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29. My rescued feral cat is named "Scotch".

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 11:15 AM

Nov 9

Scotch was found a couple years ago at an intersection in Youngstown after the smoke cleared from a shooting. My buddy who works at ODOT was sweeping up there when a cop told him this orange kitten was sitting there in the street. He took him home and made me adopt him.

He still has a habit of biting and scratching me and he avoids human contact, but I love him. At first I named him Sparky, but he quit chewing on electrical cords. Now he's named Scotch because of his color and that sometimes he drives me to drink.

Here he is in the OSP car shortly before release following questioning. He didn't see nothin'.

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