A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life.
Fred Everitt of Tupelo, Miss., is all smiles after his cat,"Bandit", alerted him in the middle of the night that two men were trying to break into the back door of his home, July 29, 2022, in Tupelo, Miss. BELDEN, Miss —
Bandit, a 20-pound cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt in the Tupelo suburb of Belden. When at least two people tried to break into their shared home last week, the cat did everything she could to alert Everitt of the danger, he told theThe attempted robbery occurred sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on July 25, Everitt said. He was first awoken by Bandit's meows in the kitchen.
Everitt said by the time he retrieved a handgun and returned to the kitchen, the would-be intruders had already fled. Everitt told the newspaper that he did not call the police.“It did not turn into a confrontational situation, thank goodness,” Everitt said. “But I think it’s only because of the cat.”
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