We don't even know where to start with this one: a crazily-eyebrowed Staten Island woman who treated her dog "better than most people treat their children" just paid $50,000 to have South Korean scientists clone him three years after his death. Oh, and she filmed it for a reality show, too.
This is Danielle Tarantola. Her quest to soothe her heartbreak after her beloved pup, Trouble, passed away, was chronicled for an episode of TLC's appropriately-named I Cloned My Pet, which airs tonight at 9 p.m. We'll allow her to introduce herself:
Are you afraid yet? Perhaps Nightline can traumatize you further soothe your fears with a behind-the-scenes video of the Korean scientists in action. Oh, and don't you worry about those surrogate dog moms—they won't be eaten or anything crazy like that...right? Tarantola doesn't care: "It was what I wanted to do and so it was what I did," she says. Here's your nightmare fuel:
[via SI Live]
