Don, I would suspect the Capote story to be a bit of apocrypha (sp)if it weren't for what happened here in Juneau several years ago.

We have a 4-stor(e)y parking garage here. One day a young man was allegedly training his dog for Frisbee competition by throwing a frisbee for it on the third floor. He evidently threw the frisbee nearer and nearer to the open-sided wall until it eventually sailed out and the dog leapt after it.

The dog was badly injured and died.

I don't know the final outcome of the episode but I do know the man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty, as well he should be, imo.

My theory is that even though he did not want his dog to die, he had started wondering what would happen if the dog leaped after the frisbee, that there was an awful fascination with the idea...