Gallery of the Uncommon

The dog that ran over the car

When we think about what makes a story, a story, the first thing that comes to mind is: “Man bites dog”. The uncommon and out of the ordinary sells and it gets people’s attention. Days, months and even years after a story has come out, there will always be someone at a party who says “hey, do you remember that man who bit the dog?”

Don’t worry, it wasn’t an Inesquian out on the loose, hunting for dogs to bite; it was actually quite the opposite. A dog from the nearby estate appears to have sworn revenge on the car of one of our researchers to pay for all of his comrades that have died at the wheels in road violence. And it all happened in our car park.

Does this seem a little odd? Yep, it is, so it here goes.

As you can see from these images, unbelievably it appears that the car lost the fight with this persistent four legged fiend. In fact, there was very little the Punto could do to protect itself from the rage of this creature that on this day was anything but Man’s best friend.

On arriving at his car, our Inesquian encountered a genuine battle ground. The damage: dented bonnet, scratches and paw prints everywhere and holes in the chassis aggressive enough to make even the handiest mechanic despair.

Even though mechanically the car was in a good working condition, all of the electrics had been ripped to pieces. Cables had been wrenched out and chewed to the core. Lucky for the dog, and the car as well, that the car hadn’t been running at the time. With the expertise of James Bond, this creature, who was clearly an expert in electronic engineering, was able to deviously sabotage the engine and escape from its rampage unscathed.

Can you believe that this mutt actually got inside the engine, presumably from underneath: and if it hadn’t been for its mess, the owner may not have realised the level of damage until too late. So what was the reason for this fury? The theory going around is that the INESC researcher liked to hide hunks of meat in his car engine. Who knows, maybe he took the phrase “smoked bacon” a little too seriously, if so the eager pooch certainly put an end to his charade.

Witnesses? As always, there are none. The dog owner declared herself innocent, obviously. There are suspicions that a cat may have been hiding in the engine and was thus responsible for the mayhem but there are no traces of a cat, so did the dog get lucky or did the cat learn its lesson and go off to lick its wounds elsewhere?

While the victim faces the remains of his beloved car, the perilous pooch is still on the loose, unleashed and stalking the car park. Take care! There are those that say the dog is from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering because he destroys the electrics but preserves the mechanics. Whatever the truth may be, be nice to them and start leaving your car elsewhere…