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Calvert County (MD) Man Dies After Dog Attack
WJZ-TV/AP ^ | 5/10/06 | WJZ-TV/AP

Posted on 05/11/2006 9:01:08 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel

(WJZ/AP) Lusby, MD WJZ.COM has learned that a 78 year-old man died after being attacked by a dog outside his home in Lusby, Calvert County.

The Calvert County Sheriff's department responded to the attack at about 1:30PM.

Bob Hampshire, of Calvert County Public Safety, says the victim had no visible bite wounds. He says the man has a medical history and was taking medication to thin his blood.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is unclear. Investigators are awaiting a report from the medical examiner.

It appears that only one dog was involved in the attack and it may have been a pit bull. Police are still on the scene.

Stay with Eyewitness News for complete coverage and log on to WJZ.COM for additional information on this still breaking story.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: anotherdumbdog; dog; dogattack; doggieping; dogofpeace; dogs; maryland; medical; pet; pets; pitbull; pitbullattack; pitbullterrier; police; wtf
Note the pix of A pit bull. And then that it says "it MAY have been a pit bull". With the limited information, it sounds like they're jumping to conclusions and simultaneously pushing a theory on us in this short memo.

Somehow, I doubt it was a pit bull if the man has no evidence of bites! Maybe some dog threatened him and he had cardiac arrest?

1 posted on 05/11/2006 9:01:13 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
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To: HairOfTheDog

(ping)


2 posted on 05/11/2006 9:01:49 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel; Flyer; technochick99; sinkspur; 88keys; DugwayDuke; sissyjane; Severa; ...
Strange story... dog attack but no bite wounds - it does sound like a heart attack or something else. I do note some uncertainty in the article about the dog, but a picture of a dog with the article. Is this the dog? or a stock photo? weird.

Ping!


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3 posted on 05/11/2006 9:06:17 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Could being on blood thinners make you bleed internally to the point of death? I agree, it seems unlikely to be a pit if there were not external bite wounds. Maybe a heart attack. Strange little story, altho telling that they said it "might be a pit bull". Seems like they would wait on that info until they knew a little more. Might have been a lab or a cocker spaniel or a really mean toy poodle....
susie


4 posted on 05/11/2006 9:12:56 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: HairOfTheDog
"Strange story... dog attack but no bite wounds"

I was thinking the same thing, died of an attack but no bite wounds?
What kind of attack was it, a lap attack?

5 posted on 05/11/2006 9:15:46 AM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Pit bulls are like Cheney. They can kill just by looking at you. I've heard factual accounts directly from pit bull opponents, about people losing arms and legs from being in the same county as a pit bull.

Pit bulls are in fact, telekenetic remote chewers and can eat a person's internal organs from within just by thinking about it and should therefore be banned < /sarcasm>

6 posted on 05/11/2006 9:17:33 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Strange is right. Maybe it was just, coincidentally, his time
7 posted on 05/11/2006 9:18:48 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (For a good time; call LB4-5620)
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To: Joe 6-pack

ROFLMAO!


8 posted on 05/11/2006 9:51:16 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

It's just a stock photo. It says "pit bull" and the story indicates they have no idea who "attacked". Remember, they're SURMISING it "may" have been a pit bull!


9 posted on 05/11/2006 9:52:23 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
It 'may have been' a pit bull.

Who wants to bet!

10 posted on 05/11/2006 10:48:09 AM PDT by RushCrush (There is nothing more unattractive than a Democrat.)
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To: RushCrush

"no visible bite wounds" - This is not characteristic of a pit bull attack.


11 posted on 05/11/2006 11:04:02 AM PDT by arizonarachel (Praying for a February miracle!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

>Bob Hampshire, of Calvert County Public Safety, says the victim had no visible bite wounds.<

Somebody is reaching here. Are you sure this didn't take place at Duke University?


12 posted on 05/11/2006 11:05:16 AM PDT by Darnright (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
"ROFLMAO!"

Keep in mind that I've been personally told, here on FR, no less, that the press would not sensationalize pit bull stories, and that the same media, who can not be counted for accuracy regarding politics, military issues, economic issues, social issues, religious issues, etc. can be relied upon to be 100% bias free and purely objective when it comes to the matter of reporting pit bull issues.

13 posted on 05/11/2006 2:46:10 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

"Keep in mind that I've been personally told, here on FR, no less, that the press would not sensationalize pit bull stories..."

I've been told the same thing. Countless times. Must be true.


14 posted on 05/11/2006 6:05:21 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Stupidity can be a self-correcting problem.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
No bite marks plus anti-coagulants?

Most likely a cerebral bleed, a stroke (from a clot thrown from the atrium), or an MI from fright....

15 posted on 05/11/2006 8:53:10 PM PDT by tracer
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To: tracer

That's what I'm thinking. Fright. Maybe some (unknown) dog just treatened him and scared him. Poor man.


16 posted on 05/12/2006 6:29:13 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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