Posted on 08/03/2022 10:10:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Bandit, a 20-lb. calico cat, lives with Everitt, a 68-year-old retired former oral and maxillofacial surgeon, near the Tupelo Country Club in Belden. When a couple of would-be robbers attempted to break into their shared home, the cat did everything she could to alert her owner of the danger.
As he often does, Everitt had gone to bed at around midnight on Sunday, July 24. Between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on Monday morning, Everitt heard Bandit letting out loud guttural meows in the kitchen.
At first, he didn't think much of it. He assumed she'd seen another cat out back.
Suddenly, she raced into the bedroom, jumped onto the bed and began pulling the comforter off of him and clawing at his arms. Everitt, surprised by the unusual behavior, knew something was wrong.
Still unsure of what Bandit wanted, he got out of bed, put his robe on and walked down the hallway to the kitchen. When he flipped on the light switch, he saw two young men outside his back door. One was holding a handgun while the other used a crowbar to try and pry the door open.
Everitt ran back to his bedroom, picked up a 9mm pistol and returned to the kitchen. Luckily, the would-be intruders had already fled on foot.
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I once had a router made by Belden.
But I had no idea they sold guard cats too.
> Everitt ran back to his bedroom, picked up a 9mm pistol and returned to the kitchen. <
Bandit the Cat should have reminded Mr. Everitt to take his pistol with him the first time he went to investigate.
You beat me to it. I take the pistol with me when I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.
I never run back to grab my pistol. It's already in my hand. It's the first thing I grab when I get up to investigate something.
The cat food is probably kept in the kitchen. With the shortages of cat food, the feline probably figured the armed robbers were after its breakfast. If they had come in through the front, the cat probably wouldn’t have bothered them as they took the TV.
He should have grabbed his 9mm FIRST!......................
Great story, only I would have featured Bandit the Courageous Cat and that’s all. I would not have had my name, face pic or caliber of my gun included in the story at all, but then, everyone reacts to a break in attempt in their own way.
Some domestic animals really do have it all figured out as to what’s normal and what’s a threat.
Move
Pistol and a tactical light.
my 14 assault raccons on the porch would have torn them to shreds.
LOL, our cats, if they could, would probably open the door and show them where the TV is. Anything to get me to play with them more…
With a laser sight.........................
never underestimate the power of pussy...
Just another day for Sebastian the Cat, on the front lines with his owner and best Pal, Rocky.
I had a 23 pound orange Tom who was definitely an alpha cat. Very laid back, but if someone came to the house who wasn’t known, he would start to growl.
Cats are territorial.
My wife’s cat resembles this 22 pounds of Maine Coon.
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