Depth of Field

There is a scrap yard in North Philadelphia that was a former slaughterhouse. It is actually where they filmed the “meat plant” scenes for “Rocky”. I was part of a group that was given inside access, despite the heavy rain and mud this weekend. The scariest part was not the stories of men allegedly falling into the meat grinder, or the rickety stairs we climbed, or the bits of sharp metal sticking out everywhere, but the trained attack dogs that were released before we had cleared the gate. A group of us stopped dead in our tracks as two rottweilers stopped dead in their tracks too. A stand off was happening and no one knew what to do! One dog took a few steps forward, just as a worker came out of nowhere and called to them. He held them down as they wriggled in his arms, and we walked past, briskly and nervously. Whew! I love dogs, and I grew up with a rotty, but I know better than to mess with a dog that is protecting it’s territory.