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To think this story is utterly bonkers?

102 replies

QuestionableMouse · 01/10/2019 14:26

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4778321/a-monster-supercat-is-on-the-loose-after-terrorising-two-young-children-in-their-london-garden/

Large cat acting normally (by the sounds of it) around some kids. Mother freaks out and chucks a toy horse at said cat who bites it while mother drags said children into the house. Horse is 'destroyed' yet looks untouched in the sad face photos.

It's bonkers, isn't it?

I know the cat is larger and different to the average moggy but it's hardly a lion on the rampage...

OP posts:
DogHasEatenTheSqueaker · 01/10/2019 17:53

@ErrolTheDragon I was just going to say my pair of sausages would have had that horse entirely destuffed by the time she slammed the patio door... savage beasts Wink

SapphireSeptember · 01/10/2019 18:30

A cheetah? She really thought that a cheetah? It looks nothing like a cheetah! (Source, I watched Big Cat Diaries religiously when I was younger.) Cheetahs have cute little rounded ears and lines on their faces and don't bother with people.

SunshineCake · 01/10/2019 18:44

It's the woman that is bonkers.

Jesse70 · 01/10/2019 18:49

There kept as guard cats in Africa apparently
Very playful if brought up in a loving home

ErrolTheDragon · 01/10/2019 19:38

I was just going to say my pair of sausages would have had that horse entirely destuffed by the time she slammed the patio door... savage beast

There's a heavy clue as to the savagery of your beasts in your name, DogHasEatenThe Squeaker!Grin

HoldingBackTheCat · 01/10/2019 19:58

This made me chuckle...right up until I read that police were investigating. Then I had to do a massive eye roll. What an idiot of a woman.

DogHasEatenTheSqueaker · 01/10/2019 20:09

@ErrolTheDragon

Feral 😂

To think this story is utterly bonkers?
JellyfishAndShells · 01/10/2019 20:19

One of my neighbours had many, many cats - including the gigantic one known locally as ‘Psychocat ‘, for it terrifying physical appearance and complete lack of fear of anyone human or other animal. We caught it opening the guineapig’s cage like an accomplished safebreaker .

Lilacpheonix · 01/10/2019 21:07

Changed the picture.

To think this story is utterly bonkers?
gubbsywubbsy · 01/10/2019 21:11

She isn't very bright for a doctor 🤷‍♀️

TrainspottingWelsh · 01/10/2019 21:47

Utterly batshit.

One of my friends used to have a Maine coone that was huge even by breed standards, but about as dangerous as a a newborn kitten. The only bengal I've ever really known was also soft as anything,

One of mine was feral born, is a lethal killer and if you skim cuddly toys as big as her at speed, she'll have it by the throat before you've even registered her pouncing. Another is small and cute, and doesn't even look fully grown. And if she was the type to approach strangers she's the one I'd be genuinely concerned would maim someone.

ErrolTheDragon · 01/10/2019 21:51

@DogHasEatenTheSqueaker

We have one of these mugs, which bears an uncanny likeness to ours.

www.cafepress.co.uk/mf/81354048/now-i-control-the-world_mugs?productId=932415035

AnneElliott · 01/10/2019 21:56

The woman is mad! The cat definitely looks like a domestic animal. I've got 4 and one of them would muller a stuffed toy that was thrown at her!

She gets a vicious face on her and goes for it - she is only the size of a kitten though so it's more cute than anything!

honeyalmondlatte · 01/10/2019 22:04

It's a Bengal 😂

FurnitureAndBackgammon · 01/10/2019 23:57

We caught it opening the guineapig’s cage like an accomplished safebreaker

Ha, our Bengal can open doors, he's like that bloody velociraptor in Jurassic park Grin

MitziK · 02/10/2019 19:05

A doctor?

Just as well she didn't try to become a vet.

Catsinthecupboard · 02/10/2019 19:35

I have a cat that kills garden snakes. It is fluffy. I found a dead snake with his fur in its mouth. My cat was unimpressed with his own prowness, he was taking a nap.

Also have VERY large cat but nobody would think he is dangerous. He is so tall that he stands up and bites my bum if I am slow with dinner. I don't encourage or appreciate his unpleasant encouragement.

My dog and I were walking in garden at night. We heard a tremendous GROWL in a tree! Dog ran. So did I! If dog is frightened, so am I!Grin

People who do not own animals are often see them as dangerous. Doctors annoy me bc they are often know it all.

I like everyone here who thinks Dr is bonkers.CakeFlowers

gubbsywubbsy · 02/10/2019 19:59

@FurnitureAndBackgammon my Bengal is like that .. bloody genius and thinks he is a dog 😍

AnOojamaflip · 02/10/2019 20:07

Is the not-the-sun link about the cosmetic doctor the same story?

RainbowAlicorn · 02/10/2019 20:08

Omg, this is hilarious. That looks to me to be an F2 at most. I have a friend who has Savannah's lovely cats, wouldn't want to piss them off though, that cat was clearly just trying to play, and to say it was bigger than the children is hilarious, in the photo it wasn't even as big as the 'destroyed' horse. Stupid woman.

AnOojamaflip · 02/10/2019 20:12

I asked that without reading it. Obviously is, otherwise it's a mad coincidence. Sadly though that non-sun link is lacking in sad-face pictures. Which is upsetting. May have to do a sad-face article about the lack of sad-face photos.

TitsInAbsentia · 02/10/2019 20:22

Her kids have been to Compo Face School that's for sure.
The cat is no higher than the toy pony's belly fgs, talk about wanting 15 minutes...

StarStarTeachMe · 02/10/2019 20:32

"^^They say it's as big as four cats and it's got a retractable leg so's it can leap up at you better. And you know what, Ted, it lights up at night and it's got four ears, two of them are for listening and the other two are kind of back-up ears. Its claws are as big as cups and for some reason, it's got a tremendous fear of stamps! Mrs Doyle was telling me that it's got magnets on its tail, so's if you're made out of metal it can attach itself to you and instead of a mouth, it's got four arses!"

FurnitureAndBackgammon · 02/10/2019 23:08

FurnitureAndBackgammon my Bengal is like that .. bloody genius and thinks he is a dog

Oh yeah, mine is definitely more dog than cat 😹

ToftyAC · 03/10/2019 11:18

The woman is off her tits. Bloody funny though....

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