This is a true story that happened to Bev last week.
It's 6:30am, just getting light. You and your dog are alone on a large public sports field, surrounded by trees and dense undergrowth. You throw the ball for your dog to chase and are aware of a sound in the distance. A very thin sound that is vaguely familiar. You listen hard and then it stops. Your pooch retrieves the ball and you throw it again. After a few seconds, the sound reappears, this time in a different direction. What's going on? Are you being followed by a stalker, hiding in the bushes? Does the person have their mobile 'phone switched on? Is it a cheap ring tone? This time you recognise the sound; it's the theme to BBC's Match of the Day. By this point, you are becoming scared. Every time the tinny music is coming from a different direction, sometimes loud, sometimes soft. Time to put the ball away and hurry home.
This happens on and off for several days. Always in the morning, always when you're alone.
At 10:00pm, you decide to take your dog for a final comfort break walk before bedtime. You reach for your coat and the Match of the Day theme starts up again, this time it's coming from your coat pocket. You investigate and discover that the noise is coming from a small rubber football that your dog found on the field several days ago. It is equipped with a motion sensor that plays the tune whenever it is knocked hard or bounced on the floor.
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