Worst day ever!
….or a bit of an over reaction. Nonetheless, it was still an odd day by anyone’s standards.
Santa brought my son a bicycle (with training wheels).
“Ride like Daddy?” he asked. When the temperature was warm enough, we headed out for his first bike ride. Rocco was engrossed in the peddling and spent the majority of the time looking straight down and not paying attention to steering.
When we returned from our outing, the pit-bull that lives up the street ran out of the woods growling menacingly. My wife and I had no idea what to do but walk slowly and stay between the dog and our son.
This pit bull has escaped from his fence numerous times & chased people. The lady that watches him does little about it. As a result, every child and person on the street is terrified of the animal. For good reason.
My neighbor across the street (who shares a fence with the dog) yelled from her porch that the dog had jumped into her back yard last month and came after her 5 year old daughter. She called DOAC (Department of Animal Control), but by the time they arrived it had disappeared. DOAC would not ticket the dog’s owner since the owners “claimed” the dog was in their yard the entire time, and Charmon, my neighbor, did not have photographs proving the animal had been in her yard.
Sometimes being a photographer is convenient. I had my camera on hand.
I walked out into the street to look for the dog. He emerged from someone’s back yard shortly. Clearly, you can see from the photographs that he was unleashed and roaming freely.
These images were shot from the end of my driveway. Unfortunately, our friendly neighborhood mascot did not like me being outside. He charged (picture below). Having no means to defend myself, I stood my ground and did not move. I think (I hope) this saved me from a mauling.
Another neighbor witnessed the charge and came outside to offer help. It looked like things were going to calm down when the neighbor’s other pit bull jumped the 3.5 foot fence (with ease) and came rushing towards us.
The black dog attacked Bobby, who had brought his bat. It lunged towards his leg. I thought he avoided the bite. The dog backed off a little since he was swinging the aluminum bat, but the other dog was still approaching.
Thankfully, the dog’s owner must have heard Charmon screaming from her porch. She opened the door of her house and yelled at the dogs and they ran inside.
You can see the bite wound. Luckily, it was not worse. The paramedics came to his house. He was sent to the Emergency Room. I spoke with him several hours later and the leg had bruised significantly.
Unfortunately, the dog will not be put down. According to the animal control deputy, a dog has to bite on two occasions in order to be put down. And DOAC can only hold the dog for ten days.
Can you believe that?
At least I have the pictures proving the damned thing was loose. I hope that ticket costs the owners enough to think twice about retrieving the animal. The safety of the people on this street is not a concern of theirs…..
I don’t ever want to hear my son say “Scary dog came into our yard” again.
Don’t worry, the day continues! 
A few hours later, my wife & I needed vino. I told her I would go to the store. So I hopped into the Prius and headed out.
I live on the edge of the city, near the Neuse river. We occasionally see deer. You usually see the deer’s eyes on the side of the road before they come running at you, right?
So image my surprise, when out of the blue, I hear a loud THUMP, and see something shooting through the air! Right behind Mal-Wart (intentionally misspelled).
I parked the Prius. Inspected the front of the car. And discovered this:
Oh deer (sorry!), deer hair sticking out of the ruined hood of my ec0-friendly hippy-mobile! AAAAHHHHH.
Notice the nice warm glow on the front of the car hood? Flash bounced off of a gold reflector.
I had to repeat the same steps I did previously: call the police, sit, wait, and fill out another report.
At this point, I was convinced animals were out to get me. My life has become a FOX special. New, at 9pm, “When Animals Attack!”.
I had a hard time explaining the accident to my son.
“Daddy, the deer got a boo-boo?”
“Yes Rocco, he went to the doctor and got a shot and a sticker.”
Maybe I should not have bought a car that makes no noise. That will be my excuse for getting the Mustang I have always wanted (Honey, it’s for my protection)!
Ryan
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