Sean Douglas represents The Humane Society of the United States around the area, lately at a Northbrook Court kiosk, talking to shoppers about puppy mills and dog-fighting. He has also spoken, elsewhere, on human mental health issues and the paranormal.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: Alsip.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a little kid?
A: I wanted to be a doctor. But I put my family first, dropping out to help my mother take care of my grandmother when she had Alzheimer’s.
Q: What was your first job?
A: I was a mechanic, starting out on cars, and then on cars and bikes in Oak Lawn. I was 17.
Q: Do you have any pets?
A: Yes, two pit bulls and four kittens. I was fostering (the kittens), but I failed. I got attached to them.
Q: What’s your favorite restaurant?
A: Nando’s Peri-Peri (1138 Lake St., Oak Park). Love that chicken.
Q: What’s your favorite charity?
A: The Humane Society. I love animals. This job is perfect for me. Anything I can do to help animals, I will do. I had rescues growing up, and I will have rescues when I’m old.
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Q: What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen?
A: I like going to some of the most haunted sites in the country. At the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, in Louisville Kentucky, I kicked a ball into a room, and it came back at me. I saw things going up the walls. I saw eyes, but there were no eyes there.
Q: If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Berlin, Germany. Ich spreche Deutsch. And I’ve always been fascinated with the culture.
Q: Words of wisdom?
A: The heart of an entrepreneur lives in the moment. Your goals are so much bigger than the obstacles you face.
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