This is a sad one, and kind of funny in a tragic way. 61-year-old Howard Koern was not a very happy man it seems. Living in a rented trailer with is sick dog, Pookie, Howard decided he had enough. So he ripped the gas line from his water heater and reportedly laid back and waited for a nice, peaceful death. Unfortunately, something sparked the gas that had filled the trailer and created and explosion that demolished the trailer and threw debris 50 to 100 feet.
“There are pieces of mini-blind hanging from a tree next to where a trailer used to be. It’s impressive.†Palisade Police Department Sgt. Bobby Fowler said.
Forunately or unfortunately, Howard and the dog walked away from the trailer, well, Howard did, the dog is too ill to walk. He carried the dog. Howard had no injuries aside from some singed hair. Neighbors say that Keown moved to Palisade from California about three years ago with his dog. The dog, a mixed breed described as a shepherd-type dog, had been ill for some time and Keown had been hand-feeding the dog and carrying her outside when she had to go to the bathroom.
Keown had his dog in his arms as he sat in a neighbor’s house waiting for police and firefighters to arrive, according to a neighbor who asked to not be identified. “He was sitting there crying about it,†the neighbor said. “He kept saying, ‘I’m sorry, girl. I’m sorry. You know I love you.’ â€
Keown was later booked into the Mesa County Jail on suspicion of first-degree arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. Mesa County Animal Services picked up the dog around 10 a.m.
So, not only did he fail a suicide attempt, poor Howard is now homeless, in jail and without his dog.
4:09 pm on January 18th, 2008
that makes me so sad……………………………………
4:13 pm on January 18th, 2008
I am glad that no one around him got hurt, but I guess the poor guy seemed like he was at the end of his rope, I guess now he see that it can always be worse.
I sure hope somthing good comes his way, because he sure needs it.
4:25 pm on January 18th, 2008
at least he’s not a dog fucker.lol
maybe he thought there was nothin he could do for the dog,like afford to take him to the vet.so now they will both get better,healthy.
4:26 pm on January 18th, 2008
I don’t know how sick the dog is, but I hope animal services doesn’t put her down because that would really suck for Howard…it seemed to be the one thing he kept living for. I feel sad for this obviously lonely, troubled man. Sucks to be him!
5:20 pm on January 18th, 2008
Feel sad for Howard. Seems like a decent guy with really, really bad luck and no one to turn to.
5:24 pm on January 18th, 2008
Obviously, some greater power has a larger plan for Howard….and pookie
5:32 pm on January 18th, 2008
this makes me so sad.
but the singed hair made me chuckle….
9:15 pm on January 18th, 2008
yo. thats some funny shit right there. make that into a movie!
“A Man and his Pookie”
9:16 pm on January 18th, 2008
Wow, maybe I need to move to the trailer park all the action goes down there!
12:43 am on January 19th, 2008
This story breaks my heart.
3:07 am on January 19th, 2008
Amen – Amazing that they weren’t killed !!! those trailers go fast
4:23 pm on January 22nd, 2008
How did he know the dog was about to have to go potty? I feel so bad for the guy—Consider it this way- He is in a (somewhat) safer environment, he has meals, meds, and counseling- if he should want it. All taxpayer funded!
I do feel bad for the dog, too, but it sounds as though she was on her last legs. He did everything he could for her!
4:41 pm on January 22nd, 2008
I’m guessing that Pookie was arthritic or had hip displaysia. It would make walking difficult and going up and down the trailer steps impossible.
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