That does seem to be the common theme: We're all dragged from some strange situation that seems perfectly normal to us and end up here.

[He looks at Pongo.]

When I first got to Storybrooke -- the town I lived in in that looping world -- Pongo was my dog. Not sure where in the Enchanted Forest he originally came from. [He gives a shrug.] If he can talk, he's smart enough not to.