Officer it's a big cat
Posted: September 30, 2008 4:48 pm
Here, kitty: Cop expects house cat, gets cougar
Casper Police Officer Mike Ableman arrived at her house near 12th and Wolcott streets on Monday expecting to shoo away a "kitty cat," because when Hood called dispatchers she told them there was a "big cat" in her backyard.
The officer had asked the dispatcher if it was a mountain lion, but was reassured it was a just a house cat.
When he started for the backyard, Hood told him to stop. "It's a pretty big cat," she warned him.
Ableman went anyway, but didn't stay long: "It stood up and looked at me, and I ran back in the house," said Ableman, who had expected a domesticated cat.
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Casper Police Officer Mike Ableman arrived at her house near 12th and Wolcott streets on Monday expecting to shoo away a "kitty cat," because when Hood called dispatchers she told them there was a "big cat" in her backyard.
The officer had asked the dispatcher if it was a mountain lion, but was reassured it was a just a house cat.
When he started for the backyard, Hood told him to stop. "It's a pretty big cat," she warned him.
Ableman went anyway, but didn't stay long: "It stood up and looked at me, and I ran back in the house," said Ableman, who had expected a domesticated cat.
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