Long before Heather Armstrong started writing about her new house, the crazy lady who sold her said house and the mythical bobcat that supposedly camped out in the shed, my grandmother claimed she had her own bobcat roaming the back yard.
That my grandmother thought she had a bobcat living in her yard was funny enough to warrant a blog post and I wrote a rather lengthy one about how bobcats are only known to inhabit remote spots in northern Michigan. We don’t see them this far south.
Or at least we didn’t.
Ladies and gentleman, I give you the West Michigan bobcat.
Photo credit: Emma Butler via @WZZM13
I know he doesn’t look like much, but this guy apparently bit a local teen who produced the pictures during her visit to the emergency room and was subsequently treated to a nice round of rabies shots.
So don’t mess with the bobcats. Even if you suspect them to be mythical.
Special thanks to Jessica Puchala at WZZM-13 for retweeting this story. My grandmother would have felt vindicated if we hadn’t already found out her bobcat was just an ordinary abandoned house cat without a tail. The cat now lives comfortably with my brother and is no longer the victim of mistaken identity.
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Hilarious story, your a great writer! I found you on the “personal blogs” group and I’m your newest follower.
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Rachel´s last [type] ..Tiny Turtle
The elusive MI bobcat! Bizarre! My mascot in high school was the Bobcat so I’m quite partial to them- fiesty little things! I’m so happy to have found your blog (thank you MBC!). I love to support a fellow Michigander’s blog so I’ll be sure to drop by often! (I didn’t see a spot to follow? Am I just crazy? I’ll look again).
~Jules @ http://www.adbits.blogspot.com
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