(January 28, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Tonus Wrote: You just know that the next time the cat looks in a mirror, a demented version of itself will stare back, and then suddenly grab him and pull him into the mirror dimension of HELL. And then replace him and begin to terrorize the family until they perform the sacred ritual and SEND HIM BACK FROM THE PIT OF THE INFERNO WHENCE HE CAME.

Or he is Kitty Jesus who has come to bring salvation to catdom. God is tired of humans and is offering eternal life to cats so that they can rule the world after we are gone.

(January 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Nope Wrote:

(January 28, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Tonus Wrote: You just know that the next time the cat looks in a mirror, a demented version of itself will stare back, and then suddenly grab him and pull him into the mirror dimension of HELL. And then replace him and begin to terrorize the family until they perform the sacred ritual and SEND HIM BACK FROM THE PIT OF THE INFERNO WHENCE HE CAME.

Or he is Kitty Jesus who has come to bring salvation to catdom. God is tired of humans and is offering eternal life to cats so that they can rule the world after we are gone.

(January 28, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Drich Wrote: The story says the cat was in the ground for 5 days... That's some "Pet Cemetary" stuff there.

Not quite

Quote: I witnessed him bury the cat."

Five days later, the cat showed up in a neighbor's yard alive, but weak, dehydrated and in need of medical attention.

Unlikely that the cat was buried for the time... suffocation kills all 9 lives.
More likely a couple of minutes while the people left. Dug its way out and wandered for 5 days.

But good example of how simple stories get exaggerated in the telling.
Thanks

(January 28, 2015 at 10:49 pm)JuliaL Wrote:

(January 28, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Drich Wrote: The story says the cat was in the ground for 5 days... That's some "Pet Cemetary" stuff there.

Not quite

Quote: I witnessed him bury the cat."

Five days later, the cat showed up in a neighbor's yard alive, but weak, dehydrated and in need of medical attention.

Unlikely that the cat was buried for the time... suffocation kills all 9 lives.
More likely a couple of minutes while the people left. Dug its way out and wandered for 5 days.

But good example of how simple stories get exaggerated in the telling.
Thanks

The cat probably dug its way out and hid for several days. Before one of our cats died, she hid for the entire day in our closet and we had to search the house for her. Our vet told us that sometimes very sick animals hide.

(January 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Nope Wrote: Or he is Kitty Jesus who has come to bring salvation to catdom. God is tired of humans and is offering eternal life to cats so that they can rule the world after we are gone.

(January 28, 2015 at 10:55 pm)Nope Wrote: Our vet told us that sometimes very sick animals hide.

There is a good reason for this. Efficient predators pick the young, the old and the sick. They're easier to catch and less risk to the predator. Individuals who hid had a better chance of surviving predation while recovering.

(January 28, 2015 at 11:23 pm)JuliaL Wrote:

(January 28, 2015 at 10:55 pm)Nope Wrote: Our vet told us that sometimes very sick animals hide.

There is a good reason for this. Efficient predators pick the young, the old and the sick. They're easier to catch and less risk to the predator. Individuals who hid had a better chance of surviving predation while recovering.

That makes sense and probably why the cat formerly known as 'dead' didn't return home for several days.

(January 28, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Stimbo Wrote:

(January 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Nope Wrote: Or he is Kitty Jesus who has come to bring salvation to catdom. God is tired of humans and is offering eternal life to cats so that they can rule the world after we are gone.

Ah, you beat me to it.

Hey I found this random picture:

(January 28, 2015 at 11:29 pm)Darkstar Wrote:

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(January 28, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Stimbo Wrote:

Ah, you beat me to it.

Hey I found this random picture:

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Heretic!
How dare you deface a royal portrait of King Baboon!


Rorschach test anybody?

(January 28, 2015 at 10:30 pm)Nope Wrote:

(January 28, 2015 at 9:37 pm)Drich Wrote: The story says the cat was in the ground for 5 days... That's some "Pet Cemetary" stuff there.

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We have a begal his name is Fred. He was my dads hunting dog. He gave him to us after he retired him from hunting. He was 8, that was 10 years ago. Every year we say will be his last and every year he keeps putting along.. I think he will outlast the puppy we got to replace him.

We adopted Buster from a pound when he was a year old. My husband and I strongly suspect his previous owner abused him. When my husband would lift his hand to do anything, Buster would flatten on the ground and make noises like he was in either fear or pain. Because he seemed so terrified of men, my husband spent a lot of time earning his trust. Eventually the two became best buds which surprised me. Buster was supposed to be my dog because my husband told me when we first started dating that he wasn't a dog person.

When my husband went to Afghanistan, our dog would wake me up whining so I took him to the vet. I assumed Buster was in pain but the vet thought our dog missed my husband. As soon as my husband returned, the behavior stopped so I guess the vet was correct.

Beagles are very vocal dogs, very willful, and very loyal.

Fred is my wife's dog. He does the same thing when ever my wife leaves, he wipers and whines. He sleeps at her feet and follows her around like a puppy. I don't know what she is going to do when he dies.

She may try and bury him in the zombie cat's grave.

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(January 28, 2015 at 10:31 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote: Why is this not in the humour section? Or is Drich being serious?

Because it is news. This happened less than a 100 miles from my house.

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(January 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Being thought dead, and being dead are not the same thing. Poor kitty had a coma.

He was reported as being 'stiff' and was in the ground for 5 days...