Dog owners in the town of Basildon are concerned that someone may be trying to poison their pets. They've organized meetings to discuss the danger. Not that any dogs have been poisoned so far. No one has even seen any signs of poison around. But an
email rumor has everyone spooked.
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One is a real crime; the other is apparently mass hysteria.