While in the kitchen, i was alarmed by a succession of pellet gunshots coming from a neighbor’s house. I could see that he was targeting the wifi antenna on the roof of another neighbor whose house is just adjacent to mine. From my kitchen window, i could see that he is really hitting it because of the sound that it created upon hitting a metal object. He had the guts to aim at the wifi antenna because he knows that the house is vacated. And from the corner of my garage i could see him firing his pellet gun just everywhere hitting cans, rocks and plants. It looks like a machine gun with a big cartridge. I became so worried that he might hit someone or any of the pets or other stray animals in the street. Of course i have to do something. I went out and talked to this stupid neighbor. Here’s a TRANSCRIPT of our conversation.
Me: Is that a pellet gun? (i pretended i didn’t know)
Stupid neighbor: Yes. (he is totally avoiding seeing me eye to eye)
Me: Can you please stop firing it cause it may cause harm especially to cats. You see, i suspected that one of my outside cats got hit by a pellet gun.
Stupid neighbor: No, i just fire at one black cat because he jumps on my car and poo in my yard. The nerve!! What a stupid idiot!!! And i thought, i have a black cat that i regularly feed and luckily never stray away and never left my terrace since he walked in.
Me: Can you just shoo the cats away instead of firing at them with a pellet gun. It is very dangerous.
Stupid neighbor: It wouldn’t kill the cat, this is just a pellet gun. Oh my gosh, he is so airy, conceited, arrogant, stupid and an idiot. Pellet guns could kill. He doesn’t even have a drop of common sense. What a stupid idiot!!! The stupid neighbor doesn’t have any respect for animals. I wonder how he treats his family. I could really feel my blood boiling but i tried to keep my cool.
Me: Please, don’t shoot at cats. It could really hurt and kill them.
After our conversation, i’ve never heard of any pellet gunshots anymore today and i am hoping i would not hear it again forever. That stupid neighbor just made me very angry… boiling angry.
Upon arriving home i cuddled up with Tiger. Among all the kitties, he has the softest fur. Slowly, i could feel i am getting relaxed and Tiger is also getting relaxed as he really loves being cuddled.
Cats are really wonderful and magnificent creatures. They help in lowering the anxiety level. They calm the nerves, lower stress and soothe one’s feeling. Which by the way the stupid neighbor doesn’t know and see. Okay, forget about the stupid neighbor… hey Tiger, more cuddle time please. Mommy needs more…
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What a stupid, thoughtless man. Glad you had words with him and I hope he listens, well done :)x
i really hope so.. i don’t want to aggravate the situation further more so i kept my cool and say my piece very calmly.. who knows what he’ll do if i approached him in a loud manner.. yes he is very stupid.. if he could not adopt or care or feed these animals he could at least give them a bit of respect or just don’t hurt them.
Well I hope he respects what you said to him, because you did the right thing.
thanks samantha.. all this for the love of animals.. someone had to speak for them.
It was a good thing that you did, brave too xx
How terrifying. What courage it must have taken for you to go out there and ask him to consider you too. Celebrating that. Can completely understand why you feel alarmed!
oh yes, i think it was courageous of me to talk to this neighbor but i really had to speak up.. these poor animals don’t have voices.. and as i mentioned in my post one of the outside cats that i regularly feed has a suspected pellet gunshot wound, but he’s doing fine now.
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I bet he’s afraid you will report him for cruelty to animals if you were that emphatic. You may never hear a shot again! Now, what he does when your car isn’t at home is another story, but we can all hope!
i really hope that he would never use that pellet gun again.. yes we can hope.
Maybe stupid neighbor needs a cat. Oh, nevermind. I forgot you can’t fix stupid.
haha.. that’s right.. he cannot be fixed.
There really is no pill for stupid! Glad your cats are safe and the idiot has stopped shooting his dangerous pellets.
oh i really hate that stupid neighbor.. i hope i would never ever hear the sound of that pellet gun again!!
I’m glad your cats are safe…I would think he will think twice about pointing his gun towards your home’s direction.
Some people we just better stay away from – or they should stay away from us. I am glad the cats were safe. You did courageously well.