By now most of you know that I could never hold
a steady job. At the time of this incident I was assigned as a member of the Crime Scene Team at the
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. We were called to assist a western Minnesota law enforcement agency investigate
a grisly death scene.
We were told that the victim bid goodnight to
his family the previous night. His wife and children went to sleep upstairs as he remained watching television on the
sofa in the living room on the main floor.
His wife reported that the children found him the
following morning still seated on the sofa. He had severe trauma to the side of his head. His right ear was missing. The
right side of his face had been ripped away exposing his teeth and gums. The neck was torn open and his arteries were
ripped.
With all of that damage there was still very little
blood present on his clothing and the couch. Any head wound should bleed profusely. The wife said she heard no intruders.
We began to suspect the man had been murdered elsewhere
and then his body had been deposited at the scene. As we contemplated the mutilation and apparent murder we were
baffled. Baffled, that is, until the family's German Shepherd dog wandered into the room and burped!
You guessed it. We put the dog down and the
medical examiner discoverd the missing facial features in the dogs stomach. The dog ate away the side of his master's
face as the master was on the couch. The lack of blood was caused by the dog consuming the flesh and blood.
The man had actually died of a massive heart attack
before the dog began feasting. Apparently the heart attack caused some foaming from the mouth that the dog could not
resist.
The next time 'Man's Best Friend' looks at you lovingly
and longingly you may want to check to see if he is salivating!!!!
