A day after we finished shooting our film we discovered that a real life yorkie named “Walter” was kidnapped. The similarities to the situation of our film are eery. Walter is 11, deaf and is somewhere in the Hollywood. Walter’s mom was instructed to post missing dog flyers, then the kidnapper would return the dog and accept the “reward”. If you see this little guy with someone other than its owner please contact helpfindwalter@gmail.com.
An email from the owner:
We don’t know much about the guy who took him, except that he has an Armenian accent, and is very familiar with an area near our house that’s referred to as “Little Armenia” (between Wilton & Normandie, and Franklin & Sunset. My guess is he lives somewhere in that vicinity.
Walter is tagged, but they may have removed his collar. He is also microchipped. He’s deaf so won’t hear you if you call, but if he sees you he’ll come to you.
Here’s the KTLA news segment.
UPDATE 5/19/13 :
Walter has been returned to his owner! The kidnapper dumped him off on Los Feliz boulevard and a good samaritan returned him.