From Closet Panic to Viral Outrage: How One Dog Forced a Neighborhood Awake

written: “a neighbor.” No house color. No name. No hint. But the internet can take the vaguest outline and paint a face on it.

Why does it feel like every story we tell gets dragged to the extremes?

“Mom?” Leo padded into the kitchen, still in his pajamas, rubbing sleep from his eyes. “Why is Barnaby famous?”

I blinked. “What?”

He held up my phone. I’d continue reading …