A Texas man who had been missing for months was eaten, bones and all, by his pack of dogs, sheriff's deputies said. Medical examiners say DNA testing has determined that pieces of bone recovered from the dogs' feces were those of 57-year-old Freddie Mack, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. Deputy Aaron Pitts says the 18 mixed-breed dogs apparently devoured all of Mack's body, his clothing, and his hair, leaving nothing larger than 2- to 5-inch bone fragments. "Never have we ever, or anyone we've spoken to, heard of an entire human being consumed," Pitts tells the AP. "The bones were completely broken up and eaten." Mack had serious health problems, and it's unclear whether the dogs killed their owner or consumed his body after he died from a medical condition. "Either way, it is a very gruesome event and we extend our sympathy to Freddie Mack's family," Sheriff Adam King said in a statement.
In May, a relative reported the reclusive Mack missing from his home near Venus, a community of fewer than 4,000 people about 30 miles southwest of Dallas, saying the family hadn't heard from him since mid-April. The aggressive dogs stopped the family from entering Mack's property, and posed problems for deputies, who were eventually able to look around while keeping the dogs away with a "distraction method," according to the sheriff's office. Pitts says two of the dogs were killed by their mates, 13 were put down because of their "aggressive nature," and three have been put up for adoption. The deputy says Mack kept his dogs well fed and cared for. The only other time the deputies had dealt with him was in 2017, when Mack called from the hospital to ask if someone could check on his dogs, Pitts says. "This man loved his animals," he says.
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