Village resident: His fur’s dangling… his legs are gross, too. Really gross!
Village resident: There’s no fur on the lower body, but only some on the upper body
Village resident: He’s ghastly to look at. He’s just scary
Dongpirang village located at Tongyeong, Gyeongnam
At this village, known for the great landscape and pretty mural paintings
a dog with a ghastly appearance is reported to appear..?!
The production crew sets out to find out the dog’s identity
Searching here and there around the village, couldn’t spot any dogs
Village resident: Sometimes he’s on that side and sometimes crosses over through this side, he appears and disappears
Village resident: He won’t come out from under the cars
Changing the plan, searching under the cars
Producer: That white car, isn’t there something below it?
A suspicious movement spotted under a car after a long search
There’s definitely something there!
Is this the same dog we’re looking for?
But, rather than a dog, it looks like a big ball of string
As we approach closer to confirm, the fella looks up
Looking at the fella, he’s definitely a dog!
At that moment, as he escapes from under the car, his awful four legs are revealed
We rush right behind him, but he runs away hiding on the side of the street
Like that, he disappeared from our eyes
How long must have passed searching for him again…
He appeared from afar
Producer: Over there, there! Under the silver car, silver car… isn’t that him?
Again, as expected, where we found him was under a car that’s hard to see
He doesn’t budge, crouching
As we approach closing the distance
Gradually, his awful appearance is revealed
And for the first time, our eyes locked his that looked tired and pitiful
Perhaps because he sensed us he quickly leaves again!
And then, all of us were shocked by his appearance!
He was in the worst condition, with only a bit of ragged fur left on him
Village resident: So pitiful. His skins’ been scraped off
He would go crazy as it itches so much
Even when a car passes by he’d scratch himself on the same spot
It was severe to a point his fur would shed
It seems he can’t endure it once he feels the itchiness
But even then, he’s so warry he’s busy running away from people once he gets close to them
Again, he crouches under, in the middle of a car and hides
Village resident: Around 11 or 12p.m when people aren’t around, he comes out then
Village resident: You can spot him once or twice during the day
at night, this entire place is a central market..
It seems he roams around the entire place. To find food
Like that, the night has come
He’s reported to be more active at night when people aren’t around
can’t find him under the cars where he hid during the day…
A moment later
Where we found him again was at the dumping ground
It seems he’s been wandering around to look for food
He didn’t seem to come out from under the cars during the day but,
as night approached, this stray dog moves around as people went home
Even late at night, he kept wandering around the streets in poor condition
Next day
Again, the Dongpirang village is full of tourists who came to see the great landscape and mural paintings
As expected, he crawled under a car, crouched, hiding from the tourists
What could be so fearful and frightening…?
He runs away as soon as he senses people’s attention
Tourist: Wow, so pitiful
Tourist 2: His fur, what to do…
Tourist: He doesn’t look like a dog…
But, he was even limping his leg..!
Lifting up one of his legs, he bares dodges a car
Village resident: He wasn’t like that at first, but someone must’ve hurt his leg
He kept lifting one of his legs
Perhaps that’s why he looks restless
With wary eyes, he hides under cars
Despite running away from people, he hasn’t been leaving this village for a year…
Village resident: There’s a reason
Producer: Why?
Village resident: I think his initial owner abandoned him here…
Village resident: His owner must've abandoned him here because he popped out of nowhere one day
Village resident: At first that dog was really pretty as if he’s gotten his fur permed…
Dongpirang village has countless number of people coming by every day
We heard there are residents here who witnessed a stranger dropping him from a car a year ago…!
Even though he runs away from people
he studies people going back and forth with his eyes carefully
Perhaps he’s waiting for his owner who won’t return…
It pours rain and
it would have been better if he hid under a car, but for some reason, he’s out in the middle of the street
In rain, his health condition looks worse
Licking his injured leg
he writhes in pain, not knowing what to do
His condition worsens as time passes
Can no longer just wait and leave him be!
As soon as the rain stopped, we began the rescue work
His hideout is under cars!
We search under every car but, can’t spot him anywhere…
At that moment
Rescuer (walkie talkie): Found the dog on the path to outside
Producer: They found him?
Rescuer: Yes, yes
Before he leaves, being wary, rescuer and vet rush to the spot he’s found
Finally arrived at the spot he’s found
Producer: Where? Where?
Rescuer: Here, under this car
Producer: Under a car?
As expected, he’s hiding under a car in a deserted parking lot
First things first, need to block the escaping route
Wrapped around the surrounding area with a net, all around
As it’s gotten busy around him while hiding
as if he sensed something’s off he starts to look around him
and suddenly, he tries to escape..!
Dodging the net in a blink, he looks for the path to escape
But, right when his body got caught in the net, a rescuer throws the scoop net at him!
Producer: Caught him?
Producer: Oh~ they caught him, caught him!
He’s rescued successfully but is trembling his body in fear
It seems he’s still frightened
As it’s urgent, a basic examination is carried out
Vet: He’s about 5 years old
Looking at him up close, his condition was more severe than we thought
How painful must he have been, the residents also feel sorry…
He seems to be exhausted from all the times he endured all by himself
Rushed to the hospital and began the thorough examination
Vet: Anemia due to chronic starvation, regenerative anemia.
And fortunately, he hasn’t contracted heartworms
Although it’s fortunate he hasn’t contracted heartworms
He’s entirely ill due to skin disease and enteritis
The leg he’s been limping
Vet: It must have been really painful, but as it’s been left unattended it’s been progressed a lot…
Further operation is difficult as the leg hardened a long time ago, dislocated
But, the skin disease that made his skin peel can be fully recovered..!
He gets a year's worth of dirt off him first
Vet: If he gets treated at the hospital for a period of time
and if his nutritive condition is restored, his health will recover
Recovering his nutritive condition will escalate his recovery more than anything
Two days later, the production crew has visited the hospital again
He looks different from before
But, even with yummy food in front, he has no reaction
As people give him some room
he starts to eat his food
As he spent a long time on the streets, he is still wary of people
Vet: His dead skin peeled off a lot, so compared to then...
Producer: He’s gotten better Vet: Yes
His skin’s almost fuzzy
and his scar has healed much
Like that, Dongpirang stray dog has begun to recover its scars
Hope he forgets being abandoned and his painful past
and lives being loved by someone for the rest of his dog life…