one night I was at my (now ex)gf's house, which is conviniently ~2 miles from a violent offender medical ward (looney bin). Somehow, one of the inmates had escaped, and was believed to be considered armed at this point. He was found a few hours later in the woods just behind someone's home when he killed their dog with an icepick. apparently the dog started howling when he saw the guy, ran towards him, and the inmate didn't kill the dog the first hit, so it whelped hardcore, which is actually what alerted the family to call the police, who apprehended him. Scary to think what could have happened to that family had they not owned that dog... too bad it died saving it's owner's life.
