Klepto Cats

Cats are conniving and over-curious creatures that can ransack your house in under two minutes by jumping, diving, rolling, and sliding in/on/under/around most objects you hold dear. Still I like them. They're sarcastic and ornery, and I think they're great.

I actually had a nice one once named LeRoy. He's now gone on to wherever cats go after they are no longer on earth. Before he left, though, he liked to steal things. I usually found my razor in the middle of the living room floor, or an earring here or there. Our other little kitty, Noel, also exhibited similar behaviors, as demonstrated when she decided she needed to steal my sandwich I had made for school. I had the sandwich in my bedroom on the floor while I was packing my backpack for the day. The sandwich was in a Ziploc bag, and she thought it'd be great fun to grab it and ran off to the living room.

I decided to see if these two little furballs were isolated cases of oddity, but I've found stories of two other cats with the same klepto-like tendencies. These two, however, definitely outdid LeRoy and Noel. Midnight the cat became renowned in Ventura County, California for stealing people's socks, shirts, etc. He apparently found them in sheds, garages, and any other place he could slither into and out of without getting caught. His owners put a bag on their mailbox with items that he stole overnight everyday so neighbors could reclaim their possessions.

Tigger, another klepto-kitty, liked to steal undergarments. Not only did he steal them, he liked to exchange underwear from one apartment to another. This had the potential to create some serious domestic issues, especially when Tigger's owner discovered red ladies' underwear in her apartment, and her husband commented that his underwear were disappearing at a rapid rate. The dryer wasn't eating them in this case. The owner took underwear that were deposited in her apartment around to her neighbors to ask them if they belonged to them She thus tried to repair the harm her cat was inadvertently-maybe inadvertently, knowing a cat's general personality-causing her neighbors.

So, cats are still insane. Protect your belongings by locking your windows and doors at night. This has always been true for human cat burglars, but even more so for these fuzzy, sneaky ones. If you have a cat in your house as a pet, make sure you keep a vigilant eye on them as much as possible. Before you call the police when things to missing in your house, talk to your cat first.