A Killer Cat.
This story was too good to pass up. Yes, I have no life. I started to highlight in red the parts I found astounding, or hilarious, or both…but I darn near highlighted the whole article. (Credit, Komo News, Seattle.)
REXBURG, Idaho – A Rexburg woman says one of her cats recently attacked her and tried to kill her, sending her and her husband to the hospital.
The Ostermiller family says their cat was completely normal until three days after it gave birth to kittens. But it soon became defensive, and the family says it tried to kill them.
It began last week on Tuesday at about 5:30 a.m. The Ostermillers were sleeping when they heard a sound.
"All I heard was rrwwwrrrr hisss," Jackie Ostermiller said.
Jackie woke up and saw her cat, Renesmee, (named after the Twilight character) panicking. Jackie thinks a male cat had wandered by outside the home and Renesmee was protecting her kittens.
Jackie went to grab her cat to stop her from bolting out a hole in the screen door. That’s when the kitty made its move.
"I was being mauled literally for the kill. She had got a hold of my nose first, my face first, my arms – I was literally screaming," she said.
Jackie’s husband, Blaine, was able to pry the attacking feline off.
"I woke up hearing my wife scream, I didn’t know what was going on until I looked over there, until I looked over there seeing (the cat) viciously attacking her," Blaine said.
But the cat had already made its mark. Jackie was left with 35 bite marks and 15 bruises.
The cat wasn’t through. When Jackie was washing blood off her face, it came back and started attacking her leg a second time.
"She came at me with the deadliest eyes," Jackie said.
"I noticed she was looking at my wife with a weird look," Blaine said.
But even after this whole ordeal, the Ostermiller family hasn’t turned their back on cats. They even plan on getting a new kitten soon. But they do have a word of caution.
"I want people to know how dangerous cats can be, they can turn on you in a dime. Believe it or not – cats!" she said.
Jackie feels that none of this would have happened either, if they had just spayed their cat. The family ended up giving up Renesmee to the Rexburg shelter.
Those wacky Idahoans.
Okay, more can’t miss drama on Friday. BTW, I spent some time on Tuesday visiting bookstores, trying to set up appearances, and have them carry my book. Lots of interesting stories to tell–and maybe a few lessons learned I’ll share.
Hope to see you on Friday. Thanks for stopping by, Galen.
Themocracy
Should someone warn them about killer rabbits, too?
That’s wild, Galen. Rather funny too though, that they wouldn’t realize ‘Duh, cats can kick your butt if they want to.’
I heard a funny saying a while back that I love to quote:
Dogs have Masters.
Cat’s have Staff.
Ain’t it the truth? Maybe this cat just got tired of it’s staff.
Oh, and please do share all your tales of fun and experiences in publishment-land.
That is *crazy*! Makes me feel a little leery about my own darling kitties…
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Believe it or not I have a cat attack scene in my second book, and I was worried it might me a little farfetched. Now it seems a little tame. I guess that old saying, “Truth is stranger than fiction,” still applies.
By the way, I can see the possibilities of lots of highlights in red:)
I’ve never heard anything like this. Is it for real? I find it scary. Would love to hear your sharing about book store visits and the like.
Karen
I know I shouldn’t laugh, but I did. My question is what did they do to that cat to make it act like that? Have they taken her kittens away in the past? However, it does make my look at one of my cats with a wary eye. He’s speedy and paranoid which makes for a dangerous combination.
Yes, my cats ocassionally have freak-outs, but they’ve never turned on me!
Wow! That could give me nightmares.
Hi again — You asked on my “W” post if you needed to pay royalties when borrowing my suggestions for wasting time…
Heck, yeah!
How else can a writer make any money in this business?
Every time you waste time using one of my proven methods, I expect you to plug my blog with a link and some wonderful praise (for instance, one reader said I am a “warm fuzzy with pom poms”). Well, that was about a totally different post…so maybe it doesn’t apply.
Anyway, just kidding!!!