Xbox LIVE Goes to the Dogs?

Kotaku has recently posted a most interesting tale. A tale about a man, his dog, and his Xbox LIVE account. But whether the tale is true or not, only the dog knows for sure.

(And between us, I don’t think he’s going to admit to anything anytime soon.)

According to the man, Kotaku reader Greg, his year-old Lab/Hound mix, Oscar, decided to have some fun with his Xbox 360 controller. The kind of fun dogs like to have, of course.

While chewing and gnawing on the controller, the dog allegedly managed to a) turn on the console, and b) purchase 5,000 Microsoft Points. And all the while, Oscar’s owner slept.

“I realized it when I checked my phone to see what time it was (I had to be at work soon) and saw the e-mail from Microsoft confirming the purchase for $62.50,” he stated in an email to the blog. “At that point it was a little after 5 a.m…. not something you want to wake up to.”

This is apparently not the first time Oscar has taken to chewing on various items one might find around the house, but it is indeed the first time he has managed to make a purchase while doing so.

“Chances are this is the first time an animal has managed to purchase Microsoft points on an Xbox 360,” Greg wrote. “What are the odds that he chews on the right buttons, in the right order and moves the stick in the right directions to navigate and purchase points. 1 in a billion? More?”

Perhaps for the best, Greg has decided not to bother Microsoft with his dog’s misadventure, noting that if his teachers never believed it in regards to his homework in school, then odds are he wouldn’t fare any better with the massive corporate entity.

There are two other potential suspects in the Case of the Puppy’s Purchased Points, a roommate and a live-in girlfriend, but he says both were asleep at the time. “Unless either me, my girlfriend or my roommate ‘sleep shop,’ there’s no other living creature besides the dog that could have done it,” Greg notes.

All’s well that ends well in the end; though annoyed at first, he soon got over it and spent the points. “A bunch of new games to keep me busy and a reason to finally go buy that black controller I’ve been wanting.”

With that said, maybe dogs really are man’s best friend.

Kotaku points out in Greg’s defense that while such an occurrence does seem unlikely, stranger things have happened.

Click over to Kotaku below to see the picture of the controller scarred by Oscar’s many tooth marks.