I heard a blood-curdling scream last night!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I live out in the sticks (aka Raleigh, Smith County, Mississippi) and last night I was playing around on my comp after my folks had gone to bed. I was sitting in the computer room, minding my own business, when I heard the most godawful scream I have never imagined. It sounded like a woman being murdered, I’m not lying. :eek:

I actually sat there, frozen, for a few minutes and tried to convince myself I imagined it. After all, no-one lives around here for miles! When that failed (I could actually feel the vibrations of that scream in my ears), I waited till the next morning to tell my uncle what I had heard. He got a knowing look in his eye and said, “You know what that means? We got panthers.” :eek:

So now I know at least that no woman was being butchered outside my door. Instead, there’s a very big, very nasty cat prowling around outside my door. I wonder which is worse?

.:Nichol:.

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Hey, another Mispi doper! Welcome aboard. :slight_smile:

Did your uncle pronounce it “painter”?

Try leaving a BIG bag of catnip outside, see what happens…

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Or dump a 50# bag of cat chow on yer lawn. I bet THAT will keep it away!

mmm…

BTW, this was one of our favorite practical jokes in HS: Scatter a huge bag of dog food on someone’s lawn overnight. When they wake up, the place is crawling with stray dogs! hee hee heeeeee

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Yup, that be painters, awright. We have them where we’re building our new house.

Note: if you hear something that sounds like a baby crying, that would be a bobcat. DO NOT go outside to find the baby. We just do that to prey on the sappy. :smiley:

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Hey MS dopers! (((((hugs to my kin))))

Yup, he pronounced it “painter”. :wink: He’s been trying to teach me to talk Smith County – like “yeller” instead of “yellow” and my personal favorite: “I krunk mah car an’ funt a snake!”

[drawl]Ah’ll see y’all round here![/drawl]

.:Nichol:.