No snark tag for this one.
22-pound cat attacks owners
by: Will Phoenix
A 22–pound cat named Lux attacked an infant and trapped its owners and their dog in a bedroom in Portland, Oregon before being subdued by Portland police officers reported authorities on Monday. The actual incident occurred prior to 8:00 p.m. Sunday night when the black-and-white heinous Himalayan house cat attacked and scratched a 7-month-old infant on the forehead reported Sergeant Pete Simpson, spokesperson for the Portland Police Bureau.
While there has been no word on the motives behind the feline’s felonious attack on the infant, it is believed that the baby’s father kicking the cat’s “keister” following the scratching incited the feline’s fierce rage and forced the family and their dog to retreat into another room as the father dialed 911. Simpson said the cat ran after the owners–The Barker family–and trapped them by blocking the doorway. He also stated the angry, screeching cat can be heard on the recorded 911 call.
The 22-pound cat reportedly “went over the edge” and would charge the door whenever the family opened the door to try and escape. The father told the 911 operator: “He’s trying to attack us. He’s very, very, very, very hostile.”
In fact, Simpson noted: “(the father) said that the cat has a history of violence.”
A Himalayan Cat
When last seen Monday Lux was reported in hiding under a blanket.
When my Father was a kid his family had a huge pootie named Goliath that delighted in terrorizing all the woozels who wandered into his part of the neighborhood. Goliath would nonchalantly stroll toward the unsuspecting woozle until he came close enough to spring. Things never went well for the woozle, and they learned to give Goliath's house a wide birth.
I have to confess this is my first pootie diary since my own pootie of 15 years died.