This is strange not funny, at all, but its the story that comes to mind.
A neighbor asked us to watch their dog for the weekend, our dogs were friends. We left the dogs together in the neighbor's fenced back yard, but they managed to dig under the fence and escape.
Our dog came home, no problem but not the neighbor's dog. We set off on a desperate search to no avail. We went back to the neighbor's house and saw a message on their recorded. We listened to it and someone had found the dog and called the number on the collar. We called back - it was a strained conversation, but we got an address and headed to pick the dog up.
This is where the story turns very dark... The people who had picked up the dog were a Vietnamese family, only about half spoke any English. Earlier that day they had been on the way to Yellowstone for a large family outing. One van full of family members was involved in an awful crash, several were killed. We latter found out it was the worst one car traffic accident in Idaho history. Among the dead was a 3 year old boy, and his grandmother was convinced that the dog was her grandson reincarnated...
I had not idea what to do, to be honest had it been my dog I would gladly have given it to her, but it wasn't. And a few of the younger family members wanted us to just take the dog and leave. We spent probably the most uncomfortable half hour I can remember talking with the people and offering condolences. The grandmother was very convinced, she kept saying things like her grandson's favorite color was black and the dog was black, and the dog loved her grandson's favorite food. She was hanging on to that dog with all she had, and I was not about to take it away. Finally she said the dog should choose, and just as she let go our dog out in the truck barked and the dog bolted for the truck. Then one of the family members suggested we should just leave we gladly did...
I sent flowers and a letter of condolence, but never heard from them again. I still have real mixed feelings whenever I think of it.
When our neighbors returned we had quite the story to tell them. They never asked us to watch the dog again...