A couple from Itzstedt, Germany came home to discover a cat burglar had broken in and wrecked the place.
But this was no ordinary cat burglar…
The “cat burglar” had somehow crawled into the ground-floor of the apartment, broken window blinds, torn down drapes and trashed furniture.
Police also found fish and fish remains from a broken aquarium scattered around the apartment, said Julika Reinhardt, spokesman for the police in the town north of Hamburg.
Two officers finally found the offender, a cat, hiding under a kitchen cabinet but the heavyweight male resisted arrest, biting one officer in the thumb before they both managed to overpower it.
Reinhardt said the cat, wearing a name tag, was returned to its owner who would have to pay for the damage.
I think Cadet Happy may be on to something… Anti-Cat Cat Burglar Security Systems!
If only Spacemonkey weren’t missing in the storm, he could start building these things. Then Frank could market them, Sarah could model them, and we could demonstrate them on Nar-
Um… stuffed animal toys. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
First!
I wonder if the cat’s name was John Robie….
Pomoze Bog.
Tsar Lazar
There is a little known historical root to the German fear of cats. During the Battle of Belleau Woods, the Germans referred to the tenacious US Marines as Tuefelkatzen. The Marnies however were cat-haters and shot any German that called them that. Following the German defeat, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the Germans must call US Marines “Tuefelhunden” and give Arsenio Hall-esque Woof-Woof calls whenever they see a Marine. The latter practice faded during the run up to WWII, but the former survives to this day as the “Devil Dog” moniker shared by all Marines.
Ooh Rah, Joe-Foo!