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PHILADELPHIA — A 75-year-old man's body parts were found strewn all over a house in the city's Fishtown section Thursday and police said that his dog had been eating him.Relatives of the dead man, Burt Burhart, said they had not talked to him for about a month so they went to his home. They said it was not uncommon for him not to answer the door. They had been checking on him, but after four weeks they decided it was time to call police.
Around 10:30 a.m., police and family members entered the house and they found Burhart's remains scattered throughout the first floor of his rowhouse.
Burhart's dog, Buddy, had apparently eaten some of the remains.
You just know that insidious cur Snoopy would be noshing of Charlie Brown's withered remains in a similar scenario...
Face it: You can't trust dogs. I've been bitten twice, despite my harmless nature. No doubt I'd have been little more than human kibble if not for my cat-like reflexes.
Burhart's family said he got Buddy about six months ago for companionship. Despite what happened, nobody seems to blame the dog [emphasis mine]. Burhart's brothers are now taking care of Buddy and said they are sure that the dog did not kill him.
Sorry, but I sure as hell would not be adopting a dog with a proven taste for human flesh.
And what sick irony is it that the dog's name is "Buddy"? (Cujo is more like it...)
Article comments
1 - RJ Elliott
"Damnit, Marmaduke! You ate another one of the neighbors? Bad dog!"
2 - Purple Tigress
You can't trust any animal in that respect. If faced with the possibility of starvation, even a cat will eat the dead flesh of another cat (which would be cannibalism) or perhaps a dead human. After all, humans would do the same--like the Donner Party or that Uruguayan soccer team stuck in the Andes. This isn't the same as Jeffrey Daumler, Ed Gein or other humans who did it for some sick reason other than starvation.
(Snoopy was, BTW, a purebred beagle and therefore not a cur.)
Under stress even rabbits and chickens resort to cannibalism and these are herbivores. So why be so surprised about Buddy?
3 - bhw
I'm not surprised Buddy ate his owner. I just hope he didn't start until after the owner was dead.
And I agree with RJ: once the dog has eaten a human, gentle doggie or not, it needs to be put down.
4 - Richsad
Cats eat people too, this year there was a news story with a similar ending, but they didn't spread the reamins.
5 - Craig Lyndall
I don't think I would want that dog licking my face. I think it might have to be put down also. A game of fetch just wouldn't be kosher with this animal.
6 - Purple Tigress
As dictated to me by my alpha dog:
So what are these people saying? That in the case of eating people, neatness counts? And that's why cats are better?
You feel a chill about a dog who has tasted human meat? If dogs felt the same way about people and had more choices, there'd be no dogs in those dog eating nations licking their masters' hands.
Does no one feel the pain of a cat or dog that has to be the companion for someone whom other humans keep at arm's length or as far away as possible?
And if you made keyboards better more dogs would undoubtedly have sent in their two kibble's worth.
7 - RJ Elliott
A game of fetch just wouldn't be kosher with this animal.
"C'mon, Buddy! Go chase after the dismembered limbs of your former owner! Good boy!"