The body of 22 year old Bethany Lynn Stephens

22 歲的 Bethany Lynn Stephens 的屍體

was discovered a mile from her home in rural Virginia,

在距離她位於維吉尼亞州鄉下的家約莫一英哩處被發現

where she had taken her two pitbulls

她帶著她的兩隻比特犬到那裡

for a walk in the woods.

的樹林裡散步。

The idea of dogs turning on their master

對於狗攻擊自己主人這件事

was considered unthinkable.

讓人感到不可思議。

And, rumors quickly spread on social media

之後，謠言很快的在社群網站上瘋傳

that Bethany had been murdered.

說 Bethany 被人謀殺了。

But police took the unusual step

但是警方做了一個不尋常的舉動

of showing reporters photos of the gruesome scene

將殘忍的案發現場照片給記者們看

to prove, without a doubt, her dogs did it.

以證明，毫無疑問的，是她的狗做的。

There were no strangulation marks.

在她身上並沒有勒殺痕跡。

The victim had puncture wounds in the skull,

受害者的頭顱上有刺穿的傷口

and this was not a homicide.

而這並不是謀殺。

Robert Brandow is a dog trainer.

Robert Brandow 是一位狗訓練師。

I've known some wonderful pitbulls,

我認識許多很棒的比特犬

and they are really wonderful dogs.

牠們是非常優秀的狗。

However, they are very dangerous,

不過，牠們極度的危險

and they need to be handled correctly,

需要正確被控制，

and they need to be trained properly.

也必須受到嚴格的訓練。

They can become aggressive.

牠們可以是攻擊性很強的。

And, if you have an aggressive incident with a pitbull,

而且，一旦你遭受到比特犬的攻擊

it's usually going to result in serious bodily injury.

通常都會造成身體嚴重的創傷。

Brandow suspects something set the dogs off.

Brandow 猜想一定有什麼事激怒了她的狗。

Something that caused them to become hyper, excited.

某件事讓牠們都變得緊張、亢奮。

Then, you know, they're being held back, possibly,

接著，你知道的，牠們可能被阻止了

then they turn, and they just lash out

然後牠們轉身，攻擊任何

at anything around them, anything that moves.

在牠們旁邊，任何會動的東西。

Pitbulls are notorious

比特犬以惡意、無端的

for vicious, unprovoked attacks.

攻擊而惡名昭彰。

This video shows a guy being mauled by two pitbulls,

這支影片顯示一個男子在紐約的布朗克斯區

on a street in the Bronx, New York.

的街上被兩隻比特犬咬傷。

But, Brandow says attacks on a dog owner

但是，Brandow 表示攻擊狗主人

are extremely rare, even for pitbulls.

是極為少見的，即使是比特犬。

It's very rare that your own dogs

這是非常少見的，自己的狗

would turn on you and kill you, and then eat you.

轉而攻擊你並殺了你、再吃掉你。