A California mother is recovering from more than 150 lacerations and puncture wounds across her body after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs while out for a walk. Dorrie Reyes was walking along a levee in Stockton on April 23 when she was surrounded by seven to nine stray dogs, including German shepherds and mixed breeds, according to a GoFundMe organized by her family. Just moments before the scene turned violent, Reyes filmed the dogs on her phone while shouting for help. As the animals mauled her, a nearby couple heard her cries and rushed in, managing to drive the dogs away, her son Ronnie said. “The good Samaritan was, as far as I know, afraid of dogs, but he still came out to help my mom,” Ronnie Reyes told 9News, wiping away tears, adding his family is thankful to the couple because his mother’s injuries “could’ve been much worse.” Dorrie Reyes was rushed to the hospital with 150 to 200 lacerations and puncture wounds across her arms, legs, face, head and neck. She spent six hours in the operating theater and lost a significant amount of blood, according to the GoFundMe.
Always carry a flare gun.
In California, wild fires much?
An improvised explosive also works.
I can’t believe people here don’t carry around anti-dog IEDs.
Fucking amateurs.
A flashlight will do under certain circumstances.
That’s why I take one on every walk.
Wait. Oh, a flAshlight. Yeah, that can work, too.
d-does it? Often?
Improvised out of what? Stab your phone battery?
…or just a regular gun because this is America. It’s not a bad idea if you’re gonna be somewhere around wildlife that can kill you.
Or even just a knife because why would anyone go anywhere without a knife? Not even talking about self defence (although in this particular case it probably would have worked).
I just don’t get how a lot of people go about their day without carrying the single most useful tool ever. What if you need to open some clamshell packaging? What if you want to trim a snagging fingernail? What if your shirt has a loose string? What if you get in a car accident and need to cut your seatbelt? What if you get a splinter? What if you need to tighten or loosten a screw? What if you need to trim the rubber boot off an ethernet plug to get it to fit in a poorly designed port? Not having easy access to the worlds most versatile tool just seems like a monumental pain even if you don’t consider the times it could be literally life saving.
Were you ever a scout? Because I’ve never met a grown-up scout who didn’t have a knife on them at all times for practical reasons.
Yup. I always kinda took it for granted growing up but now that I’m an adult it’s really weird to think about how most people just never learned things like basic first aid and such.
It’s such a damn useful skillset, honestly. It’s a crying shame that it was considered a boys’ thing for so long.
My knife is no more than two inches long. Carried similar sized knives for over 30 years.
Only if it’s a revolver or a bolt action rifle.