Posted by: "Tammy Kinkade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm sending this again, since it seems to have bounced the first time...
Andrea - not saying that your supernatural experience isn't - it could very
well be, especially after reading your follow up posts (creepy!), just
thought I'd give you another option, and another creepy doggy story!
Tammy Kinkade
Defiance, Ohio
----- Original Message -----
> Okay, 2 things...
>
> First, is it possible that Zeus may have suffered from a seizure? I knew
> someone who lost their Dane because he suffered from seizures where he
would
> just become totally disoriented - that blind stare thing really reminds me
> of what she told me about his condition. I'd keep an eye on him for a
> relapse of some sort...maybe...
>
> Second...ooohh, that is creepy. Reminds me of a creepy dog story from my
> childhood...I couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 - remember that I'm an
> only child, so all the stuff I did out in the woods as a kid was alone,
with
> the dogs (Jill & Bill - I DID NOT name them!). It was a damp fall day, I
> remember that much, and I was playing in the creek, down the ravine from
the
> back horse arena. There was an extremely steep hill right across the
creek
> that went up to a small grove of pine trees. After awhile of playing, I
> noticed that both Jill & Bill had disappeared - not that big a deal - I
> figured they'd gone off after a rabbit or something (Jill was a
> GSD/Queensland Blue Heeler mix and Bill was an Australian Shepherd - good
> herd dogs, but they both had good rabbit instincts, too.). Went back to
> playing...after a while longer, I happened to notice movement above me, at
> the edge of the line of pine trees. Looked up and saw Jill, so I called
to
> her. She gave me THE most blank stare I have ever seen, but never really
> reacted. It was like she was looking right through me. I called her
again.
> Still no reaction. Tried a third time. This time she did look directly
at
> me and started growling.
>
> Okay, I'm scared now...why in the world is Jill growling at me? As the
> growls continued, I noticed this shadow of a dog come up behind her -
huge,
> black, ugly looking thing. It, too, started growling.
>
> At this point, I hear a loud commotion behind me and turn to see Jill and
> Bill running down the hill (oooh, wasn't that poetic?) from the
arena...they
> don't act funny, just like they'd heard me calling them. I turn around to
> look up the hill - the other two dogs were gone - just vanished! I was
> terrified! All this time I thought I'd been talking to my own dog - and I
> hadn't been! Needless to say, I ran as fast as my 8 or 9 year old little
> legs would carry me back to the house!
>
> I never knew if they were wild dogs, or figments of my imagination, or
> something else...but they sure scared the bejesus out of me! It was quite
> awhile before I went back out into the woods to play...
>
> Hoss kisses, Pooh snuggles and Samson smacks,
> Tammy Kinkade
> Defiance, Ohio
> w/my "little helpers - Hoss, Samson & Pooh
>
