Posted on 07/28/2023 11:25:39 PM PDT by Angelino97
A Japanese man who spent more than $20,000 to become a dog has finally taken his first walk and immediately made some canine friends.
Known only as Toco, the man spent two million Yen (A$22,000) on a hyperrealistic border collie costume to fulfil his lifelong dream of “becoming an animal”.
In recent updates shared with his almost 30,000 YouTube subscribers, Toco was seen playing in his backyard on all fours and performing tricks in exchange for treats.
But now he has ventured into public for the first time to reveal his new look.
In a pair of surreal videos posted to his YouTube channel ‘I want to be an animal’, Toco was seen being taken out for a walk on a leash, sniffing at other dogs in a park and rolling around on the floor.
Toco’s grand debut — which was captured while he was filming a segment for a German TV station — seemed to be well-received by passers-by and other dogs, who appeared curious. It wasn’t clear whether they realised Toco wasn’t a natural-born dog.
“I became a collie, fulfilling a dream I had since I was a little child to be an animal!” subtitles at the beginning of the video read...
Toco says he hides his human identity because he doesn’t want to be judged by people he knows.
“I don’t want my hobbies to be known, especially by the people I work with,” he told the Daily Mail last year.
“They think it’s weird that I want to be a dog. For the same reason why I can’t show my real face.”
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That’s Barf from Spaceballs, right?
Think about how strange the world has become that we focus on one person out of 7 billion who has gone beyond the status quo. What positives does focusing on this individual bring to the world. 30 years ago nobody would know this happened. That was a better world.
So, did he hump her leg?
I don’t see a collar, time for the Animal Control people to intervene, take him to the pound, and well, do what they do to unclaimed dogs after two weeks...
Does it squat or lift a back leg to relieve itself?
He should get a refund. They forgot the “border” part.
Definitely needs to be taken to the pound, put up for adoption/experimentation or euthanized.
I want to know if he had his knees put on backwards
Did he get an anal gland implant? I hope he enjoys having them squeezed.
Freaks are getting freakier since the lockdowns.
My wife had to run to the bathroom after I showed her this. She almost pee’d herself from laughing,
This dude has some issues. What a weirdo.
Killed off all the best of them. Wish they would have thought of that before starting that mess with us.
Think of how many good and worthy genetic strains we lost: sure explains the '60s.
That is one ugly BC!
this has ‘hoax’ written all over it. am i the first to put a ‘bulls!it’ stamp on this?
The two wars killed off the best men from all over the world, and for what?
At first I thought this was that guy’s “Pet Zealot” blog, that freepers love to gush over like 8 year old children.
I have to admit that I wouldn’t mind a “hyper-realistic” Godzilla suit……
Life-size, natch.
That’s a Rough Collie, not a Border Collie
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