#1106109 added January 16, 2026 at 9:16am Restrictions: None
Package Contained Bobcat
I don't remember why I saved this one. I have absolutely no recollection of anything I might have thought about it at the time. But it's funny, so here:
I know, I know. What with everything going on in the world, why talk about someone's home invasion by Robert T. Catt? Well, remember what I said yesterday about absurdism? Yeah.
"I looked and there's a cat. What I thought was a cat," Aprea said. "It took me a second. I'm like, 'Why is there a cat? And how did it get in?' And then, I stared at it for a second, and, 'Oh my goodness, that's not a cat!'"
I mean, technically, it's a cat? It's just not a cuddly one. Well, technically, it's cuddly once.
Aprea said her dog had been barking at the bobcat, which was sitting in the corner of the room.
That is the actual, literal definition of "not news." Right up there with "dog bites man." It would be newsworthy if the bobcat barked at the dog.
Her husband and son managed to coax the bobcat back outside, but not before it scaled the door, leaving scratches on the wood from its claws.
To be serious for a moment, I'm glad this encounter with wildlife ended well for the wildlife. Too many times, the humans' answer is "SHOOT IT."
"I'm going to leave those scratches on my wall forever so I can say, yeah, yeah, that was a bobcat," she said.
Oh, I'd absolutely do that.
And the only other thing I can think of right now is this classic xkcd strip.
