A bizarre confrontation at a dog park in Portland has gone viral after a woman launched into an aggressive tirade against a man for owning purebred dogs instead of adopting.
The footage, which was captured at Mount Tabor Dog Park, shows the woman confronting a dog walker and accusing him of being unethical for purchasing his pets.
She screams, calls him a “piece of s***,” and escalates to claiming he causes animals to lose their lives by choosing to buy rather than rescue.
“He k**ls dogs because he has to have his bred dogs,” the woman is heard saying.
“Me?” the man replies, visibly confused.
“Yes you, you bought those dogs didn’t you,” she continues. “You didn’t save their lives, you don’t care, you don’t care about anyone except yourself.”
A woman went into an unhinged tirade against a total stranger at a dog park, accusing him of animal cruelty and insulting him
Image credits: Siebe Vanderhaeghen/Unsplash
The man then calmly tries to explain that his dogs are a mother and puppy, but the woman refuses to listen. Seeing her attempt at enraging the man fails, she escalates by accusing him of harassment while simultaneously following him down the trail.
“Help, help me, this guy won’t leave me alone… please help me, I did not say anything,” she cries out dramatically, despite being the one who initiated the altercation.
Image credits: Getty Images/Unsplash
The unprovoked confrontation then quickly spirals into a political and personal meltdown.
The woman accuses the man of being a racist, though no racist language or behavior is evident in the video. When he questions her claim, she ignores him and begins ordering him to go down a specific trail.
Image credits: Demi Bolger
As he tries to walk away, she charges toward him. Finding himself out of options and dealing with an unreasonable individual, the man warns her that if she touches him, he will not hesitate in knocking her out.
But the woman was unfazed.
Image credits: Demi Bolger
The woman then pulled out her phone and continued ranting, this time targeting the man’s manhood.
“Look at this guy, look at his bred dogs, look at what an unethical piece of s*** this guy is,” she yells. “He has to have bred dogs because he has a small pen*s.”
Seeing her personal attacks have no effect on the man, the woman proceeds to accuse him of being an undocumented immigrant
Image credits: Demi Bolger
Surprisingly, the man remains composed. Refusing to play the woman’s game, he added levity to the situation by saying:
“Thank you, I always see these Karen videos and I never thought I’d get a good one myself.”
Toward the end of the clip, the woman makes an even more outrageous threat, going from personal attacks, to political ones.
She accuses the man of being a Trump supporter and says she’ll call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on him, despite no indication that the man is undocumented or has done anything illegal.
The encounter ends with the man walking away and warning other hikers about her behavior, while she continues yelling incoherently through the forest.
From laughter and jokes to anger and concern, netizen reactions to the video were varied and intense
Image credits: Daisy D/Unsplash
Social media users were quick to react to the viral video, slamming the woman’s behavior and questioning her mental health.
“That unhinged lunatic must not know much about canine rescue,” a user wrote.
“Even beautiful, pure bred dogs get discarded and wind up in shelters. Thousands of unwanted pets are euthanized daily.”
Others warned people to not engage or acknowledge individuals like the woman in the video, explaining that a person like that can often be unpredictable, and even dangerous.
“Just walk away. This woman is hell-bent on getting this man arrested and perhaps sent to jail. Walk away and don’t look back.”
Image credits: Markus Winkler/Unsplash
Some instead mocked the political leap she made during the argument, seeing her as an example of the worst that certain topics can bring out in people.
“He should have told her that his dogs have good genes and watched her completely melt down,” one user joked, referencing the recent backlash against American Eagle’s recent campaign featuring Sidney Sweeney.
“Unhinged.” Netizens expressed their frustration at seeing yet another ‘Karen’ unravel
