Police Get Bizarre Call About Cat In Tree… ‘Armed With RIFLE’

On April 25, 2017, the Newport, Oregon, police department received a strange call.

The officers were told that a cat had stationed herself high in a tree.

Now, that doesn’t sound odd at all, as many cat owners and cat lovers know that felines love to climb.

The worried member of the public alerted the police that the cat in question is nestling a RIFLE in its paws.

Apparently, onlookers noticed the cat and were shocked to see her holding what, at first glance, seemed like a rifle, or even a semiautomatic weapon!

Both human and K-9 officers of the police department were dispatched to the scene to investigate the situation.

Officers in Newport, Oregon, reacted in style when they realised the picture they had been sent of the gangster kitty was simply an optical illusion.

The cat’s position, the colours, and the shape of the branch all conspired to make it look it was toting a weapon.

“Reports of an armed cat this morning were unfounded. The feline was contacted by our canine and was determined to be in possession of a non-lethal branch. The cat was given a verbal warning for posing with what could be mistaken as an assault rifle while wearing poor camouflage attire.”

Check this kitty out in the video below, and please SHARE it on Facebook!

h/t:littlethings