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  • 2023-01-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Did a Burglar Sue a Homeowner After Being Raped by German Shepherds While Stuck in a Dog Door? (en)
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  • In January 2023, a screenshot of a purported news headline was shared on social media that claimed, Burglar sues homeowner after being raped by German shepherds while stuck in house's pet door. The beginning of the article read, A young home invader arrested after calling the police himself to report he was being raped by his victim's dogs, has filed an $850,000 lawsuit against his victims, alleging physical and psychological trauma. I don't know how your 2023 is going, but this guy is screwed, one Facebook user posted on Jan. 5, 2023. However, this story originally came from World News Daily Report, which has a disclaimer page that says it publishes satire. In other words, this tale of a burglar being violated by two dogs never really happened. The mugshot that appeared in the story belonged to a young man named Sam Ogden, who was ridiculed by British tabloids after appearing to cry in his photo. He was arrested in the U.K. in 2018 after being suspected of attempting to steal cars. His case had nothing to do with dogs. The satirical article appears to have been published in March 2021. The beginning of the story went like this: The World News Daily Report website was inaccessible at the time that we published this fact check. However, it was still available for reading on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A search of Facebook for photos containing the words from the headline showed that screenshots of the article were spreading like wildfire. We also found traces of the article appearing on Reddit, Instagram, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. As previously mentioned, the disclaimer page on World News Daily Report specified that it published satirical content. Here's what that disclaimer says: (en)
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