My husband found Joseph (the cat's) body out in the open a few days ago, where something had dragged it from under the house. We were pretty sure he'd died--the lingering odor was a tipoff--but my poor husband said it was still a terrible shock coming around the corner and seeing him there all of a sudden. He identified the cat by the crumpled ear. Joseph now has a proper grave, dug, appropriately, in the rain.

We don't know who/what pulled him out. Cats wouldn't have, would they? Raccoons, maybe, but why would they go to all that trouble and not have a snack? I suggested divine telekinesis, but my husband thinks raccoons are far more probable. Thoughts?