Strange Story of Savage Domestic Cat

This is a UK cat story. Do you believe it? I don’t want to insinuate that the 80 year victim of a domestic cat attack is lying or embroidering her story but I am sure that we do not have the entire story. The way she describes it and the picture of her face just doesn’t stack up for me.

The Story

Nora Scott, 80, is doing her gardening. She was wearing glasses. A neighbour’s cat, who happens to be black, wanders into her garden, jumps up to her face and attacks her. She is mauled by a domestic cat. Nora is left with two black eyes and some scratches on her face. But the scratches are not that visible in the photo which I publish here under fair use¹. There are some minor punctures. Nora says that “There was blood everywhere…” What from? Two small punctures?

Woman Attacked By Black Domestic Cat
Woman Attacked By Black Domestic Cat

That is the story really. I am very surprised to see two black eyes as if she has been hit – punched – in the face. Could a domestic cat do this when a person is wearing glasses? And why would a cat attack a person in what Nora indicates is a totally unprovoked way? Domestic cats do not make unprovoked attacks on humans. They have to be badly provoked and any attack would be defensive. A domestic would be mad to attack a person. There is no logic to it.

Nora called the police but they won’t do anything about it. The cat’s owner has responded by apologising and has agreed to rehome her cat. Nora wants a law against dangerous cats along the lines of the Dangerous Dogs Act.

The cat has been called a “vicious moggy” by the newspaper that reports the story. Sorry, I don’t believe this story. I know I have trouble believing anything anymore! But this looks wrong to me. I suspect there is a neighbour dispute and Nora wanted to get at her neighbour and fabricated the story. That sounds harsh and may be completely incorrect in which case I would apologise but I have never heard such a fanciful story nor two black eyes being caused by an unprovoked domestic cat attack.

What do you think?


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23 thoughts on “Strange Story of Savage Domestic Cat”

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  2. I can’t buy the cat attack story.
    If this is not a case of domestic violence, I would say that it’s a case of “falling down drunk on my face”!

  3. The police can’t help someone who won’t ask for their help, they’d probably be reported by that woman’s abuser for interfering with a domestic matter. In our own town my sister and I work closely with our local police as we run Neighbourhood Watch, it’s frustrating for them that people say ‘Oh the police won’t do anything’ Well they can’t if they don’t know about it! We are lucky to have had only good experiences with the police I suppose but it’s a shame to tar them all with the same brush, there are good and bad in all professions.

  4. Often the police in the UK see domestic violence as a civil issue. For example as part of divorce proceedings. I think that mentality has changed somewhat but of course when violence takes place behind closed doors it is hard to get to the truth and the victim (the only viable witness) often hides the truth making prosecution difficult or impossible.

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