# Perhaps not all publicity is good publicity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914 "2025-11-17T00:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/1 "2025-11-17T00:36:58Z")
So much of the local paper is not worth reading these days. Until I ran across THIS little nugget: > **[Couple from Huntley arrested on charges of sexual conduct with dog that was...](https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/11/14/couple-from-huntley-arrested-on-charges-of-sexual-conduct-with-dog-that-was-video-recorded-in-huntley/)** > > Police announced the arrests of a Huntley man and a Huntley woman on charges alleging the woman allowed her boyfriend to engage in sex acts with her dog while she recorded it. So many questions. What kind of dog? Did they actually post the recording or share it with someone? Was there enough bestiality going on at some time that regular animal abuse laws were insufficient? Will the puppies be raised Catholic? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/2 "2025-11-17T00:37:59Z")
Nothing surprises me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/3 "2025-11-17T02:06:13Z")
Both alcohol and peanut butter may have been contributing factors ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/4 "2025-11-17T02:10:48Z")
Yikes! I don’t want my algorithm contaminated by clicking on that link. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/5 "2025-11-17T02:11:59Z")
We had a similar case locally not long ago (authorities named both the alleged woman perpetrator and her dog, Morty). No mention of the dog breed in that case either. Mass media keeps letting us down. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Yikes! I don’t want my algorithm contaminated by clicking on that link. You definitely don’t want to get a good look at that couple. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/6 "2025-11-17T02:14:39Z")
I _told_ y’all that peanut butter vodka was evil! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/7 "2025-11-17T02:15:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > No mention of the dog breed in that case either. I believe it’s standard media policy not the reveal the breed of the victim. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/8 "2025-11-17T02:23:26Z")
I was curious where on Earth this happened, and like many local websites, nowhere is it obvious what area the _Lake and McHenry County Scanner_ serves. No state (or country, for that matter) is listed anywhere that is obvious. On the masthead of the main screen? Nope? Clicking on “About Us” at the bottom of the page? Nope. Finally clicked on “Contact Us” which included a mailing address! They are in Gurnee, Illinois. (At least they included a mailing address. Many local websites simply include a web-based contact form, with no mailing address or phone number, so they could be on Mars for all anyone knows…) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/9 "2025-11-17T02:29:38Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > What kind of dog? An unlucky one. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/10 "2025-11-17T02:33:35Z")
Yes, that’s a frustration when someone provides a link to an article on a local news site. Just where is this newspaper/website/whatever located? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/11 "2025-11-17T02:42:38Z")
Same. Not looking at it. Eff an algorithm I don’t want any visual(real or imagined) in my head. Not enough brain bleach in the house. Ick…in fact this whole thread has a bad odor. Gah! Why did I type that…? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/12 "2025-11-17T03:15:30Z")
So, in this case the old dog _is_ a new trick ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/13 "2025-11-17T03:35:40Z")
Is the dog OK? How many other animals has this sicko abused? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/14 "2025-11-17T03:49:45Z")
Don’t wanna start a kerfuffle but the only _right_ thing to do is euthanize that dog. This is my opinion. Not a soap box I wanna climb on. Normally I’m against euthanasia except for very sick, old and in pain animals. That animal has suffered enough. Mentally and surely physical assaults can’t be soothed away. I say put him out of his/her misery. Poor thing.😔 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/15 "2025-11-17T04:30:07Z")
What the _fuck_? How is that in any way an appropriate thing to do? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/16 "2025-11-17T04:36:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I say put him out of his/her misery. Poor thing. Is this supposed to be a joke? If not, I have no idea what triggered these bizarre comments. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/17 "2025-11-17T04:42:01Z")
I’m not gonna argue it. It is what I think is right. You are free to believe the way you do. ETA, on reflection maybe that is a knee jerk reaction. I’m sorry if I offended any one. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/18 "2025-11-17T05:55:00Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > What the _fuck_? How is that in any way an appropriate thing to do?- What else are we supposed to do for sexual assault victims? Let them live? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/19 "2025-11-17T12:16:57Z")
The incident happened in Huntley, about an hour NW of Chicago. Right off of I-90, about halfway between Chicago and Rockford. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914/20 "2025-11-17T12:39:40Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I was curious where on Earth this happened They seem curiously insistent on repeating that it was in Huntley, by people from Huntley., dealt with by the Huntley police. In Huntley (in case you weren’t paying attention). Anyone would think the place (that’s _Huntley)_ had a doubtful reputation already. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-not-all-publicity-is-good-publicity/1024914.md?page=2)