There are some very misinformed, ignorant, and downright strange people in this world.
And it's amazing to read some of the terminology these writers use to describe things. Phrases like "shot to pieces" and "crouching man with a taste for fawn meat" are so ridiculously overstated that it almost makes you wonder if the person who wrote them has any idea whatsoever what they are talking about. Apparently things like the truth, or proof of these events taking place as they are stated to have taken place, don't count for much when writing for the Baltimore Sun.