South Carolina Ping
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Posted on 03/21/2006 11:12:37 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe
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My dog (Chesapeake Bay Retriever) can go through the bedroom door........especially if a cat is on the other side.
One evening my old, indoor cat ran out the front door and up a pine tree. No amount of coaxing would entice him within reach; so I gathered all the pillows in the house, including the couch cushions, and spread them under the tree. Then I sat in a chair under the tree all night, until early morning when I called a cousin to come over with a ladder and retrieve the poor frightened cat.
ROTL.
Funniest keyword for a thread in a long time.
Must have been drunk to survive that fall.
"Must have been drunk to survive that fall."
I doubt that it is a record.
I recall hearing numerous accounts of cats surviving incredible falls.
This cat is from SC according to Fox News.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- For Rodney and Scottie Colvin, it was been a nerve-racking eight days. Their cat, "Piper," scampered up a tree in the yard of their Summerville, South Carolina home last Monday, March 13.
Efforts to coax the animal down failed. A week later, on Monday, March 20, would-be rescuers came to Piper's aid. Then, something went terribly wrong, but this time all was okay in the end.
The cat fell nearly 80 feet, clipped a branch on the way down and then landed on its feet and ran away. Piper, no doubt, used up at least a couple of his feline nine lives, but otherwise appeared to have survived the ordeal without serious injuries.
"I am scared to death, but at least she's down and she's running, so I know she's alive and thank you everybody for coming out," Scottie Colvin said.
"She's part of the family. She needs her eye looked at. It's really infected while she was up there. She seems to be pretty strong right now. She's not favoring her ribs where she broke that limb when she fell down. Take her to the vet, that's where we're headed now," Rodney Colvin said.
Actually, cats have a better chance of surviving a long fall than a short one. Note the flying squirrel posture. After a week without eating, the weight was down.
Why send rescuers in the first place? You ever see cat bones in a tree? They'll come down... eventually.
Pingeroo - just climb down next time, OK?
1972 - Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute.
She laughs at this cat's tiny little tumble.
LOL!! I saw this on the news last night - YOWZA!!
Why is everytime I try to play one of those videos....my IE crashes??? It just keeps trying to load.....never getting anywhere and then stops responding. AGGRAVATING!!!!!!!
do you have windows ME?
No. Windows XP. It did the same thing on my computer at work that it did at home.
My goodness Cricket amazing will be sharing this with the other cat lover's in my family -g-
South Carolina Ping
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True call to the Irmo FD in the early '80s:
(I was on duty that day and only heard the Fireman's end of the call)
Figherfighter (FF): Irmo Fire Department, can I help you?
FF: I'm sorry Ma'am, we don't get cats out of trees.
FF: Yes Ma'am.
FF: Yes Ma'am.
FF: No Ma'am.
FF: Ma'am, he'll come down on his own.
FF: Ma'am, we don't get cats out of trees.
FF: Ma'am, have you ever seen a dead cat in a tree?
FF: She hung up on me!
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