You can't believe everything you read, but the Times of India reports today that a 33-year-old man in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu married a dog in a bid to ward off what he believes was a curse stemming from killing two dogs 15 years ago.

Selva Kumar married a dog named "Selvi" at a temple in Manamadurai on Sunday, according to the newspaper. The dog, believed to be 10, arrived at the temple wearing a sari and amid a grand procession, the Times reported. See it for yourself here.

According to Kumar, when he was 18-years-old, he clubbed to death two mating dogs and hung them on a tree. After the incident, he suffered a stroke and could not move his left arm and legs and also turned deaf, the newspaper said

Kumar claimed an astrologer advised him that all his problems would be solved once he did the penance by marrying a bitch.

That last line is almost verbatim from the newspaper, and the Times of India is no Weekly World News (may it rest in peace).

Attempts to confirm this story were unsuccessful. Nor could it be determined at presstime -- or whatever the blog equivalent of that is -- if Kumar was the first man to marry a bitch.