Lost Cat!

OK, there are some really nice people in the world.  You know, people who donate to worthy causes, give aid to people in need, and adopt stray animals.

A big heart is a good thing but, if it happens to share a body with a tiny brain, things might not go as planned.

Like one lady who took in a lost cat.

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I was doing a search on craigslist a while back and, for some reason, this ad popped up (Warning: I have not corrected the spelling, punctuation, or grammar, but I did modify a few curse words.):

“FOUND cat last night was stuck in between my fence screaming it’s head off. i brought it inside because it looks too big and healthy for a stray and dogs here escape often and will eat cats that get out. it is very thick and has little stripes and spots on its legs and big white round spots on the back of its ears, only thing that looks wrong with him is he doesn’t have a tail but it doesn’t seem like anything new. He is very vocal ( and mean!!!!) I think he is a tabby and bengals mix maybe some Maine coon because he is just so big and chubby. i took most of these pics last night so the lighting makes him look brown but he is actually more gray. He was very hungry. please if u r his owner contact me ASAP i can not keep him here because as cute as he is, he is CRAZY and has gotten into everything in the house in 1 night and is EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE!! Even though I am almost sure this is someoneones pet unfortunately if no one contacts me soon enough I will have to take him to a shelter. By Sunday night most likely I will have to take him in. Almost lost my fingers this morning trying to pet him. Has been growling and hissing and calling all morning He is just a big grouch. Please text or email .”

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Evidently, she originally posted on May 4 of this year, so I was a little late to the party. 

It wasn’t the ad that caught my eye, it was the pictures she’d posted with it!

OH…MY…GOSH!

The original ad had been modified at some later date and I was quite relieved to find the lady had added the outcome of her adventure to the original ad.  Some other astute readers of craigslist had contacted her to tell her what she’d done:

“UPDATE: thank you to everyone who told me this is actually a WILD BOBCAT!!!🤯 Wtf!!! No wonder he was so grumpy!! I kidnapped him!! 🤣 I am not from America and have never heard of bobcat, I thought all wild cats are much bigger than that!! I can not believe I brought it inside!! And he p——d all over my d–n house so now I have to deep clean everything !! 😡🤬🤬well Anyway I am glad at least he is okay and not a lost cat. I have let him go already back near the trees where he came from, and he was not hurt or injured at all so do not worry!! I am also okay, no bites or scratches!! (Just pee 😑) And if you are one of the people who told me nicely out of concern, thank you and have a nice day!! If you Are one of the people who was rude to me and tried to mock me for not knowing, you can have a bad day!!( maybeif he comes back I’ll send him ur way 👹🤣)Bye bye!”

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Now you understand.  This kind-hearted person had somehow wrestled a wild bobcat into her house!  I can only imagine the kind of destruction a crazy wildcat could wreak on said domicile.  I mean, a wild bobcat wouldn’t be housebroken either, right?  Probably more like a housebreaker!

It only took me a few seconds to stop laughing and catch my breath.  I mean, I assume the ads were a joke perpetrated by someone who either owned a pet bobcat or found pictures of one, but I just couldn’t stop myself from passing it on to you, my friendly readers.

I did go ahead and check Snopes and there were no entries indicating that this was an urban legend or a made-up story.  I offer it to you to take it as you will. Here’s a link to the ad so you can check it out if you’d like (https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html).

I hope you get as big a kick out of it as I did.

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