A cute 5-legged puppy won’t be a freak show attraction after all.
Lilly, a Chihuahua-terrier mix, was born with 5 legs (3 hind legs). Her original owner, Calvin Owensby, agreed to sell Lilly to John Strong, a Coney Island freak show operator.
But after Owensby discovered what kind of show Strong runs, he tried to back out of the contract. And Strong took him to court.
So Chicago TV Judge Jeanine Pirro ruled the freak show owner is entitled to his $4,000 payment back, but she ordered Lilly returned to her original owner.
Owensby then sold Lilly to a North Carolina woman who had Lilly’s fifth leg removed. But Strong wants to keep fighting to reclaim the dog. But I’m not sure what commercial value Lilly has to a freak show anymore. Hopefully Strong will let this former 5-legged sleeping dog lie.