I’m not sure if Bangor, Maine, has a Haitian population or an unusual number of homeless who heard the news in Springfield and decided to give it a try, but twenty domesticated house cats have gone missing, sixteen in just the last two months.
Animal Control Officer for the Bangor Police Department Trisha Bruen told the Maine Wire on Monday that the recent wave of residents reporting their cats as missing began this summer, and is now close to 20 cases.
Residents in the neighborhood have been left perplexed by the sudden disappearance of their beloved pets, with some questioning whether wildlife is responsible due to the lack of remains or collars being found. …
The preferred explanation is predatory wildlife of the four-legged variety, but the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) isn’t convinced.
MDIFW does not believe that wildlife is to blame for this “sudden surge of cats disappearing.”
“We do not believe that wildlife is responsible,” said MDIFW Communications Director Mark Latti. “The neighborhood has had foxes, coyotes and fisher there for years without incident, yet during this recent time period of about two months, 16 cats disappeared.”
“If it were wildlife-related, you would not have seen that sudden surge of cats disappearing,” Latti said.
If it’s not wildlife, is it … aliens?
