And some dumb lady who was also there said, "Oh, is that a special breed?"
Yeah, lady, they breed em like that.
Actually some people do breed cats for deformities - Google "munchkin cats" or "twisty cats". Example:
http://www.munchkins.com/Kittens_for_sale.html
Munchkins I'm undecided on, but breeding twisty cats seems reprehensible.