated, to which the vet responded, "Just
call the police and
get out of the house. I'll explain as soon as
possible." So she called and
ran out of the house to wait for the
police. Shortly after, the police
arrived with the vet. "We found
two human fingers in your dog's throat,
ma'am," the vet said. "We
think there might be someone in your house." So
the police searched
the house and sure enough, they found a man lying the
closet,
unconscious. He was missing two of his fingers.
This story
was printed in an Arizona newspaper, but there is no
proof to back it up.
Furthermore, there is more than one version.
In one version, the dog bites
off three fingers instead of two, and
the dog is a boxer, not a Doberman.
Also, in one version, the man
is unconscious from loss of blood; in another,
he's been killed by
the dog with his throat torn
open.
Esperanza
esperanzasbluerose@yahoo.com