I met a Pit Bull Terrier today.....

I can see how it could be read that way. I do not doubt misidentification exists on some level. I doubt that it exists in the extreme that some claim, but this is only a doubt - the sort of healthy skepticism most here posess when faced with oft repeated rarely substantiated claims. Maybe the misdeintifcation is worse. Maybe there are people report a King Charles Spaniel (snappy little fucks) bite as a pit attack.

At the same time, I would think pit lineage might not be the predominant lineage yet still predispose a dog toward such aggression. This does not require a “one drop” test, as someone earlier tried to force on me.