Tuesday, September 06, 2005

World's Ugliest Dog

I was reading News of the Weird and came across a story about a contest in a California Fair that judged the World's Ugliest Dog. The article on the poor little dog read as follows:

Sam, the 14-year-old Chinese crested, won in June for the third time as the World's Ugliest Dog at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. According to an Associated Press reporter, the hairless dog's "wrinkled brown skin is covered with splotches; a line of warts marches down his snout; his blind eyes are an alien, milky white; and a fleshy flap of skin hangs from his withered neck. And then there's the Austin Powers teeth that jut at odd angles from his mouth." Owner Susie Lockheed said that even the judges recoiled when they first saw him. (Fortunately, for those concerned with dog beauty, Sam has been neutered.) [WLS (Chicago)-AP, 7-1-05]

I decided I needed to see a pic and so I found one. But before you click on the link please be aware that the description doesn't do the dog justice. The thing is scary looking. Like the Tales from the Crypt guy. It made me jump. Here it is: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/uglydog.asp

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