My Theories About The Dog On The Roof

(This is actually a post I started at the beginning of last semester that I never got close to finishing. Now the dog is gone. But don't worry, I've got theories for that too!)

If you go to Red River College at the Princess St. Campus and you have recently been in one of the classes on the upper floors of the William Building, you may have noticed the large, brown, stuffed bull dog that has made itself comfortable on the roof of one of the buildings down the street. I noticed it the first day of classes, and it hasn't moved yet. That got me thinking. How did it get there?!

So I have decided to post my theories on how the poor thing got there. As the weather cools off, I also begin to wonder how it's going to survive the winter.

(This is where I ended the first time around. I guess we all know how he survived, eh?)

1. Fell from a plane overhead that was carrying toys.

2. A group of young hooligans were being rebellious and climbed the building, panicked when they heard the sirens coming to get them (why else would there be sirens downtown?), and forgot our poor friend when they ran.

3. A kid with aspirations to be an Olympic shot put gold medalist was doing his daily training in the district, using the stuffed dog to work on his balance. He broke his own personal record.

4. He was set free through one of the windows of an adjacent building.

5. Someone at RRC wanted to give us something to look at while we're sitting in Kenton's class (juuuuuuust kidding Kenton!)

It kind of reminds me of when you see an old, lonely shoe on the road. I could never figure out how someone could just lose one shoe on the road. I always wonder where the other shoe is and what that person is wearing on their foot now. It's not something you typically see hanging off of vehicles just waiting to fly off and most shoes are usually too big to let slip through your fingers while walking down the sidewalk.

(Now we jump into the future that is now.)

THE DOG IS GONE!!

My heart is broken.

We came back from our Christmas break and the rooftop was covered with snow, but the dog was gone.

So here are my new theories on what happened:

1. The toy company that lost him during the flight sent out a rescue team.

2. The Winnipeg Humane Society rescued him.

3. The hooligans, who are no longer grounded by their parents, returned when they knew the school would be empty (no witnesses) to retrieve him.

4. The little shot put hopeful needed exact measurements for his record and decided to grab him while he was there.

5. Kenton wanted his students to pay attention in class, so he climbed up and got it himself.

All of these are possible, but who really knows. Maybe there's some surveillance footage that has an angle on that rooftop that could solve the mystery.

Or maybe it should just remain a mystery.