ONLY THE GERMANS WOULD USE DOGS FOR BAIT

Legendary Dog-Eating Catfish Dies (Reuters, Jul 25, 2003)

A giant catfish that ate a dog and terrorized a German lake for years has washed up dead, but the legend of "Kuno the Killer" lives on.

A gardener discovered the carcass of a five-foot-long catfish weighing 77 pounds this week, a spokesman for the western city of Moenchengladbach said on Friday.

Kuno became a local celebrity in 2001 when he sprang from the waters of the Volksgarten park lake to swallow a Dachshund puppy whole. He evaded repeated attempts to capture him. [...]

Several fishermen identified the carcass as Kuno, but doubts linger.

"That's not the Kuno we know," said Leon Cornelius, another member of "Kuno's Friends." He said he had seen several huge catfish in the lake.

Central Command is going to release autopsy photos of the victim to convince skeptical Germans. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 26, 2003 9:41 AM