Mystery surrounds a Whanganui East woman's discovery of her smashed car window and a dog sitting in the back seat.
Mystery surrounds a Whanganui East woman's discovery of her smashed car window and a dog sitting in the back seat.
The dog's owner died last year, and an animal control officer said it was not known where the dog has been since, or how it ended up in the car.
Car owner Kataraina Cobain does not know if whoever smashed the window put the dog inside - there are scratch marks underneath and above the window, but the dog had no fresh injuries from broken glass.
Stranger still, nothing was stolen from the car, despite handbags, a cellphone, an MP3 player, a head unit, and a Navman being inside the car.
"I got up and went out to my car, which is parked outside my house on the road," Cobain said.
"The animal control guy said that he doesn't think that whoever smashed the window put the dog in there, only because there was scratch marks on the roof and scratch marks under the window."
The officer told her the dog had injuries on its back, but they did not look fresh. It did not look like the dog had been in the car overnight as it hadn't made a mess.
Cobain posted a photo of the dog in the car on the Buy Sell Swap Wanganui Facebook page on Tuesday, and later received a text message from an unknown number saying "Got my dog bitch".
Facebook users also tried calling the number and reportedly reached a "girl", who hung up upon realising what they were calling about.
"I don't know anyone who wants to go out of their way to take time out of their day to do this to me," Cobain said.
"I still can't get my head around it."
She said she couldn't be bothered reporting the incident to the police.
"I know that I should but whoever it was, they haven't been back."
The council's animal management team leader Jo Meiklejohn said the dog's owner died last year, and they did not know where it had been since.
"We ask that the person who has taken ownership of the dog please contact our animal management team on 349 0001 so the dog can be reunited with her home," a spokeswoman said.
