A village where all the residents have moved out due to redevelopment
Informant: This entire area will go under redevelopment, so they’re empty houses. But, I hear barking noises here, strangely.
Reportedly, there are dog barking noises every night in the deserted village!
It’s… this fella
And sometime later, she encountered a dog in the village
I saw a year-old white-furred dog roaming around like this about 2 years ago, so I thought ‘Oh, was this dog just let loose?’
because the dog looked clean and groomed…
Ever since she re-encountered the dog she met 2 years ago in the vicinity, she’s been feeding her
Baekgu (white-furred dog) has been reportedly roaming around the redevelopment area since all the residents have moved out
In order to check if that’s the Baekgu she saw 2 years ago, we decided to set up cameras and observe
One dog comes out from a distance
She looks a bit grubby, but it’s definitely the Baekgu from the photo
But, she turns the other way after smelling food?
Suddenly, she goes inside the gap between the wall and a board
Thinking that place may be her hideout… we headed in and…
it was a completely deserted place where we couldn’t find any warmth of people
Is the dog really living in such a place?
Staff: (Speaking inaudibly) Producer: Huh?
Staff: I hear something from here Producer: Something? / Yes
Where she heard a mysterious sound was a neighboring house
We had our slightest hope that perhaps there were some residents that haven’t moved out yet, but
it was an empty house filled with old and worn-out things
Right at that moment when we looked around the yard to see where the Baekgu had disappeared to,
Producer: Huh?? Pups
As we approached closer and looked under the floor, the fella froze as if scared by the human presence
Producer: Huh?? There are more there!
Seeing both are black, it seems like the two (the other under the floor) are siblings
Producer: Come here! Awwie, come here, come here! It’s okay!
We couldn’t find the Baekgu we were looking for anywhere
Producer: Baekgu’s not here, though?
Staff: No? Producer: Nope. Where’d she go?
We decided to take set up cameras here and there inside the house and observe, taking a step back
After the production crew left…
The fellas that have been hiding began to come out one by one
In a blink, it’s gotten crowded
With the last fella,
a total of five fellas were living here
The dogs cluster and play around with each other
Then,
the fellas suddenly head back to the back of the house
We wondered where they were going and...
it’s the Baekgu that previously disappeared!!
It seems like she’s the mom as the pups glue their butts to her to feed on milk
(Barking sounds from outside)
Baekgu takes her pups and head outside, hearing the barks
Behind where they settled is a vast empty space
Next to the pups running around, playing…
a dog we didn’t spot before is taking a nap leisurely?
Thinking back… the pups don’t look anything like Baekgu
but, if this spotted fella is the dad..
Oh, the pups only got their fur genes from their dad, didn’t they??
The spotted dog sensed the production crew’s presence
Taken aback, he leaves the scene
He took his pups and disappeared to where the pups were staying, in the empty house
What kind of story does Baekgu’s family have that they won't leave the emptied house that's expecting a redevelopment?
Local: I don’t know which house exactly, but I kept hearing noises, barking noises.
Investigator: We’ve been investigating the asbestos due to the development and I’ve seen them a few times
Producer: There’s no one here, but is someone raising them?
Investigator: I’m not too sure about that. I just saw them sitting down in the midst of the empty houses
As all the residents that lived here previously have left, no one really knows too much about Baekgu’s family
So, we decided to get some clues through the real estate agent who knows this area very well
Real estate agent: Seeing them, I always thought to myself, ‘Why did they leave them here?’.
Everyone left as this entire area was going under redevelopment. And then, the dog began to roam around this place with its eyes wide open
After people started to move out, she began to spot Baekgu in the village
Real estate agent: If I go to the union office, we can see where the previous residents have moved to. But, the thing is, I don’t know cuz everyone left
Will we be able to find anything about these fellas here?
Union worker: I presumed someone to be their owner, so I contacted the person and it turns out the owner of the house lives in Seoul and a tenant was living in this house
But, I found out that that person moved out a long time ago. So I’m thinking it may be neither the tenant nor the owner of the house that left them here
The tenants that lived at the currently empty house where the dogs live at the moment didn’t even know of their existence
Producer: So, observing this area, there are a lot of empty houses here, but can we go inside the empty houses to check?
Union worker: The houses with the union’s vacancy confirmation attached are under union members’ ownership, so you can enter those houses
Revisited the empty house to plan out a rescue operation
Staff: Uhm, I don’t think they’re here…
Can’t find them under the floor the pups were hiding all the time,
Staff: They’re not here either
and looked around everywhere nearby but, they were nowhere to be found
Decided to look thoroughly throughout the redevelopment area and
is this a dog’s bark?
As we headed towards where the noise was coming from,
Producer: Who are you??
In the empty alley, a pup is standing, blankly
Who could this fella be…?
As we followed after the fella,
just as expected, where they headed into was an empty house where the residents have already moved out from.
But, it’s a mysterious situation as to why a pup is here alone
Soon, the fella disappeared into the yard area
and another pup appears and follows the fella behind..!
The production crew heads in carefully to get a grasp of the situation
But, something on the side of the yard catches our attention
Producer: I think it’s a dog house?
It’s presumed the resident has raised a woofer dog here
Then, could that imply the mom of the pups found earlier could be living here?
We decided to set up cameras in every corner and observe the situation a bit longer as we couldn’t wrap our heads around it
Are they at least feeding themselves to play..?
The production crew decided to try feeding them water and food
They came out to the door smelling food haha
One fella heads straight towards the food
They wolf down the food in one breath. They must have been starved
Maybe the previous owner of the house knows something about these fellas?
Union worker: I contacted the previous owner of the house but heard the pups aren’t theirs
Producer: Oh, then did they maybe raise a dog?
Union worker: No, no, they didn’t
The resident who lived here said they don’t know anything about those pups and have they ever raised one
Right at that moment when everything was confusing as to why two months old pups are found here!!
A lady looks inside the house over the fence!
Former resident: The people who used to live here used to feed cats and stray cats
Producer: Not dogs? Former resident: Nope
Producer: Then, have you seen them before? Former resident: No. I haven’t
I haven’t seen any other dogs. But, I saw that these two pups were here two days ago. I thought it was strange
People are reportedly startled by the sudden appearance of pups
Cat mom: So, I’m thinking someone must have abandoned them here
Neighbor: Someone must have abandoned them. If not, I don’t know what happened but the two roamed around there
That afternoon, the production crew revisited the house to rescue the pups
But something doesn’t feel right…
Staff: They’re not here Producer: Not here? / No
Thought they might be hiding in the yard somewhere, but
Staff: Not here either…
Not only have they disappeared from the yard, but they have disappeared without a trace…
Where could the fellas have gone to…? (To be continued in part 2)