{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Portland Pet Expo cancels, leaves vendors without refunds", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/167116286578/", "html": "<a href=\"http://www.kgw.com/news/local/portland-pet-expo-cancels-leaves-vendors-without-refunds/488940792\">Portland Pet Expo cancels, leaves vendors without refunds</a>\n<p>PORTLAND, Ore. &ndash; There are some serious concerns regarding the \nnow-canceled Portland Pet Expo. It\u2019s an event in October that pet \nlovers, service providers and pet rescue groups look forward to every \nyear.</p><p>Vendors pay several hundred dollars to be part of it, but \nthis year, without warning, the event was canceled. And now vendors say \nthey cannot get their money back from the St. Louis-based company that \nruns the expo.</p><p>And part of the the reason for the cancelation, \nthat company director said, is than an employee \u201chad come to believe she\n was a prophet tasked with writing a new book of the Bible, was Moses \nreincarnated, and that the COO of the company was the anti-Christ.&ldquo;</p>"}