Dog saves the day

Homeland security, don't need that bullshit, we just need a happy dog:


Playful dog defuses shooting spree plans

TORONTO - A man from New Brunswick who called off a shooting spree after a chance encounter with a friendly dog appeared in court in Toronto on Thursday to face several weapons charges.

The 43-year-old man, who turned himself in to police on Wednesday afternoon, said he'd loaded his car with guns and ammunition in New Brunswick before setting out with plans of randomly shooting people in Toronto.

On arriving in east-end Toronto, the man reportedly went into a nearby park to load his weapons.

There, he told police, a playful dog approached him. That encounter apparently changed his mind.

Who could it have been? The Littlest Hobo, that's who. Sure, it may have been a sappy, low-budget Canadian teevee series about a wandering dog who solved people's problems, and it has been off the air for years, but it is clear, London, the Littlest Hobo is still wandering round the country.

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  • 1 - CW Fisher

    Jun 25, 2004 at 9:58 pm

    Thank God that guy wasn't Eric Olsen the dog killer, or that dog would have been hotdog.

  • 2 - Jim Carruthers

    Jun 25, 2004 at 10:18 pm

    Not sure about this, but Eric doesn't like doggies?

    Not even peace-keeping, killing-spree averting doggies, possibly named Elvis?

    What, like a cat would have done anything?

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