In what may be the most bizarre alien abduction events in Burien’s strange history, a dog attacked an inflatable flying saucer — and it appears the pup is winning.
John White, founder of the Burien UFO Festival (BUFO) and longtime champion of all things weird and local, posted the following footage to Facebook showing the aftermath of the canine attack of a large inflatable UFO display set up in downtown Burien:
The incident took place near the corner of SW 152nd Street and 6th Ave SW, where White had parked the inflatable prop as part of early preparations for the Aug. 16 BUFO, Burien’s annual celebration of aliens, oddities, and local UFO lore.
It’s anyone’s guess whether the dog saw the flying saucer as a chew toy, an interstellar invader, or just an unusually squishy playmate from another planet.
No injuries were reported, unless you count the pride of the inflatable saucer, which has already been repaired for its next Earth outing in B-Town.
As for the canine? Sources say it was beamed back to its owner, unharmed and possibly quite proud of its victory.
The Burien UFO Festival, a beloved and quirky community event, will beam back down to Olde Burien starting at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, with its usual mix of costumes, music, family-friendly fun and alien-themed mischief, but hopefully with fewer dog-versus-spaceship incidents.
The BUFO inflatable flying saucer was flat this morning when the beautiful neighborhood Doberman did his regular 6:30 a.m. dog park visit visible from my 5th floor condo. He ran to the soft, flat saucer which laid on top of the sharp gravel of the dog park. His joy was so overwhelming that he ran at top speed in dizzy repeated circles on the lush circular space.
Since this is the second incident involving the very small dog park and a large inflatable object taking up a lot of space, perhaps people/dogs simply want that space to be for dogs and not someone’s toy?
Man That UFO ain’t got no luck, generator stolen, then BA chihuahua attacks……damn bro..