Bridget was a gray miniature poodle whom Gibson adopted after she'd been abandoned by her owner. Bridget rewarded Gibson's gesture one night by alerting him that a burglar was coming through the front window.
"She saved my life," he says.
Killer, a German Shepherd-Great Dane mix, lost a leg to cancer, but stayed frisky until a cop car hit him, breaking his hip. Killer had to be put down.
"They were wonderful dogs," says Gibson, a semi-retired accountant.
Wonderful, yes. But they didn't possess super powers. So it's beyond Gibson how his two deceased canines transformed into a single, living human who was registered to vote.
"This has me very upset," says Gibson, who called the Daily News when he couldn't get through to the Philadelphia City Commissioners office to make a complaint. "I don't want someone to accuse me of Chicago-style voting after the election."
Now that's a silly fear. I mean, who would need to refer to Chicago-style election malfeasance when so much drama is playing out closer to home?
Just two weeks ago, a Chester man was arrested on felony theft and forgery charges for allegedly submitting 40 phony voter-registration applications while he was employed by ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now.
And in a Harrisburg courtroom, Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders have been arguing for Election Day voting controls, arguing that voter-registration fraud by ACORN in our state will lead to voting fraud today.
Given the importance of Pennsylvania's vote in the outcome of the presidential election - McCain, Obama and their surrogates have stumped so often in Scranton alone, they could be regulars in "The Office" - you can understand why Republicans might be wary if ACORN's efforts here weren't legit.
