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Hero cat in Mississippi helped prevent a robbery, possibly even saved a man’s life
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Cats are identified to carry consolation.
Companionship.
Kindness.
(Nicely, not all the time the latter, in the event you actually know cats.)
However few pet cats — as explicit, finicky and unbiased as a lot of them might be — can be branded a “hero” for serving to to forestall a home theft and for probably even saving a life.
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A person in Belden, Mississippi, reported that his cat, Bandit, did all of this and maybe extra final month.
Bandit is a 20-pound (9.1-kilogram) calico cat.
She lives along with her proprietor Fred Everitt, 68, a retired oral and maxillofacial surgeon, within the Tupelo suburb of Belden.
When at the very least two folks tried to interrupt into the household’s dwelling final week, the cat did all the pieces she might to alert Everitt to the hazard, he informed the Northeast Mississippi Every day Journal, because the AP reported.
The cat apparently raced into the bed room and jumped onto the mattress.
“You hear of guard canines,” stated Everitt.
“This can be a guard cat.”
The tried crime occurred someday between 2:30 and three a.m. on July 25, Everitt stated.
A retiree’s cat — trying very very similar to the one proven right here — reportedly helped beat back two would-be robbers in Belden, Mississippi, final month.
First, Bandit’s guttural meowing within the kitchen woke up Everitt.
Then, the cat apparently raced into the bed room, jumped onto the mattress and started pulling the comforter off Everett and clawing at his arms.
Everitt knew that one thing needed to be improper.
He stated he thought, “What on the planet is improper with you?’”
“She had by no means executed that earlier than,” Everitt stated, because the Every day Journal and the AP reported.
He stated he thought, “What on the planet is improper with you?’”
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Everitt associated that he received up, placed on his gown, walked down the corridor to analyze — and when he turned on a lightweight, he noticed two younger males standing outdoors his again door.
“I feel it is solely due to the cat,” stated Everitt of Belden, Mississippi, that the scenario at his again door didn’t flip “confrontational.”
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One had a handgun — whereas the opposite was utilizing a crowbar to attempt to pry the again door of his home open, he stated.
Everitt stated by the point he retrieved a handgun of his personal and returned to the kitchen, the would-be intruders had fled already.
Everitt didn’t name the police, he informed the publication.
He stated the scenario might have been completely different with out Bandit.
Whereas he thought he was saving her life — and probably he did — evidently she, in flip, now could have helped save his.
“It didn’t flip right into a confrontational scenario, thank goodness,” Everitt stated.
“However I feel it’s solely due to the cat,” he informed the publication.
Everitt adopted Bandit from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society 4 years in the past.
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Whereas he thought he was saving her life — and probably he did — evidently she, in flip, now could have helped save his.
The Tupelo Lee Humane Society is a no-kill shelter.
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On its web site, it states that its mission is to advertise humane therapy, forestall cruelty, present training and finish pet overpopulation.
The Related Press contributed reporting to this text.