HE'S BACK
 WHAT? OR WHO THE HECK IS HE YOU MIGHT ASK?  He's my dog Kobe and somebody stole him. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? WHAT A LOSER THAT GUY MUST BE. A DOG NAPPER IN THE YEAR 2000. This page had been my "LOST DOG" type virtual flyer but I got him back in two days so this is now the official  KOBE the cyber pit bull web emporium and spy shop. It's growing inches a day. Just like Kobe. We will both grow into huge out of control pit bulls who spew trash every where then go out and kick daily butt. Stay tuned, you can watch. 

RTH SYSTEMS    Proudly Present  Chapter 1 
THE TRUE  AND AMAZING STORY OF...

    CAUGHT IN THE ACT

The true story of pain and heartache. 
Its the weekend tragedy of Kobe the pup with floppy ears  who's taken away from the bones he knows best by someone who knew he's the only known male canine heir  to the vast Yappy the Bonehead  dot com Estate and who founded domain.dog 

 JUNE 4th ...My 10 week old baby male puppy Kobe, whom I named  after LA Laker  Kobe Bryant (duh)  was kidnapped right from under my nose... and It was shown live on the TV monitoring my security cameras 3 feet from my face, but I wasn't really watching them.  I had spent the last month teaching KOBE how to sit and stay and poop and piss... somewhere other than my new carpeting ... then boom.... He was gone.  I almost saw the whole thing but I wasn't paying close enough attention because I was ONLINE as usual ...  I had been glancing at the future thief who was playing with Kobe and Sheba (Kobe's current mother figure, friend and future wife) on TV which also monitors this buildings perimeter. I had been thinking that this kid was just one of the many fans the dogs have acquired in a short period of time. Just like 'SELENA' KOBE' got  done in by his biggest fan. Yep. Stolen for love. This kid love Kobe so much he had to have him.   Its a strange story I know and possibly boring to most except for one little thing.  I have the video and that is how  and the main (only?) reason I got him back. 

KOBE was missing and I couldn't find him anywhere.
This happened a week before when a bunch of friends and neighbors helped me franticly search until the pup came strolling out from under a trash bin, sleepy eyed and without a care in the world. I was publicly humiliated for crying like a little girl in public because I thought I had lost my doggy. I thought about all of this for a second and the FLASH a weird feeling came over me. I had a little security camera my pal George had gave me and that was it. I needed a surveillance system . I got a couple more mini $99 chip cameras and they were hooked up and operational with a 24 hour VCR  by the next weekend. KOBE'S' lost weekend.

It was about 3:30 on a Friday when I noticed I hadn't seen him for a while and began to worry a bit,  I remembered I had the cameras going but never imagined I would actually need them much at all and especially so soon. There were 3 outside and one upstairs so I hurried to rewind the special 72 hour VCR tape back a few minutes. and boom... it hit me in the stomach hard. As soon as I saw KOBE being picked up I knew this was not another false alarm.  The scene made me sick. I had hoped that he'd come strolling out from under some pile of junk but I only needed to see this once then I went into full action mode and like any other typical panicked fool I speed dialed the LAPD so they could possibly  help me. Yea sure...  They did come about an hour late and scribble a report but I think it was only because I told the dispatcher I had video cameras and they were curious. Ever since the Rodney King incident video has changed the everything especially the LAPD. So when the good guy bad guy team showed up I gave them the information and the wanted the to take the tape. I told them they could come inside and watch it but I needed to make copies before they could have it. They weren't interested and didn't even get out of the car. I was on my own. You would think they would want to at least see the kids face. the fact that I wasted time waiting for them to show is what also pissed me off because I could have been hot on the thief's trail .. but no... I did the right thing again and got fucked again as usual.Yes, KOBE is named after the Los Angeles Laker KOBE BRYANT.

So, I combed the streets for hours yelling and waving my flashlight at everyone I saw until I came back and put together a reward flyer and this web page...  and even though he's back now,  I'm not  going to take this down quite so soon. In fact I was thinking about linking the security cameras up as a part time internet "KOBE Kam" . Cool eh?   I guess you'll have to read about this lousy weekend and how modern technology got my pup back in less than 48 hours.  I sure didn't expect the loser to give up so easily.  I had begun to compile data to get him back hoping this web page would draw a little publicity on the local news or something.  Maybe I could even get the video of the crime aired.  I just knew that me and Sheba, who needed a friend to play with and is the main reason I got him in the first place....

CARDBOARD DOGS
Sheba and Kobe >


 

Here's the video page that has a step by stepped in poop, account of the theft and up to the minute piss reports and dead cat news plus  bones and flea stuff. It's going to be smelling really good in here. 

Here is the original text I put it up Sunday 6-13, the afternoon when this tragedy began to unfold. The grayed out text is new comments inserted after the fact that he is back Jack... BEGIN> old

 

Friday Night June 11 around 7:15 a black male about 13 to 16 years old opened the gate, picked up Kobe and ran south on Mesa towards 22nd in San Pedro Ca. He was wearing a Navy Blue Addidas type sweat suit with fat white stripes on the sleeves. The event was captured by surveillance cameras that were just installed the week before and a and also witnessed by some kids who told me they saw him run through their yards with my dog. Kobe is a 10 to 12 week old brown male Pit Bull with some Boxer or Sharpie possibly mixed in.  He has white markings and a wrinkled up face. I had just taken him and Sheba, My 2 year old female pit for a long walk down in the old tank farm near 20th and Crescent and we were  definitely a little bit tired when the thief arrived and proceeded to ruin our weekend.

 Here are a few shots taken of the video while playing on the TV screen by a digital camera. (I hope to have a digital capture directly from the video soon) The pictures are fuzzy, but they are  better than nothing and they did get what they were supposed to get.  At the least I know for sure what really happened instead of speculating a million possible ways for KOBE to just disappear. 


The first picture is Sheba and the thief. He is standing very still. He has been there for 10 minutes now and is simply waiting for the little brown mutt to walk back over towards the gate so he can grab him. Please notice his feet in a "V" like stance. I'm told is something gang related. He looks like he is standing at attention and I also noticed that Sheba seems to be aware that something is not quite right with this kid.

Here is an eerie picture of the thief feeding KOBE through the fence while Sheba looks on. The cop car at the top of the picture who did slow down a bit when they spotted the thief, were driving by about 10 minutes before he ran away with KOBE. They came back later that night after I called to file a report but couldn't help out all that much and the detectives who would be doing the investigation couldn't contact me until Monday. Unfortunately for most victims the thief's  know the cops schedules and that most detectives don't work weekends.  Kobe's trail could be cold by then. 

I wanted to scare the criminals real bad if, just in case, they somehow saw one of the flyers I put together and had friends help distribute all around town. Guess what? They worked great.  I printed "YOUR BUSTED" & "DOG THIEF CAUGHT ON TAPE" in blinding HP color real big next to the thief's picture doing the illegal act known technically as petty theft. It was mainly George's idea to scare the crooks and THANK YOU VERY MUCH, it worked. Kobe LOVES really him too. So along with the fact that KOBE was hungry which becomes grumpy and the fact that he may be going to jail soon... it was all just too much and the kid (or his cousin is what he said and I believed him but I'm also an idiot) called the number on the flyer and brought him back. 

Here is the thief running away with KOBE in his arms. I am also working on a close-up shot of the thief's face as of right now but they all may be a little bit large to fix 3:24 Sunday afternoon/night.

There was a $100 REWARD for info leading to Kobe's return.
But kid who returned KOBE didn't ask for any money and the only way he could have got my phone number was from the reward flyer. and....

WHEN KOBE GOT BACK HOME HE WAS SO HUNGRY HE ATE EVERYTHING HE COULD FIND FOR ABOUT A FULL HOUR STRAIGHT THROUGH. I DON'T THINK HE HAD ANYTHING TO EAT SINCE HE WAS DOGNAPPED...

If you haven't yet check out the video page here.

MORE of KOBE's lost weekend and a real time KOBE KAM coming soon.

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