Catfished? More like dogfished.
One man, who goes by @infared_savage on TikTok, posted a video about his catfish experience with a puppy he alleges is actually a hyena. The video has gone viral with over 3.3 million views.
Eager to purchase a pup, the man replied to an online post from a “Bully breeder” looking to sell what he thought was an American Bully.
In a 2-minute clip, he explains how he instantly fell in love with photos of the dog’s parents and put down a deposit to secure the pup.
When it was time to meet his new best friend, he noticed something odd about the dog, asking the seller, “Did you clip the ears or something? Are you sure that’s a dog? That sh-t looks like a wombat?”
The “Bully breeder” reportedly played coy by trying to disguise the dog’s breed, claiming, “It’s a Bully man. I got the mom and dad out in the back.”
The breeder proceeded to show the parents, who showed no similarity to his newly purchased dog, “I’m looking at them and I’m looking at my puppy,” the bewildered buyer said of the experience.
“This dude gathered up all the puppies…not puppies, orangutan-lizard-foxes all together and they’re laughing, it sound like a bunch of h-es gossiping.”
The new dog owner tries to convince himself, “the puppy is going to grow up and it’s going to look like” its parents. He decided to name the dog “Nina.”
“Come here, Nina. That damn dog looked at me and laughed,” he said.
“I was so scared, wondering what the f-ck is he laughing for, and not just any ole animal laugh. It was humanly.”
The man imitates the dog’s laugh in the video, sounding similar to a hyena or Scooby Doo.
He officially believes this is not the dog he purchased, referring to it as a “dog, cat, wolf.”
The seller was determined to complete the sale by dismissing the buyer’s concern saying the dog “will get over that phase, it’s a Bully.”
The hyena-like dog “gave one big laugh and bit me on my leg, hard as hell, bro,” the man said.
“I didn’t know dogs had crack babies. This is exactly what a crack baby dog would look like.”
The video has over 12,000 comments, with people reacting to the unusual pet scenario.
“This whole thing had me cackling like a damn hyena,” commented one person. “This story is ten times funnier after looking up how a hyena laughs????????????????????.”
Some people expressed their concerns for the man.
“Hyenas laugh when they’re threatened or under attack so I’d BE VERY CAREFULLLL????,” said a TikToker.
One viewer wanted to know if the TikToker brought the alleged hyena home.
“You still got the hyena?” they asked.
The man did not disclose if he left the “crack baby dog” with the breeder, but from his disoriented reaction, the chances seem high.
Surprisingly, this is not the first time a hopeful owner has been bamboozled in a pet sale or adoption.
One Massachusetts family rescued what they thought was a lost puppy – but was actually a baby coyote.
Another family in China faced a similar situation adopting a dog only to discover two years later, it was actually a bear.
The moral of the TikToker’s story is, “Watch these dog breeders because you might go to a Yorkie breeder and a Yorkie breeder might have ferrets.”