On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:13:32 -0700, dnash481 wrote:

On the one occasion that my parents' house was burgled, we saw evidence
that the burglar had made a hasty, panicky exit (he dropped several pieces
of loot in the back yard).  Their cat liked to sleep on top of a pile of
boxes in the attic, and would make a loud thump when she jumped down, so
she probably was responsible for scaring the burglar away.

I posted about this on another site but it was spooky.  We have cornfields
by my house and they picked it the other day.  Dueing the night I heard a
noise like a big rat scratching to get in.  I turned on the light before I
got out of bed.  Went to the livingroom ecorted by three cats.  Looked in
the kitchen and bathroom.  Finally figured the noise was comming from the
"tidy cat" container where I keep the cats food.  The lid was loose and,
like an idiot, I lifted it up.  Something streaked out and I yelled.  I
realized in a split second it was Willow.  The food was too deep for her to
get a foothold in order to jump out.  Had to give her a bath at three in the
morning she smelled so from the food.