I saw a cat die today.

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 04:08

There are alot of stray cats running around the base I'm stationed at.

So I was standing there waiting for the bus, and this cat darts across the road. Well, half-way across the road anyway. There, it got to meet the the front left and rear left tires of a huge truck. WHUMP WHUMP is what it sounded like. The cat, obviously in a panic, and with neither hind leg working anymore, scrambled about in circles for about 10 seconds, making no noise, it's eyes wide with terror, before finally laying down, twitching a few times, and they lying still. One of the other soldiers standing there also waiting for the bus approached cautiously, poked it a few times, then took off his jacket, carefully lifted the cat and wrapped it in his jacket, and carried it off somewhere. I've no idea what he did with it.

Anyway, the whole scene was really creepy, and sad, too. The image is burned in my mind.

alva · December 10, 2003, 04:34

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One of the other soldiers standing there also waiting for the bus approached cautiously, poked it a few times, then took off his jacket, carefully lifted the cat and wrapped it in his jacket, and carried it off somewhere.

orange · December 10, 2003, 04:36

Apolyton did it! See! They TOLD you to buy Merch!

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 04:37

No, I bought Apolyton stuff already. In fact, I was one of the very first. They even posted my picture up here with me wearing my shirt.

That was a few years ago, now.

Dis · December 10, 2003, 04:39

hmm. I'm not sure if I would put my good clean jacket on such a mess- yes I'm a caring individual.

. But I guess that is good thing he did.

Urban Ranger · December 10, 2003, 04:42

The other guy did a good thing.

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 04:44

it wasn't bloody or anything, that i saw. but it was a stray, so probably very filty, and possibly carrying diseases.

i'd have done something, but i had no idea what to do, or what should be done. I still have no idea what HE did with it either.

Dis · December 10, 2003, 04:48

he might have eaten it

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 04:50

considering we're in korea, he might have sold it to a restaurant somewhere. . .

not really. i thought of that joke, not long after it happened, but it just doesn't seem very funny to me, having been confronted with it's very violent death.

self biased · December 10, 2003, 05:07

i'd have found a shovel. i've seen too many animals die to really give a sh*t these days. most of them were by my own hand. and i ran an exotic petstore. i'm not some sort of sadist that got off on it. just. it was easier to kill escaped mice than to try to catch them.

and i once fed a chinchilla to a reticulated python.

Vince278 · December 10, 2003, 05:11

Which base? I was at Osan 10 years ago. Only saw one cat the whole year I was there (It was stuck in a drain pipe. The base police fished it out).

DaShi · December 10, 2003, 07:33

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Originally posted by Dissident
he might have eaten it

Or worse.

Gangerolf · December 10, 2003, 07:42

yay those cat cadavers are sexy!

chequita guevara · December 10, 2003, 10:20

On a happier note, my cat tried to get the faucet to turn on today by tapping the lever.

Solly · December 10, 2003, 10:26

A squirrel got ran over about four metres in front of me once.

Q Classic · December 10, 2003, 10:33

koreans for some reason don't like cats. i've never been able to get an explanation out of it.

MrFun · December 10, 2003, 10:59

Was it KrazyHorse's cat??

Ecthy · December 10, 2003, 13:02

and you want to be a soldier

General Ludd · December 10, 2003, 13:10

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Originally posted by Dissident
he might have eaten it

If he doesnt eat it, something else will. Might aswell dig in while it's fresh.

Caligastia · December 10, 2003, 13:21

I intentionally ran over a squirrel once. It had already been hit by the car in front of me and was writhing in agony on the road so I finished him off.

Mercy killing.

Ecthy · December 10, 2003, 13:31

And we just know you'd do it any time with a man from a different race even if he hasn't been hit before.

Caligastia · December 10, 2003, 14:04

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Originally posted by Ecthelion
And we just know you'd do it any time with a man from a different race even if he hasn't been hit before.

chequita guevara · December 10, 2003, 14:27

(Sorry, Cali, I know it ain't true, but it's funny.)

Ecthy · December 10, 2003, 14:58

MichaeltheGreat · December 10, 2003, 15:17

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Originally posted by Ecthelion
And we just know you'd do it any time with a man from a different race even if he hasn't been hit before.

That's more than a bit over the line, Andz. Another remark like that, and your ass will be mine.

And I don't care if you were joking.

Az · December 10, 2003, 15:21

damn sad, isn't it? sigh.

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 18:49

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Originally posted by Ecthelion

and you want to be a soldier

Ecthy · December 10, 2003, 18:56

Well I wonder what your reaction would be if you were put into actual combat with people dying around you

Heaven forbid, a soldier in combat, who would have thought of that trauma in advance

Ecthy · December 10, 2003, 18:56

or are you just one of those who value animal life even more than human life?

connorkimbro · December 10, 2003, 18:59

You are a ****ing idiot, Ecthelion, go play in the street somewhere.