The man, known only as Toco, says he keeps his canine identity a secret from friends and family
A Japanese man known only as Toco says he has fulfilled a childhood dream by spending almost $15,000 to create a hyper-realistic costume of a collie dog.In videos posted to the man’s YouTube channel, which is followed by nearly 30,000 fans, Toco can be seen wearing the intricate costume in public while being led around on a leash, where he sniffs other dogs in a park and performs other dog-like activities such as rolling around on the grass.“I became a collie, fulfilling a dream I had since I was a little child to be an animal,” Toco was quoted as saying at the beginning of one of the video clips. He doesn’t speak in any of the videos, apparently to maintain the canine illusion. “Do you remember your dreams from when you are little? You want to be a hero or a wizard,” he explained. “I remember writing in my grade school graduation book that I wanted to be a dog and walk outside.”While the four-legged version of Toco is unashamed to parade in public as a popular breed of herding dog, however, the human version isn’t quite so comfortable revealing what he does in his spare time.

这名日本男子自称为Toco,他表示他已经用近1.5万美元实现了一个童年梦想,制作了一个超逼真的牧羊犬装束。在该男子的YouTube频道上发布的视频中,有将近3万名粉丝关注,可以看到Toco穿着这套复杂的装束在公共场合活动,被人牵着绳子走,他在公园里嗅其他狗,并进行其他类似狗的活动,比如在草地上打滚。“我成为了一个牧羊犬,实现了我从小就有的成为动物的梦想,”Toco在一段视频片段的开头被引用说。他在任何视频中都不会说话,显然是为了保持成为狗的幻想。“你还记得小时候的梦想吗?你想成为一个英雄或者一个巫师,”他解释道。“我记得在小学毕业纪念册上写下了我想成为一只狗并在外面遛弯的愿望。”尽管四条腿的Toco毫不害臊地以一种受欢迎的牧羊犬品种在公共场合展示自己,然而,人类版本的Toco并不太愿意透露他在业余时间做什么。
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“I don’t want my hobbies to be known, especially by the people I work with,” he told the Daily Mail last year. “They think it’s weird that I want to be a dog. For the same reason why I can’t show my face.” He added in a separate interview with UK publication the Mirror: “I rarely tell my friends because I am afraid they will think I am weird. My friends and family seemed very surprised to learn I became an animal.”Toco’s first time venturing outside in full collie regalia was last September in the controlled environment of his backyard – but even without prying eyes affixed to him, Toco said the experience had left him feeling “nervous and a little scared.”The costume through which Toco lives out his dog fantasies was created by a Japanese company called Zeppet, which specializes in creating costumes to be used in television and movie productions.

“我不希望我的兴趣被人知道,特别是我一起工作的人,”他去年告诉《每日邮报》。“他们觉得我想成为一只狗很奇怪。出于同样的原因,我不能露脸。”他在接受英国《镜报》的另一次采访中补充说:“我很少告诉我的朋友,因为我害怕他们会觉得我很奇怪。当我告诉我的朋友和家人我变成了一个动物时,他们似乎非常惊讶。”Toco第一次穿着牧羊犬装束外出是在去年9月份,在他后院这个有控制环境的地方——即使没有人盯着他看,Toco说这种经历让他感到“紧张和有点害怕”。Toco通过一个名为Zeppet的日本公司所创造的这套装束来实现他作为狗的幻想。该公司专门制作电视和电影制作所需的服装。