# The Skyrim Shaggy Dog Story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254 "2016-04-05T14:33:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254/1 "2016-04-05T14:33:37Z")

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So this story is going around about a man who found a stray dog in Skyrim and wanted to adopt it:

> [@Patrick Lenton](#):
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> worst part of Skyrim was when I found that dog whose owner died in a cabin, and then I of course had to adopt the dog bc i’m not a monster

[It all goes horribly wrong…](http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/wait-until-you-get-to-the-bit-about-the-rat#.kheNaJ5Ka)

…until in the end:

> [@Patrick Lenton](#):
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> this all happened a while ago on a housemates Xbox. From memory every time I got near my house, angry wife would chase me off ☹

> [@Patrick Lenton](#):
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> but you know - breakups can be rough

It is quite, quite amusing, as gamer stories go.

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**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254/2 "2016-04-06T16:50:51Z")

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I read that! Now I want to play Skyrim.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyrim-shaggy-dog-story/751254/3 "2016-04-06T20:08:27Z")

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I’ve read it too. Quite amusing.