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- I would like to say that we are fantastic editors
who can put in CGI movements and make trees move
in the background and add birds singing,
but really, you know, that is...
- We wouldn't have a clue how to do that.
- We wouldn't know where to begin.
We can honestly say this was uploaded straight
from our mobile phone as soon as it was recorded,
get it on there, and we were just astonished.
Hello, my name is Jefferson Pilot.
I am 28 and I'm from Plymouth in Devin.
- And my name is Megan Oxtaby and I'm originally
from Worcestershire in England. (chuckling)
- So this was July 2020, it was a very hot day.
We took the dogs out for a walk about half 11
in the morning and we walked along the fields.
And it was such a hot day, we decide just
to take a little break, catch our breath,
have a sip of water.
And that's when we noticed our dogs.
As they're up in the distance, looked like
they were trying to flush something out.
We weren't quite sure what was going on.
So we had to get the camera out just to see
what was going on and as we approached forward,
that's when we started recording.
- We just stopped and noticed that the dogs
were completely still and they weren't moving at all.
We thought no, we're gonna stay and watch them
and see how long they stay like this.
- We were just completely captivated
by them staying still.
It was four minutes.
It was almost like they were playing a game
of musical statues.
There was nothing moving except for the bushes
at the background and you could hear the birds singing.
And they were just not moving a muscle.
In fact, one of our girls had her paws up,
did not move one single bit, frozen statue.
And it wasn't till about four minutes
into our video where eventually they all dashed off.
- And we have this video and it was just incredible.
And we couldn't believe what we just saw.
And we thought we have to upload this
so everyone else can see this amazing experience.
- We shared it with the Hungarian Vizsla community
and it just spread like wildfire.
We had messages of, you know, fellow Hungarian Vizsla owners
saying they couldn't believe how long
they were doing it for and they didn't move a muscle.
- [Megan] I haven't heard of any other dogs doing it.
Have you?
- I haven't at all.
One article said it was all about energy.
It was some supernatural energy which was in the moment
at the time, so that sort of got our brains going.
I'm a firm believer of the supernatural.
When it came to walking our dogs and we captured this video,
it was quite unearthly at some points.
The part of me which thought it could have been supernatural
was, even though on the video you can
hear the birds singing and you can hear
it's a windy day, I didn't hear any of that.
I was so fixated on the girls, of them not moving
that I couldn't hear anything else.
Nothing else was around me, it was purely focusing
on our girls wondering what on earth is going on.
- It kind of felt like we were in a dream
because it was so crazy, we felt like we were dreaming.
But it was real life.
It actually happened.
- Eventually, my arm was getting tired
'cause we were filming so long, but it did almost feel
like it went against the law of physics.
I mean, us as humans, when we try and remain still,
I know for a fact, yet when we watch our dogs
they're not moving a single muscle.
- It must have hurt being still for that long.
- Yeah, it really must've done
'cause I know as humans, that would hurt.
- [Megan] We didn't train the dogs at all to stay still.
It's still just do it.
We didn't teach them or anything like that, they--
- I can't see being taught to them whatsoever.
They all work as a big unit and each role the,
as Meg said, the youngest one is far out the front
to sort out what's going on.
The middle-aged dog is in the middle
to act as a backup for the leader.
And the eldest one's right at the back
to do all the background work.
- I always wonder if they can like,
read each other's thoughts.
- Mm-hm, yeah, 100% they are definitely communicating
with each other, planning strategically.
- [Megan] And we also noticed that after this occasion
they did it a few more times,
but they never did it for that long.
- It is almost telepathical in a way, as well,
because when we're at home with the dogs,
sometimes they just look at you
and you almost get this sort of telepathical message,
don't you, of what they're actually asking
which that I can't explain, but that is fascinating.
Who knows, there could have been something in there that day
that was supernatural and we do like
to think about the idea and imagine what, if it had been
supernatural, what else would have come from it.
- So if you ever see your dogs stay still,
just stay still yourself, and just watch what happens.
- Don't move.
(Megan and Jefferson chuckling)