Authorities in Alabama are investigating a fatal dog attack that occurred in Phenix City, Al. According to reports, a five year old boy, Cason Bryant, was being cared for by a baby sitter when the boy darted outside into the family's fenced in back yard unattended. While the family owned one dog themselves, apparently another 11 dogs had slipped under the fence and were all hanging out in the back yard. The five year old boy was attacked by several of the dozen dogs that were in the yard.
All of the dogs are said to be mixed breed dogs, and Chief investigator Heath Taylor says that none of the dogs were 'pit bulls'.
As of right now, only about 5 media outlets have picked up the story.
Phenix City is a smaller community of about 31,000 people -- with 21% of the population living below the poverty line and nearly 11% living at 50% below the poverty line.
I'll update this story as more information becomes available.
The boy slips out, 11 dogs slip in... Weird.
Posted by: YesBiscuit! | November 16, 2010 at 09:23 AM
gack... another tragedy with a mystery twist. 11 dogs "slip in" and no one notices...
Posted by: EmilyS | November 16, 2010 at 09:25 AM
How can 11 dogs slip into someone's fenced in back yard??
Looking forward to updates.
Posted by: DogsDeserveFreedom | November 16, 2010 at 09:51 AM
11 dogs breaking and entering a fenced back yard?
Bitch in heat? It's the only explanation that makes any sense.
Posted by: H Houlahan | November 16, 2010 at 10:20 AM
yeah, H Houlahan, and possibly x of the 11 were unneutered male dogs. No noise at all. No noisy scuffles among the male dogs. The baby sitter couldn't possibly have heard any troublesome noises before the baby "darted out" the door into the melee.
But hey, the sheriff makes a point in the news story that none of the dogs is a "pit bull" so I guess we should be grateful.
And of course the only solution is to kill all the dogs...
Posted by: EmilyS | November 16, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Well, everyone here has echoed my sentiments - "Suddenly, from out of the clear blue sky, for no apparent reason at all, 11 dogs slipped into the fenced yard" Seems odd that 11 dogs were running at large, even in Phenix city. when I was a kid (part of that time in Alabama!) and no one kept their dogs up I don't ever recall seeing 11 dogs running loose together at any given time unless they were hunting dogs (Beagles, coon dogs), and they wouldn't have been running through town or someone's fenced yard.
Looking forward to more details!
Posted by: kmk | November 17, 2010 at 04:54 AM
EmilyS, since we don't have all the information here (and what we have comes right out of Theatre of the Absurd) I wonder if it's possible the child "slipped out the door" and joined a bitch in season, THEN the dogs "slipped under the fence", and then, as they say, hilarity ensued, and the baby sitter was alerted by the noise?
Posted by: kmk | November 17, 2010 at 05:46 PM
kmk, I'm going with the occam's razor version. Someone is lying about the 11 dogs
Posted by: EmilyS | November 17, 2010 at 06:14 PM
Okay, EmilyS, lucky for you I'm a geek and I watch NUMB3RS, LOL.
Perhaps it's an "X-File". Someone call Mulder and Scully.
But seriously, this was an unfortunate situation and I should not be making jokes. You're probably correct - something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Posted by: kmk | November 18, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Emily S, since we don't have all the information here (and what we have comes right out of Theater of the Absurd) I wonder if it's possible the child "slipped out the door" and joined a bitch in season............
Posted by: Brugge Restaurant | February 15, 2011 at 04:05 AM