The owner of an Instagram-famous dog was drenched in coffee by a “deranged” woman who harassed her and her pet in a New York City park.
Milo the Pencil Dog has more than 40,000 adoring Instagram followers, but an unidentified woman in Riverside Park wasn’t a fan.
Rimma, 27, described the absurd interaction to New York Post: ‘My inner demons were burning.
“She was clearly not of sound mind.”
As shown in the shocking video of the October 18 incident, the woman was on the other side of a fence while Milo barked at her.
Milo barked at the ‘deranged’ woman who approached him and his owner
The well-known greyhound has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram. Its owner, Rimma, manages the account.
‘He feels uncomfortable with you, can you leave us alone?’ said Rimma, Milo’s 27-year-old owner.
She told the Post that the greyhound almost never barks, so he was clearly restless.
The woman walked away from Rimma and Milo. But he soon threw his coffee at the unsuspecting influencer again.
Rimma gasped and said, ‘What ab****!’
Before bathing Rimma in warm coffee, she said she and Milo were sitting on the grass in the Upper West Side park. Without being asked, the deranged coffee pitcher approached them.
The woman started talking to the dog when Rimma stopped responding to her.
Milo the Pencil Dog has a loyal following who adores him online
Rimma told the Post that the woman began asking her about the way she was sitting.
‘Why are you sitting like this?’ the woman allegedly asked. ‘Do you need to go to the bathroom?’
“There’s no way a normal person would ask that,” the confused owner told the Post.
“He started talking to my dog and said, ‘Yeah, she’s lazy,’ referring to the fact that I was sitting on the grass,” she added.
Rimma is still stunned by the incident and shared the video in hopes of identifying the culprit.
She told the Post: ‘It blew my mind. Their goal was to annoy me, to provoke me.’
The woman walked away from Rimma and Milo before throwing the coffee at him again.
On Instagram, Rimma explained that she had filed a police report, but was told there would be no investigation because she was not injured and did not have any details about the attacker.
He explained to the Post that he remained calm and did not react hastily. “I know I have something to lose,” he said.
But viewers were quick to express their outrage at the situation.
“You have a lot more self-control than me and I respect you a lot for that, because man, I would have flown over that little fence,” one user commented.
Rimma has continued to post adorable videos of Milo since the incident. He said he hopes the woman will be identified.
Someone else chimed in: “Why can’t people mind their damn business?”
People have also speculated about who the woman is and thought of different ways to identify her, including posting the video on Reddit.
Since the coffee launch crisis, Rimma has continued to publish its usual canine content starring Milo, who turned two in September.