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"The report of my
death was an exaggeration."
— Mark
Twain (Samuel Clemens)
After reading his own obituary
June 2, 1897
ISSAQUAH, WA (USA)
— No, we don't
have Stephen King on the payroll. This stuff really happens...
Not to be
outdone by last week's Zombie
Cat, nor even the original Zombie
Dog from earlier this year, "Ungar" the
16-year-old Pekingese/
Poodle/Dachshund has recently joined the world of the
living-dead-living.
Editor's
note: If you recall, last season the canine fad was jumping
over cliffs; this season it looks like resurrection is all the rage.
When Lynn and
Mike Ahlstrom, who were caring for their neighbors' pet Ungar, heard a
sharp yelp Friday night, August 14 at 8:30pm, they weren't sure what to
expect. Living at the base of Squawk Mountain State Park had
acclimated the neighborhood to witnessing unusual scenes of the local
wildlife, but seldom have there been attacks on people or family pets.
But upon
looking out the second-story window, Lynn saw a cougar walking up the
long, steep gravel driveway with bite-sized Ungar in its chops.
The Eastside
Journal reports that according to Mike Ahlstrom, the cougar
dropped the lifeless dog on the side of the driveway and gnawed at it a
bit, then slinked away. Mr. Ahlstrom hopped in his car and moved
slowly down the driveway with the headlights on, but Ungar didn't budge.
Ungar's
dead.
After alerting
the neighbors to bring their pets and children inside, Mr. Ahlstrom
stood on the lookout for the beast for about half an hour beside Ungar's
body. He was joined by a neighbor.
Suddenly there
was an eerie groan that seemed to emanate from the bowels of the Earth
itself. The neighbor bent down to touch the corpse, and suddenly
it leaped up, startling the two men.
"Ungar's
alive!" said the neighbor, according to Mr. Ahlstrom.
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Psst... Is he gone yet?
(Photo: www.DogsInTheNews.com)
Ungar's family, the Powells, later
returned from their vacation and were filled in on the details.
The feisty little nosferatu had suffered a broken rib and about a
dozen puncture wounds, but was alive and well, nonetheless.
Ungar, who is 116 years old in dog
years, totally deaf and mostly blind from cataracts, reportedly muttered
something like: "Eh? Did I fall in the washing machine
again?"
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