From the Detroit Free Press: Ambling down the block a couple of weeks ago with his 1-year-old daughter perched on his shoulders, Antwaun Asberry sensed something was behind him.
He turned around and spotted a tall creature that appeared to be a cat, only a lot bigger.
“His tail is longer than my arm,” Asberry, a 6-foot-5 Detroiter with a lanky build, said of the cat. “I was like, what the (expletive) ... I don’t know what it is. I just want it gone.”
So do other residents in the northeast Detroit neighborhood, who said they’re unnerved by this supersize cat roaming the streets in recent weeks. They’ve tried calling Detroit police and Animal Control, but have gotten no response. On Friday, the Michigan Humane Society said it will investigate the case and try to find the cat.
We’re going to put some effort into this,” said Nancy Gunnigle, a director with the Humane Society. Cats this size, she said, are “not easy to catch.”
The area around Joann Street south of 8 Mile doesn’t have roaming dogs — an issue publicized in news media reports this past week.
It’s the cat that has bothered residents.
In some places, people might buy exotic cats illegally as a way to show off, said Tom McPhee, executive director of the World Animal Awareness Society, based in Ann Arbor.
“It’s part of the culture,” McPhee said. “You’re showing off your exotic cat because you can and you have the money.” http://www.freep.com/article/20130824/NEWS01/308240015/Big-cat-has-northeast-Detroit-neighborhood-on-edge
Well, it cannot be related to a Detroit Lion, as it would have to be afraid of everything and it's head is not lowered in shame and embarrassment.
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