혼자 버스 타고 내리는 영특한 강아지 Seattle dog's rush hour ride: on the bus, by herself, weekly(VIDEO)
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미국 벨트타운 통근자들 사이에 혼자 버스타는 강아지가 연일 화제다. 버스 운전사라면 모두 아는 이 2살짜리 검정 래브라도는 늘 버스 창가측에 앉아 차창을 내다보며 세상을 만끽하며 3정거장인 자신의 목적지 도그파크에 정확히 내린다. 반려동물을 좋아하는 미국인들로서는 버스 통근을 하며 이 기특한 강아지까지 보며 마냥 행복해한다. 대견스럽기까지 하다. 그렇지만 꼭 혼자서만 버스를 타는 것은 아니다. 일주일의 몇번은 주인과 함께 타기도 한다. 요금은 어떻게 하는지 궁금하다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 |
By SEATTLE -- Public transit in Seattle has gone to the dogs.
Commuters in Belltown report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks. The 2-year old has been spotted roaming the aisles, hopping onto seats next to strangers, and even doing her part to clean the bus -- by licking her surroundings.
"All the bus drivers know her. She sits here just like a person does," said commuter Tiona Rainwater, as she rode the bus through downtown Monday. "She makes everybody happy. How could you not love this thing?"
When the dog got off the bus - without an owner - at a dog park last week, it piqued the curiosity of local radio host Miles Montgomery of KISW-FM.
"It doesn't really appear to have an owner. The dog gets off at the dog park. I just look out the window and I'm like, 'did that just happen?'" Montgomery asked. "She was most concerned about seeing out the window, and I couldn't figure out what that was. It was really just about seeing where her stop was."
Turns out the dog, Eclipse, doesn't always ride the bus alone. She visits the dog park a few times a week, sometimes with her owner.
The duo lives right near the bus stop at 3 Ave. W. and W. Mercer Street. Eclipse's solo rush hour ride happened one day when her owner took too long to finish a cigarette.
"We get separated. She gets on the bus without me, and I catch up with her at the dog park," said Jeff Young, who owns the dog. "It's not hard to get on. She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later."
Young said the tradition has been going on for a while.
"She's been here the last two years, so she's been urbanized, totally. She's a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog," he said. "Probably once a week I get a phone call. 'Hi. I have your dog Eclipse here on 3rd and Bell,'" he recounted. "I have to tell them, 'no. She's fine.' She knows what she's doing."
A spokesman for Metro Transit said the agency loves that a dog appreciates public transit. "She would be much safer in the world if she had her owner on a leash," he joked.
"It makes their day," added Young. "It's a good part of their day and it works out for her so I just let it go." |
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