Allen likened the situation to a horror movie. “It was like ‘Friday the 13th’ out of the blue,” he said. “I was like, ‘Is this dog on crack, or what?’ That was about the most scared I’ve ever been.”

Eventually the dog, named Wolfgang, was shot twice by a bystander. Those injuries didn’t prove fatal, however, and the animal later was euthanized by wardens.

In June, the dog’s owner, Mark Farley Roberts, was fined $525 in Roanoke General District Court for charges that included having an unlicensed dog and allowing it to run at large.

A few months later, Motley — whose injuries required 14 stitches — filed a $600,000 lawsuit against Roberts in Roanoke Circuit Court, but that case has not been docketed.

Allen hasn’t taken legal action but said he is looking into it. His bites took more than a dozen stitches to close, he said, and he spent about three days in the hospital. He was already taking medication for blood pressure issues, and said the attack caused blood loss and anxiety that led to a seizure.

The incident has not put him off dogs, however. He has a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Snoopy and, on Friday, as Allen revisited the spot where the attack had taken place, he ran into a friend, Eddie Masten, who was walking Maggie, a service dog.