The saddest thing I saw today

[james_davis_nicoll]

The local raccoon, still very round from all the winter fat it put on for a winter that never came, morosely examining the fencing the LRT people have run down the middle of Charles Street. After a while, it turned around and waddled back up the steps to Madison South....

(feral cat just goes up one side of the fence and down the other before repeating it on the next set of fences)

Comments

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

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?

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about your cat.
:(

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. He was a sweet old boy, and brother of the cat in my icon.