mad woman in peckham rye park

[puzzled]

much anxiety among dog walkers in this park. they have been warned that a strange woman with long grey hair is trying to feed poisoned snacks to the dogs. can't find anyone who has sen her. might be another urban myth like the peckham panther or the surrey puma, but if is true it is really terrifying.

[Loz]

Cue the clown costume jokes...

[PeckhamRose]

I heard she tested it out on squirrels and the Nunhead cemetery lynx first.

[woofmarkthedog]

Oh my Mum's a right cow,

She hasn't "pulled" that trick since my cat, hamster & pony died....

Shame my Dad's not around to see it

Hold on....

W**F

[bonniebird]

I had a text from a fellow dog owner about this woman, she entices your dog by throwing food toward it and then starts saying that your dog has bitten her. The person that texted me got it from a worker in peckham Rye Park. I heard she has long grey hair sometimes in a bun? If this is all true, then its really not funny if you are, like me, a dog owner :(

[Ann]

Thanks for the warning. My dog doesn't readily run up to strangers but who's to say she woudn't engage with a stranger with treats and how would I have known to stop her?

Please keep us posted on this very serious topic.

[woofmarkthedog]

Oh what the hell, one or two dead dogs

Give her a break, or an arsenic laden Kit-Kat.

Hey it's a free world & who's to say you didn't do it for the insurance

Come on really, fess up

W**F

[Ladymuck]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> Oh my Mum's a right cow,

Now look here Sonny...what have I told yer about mentionin me on that bleedin forum...you aint too old for a clip round the ear you know

[PeckhamRose]

OK I apologise - this is a serious topic and I am appalled at this story. I shall keep a look out for her when I am walking in the park. Take photos.

[Huggers]

perhaps this evolved from the extremely annoying woman who thinks it helps the parks wildlife to dump huge vats of leftover boiloignaise directly onto the grass, resulting in loss of control over the mutts who find this too hard to resist.

[bonniebird]

Right, another fellow dog owner called me today, he had a run in with the woman yesterday I think. She comes up all nice and engages you in conversation. She asked my friend if his dogs would bite her, he said well she's growling at you so I wouldn't come to close, she then proceeded to ask him what he would do if one of his dogs bit her and that she'd want it putdown etc, he told her to get lost. This was in the morning, earlyish 8/9am she has a long green coat and shoulder length grey hair and is quite tall. This is not an urban myth, it is happening.

[daizie]

Blimey i cant have little Timmy victimized in this way .. we will stay away from the Rye *shudders*

[cate]

Where does the poisoned food figure in this? Has someone's dog been made ill or died? Maybe Mr. Barber the Councillor needs to know? Is this woman a new person in the park? Can she be given an ASBO or whatever passes for banning these days?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well I saw a lady today in the park who fits that description (hair/coat). She completely ignored my dogs even though one tried to engage with her and happily accepted my apology.

Seems harmless enough to me.

[cate]

puzzled Wrote:

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> much anxiety among dog walkers in this park. they

> have been warned that a strange woman with long

> grey hair is trying to feed poisoned snacks to the

> dogs. can't find anyone who has sen her. might be

> another urban myth like the peckham panther or the

> surrey puma, but if is true it is really

> terrifying.

Poison ? How When Where? Is this an assumption because she offers food?

[ruffers]

cate Wrote:

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> Where does the poisoned food figure in this? Has

> someone's dog been made ill or died? Maybe Mr.

> Barber the Councillor needs to know? Is this

> woman a new person in the park? Can she be given

> an ASBO or whatever passes for banning these days?

Best give her an ASBO, just in case I reckon.

Either that or take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[James Barber]

I've been asked to post my response to a PM about this:

> Someone threatening other people - report it to

> the Police.

> If reticent as not feeling its a 999 call then the

> Safer Neighbourhood Team which for Peckham Rye

> Common and Park is Peckham Rye team on 020 8721

> 2443

> [email protected]

> Or the council anti social behaviour hotline and

> the council park rangers/community wardens will

> investigate 020 7572 5777.

>

> If this doesn't work out let me know and I'll call

> the head of community safety.

[MrGizmo]

Thanks for connection to original thread...I thought there must be one. Although this may not amount to anything at all, I was somewhat upset by some of the flippant remarks. OK, I know I made a Cruella ref. in my first message. But the manner in which my young Labrador died from ingested Paraquat was really ghastly. So let's try to get to the truth...yes?

[JohnL]

Not Peckham Rye but from the independent

"Six dogs have died after eating poisoned meat left on a London golf course. Police believe the dogs ate chicken and tripe which had been laced with paraquat.

The poisoned meat was left near the 14th tee of the public golf course at Beckenham Place Park in Bellingham, south-east London, earlier this month. Detective Sergeant Clive Barnes said: 'We strongly believe this was done deliberately and are treating the matter very seriously. Whether it is someone with something against dogs for some reason we don't know.'"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/heartbreak-for-pet-owners-as-dogs-fall-prey-to-poisoned-bait-oliver-gillie-on-an-illegal-practice-that-kills-indiscriminately-1500082.html

[bonniebird]

OMG:'( We go to Beckenham Place Park on occasion, its a sick world, we can't do anything without having to worry about it, owning a dog is a pleasure, these sick F*****S......... I don't know what to say:'(

[cate]

I still don't understand how this dog poisoner thread in Peckham Rye Park got started. I am really sorry to hear about the dogs in Beckenham Place Park.