The Cute Little Attack Dog Who Saved a Baby From the Binge Eating Monster
You know when you read something, and you’re like “There’s no way that just happened.” And then you re-read it, and it’s even weirder the second time. That’s pretty much what reading about this little attack dog who saved a baby from a binge eating monster feels like. Wrong is wrong, but so is this kind of weird. Yes, it sounds as ridiculous as it reads—and trust us, that’s saying something. But that didn’t stop the Internet from going crazy for this story about an attack dog named Kuma who helped a mother save her baby from the Binge Eating Monster by licking her face until she spat out the pacifier.
The Story of the Cute Little Attack Dog Who Saved a Baby From the Binge Eating Monster
The story of the cute little attack dog who saved a baby from the binge eating monster is one that first broke on a website called The Good Lord Above. The article was published on October 2, 2018 and claimed that a mother and her child were saved from a binge eating monster by her dog.
The article claimed that the mother was holding her child and rocking her in a chair when the child’s pacifier fell out of her mouth, rolled under a couch, and was eaten by a nearby dog. The dog was described as a “cute little Japanese Spitz” who was “looking at the mother, wagging his tail and barking.” Baffled, the mother tried to shoo the dog away, but he kept coming back and barking at her. The mother then “yelled at the dog” and he “started licking the baby’s face and kept barking.” The author of the article then claimed that the dog was actually assaulting the child, and that “the baby was screaming and the mother was panicking.” The mother tried to push the dog away from the child, but he kept coming back and licking the baby’s face.
The story claimed that the mother became so distressed she forgot about the pacifier and “started crying too” and that she “couldn’t control anything.” The dog finally stopped when the mother “started screaming ‘STOP! STOP! STOP!’” The author of the article claimed that the dog’s persistence allowed the mother to “release the pressure inside” and remember the missing pacifier. The author then claimed that the dog’s relentless licking caused the baby to spit out the pacifier.
What Really Happened?
We don’t know what the author of the above article thought happened, but we do know what actually happened. The incident was first reported by a news website called The Japan Times. The website published its story on August 22, 2018, revealing that the incident took place at a train station in Tokyo. The news article reported that the “cute little Japanese Spitz” was trying to return the baby’s fallen pacifier and that the dog’s owner had tried to stop him. The owner of the dog explained that “her dog often brings things to her and drops them beside her, so she thought he was trying to bring her the pacifier.” The dog owner also said that her dog “tries to start licking people’s faces when he is bored.”
The Internet’s Response to the Story of the Cute Little Attack Dog Who Saved a Baby From the Binge Eating Monster
Given the above information, you’d think the Internet would have a different response to the story of the cute little attack dog who saved a baby from the binge eating monster. But it didn’t. The article was published on The Good Lord Above on October 2, 2018, and it went viral at a lightning speed. Within a week, it had over 6 million reads and had been shared on social media millions of times. The article was so popular that it was republished on multiple websites. Although most of those websites added a disclaimer at the beginning of the article informing readers that the article was a complete work of fiction, some didn’t. The story was also read aloud on the radio and was discussed on television.
Final Words: A Brief Word on Kidnapping, Binge Eating Monsters, and Improvised Weaponry
While we can’t be sure what the author of the above article was thinking, it’s likely that he or she was playing on people’s fears and anxieties. The Internet is full of panic-worthy stories about all kinds of things, and it’s clear that this author was attempting to capitalize on that. But in the process, they created a story that was confusing and misleading and one that played on people’s anxieties and fears. People who read this article and weren’t familiar with Japanese culture or the behavior of Japanese Spitz dogs may have been confused, panicked, and even triggered by the story. And while it’s true that dogs can be dangerous and that you should always keep an eye on your children when they’re near canines, it’s also true that this story was completely misleading.