A man walking near Sunny Beach, between the village of Tankovo and the Sunny Day 6 complex, was surrounded by six to eight large dogs split into two groups. The dogs left when someone whistled at them, said the man, who reported the incident.
The weather was good. The dogs were waiting for him as he came back from Dyado Ivan's fountain, which he had walked to from Sunny Day 6.
Three or four large dogs appeared first, barking. A few minutes later a second group arrived, bringing the number to between six and eight. The man stayed calm, did not try to chase them off and took care not to provoke them.
A whistle came from the low ground below, and the dogs vanished at once. The man thinks their owner whistled. He calls it incredible but true, and warns people to be careful, because not every beautiful spot in nature is safe for a walk.
The man reported the incident after a similar case last weekend in the Burgas-area village of Kozichino (Erkech). A mother and her 7-year-old daughter were on a family walk when three large sheepdogs ran at them in the middle of the village. A flock of sheep was roaming freely nearby.
The mother got the frightened girl to the car, but the dogs kept circling around it. The woman says she did not enter a pasture or go near the flock. She says the dogs came at them in a spot where both locals and tourists walk freely.
A local man told her that encounters with sheepdogs are an everyday thing in the village. He also claims the village mayor has a flock with several sheepdogs that roam free. An independent source has not confirmed the claim.
Three large sheepdogs attacked a mother and her 7-year-old daughter in the village of Erkech, Burgas municipality, on 11 November, according to the mother's report. The dogs leapt at them inside the village, while a flock of sheep was roaming freely nearby.
The mother wants the police and other responsible institutions to find out who looks after the dogs and who controls them. She fears that next time people may not get away so quickly, and asks how children and tourists are protected in the mountain village.