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Aswad -> RE: New cat problem (8/19/2012 7:47:59 PM)
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Nothing quite so amusing, no. Rather sad, actually.
Two recently abandoned cats wore down and killed a sheep while the farmer watched enthusiastically. When their heroic efforts had succeeded and they started reaping their reward, he shot both of them. Then he went on to brag about how cool the whole thing had been, and how he wished he had caught more of it on video. Note that he didn't so much as try to save the sheep, and will be totally compensated, including lost business opportunity, so it's not a question of protecting his herd or his livelihood. Just his way to repay a once in a lifetime experience that he really liked, I guess. The owners picked up new cats when they got back from their vacation.
As usual, only the animals lose, and all of them do. Norway in a nutshell.
That being said, I have encountered a cat that would have suited a horned helmet quite perfectly. I'm almost certain it was a cat. The shape and color is strongly indicative of that. The size, however, should only occur in a lynx. I didn't much feel like having a closer look at the time. Darn thing stared down a rottweiller, and I can easily picture it taking down a deer unaided, of which we have a fair bit here. Doesn't really match either housecats or lynxes, though. Brings to mind the H. S. Thompson quote that Kana uses in his sig here: «There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.»
Cats that took the sheep (singular, obviously) were regular housecats, though.
IWYW,
— Aswad.
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