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A VOLUSIA COUNTY COUPLE SAYS
THEIR CAT HELD THEM HOSTAGE IN
THEIR OWN HOME AND THEY'VE GOT
THE BATTLE SCARS TO PROVE IT.
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE SAY THE
FAMILY CAT REPEATEDLY ATTACKED
THEM AND THEN WENT AFTER A
RESPONDING ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICER.
WESH 2'S CLAIRE METZ JOINING
US LIVE FROM THE CITY OF DELAND.
AND, CLAIRE, THIS IS A FIRST.
THE OFFICER FINALLY DID MANAGE
TO CAPTURE THIS ROGUE KITTY.
YOU BET.
BUT EVEN THE OFFICERS FROM
ANIMAL CONTROL SAY THIS ONE IS
ONE FOR THE BOOKS.
YOU KNOW THEY DEAL WITH
AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS ALL THE TIME.
BUT RARELY DO THEY HAVE TO
RESCUE THE PET'S OWNERS FROM THE
PET THEMSELVES.
BUT, IN THIS CASE, THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED.
AND NOW A CAT IS QUARANTINED.
THE COUPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS
VICTORIA HILLS DRIVE HOME TRIED
THEMSELVES TO SUBDUE A CAT GONE
CRAZY.
A RUSSIAN BLUE FELINE THEY'VE
HAD FOR FOUR YEARS.
BUT LOOK AT SOME OF THE
INJURIES.
ARMS AND LEGS BADLY SCRATCHED.
THEY HAD THE CAT CUSH LOCKED IN
THE BATHROOM HOPING SHE WOULD
CALM DOWN.
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
POLICE FIRST GOT A CALL FROM THE
VICTIM'S SON IN ALTAMONTE
SPRINGS.
HER CAT HAS GONE CRAZY AND
ATTACKED HER MULTIPLE TIMES.
ATTACKED HER THEN IT'S GOT MY
STEP DAD MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE VICTIMS IN THEIR BEDROOM
WITH THE DOOR CLOSED CALLED.
THE CAT WAS OUT OF THE BATHROOM.
NOW SHE IS IN MY LIVING ROOM
AND I CAN'T GET OUT.
SHE'S GOT US TRAPPED IN OUR
BEDROOM.
WE'RE RIPPED UP.
POURING BLOOD.
SHE RIPPED US UP.
DO YOU NEED AN AMBULANCE.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS.
SHE IS JUST SITTING OUTSIDE OUR
BEDROOM DOOR.
A CITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
RESPONDED AND SPOKE TO THE
COUPLE THROUGH A SLIDING GLASS
DOOR.
GOT A LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE
INJURIES THE TWO HAD SUFFERED.
YOU COULD HEAR THE VICTIMS
SPEAKING TO THE OFFICER THROUGH
THE DOOR.
WE'RE TRAPPED!
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT YOU.
SHE IS HISSING AT YOU?
THE OFFICER TOLD ME THE CAT
NOT ONLY HISSED BUT TRIED ATTACK
HER SEVERAL TIMES.
ONCE IN THE HOUSE.
SHE FINALLY HERDED THE ANIMAL
INTO A LAUNDRY ROOM AND USED A
CATCH POLE CAPTURE THE CAT IN
CAGES.
THE CAT IS NOW UNDER CITY
QUARANTINE FOR TEN DAYS BECAUSE
IT WAS UP TO DATE ON ITS SHOTS.
AS FAR AS THE COUPLE THEY
REFUSED TREATMENT.
THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL
TAKE THEIR CAT CUSH HOME ONCE