Dog saves family from fire blamed on cat

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10-11-2007, 01:43 PM
pj

Dog saves family from fire blamed on cat

(From AP wire)

Wed Oct 10, 10:00 PM ET

GREENVILLE, Maine - Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, is getting credit for saving a Greenville man when a fire swept through his home.

Roland Cote said his wife and their 7-year-old grandson were away when the blaze started early Sunday in a converted two-story garage. He said Thumper grabbed him by the arm to wake him, leaving just enough time for him to dial 911 before fleeing the fast-moving fire.

While the dog is the hero, a cat is the bad guy in this story.

Cote said the fire marshal investigator believes the blaze was started when Princess, the family cat, tipped over a kerosene lantern. Cote says he and his pets escaped safely, but he says Princess did get her tail singed by the flames.
10-11-2007, 01:50 PM
dodobird

humpf, I bet Thumper dropped the lantern so that Princess will be blamed and he gets to be a hero...
10-11-2007, 01:59 PM
Bonsay

It's the cats fault that they use a kerosene lantern? Poor cat, doesn't even know what's going on and then get's blamed for setting the house on fire.
10-11-2007, 02:47 PM
Burns

How could they know it was the cat that tipped over the lamp, and not the dog? :eh: Sounds prejudice to me!

Glad everyone was unhurt though.
10-11-2007, 02:58 PM
pj

The news never lies. They know everything.

Don't they?

:holyshit:
10-11-2007, 03:15 PM
Burns

Quote:

Originally Posted by pj

The news never lies. They know everything.

:rolllaugh:
10-11-2007, 03:39 PM
dodobird

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burns

How could they know it was the cat that tipped over the lamp, and not the dog? :eh: Sounds prejudice to me!

Glad everyone was unhurt though.

I guess it was high up... still, I blame the human for the carelessness.
10-11-2007, 03:54 PM
Oneironaut Zero

Damned murderous cats. I swear. :shakehead:

DOGS RULE. :P
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ogsvsCats2.jpg
10-11-2007, 04:54 PM
KuRoSaKi

Lulz the dog saves the family hahaha and the cat is the one that caused the problem wow.
10-12-2007, 12:54 AM
Moonbeam

Quote:

Originally Posted by dodobird

I guess it was high up... still, I blame the human for the carelessness.

My thoughts exactly. Everyone who has cats should know not to let them near an open flame. Actually I know someone else whose house burned down because of a candle and a cat.

(Once I saw that my big fat orange cat's whiskers were all singed off on one side--I figured out that he was trying to eat something off the stove as it was cooking.)
10-12-2007, 02:11 PM
Jeff777

The cat was framed!
10-12-2007, 04:14 PM
Clairity

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oneironaut_Jeff777

The cat was framed!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...eid=searchfeed
10-12-2007, 06:25 PM
Jeff777

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Originally Posted by Clairity

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...eid=searchfeed

haha! that was cute clairity :)
10-12-2007, 08:09 PM
dodobird

ha ha ha what a funny comercial
10-13-2007, 03:28 AM
Burns

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clairity

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...eid=searchfeed

ROFL so true!
10-13-2007, 03:58 AM
Moonbeam

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Originally Posted by Burns

ROFL so true!

Burns, I would think that you would not be so quick to always take the cat's side anymore, now that you have Red. :shakehead:
10-13-2007, 04:05 AM
Burns

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Burns, I would think that you would not be so quick to always take the cat's side anymore, now that you have Red. :shakehead:

haah, I could see him doing that though! I mean, if the cats actually let him get close enough to them to frame them :P
10-13-2007, 04:15 AM
Moonbeam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burns

haah, I could see him doing that though! I mean, if the cats actually let him get close enough to them to frame them :P

I seriously doubt that will ever happen, after seeing Titus' reaction!