A man was discovered by police at his home in Germany after his pet dog had 'bitten his penis off and eaten it'.
Neighbours reported incessant barking coming from the man’s home at around 2am on Tuesday to police.
Police arrived at the single-family home in Herne, north-west Germany where they heard agonised groans from inside the property.
They broke down the door to find the man, 66, and his dog, described as ‘about the size of a Jack Russell’.
Police realised the man was in a life-threatening condition and rushed him to hospital.
The ‘instrument of the crime’, or rather, the man’s penis has not yet been recovered from the scene, according to German outlet Bild.
As the man is unable to assist officials due to his current condition, officials have hypothesised that the dog was most likely behind the man’s injury.
The 66-year-old was put into an artificial coma upon his arrival at the hospital, First Police Chief Inspector Frank Lemanis told the outlet.