All the Halloween kitty talk has reminded me of this "scary" guy:
<http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2003/12/07>

Last December, a story (and this picture) circulated about this black
cat, Kooshi, being confined to his apartment in Tel Aviv, because he
was scaring the residents. :P

This seemed far-fetched to me, since my reaction to Kooshi was more
like "Whoa!  I am so scared! :P"   There are unfortunately a lot fewer
pictures on the net than when it happened, but the best pics of Kooshi
showed that he was kind of a teeeny cat with a ferocious demeanor-- in
fact exactly that kind of cat that many of *us* find most hilarious
and interesting  (I do, anyway :P)

But it seems that the old black cat superstition is still alive and
well in Israel!  A cat welfare official reported that many Israelis
are frightened of black cats!  Just sociiologically, I wonder why this
should be the case?  

When the story appeared in the New York Times, the caption on the
photo was "Kooshi.  Look and be afraid!"  ;)

Every time I see this photo, I just crack up!!!  I always wanted to
meet this cat!

Theresa
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