CHICAGO (CBS) — In Sheridan Park, there is a vibrant avenue neighbors know as Sunnyside. Those who stay there describe it as walkable, individuals pleasant, and often very canine pleasant.
But Krysten Kelly’s encounter with a household and their dogs Friday evening on Sunnyside and Dover as she headed to her boyfriend’s for recreation evening was as an unfamiliar expertise.
“I acquired off the bus on Friday evening after work about 8 o’clock, I walked down Sunnyside to move to the place he lives, and so they had a little bit child and two dogs,” she mentioned.
Kelly mentioned there was no interplay between her and the household by any means.
“As they approached as a result of it was a household, I did not actually suppose something unhealthy was going to occur,” she mentioned.
The man handed with the primary canine. But when the girl, second canine, and two children approached it was not a pleasing encounter.
“Their canine handed me jumped up, lunged, connected itself to my left breast and would not let go. I’m screaming, I’m screaming, ‘Your canine is ripping my boob off!’ I put my arm up like this, when it jumped once more in the direction of my face. And it punctured my arm,” she mentioned.
She mentioned the household stored walking and didn’t handle what occurred. Kelly continued to comply with hoping to get their consideration. But nothing
“They actually circled strolled away and could not have cared much less,” she mentioned.
Kelly referred to as 911 and her boyfriend, however later discovered assist and Rayan’s Fine Wine & Spirits simply down the road. She’s seen within the retailer’s surveillance in a black t-shirt bleeding for her left arm. The man behind the counter is seen grabbing a first-aid package and tending to her wants.
“These guys had been heroes that evening for me at a time the place I actually, actually wanted it,” she mentioned.
After spending her Saturday within the hospital, Kelly walked again round to Rayan’s to thank them in particular person.
“My colleague was an enormous assist. We prefer to be right here for our neighbors, for our neighborhood and our prospects,” mentioned James Couture.
Neighbors serving to neighbors in what appears to be a tight-knit neighborhood. Now Kelly desires to forestall this from occurring once more.
“I do not wish to give this up as a result of what if I had been a small baby, what if I had been an older particular person, what if I had been somebody with disabilities? This is a reasonably populated space. People have children. People have little animals,” she mentioned. “This was very scary. There was no provocation, and it was in a single heartbeat of an on the spot that this canine was on me.”
Her foremost objective is to search out the house owners to forestall this from occurring to anybody else, however she additionally desires to study if she wants a rabies shot.
She’s already been involved with animal management however plans to file a police report.
