Saw Something Disturbing
@RichardMeister (5328)
Otis Orchards, Washington
June 19, 2017 4:53pm CST
This morning I looked out my window and saw a woman with a girl of about twelve years old with a leash hooked to a collar around her neck. As they walked along the girl suddenly stopped. The woman, who kept walking for a few steps stopped and said, “No!”
The girl laughed and started walking again. I didn’t know if they were just playing around or if the woman felt the girl had to be on a leach. But I felt the way the girl laughed they were just playing around.
About an hour later I heard noises and looked out the window. Here the woman and girl sat on a big rock in front of my house. I watched and soon the girl got up. She did not have the leach on. Not very long after the girl got up the woman did too and they walked away. The woman nor the girl had the leach. I think they were taking the leach and collar to someone and thought it would be funny if the girl wore them. Or the girl thought it would be fun to act like a dog.
I was quite relieved to see they had just been fooling around.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
20 Jun 17
Yes but they had to know someone would see them and it is rather a weird thing to do.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
I think they wanted people to see. It's a prank. They wanted people to react maybe and then laughed at them.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
@BelleStarr It's really not funny at all. And people like to do crazy things that aren't funny. But for them it is!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
20 Jun 17
@toniganzon It's not really funny in my opinion and the way things are these days could be viewed as abusive.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
That's really disturbing but I think they were trying to prank people and see how they'd react. Crazy.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
@RichardMeister Yeah, we don't know. I've s even a lot of crazy things like that on youtube.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Jun 17
@toniganzon There was no one with a camera or phone to record it.
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
I don't think they were trying to prank people because they were looking around as if they were seeing if anyone was watching. I think they were just playing around. I don't think they even knew I was home and many of the neighbors were gone to work at the time.
@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jun 17
I know some parents have this leash type thing for their little ones, but not for a 12 year old - and not around the neck! Well good that you found out they were just fooling around - otherwise you'd still be scratching your head! Or maybe what you thought was a 12 year old was actually a big upright hairless dog 
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@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jun 17
@RichardMeister That would've been my first thought too.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
My first thought was the girl was mentally challenge but that still would not be the proper way to keep her under control.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Jun 17
You never know what you will see these days.
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@dianadee (1778)
• South Africa
23 Jun 17
@RichardMeister Something like that could be real, however strange! Nothing comes as a surprise these days and the the things people get up to.
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
19 Jun 17
Yikes. Hope it was just to play but even then..
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yikes is right. What would have happened if the girl had tripped and fell?
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
19 Jun 17
I have seen toddlers with leashes, but they were on back packs or harnesses around their chests. I am glad you figured out this was likely a game.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yes, I would not have thought twice if it was a harnesses around the girl's chest. I would have thought the girl was mentally challenge and they needed to keep control of her.
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
20 Jun 17
You never know what people will do for attention. Thank goodness it was only a prank.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
20 Jun 17
What a relief then.
It must have got you really worried but what an unusual carry on right in the middle of the Road.
Just hope they were only joking around.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
I'm sure they were just playing around otherwise the girl would have had the leach on when I saw them the second time.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Jun 17
I agree that would be alarming to witness. Glad that it turned out okay.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yes, it could have been dangerous even though the collar was not a choke collar.
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
23 Jun 17
I've seen them several times since without the leash.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
19 Jun 17
What a strange thing to see!
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yes, I was relieved they were just playing as well.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jun 17
Just fooling around at play.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yeah. Just not a very sensible.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Jun 17
Yes, I've seen that but none around their necks.
