in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats it was an extraordinary claim so what is really going on in Springfield Ohio what do you think about it have you have you heard about it I've heard about it but I haven't seen anything really yeah and you're not worried about your dog no and who's easing them I have no idea away no but then a man who didn't want to be on camera with a hint of how these conspiracies are seeded I never see nothing going WR with with except what I seen on Tik Tok with the spring B police yeah rest the lady bre cat yeah and she was from she was from Ohio no she I think she was from a Haiti W she why' you kill the cat this is the video he's seen police footage of a woman being arrested for allegedly killing and eating a cat yes but she isn't a Haitian migrant she is American she was born here and this isn't Springfield either across this town we have not found anyone who has seen Pete eating immigrants the dogs seem safe the cats are roaming loose the Instinct then may be to laugh at this trumpian rhetoric indeed the Haitians of Springfield can see the funny side too the Haitian don't hitting the cat the the dog no it's it's it's it's it's it's no it's not it's not no culture to to hit in that but within this cat and dog story there are some actual truths because there are huge challenges here over immigration this is your your passport and your paperwork Vio is one of 15,000 who have arrived here in this town from war torn Haiti since 2000 the pressures on services and Society are understandable Casey Rawlings runs the center how did you feel when you heard Donald Trump's words the other night I was physically ill I was physically ill still am I can't even react I mean I can't even repeat it it's just unfathomable to me um but that's what happens when hysteria is spread you know and you know all kinds of fictional uh narratives and it's just it's really really doing harm to our world we looked at another view from another Springfield resident that has gone viral I feel like we have been invaded by some sort of pest I'm angry that my friends and family are packing up and moving away I'm angry that foreigners are using up the resources that were set up for the Americans that reside here every Community every culture has its myth and its folklore I guess we're hearing it and so there it is the anatomy of a conspiracy about cats and dogs in a a country where there are so many different truths markstone Sky News in Springfield Ohio