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 have a couple of 23 pound lean and mean male cats
but 20 pounds is large for a female
and yes, cats do make very good alarm systems
LOL
thanks
I needed that
that is so sweet
glad that cat is giving the soldier a nice respite
That cat looks tough.
Thanks Ben!
Pinging a few buddies!
Double happy ending.
Kitty hero flags robber, good kitty.
Man with gun stops robbers.
Many probably wouldn’t, but after seeing Tara the cat attack that half-breed pit-bull terrier who attacked her little boy, nothing totally surprises me anymore!
(Incidentally, this was just days after our lovely German Shepherd died, 1 day before her 12th birthday. So I never forgot the cat’s name.)
We have had a couple of cats in the 20lb range over the years but they were not guard cats.
Her cat isn’t either. I call him Fatback. His name is King Kamau.
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