Murder Kitten

[Major Nikon]

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Huh?

Wish the video hadn't ended there. It seems a bit small to be a bobcat, just a regular cat the man threw and terrified.

[Kali]

7. it looked way bigger than a domestic cat to me

it jumped on the woman between the cars, he probably grabbed it off her and realized it was a bobcat and chucked it. I bet the woman has some wounds. it looked like it wanted to go after whatever was in the pet carrier.

[ironflange]

9. You can see its little stubby tail

As it runs under the car.

[LisaL]

17. It was a rabid bobcat, not a regular cat.

Rabid.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. How do we know it was rabid?

Especially as the video simply ends.

[LisaL]

23. Google is your friend.

NT

[happybird]

2. Why don't they just get in the car?

[jcgoldie]

3. should be titled "very stupid people"

WTF?

[Skittles]

11. the man is trying to protect his wife

yes, handling a likely-rabid animal is stupid but what real choice did he have here?

[jcgoldie]

21. bullshit

An idiot tossing a domesticated cat across the yard.

[LisaL]

24. It's a rabid bobcat, not a domestic cat.

Jeez.

[jcgoldie]

27. ..

1. Why do you think its a bobcat?

2. Why do you think its rabid?

[LisaL]

28. Because that's what being reported.

"The Pender County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a bobcat that was killed April 9 tested positive for rabies, WECT reported. The agency urged residents to vaccinate their pets against rabies."

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/north-carolina-man-hurls-rabid-bobcat-after-it-attacks-wife/E6K4Q4YLURHWZFCGWB2R2T4MB4/

[Skittles]

26. ???

that cat was ATTACKING that woman, do you not see that?

[soothsayer]

4. I don't like whatever's going on there

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

5. First, if it was actually a bobcat why in the fuck did he even pick it up?

Screaming and running around is pure stupidity. Just get everybody in the damn car or in the house. What parent would allow a child to run after it? Unless it had rabies it was just as scared as the idiot flipping out and more than likely run off on its own. What a moron.

[Kali]

6. I think it was attacking the woman or the animal in the carrier

but it was definitely jumping and clawing her between the vehicles he may have grabbed it off of her

[Fla Dem]

12. Yes that's what happened.

The woman was walking out with a pet carrier. The Bobcat (?) squealed and then attacked her from behind and hung on to her. The woman (his wife) screamed and started running down the driveway. The man at that point ran over to Her and pulled the Bobcat off her. She turned around and ran back in the house with the pet carrier. He ran across the lawn and threw it. But it turned around and ran back toward the cars. The woman in the street is running toward him and he yells that the Bobcat attacked my wife. It ends.

[LisaL]

18. It had rabies.

Also, what child run after it?

[lillypaddle]

8. Damn, I can't believe some's reactions to this

Stupid people? Imagine being totally unaware in your own driveway, and being surprised by a bobcat that is attacking your spouse. Did you hear that thing? That was no domestic cat. And far from being discouraged after being thrown, he was right back after it.

SMDH.

[wnylib]

13. I agree. Most people would be startled and react

similarly if a wild cat attacked them. Then after the fact, there is the concern about rabies.

I have never seen a bobcat and hope I never encounter one. I love domestic pet cats and have one. But I am very aware of how dangerous an attacking cat can be, whether domestic or wild. They are quick, lithe, intelligent kill machines, regardless of size.

[lillypaddle]

29. Indeed!

[Xavier Breath]

10. Cool band name.

[Corgigal]

14. Hope they get checked

for rabies. Sorry, to say. That was some unusual behavior.

[tblue37]

15. It was tested, and did have rabies.

[Corgigal]

16. Ooh.

Damn, and poor people. Thanks for the info.

[mysteryowl]

20. This was a very scared cat that needs a home and these people respond with attaching the cat.

How unfortunate!

My cat was feral when she walked up my driveway. Yes, it took months, but she is now a full blown lovable cat.

[LisaL]

22. It's a rabid bobcat.

Rabies are 100 % lethal if untreated. It certainly wasn't going to become a lovable domestic cat.

[mysteryowl]

31. There is no evidence the cat was rabid. none

[LisaL]

33. What are you talking about?

It was tested, and it was a rabid bobcat. Not a domestic cat.

[mysteryowl]

36. Where did you read this?

[lillypaddle]

30. LOL

So, you in the market for a rabid bobcat?

[mysteryowl]

32. There was no evidence the cat was rabid. none

[LisaL]

34. Be better informed.

Just because OP only has a video, doesn't mean that's all the information available. The animal was a rabid bobcat.

[mysteryowl]

35. How do you know?

It could also be a scared cat.

[LisaL]

37. Because I googled, found more information, and already posted a link upthread.

It was a rabid bobcat-see link in post 28.

[mysteryowl]

38. Well, okay.

I still think it could be a feral scared cat.

[lillypaddle]

39. Behavior would have offered a clue

but anyway, seems the family's instincts were right, turns out the animal was rabid.

[oasis]

25. Facts are a DU posters best friend in this thread.