Posted on 11/12/2013 1:16:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
Born Gary Matthews, the retired technology worker and a self-confessed "nerd" thinks he is a dog. The 48-year-old wears a dog collar, eats dog food from a bowl his favorite is Pedigree and loves milk bones and dog cookies.
"I don't eat dog food every day," Matthews told ABCNews.com "It's a special thing for me to do once in awhile to get closer to feeling like a canine. I eat the canned kind. It's not bad -- it tastes OK. I eat regular human food, too, like pizza."
But he has the most fun wearing his dog suit, code-named "Papey," because he made it from shredded paper. He wanders around the streets of his hometown Pittsburgh, barking at cars and digging holes in the backyard.
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This is just my opinion but I would say that this is different b/c...
In gender identity disorders, those people identify as the opposite sex to the point that challenging their "identity" causes stress/anxiety, or other "negative" effects. They honestly believe that they are, or want to be, what they are clearly not. (And yes, in my opinion, these people have serious psychological problems.)
In dog-boy's case, it would seem that he is fully aware that he is human but really, really enjoys pretending to be a dog. Notice that he has a light and reads in his doghouse. He interacts with people in a (at least mostly) human fashion. He isn't always "Boomer".
Is he weird? Sure. Does he suffer from psychological problems? Quite probably. Is this the same as gender identity disorder? Not even close.
Of course, this answer doesn't even start to cover the respective effect on society by each type of case (gender confusion & dog-boy). Somewhere in there is where the meat of the answer can be found.
Niiiiiice post. Stooges and Iggy. I don’t suppose you know Loren, Tony, Kathy and The Detroit Dogs too?
He says he doesn’t eat dog food every day. If that is the case, he doesn’t think he is a dog, especially if he can open the can...
Stay off the couch!
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