Jan 11, 2006

Tales of the Strange and Somewhat Creepy...

Jeebus Christ...this thing is real!!...



PORTLAND, Ore. - A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little skepticism when it turned up on various Web sites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.

"Holoprosencephaly" causes facial deformities, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. In the worst cases, a single eye is located where the nose should be, according to the institute's Web site.
Traci Allen says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born the night of Dec. 28 with the single eye and no nose
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"You don't expect to see something like that," the 35-year-old Allen said by telephone from her home in Redmond in central Oregon.
Allen had taken digital pictures that she provided to The Associated Press.

AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera. On the card were a number of pictures — including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten. The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.

Meanwhile, Cy the one-eyed cat may be dead, but it has not left the building.
Allen said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.

7 comments:

Freefall Jones said...

Jeezus Langdon! Everyone go to Cute Overload! right now to get that image out of your head...

Tsuji Eriku said...

That thing is gross. Aren't those things delicacies in Kuala Lumpur? They serve em up with an array of sauces for dippin' ranch, bbq...honey mustard. eehh...

Tsuji Eriku said...

What do you mean the cat was green? Whoever heard of such a thing? It must have been a dream.

A green cat? Sounds like something outta Dr.Seuss.

Langdon Alger said...

sorry..no luck in tracking down any type of info on the so-called "green cat"...geez, talk about starving for attention by creating a story about a fictious cat...

Langdon Alger said...

well i'll be an albino monkeys uncle!..the damn thing exists..now find me a picture of the elusive GHOST DOG...Samuel Weinstein knows what I'm talking about...and no,I'm not talking about the movie with the lazy eyed actor..

Tsuji Eriku said...

A dog the color of a frog? What else will be posted on this blog?

I'm tellin ya this is straight outta green eggs & ham!

Freefall Jones said...

Yes. But what about THIS???