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Somebody Apparently Threw This Cat Off The Bridge, But Luckily This Boat Captain Spotted Her
Meet Captain Jordan Smith, a man who pulled something completely unexpected out of his fishing net last week. “I saw this little head swimming around,” he told Huffington Post. “She was swimming toward me, like, ‘Oh, human, save me!’”
See, on Thursday night, when Smith was out on the harbor in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, when he looked up and saw something falling off the Marler Bridge, “probably 15 feet off the water”… “At first I thought it was like a trash bag, with some trash in it,” he said. But the object started moving. Then he saw frightened orange eyes and realized it was a tiny cat.
Smith got into the water to pull out the feline, now named ‘Miracle’. “She latched ahold of me and didn’t want to let go,” he said. “She was just staring at me the whole time.”
According to Smith, someone must have thrown the cat off the bridge on purpose, but he didn’t see who the cruel person was.
Now the kitty is recovering at the vet’s. The doctors said she was pregnant and went through a miscarriage. Smith is planning on adopting her if the miraculous cat gets along with the captain’s dog, whom he refers to as ‘princess’.
We hope all goes well for this little lady – you are in good hands now, baby girl.
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Meet Captain Jordan Smith, a man who pulled a cat thrown off bridge from his fishing net last week
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Lara B. 8 years ago
I can't (and don't want to) believe how horrible some people are. Why on earth would you do that? There are shelters everywhere! “He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”- Immanuel Kant
Molly Neary 8 years ago
Sad part is many municipal pet shelters put animals down for space and or due to age, especially the owner surrendered pets. :( But still less cruel than being dumped.
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Cat Meow 8 years ago
Further proof that humans are the cruelest living things on this planet (and possibly beyond)
cassiushumanmother 8 years ago
Leni you said :"have you seen a cat play with a mouse before it eats it? What, you think that's accidental or something? Or that he needs that to survive?". It is to survive that cats do that.Nature is ruled by "energetic cost" of doing something, so the cats did'nt play with mouses, but exhaust their prey in order to kill it more easyly. It cost more energy to kill a prey who is fighting for his life than killing an exhausted prey.this is why cats can kill snakes..., they don't play, they use a smart hunting technic to save their energy and have more chances to kill the prey and finally eating.This is not a game but a surviving skill that's in genes by natural selection, this is why even human feeded cats are doing it anyway.
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Katinka Min 8 years ago
:-( Yes, it looks totally traumatized. Let's hope he did only that one pic and then quickly put her in a nice warm and fluffy towel, the poor thing.
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Angie Hamilton 8 years ago
Find that f****r throw him/her off the bridge and tear that disgusting body apart make dog food and serve his/her parents, enjoy!
Krista Leary 8 years ago
That poor cat looks terrified. Thank goodness for this kind soul who helped her. I hope whoever tossed her over the bridge rots in a special kind of hell.
Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi
Luna Kittenwarrior 8 years ago
1) Take gummy bear. 2) Impersonate it to the sicko who threw the cat. 3) Have fun doing all evil things you can imagine to the gummy bear!
Iapetos 8 years ago
Yes! Yes, throw it into liquidated potassium chlorate! We don't need no water let the m**********r burn!!
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Keley Babs 8 years ago
I want to marry that boat captain (even if his handsome picture were not included). Not only jumping into water to save a little creature, but being a responsible pet owner and wanting to make sure his animals get along. Seriously...one of the sexiest qualities of a man IMO. .................. CAPTAIN BIG-HEART-HANDSOME-BEARD, IF YOU'RE SINGLE AND INTO FELLOW PET LOVERS, SWIM OVER MY DIRECTION!!
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
What a cruel thing to do - the cat is pregnant so its gets thrown off a bridge?!! the terror that poor thing must have experienced ... I have to keep reminding myself not to have expectations of ALL people because they're NOT (ppl)! They look like us but they're evil & lacking empathy. I agree with the comment above, I hope that karma catches up with them "tick tock baby"! Captain Smith you're a good man. A kind, caring soul. Best to you, Princess & ('knock on wood'), Miracle who hopefully, will soon be a part of your family.
Debbie Detmer 8 years ago
Thank you so much for saving this poor sweet kitten. God bless your heart.
Lizz Huie-Fulks 8 years ago
I am glad the captain saved the little kitty. Good for him! Awesome!!
Joshua Brown 8 years ago
People who willingly throw a helpless animal off a bridge deserve no sympathy in life, no matter what happens to them or if they suffer in unspeakable ways. They deserve to be treated like the human garbage they are till the day they pass away.
Paris Liau 8 years ago
okay that is sheer and pure animal cruelty and whoever threw that cat off the bridge i just want to throw them off the bridge just to show them not to do that and i don't care if i get massive karma for that because they deserve it
AspieGirl88 8 years ago
Omg, poor baby! How can anyone be so cruel?? If you don't want your pet, just leave them at a shelter, FFS! Is that really such a hard thing to do?? SMH, thank goodness for that guy being there to fish this poor kitty out of the water, or she would've drowned for sure! 😭💔🐱
Danny Char 8 years ago
If i've seen that, i'd punch that d**k-head in the face and then throw him off the bridge!
Sally Eckhoff 8 years ago
Love this captain. Look at the cat's eyes in the photo. She's still freaked out.
Death of Youth 8 years ago
Wait. He is not taking a SELFIE. Free hand is down... Perhaps his friend want to immortalize the rescue to illustrate how savage people are?
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Lara B. 8 years ago
I can't (and don't want to) believe how horrible some people are. Why on earth would you do that? There are shelters everywhere! “He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”- Immanuel Kant
Molly Neary 8 years ago
Sad part is many municipal pet shelters put animals down for space and or due to age, especially the owner surrendered pets. :( But still less cruel than being dumped.
Load More Replies... Cat Meow 8 years ago
Further proof that humans are the cruelest living things on this planet (and possibly beyond)
cassiushumanmother 8 years ago
Leni you said :"have you seen a cat play with a mouse before it eats it? What, you think that's accidental or something? Or that he needs that to survive?". It is to survive that cats do that.Nature is ruled by "energetic cost" of doing something, so the cats did'nt play with mouses, but exhaust their prey in order to kill it more easyly. It cost more energy to kill a prey who is fighting for his life than killing an exhausted prey.this is why cats can kill snakes..., they don't play, they use a smart hunting technic to save their energy and have more chances to kill the prey and finally eating.This is not a game but a surviving skill that's in genes by natural selection, this is why even human feeded cats are doing it anyway.
Load More Replies... Katinka Min 8 years ago
:-( Yes, it looks totally traumatized. Let's hope he did only that one pic and then quickly put her in a nice warm and fluffy towel, the poor thing.
Load More Replies... Angie Hamilton 8 years ago
Find that f****r throw him/her off the bridge and tear that disgusting body apart make dog food and serve his/her parents, enjoy!
Krista Leary 8 years ago
That poor cat looks terrified. Thank goodness for this kind soul who helped her. I hope whoever tossed her over the bridge rots in a special kind of hell.
Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi
Luna Kittenwarrior 8 years ago
1) Take gummy bear. 2) Impersonate it to the sicko who threw the cat. 3) Have fun doing all evil things you can imagine to the gummy bear!
Iapetos 8 years ago
Yes! Yes, throw it into liquidated potassium chlorate! We don't need no water let the m**********r burn!!
Load More Replies... Keley Babs 8 years ago
I want to marry that boat captain (even if his handsome picture were not included). Not only jumping into water to save a little creature, but being a responsible pet owner and wanting to make sure his animals get along. Seriously...one of the sexiest qualities of a man IMO. .................. CAPTAIN BIG-HEART-HANDSOME-BEARD, IF YOU'RE SINGLE AND INTO FELLOW PET LOVERS, SWIM OVER MY DIRECTION!!
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
What a cruel thing to do - the cat is pregnant so its gets thrown off a bridge?!! the terror that poor thing must have experienced ... I have to keep reminding myself not to have expectations of ALL people because they're NOT (ppl)! They look like us but they're evil & lacking empathy. I agree with the comment above, I hope that karma catches up with them "tick tock baby"! Captain Smith you're a good man. A kind, caring soul. Best to you, Princess & ('knock on wood'), Miracle who hopefully, will soon be a part of your family.
Debbie Detmer 8 years ago
Thank you so much for saving this poor sweet kitten. God bless your heart.
Lizz Huie-Fulks 8 years ago
I am glad the captain saved the little kitty. Good for him! Awesome!!
Joshua Brown 8 years ago
People who willingly throw a helpless animal off a bridge deserve no sympathy in life, no matter what happens to them or if they suffer in unspeakable ways. They deserve to be treated like the human garbage they are till the day they pass away.
Paris Liau 8 years ago
okay that is sheer and pure animal cruelty and whoever threw that cat off the bridge i just want to throw them off the bridge just to show them not to do that and i don't care if i get massive karma for that because they deserve it
AspieGirl88 8 years ago
Omg, poor baby! How can anyone be so cruel?? If you don't want your pet, just leave them at a shelter, FFS! Is that really such a hard thing to do?? SMH, thank goodness for that guy being there to fish this poor kitty out of the water, or she would've drowned for sure! 😭💔🐱
Danny Char 8 years ago
If i've seen that, i'd punch that d**k-head in the face and then throw him off the bridge!
Sally Eckhoff 8 years ago
Love this captain. Look at the cat's eyes in the photo. She's still freaked out.
Death of Youth 8 years ago
Wait. He is not taking a SELFIE. Free hand is down... Perhaps his friend want to immortalize the rescue to illustrate how savage people are?
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