Man ties dog to tree and sets it on fire

Post by **LawL** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:51 am

"Wanting to get rid of his "vicious" dog, Derick Phanord led the pit bull mix up a wooded path about a block from his home, a plastic jug of gas in hand.

After tying Spike to a tree, "I poured the gasoline ... on to the dog. Then I said a prayer for the dog, made the sign of the crucifix," Phanord said, according to a written statement he made to police.

"I took the cigarette I was smoking and lit the gas that puddled on the ground. The gas caught on fire and the dog also caught on fire. I turned my back and walked away."

In his confession, Phanord, 22, of Brentwood, said he got Spike about a month ago and that the dog threatened his pregnant sister and repeatedly tried to bite him.

Phanord was arrested late Monday after the Suffolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received a tip that was passed on to Suffolk police. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday in First District Court in Central Islip to aggravated cruelty to an animal and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Phanord, who was held on $50,000 cash bail or bond, faces up to two years in prison on the felony cruelty charge.

"I do know he has a strong family," said his Smithtown attorney, Paul Barahal. "Obviously, they are very concerned about him."

In his confession, Phanord said his family demanded he get rid of Spike.

On the day of the burning, Phanord describes how Spike -- later named Maximus by a vet who tried to save his life -- "locked up" on the head of his pit bull puppy Red, tearing the dog's eyelid. Phanord said he threw bleach and detergent on Spike and banged on the ground with a shovel in an attempt to make him let go of Red, according to his statement.

Later that day, Phanord torched Spike and left him to die, police said.

The 2-year-old dog was discovered, still tied to the tree, on July 12 by a child who called 911. The dog suffered burns over 60 percent of his body and underwent several surgeries before dying on July 17.

Suffolk SPCA Chief Roy Gross said that in addition to burns, the dog had a broken palate. Officials are unsure how much time passed before the dog was found, but it could have been as long as two days. "I've been doing this since 1984," Gross said. "This is one that will stick in my mind forever."

SPCA officials took Red from Phanord's home Tuesday, citing the dog's untreated eye injury, and plan to put the puppy up for adoption."

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longi ... 7883.story

lol?...

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:58 am

I hope Zippocat wasn't the inspiration.

Post by **stocktroll** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:45 am

fags always trying to sensationalize abuse of animals like its among the worst things you can ever do

Post by **Eraser** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:53 am

fags always trying to act like abuse of animals means nothing to them and isn't that bad, really.

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:03 am

Is it even possible to set fire to gasonline with a cigarette? I have my doubts.

Post by **LawL** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:05 am

Of course it is, they do it in the movies all the time.

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:06 am

I won't believe it until i read it on the internet.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:09 am

maybe dulltron can hook you up, I hear he's an expert in everything gasoline

Post by **R00k** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:59 pm

Ryoki wrote:Is it even possible to set fire to gasonline with a cigarette? I have my doubts.

I've seen people put out cigarettes in a bucket of gas before.

Pretty stupid thing to do either way, but the gas requires a spark. But I'm sure gas can be lit by a cigarette if you do it right. Probably if you don't actually submerse the cigarette, but lay it on a puddle. I don't know - not really a theory I want to test out.

But that story might be the most disgusting animal abuse I've read about. The fact that he left it there alive for 2 days in that condition..... This guy sounds like some kind of sociopath.

Post by **plained** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:13 pm

that guy has alot of trouble in his head for shizz

Post by **bitWISE** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:14 pm

LawL wrote: the dog threatened his pregnant sister

tonight...you

Post by **horton** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:37 pm

stocktroll wrote:fags always trying to sensationalize abuse of animals like its among the worst things you can ever do

they really did sensationalize it so damn much.

an obscure story on an obscure website.

and there are far worse things going on, why do they bother reporting anything unless its nuclear war, or a murder in at least triple figures?

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:38 pm

stocktroll wrote:fags always trying to sensationalize abuse of animals like its among the worst things you can ever do

the fact that there are other bad, or worse, things going on doesn't take away from how bad something else is.

Post by **horton** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:44 pm

going with the same logic.

why would anyone say that plained is a cocksucker, when geoff obviously sucks far more cock?

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:46 pm

that doesn't seem to use the same logic.

Post by **plained** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:49 pm

horton wrote:going with the same logic.

why would anyone say that plained is a cocksucker, when geoff obviously sucks far more cock?

ey you want i should make ur boo boo better ?

Post by **horton** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:50 pm

tnf wrote:that doesn't seem to use the same logic.

not your logic. stocktrolls logic.

Post by **horton** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:50 pm

plained wrote: ey you want i should make ur boo boo better ?

get fucked?

Post by **Magnus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:54 pm

R00k wrote:
Ryoki wrote:Is it even possible to set fire to gasonline with a cigarette? I have my doubts.
I've seen people put out cigarettes in a bucket of gas before.

Pretty stupid thing to do either way, but the gas requires a spark. But I'm sure gas can be lit by a cigarette if you do it right. Probably if you don't actually submerse the cigarette, but lay it on a puddle. I don't know - not really a theory I want to test out.

This is correct except that you can't even light gas with a cigarette by laying it on a puddle.

The only minute chance to light gas with a cigarette is if you flick the cigarette near the puddle and the cherry breaks apart into tiny bits and one of the sparks happens to be hot enough to light the fumes.

Liquid gas does not ignite or burn. It is the fumes that ingnite or burn.

That movie stuff is unrealistic dramatic stuff.

So at least part of that story is BS.

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:58 pm

Liquid gas most certainly does burn, it's just that a cigarette isn't hot enough to ignite it.

Post by **Magnus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:13 pm

In order from something like gasoline to burn is has to be able to have oxygen mixed in with it. How is oxygen going to get mixed in with galsoline in it's liquid form?
The oxygen gas has no way to penetrate into the mass of the liquid gas.
It is when the gas evaporates at it's liquid surface that it can mix with oxygen and then burn.
Gasoline has a flashpoint of about -50° F (-65° C). So it is always evaporating and the gas form of gasoline has a ignition temperature of about 495° F. Really low, but this is for the gas form not the luiquid form.

What you see burning is the gas form that is always evaporating. Like on a wet wick in a lamp. The wet wick doesn't really burn the fuel evaporating at it's surface does.

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:35 pm

Hmm, good point. I know fumes will ignite, why was I thinking...oh never mind. It made sense in my head at one point.

Post by **plained** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:00 pm

i still cant figure how putting straight bleach on a dog can serve any purpose besides cruelty.

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