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Shades of Rip Kirby: Cat burglar is a real cat
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leno...@yahoo.com
Jun 18, 2013, 2:40:02 PM6/18/13
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Some of you may remember the detective Rip Kirby episode which ran for most of the fall of 1977. In it, a burglar uses a cat named Velvet to sneak into windows and steal jewelry.
Of course, no one is likely to try that in real life, since even cats have their limits when it comes to sheer brick walls, and the windows would have to have the screens up as well! Not to mention that women don't typically leave pearls and diamonds lying in the open.
But anyway, the following isn't about real theft - but it's still unusual.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cat-burglar-cat-article-1.1375841
A cat burglar responsible for a mini crime-wave has been revealed to be — an actual cat.
Theo, a 3-year-old Siamese cross, has been hitting homes in Ipswich, England, for the last six months.
Condoms, cellphone chargers, fluffy pens, children's artwork, hand puppets and packets of crisps have all been pilfered by the master prowler.
He reportedly gains the trust of the neighborhood children, who let him into their house to play — but then makes off with their items when their backs are turned.
The cute kitty's thieving ways are now so bad that his owners — Paul Edwards and girlfriend Rachael Drouet — have set up a Facebook page to try and hand back the ill-gotten gains.
"We take photographs of things that Theo has brought home and put them up on Facebook, saying 'Excuse me, do any of you recognize these?" Edwards told the BBC.
The couple said they first spotted their cunning cat's collection of robbed goods when toys kept appearing that they "didn't recognize."
"We sheepishly had to go to our neighbor's with a handful of cat toys, which turned out to be his," Edwards added.
The problem then "escalated," and the "local celebrity" now steals pretty much anything he can get his hands on.
"[THERE WAS] a child's piece of art which they'd obviously spent most of the morning making — a glorious thing with lots of different color feathers and leaves stuck to it," said Edwards.
He's not yet brought back anything of real monetary value. But Drouet joked: "We live in hope that one day he'll bring back an iPad."
Of course, no one is likely to try that in real life, since even cats have their limits when it comes to sheer brick walls, and the windows would have to have the screens up as well! Not to mention that women don't typically leave pearls and diamonds lying in the open.
But anyway, the following isn't about real theft - but it's still unusual.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cat-burglar-cat-article-1.1375841
A cat burglar responsible for a mini crime-wave has been revealed to be — an actual cat.
Theo, a 3-year-old Siamese cross, has been hitting homes in Ipswich, England, for the last six months.
Condoms, cellphone chargers, fluffy pens, children's artwork, hand puppets and packets of crisps have all been pilfered by the master prowler.
He reportedly gains the trust of the neighborhood children, who let him into their house to play — but then makes off with their items when their backs are turned.
The cute kitty's thieving ways are now so bad that his owners — Paul Edwards and girlfriend Rachael Drouet — have set up a Facebook page to try and hand back the ill-gotten gains.
"We take photographs of things that Theo has brought home and put them up on Facebook, saying 'Excuse me, do any of you recognize these?" Edwards told the BBC.
The couple said they first spotted their cunning cat's collection of robbed goods when toys kept appearing that they "didn't recognize."
"We sheepishly had to go to our neighbor's with a handful of cat toys, which turned out to be his," Edwards added.
The problem then "escalated," and the "local celebrity" now steals pretty much anything he can get his hands on.
"[THERE WAS] a child's piece of art which they'd obviously spent most of the morning making — a glorious thing with lots of different color feathers and leaves stuck to it," said Edwards.
He's not yet brought back anything of real monetary value. But Drouet joked: "We live in hope that one day he'll bring back an iPad."
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