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My cat hero was a semi-feral that I tamed when I was about 12 years old. We called her Wild Kitty because she was tame only with me.
Anyway, I was almost a victim of a full-on sexual assault at age 13. I would have been but for WildKitty, who was on a nearby fence post, growling, with her back arched. I managed to reach out (I was trying to get away, but at the time was less than 5 ft. tall and about 75 lbs) with 1 arm & throw the cat over my shoulder & onto the perpetrator. The cat just exploded, all claws & hisses & I just scrambled up enough to get my pants up over my knees & RAN back across the horse pasture, to my house. I did glance over to see WildKitty just ATTACKING that man (he was my friend's father, a neighbor, who always hated cats). I kept the secret for years, although my little brother who was 8 at the time, had seen & it took him years to tell me, and my sis who was 16 then, wondered what had happened because I ran into her room, crying hysterically but couldn't bring myself to talk, just go into the shower & scrub & scrub.
While I was upset & had minor injuries, it would have been SO much worse had WildKitty not saved me. When the man kicked our dog away, she just ran back home.
Sorry for the odd story - another atty. had been in our office, describing a similar alleged crime on an 11 year old girl, and it has all come crashing back - I've been upset since yesterday.
So, WildKitty, may you be rewarded over RB for your brave actions. To this day, I wonder how that man explained his scratches. I do know that less than a year later, his wife divorced him & although just the step-mother, was awarded custody of his own children.
My cat hero was a semi-feral that I tamed when I was about 12 years old. We called her Wild Kitty because she was tame only with me.
Anyway, I was almost a victim of a full-on sexual assault at age 13. I would have been but for WildKitty, who was on a nearby fence post, growling, with her back arched. I managed to reach out (I was trying to get away, but at the time was less than 5 ft. tall and about 75 lbs) with 1 arm & throw the cat over my shoulder & onto the perpetrator. The cat just exploded, all claws & hisses & I just scrambled up enough to get my pants up over my knees & RAN back across the horse pasture, to my house. I did glance over to see WildKitty just ATTACKING that man (he was my friend's father, a neighbor, who always hated cats). I kept the secret for years, although my little brother who was 8 at the time, had seen & it took him years to tell me, and my sis who was 16 then, wondered what had happened because I ran into her room, crying hysterically but couldn't bring myself to talk, just go into the shower & scrub & scrub.
While I was upset & had minor injuries, it would have been SO much worse had WildKitty not saved me. When the man kicked our dog away, she just ran back home.
Sorry for the odd story - another atty. had been in our office, describing a similar alleged crime on an 11 year old girl, and it has all come crashing back - I've been upset since yesterday.
So, WildKitty, may you be rewarded over RB for your brave actions. To this day, I wonder how that man explained his scratches. I do know that less than a year later, his wife divorced him & although just the step-mother, was awarded custody of his own children.