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911 CALL: Hissing 22-pound Himalayan cat forces family, dog into bedroom

Posted at 12:24 PM, Mar 11, 2014
and last updated 2014-03-11 13:21:57-04

PORTLAND, Oregon (WTVR) – A frantic father called 911 Sunday night after a bizarre confrontation with the family’s Himalayan cat named “Lux.”

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"Lux" after Sunday night's rampage.

The Barker family said it all started when Lux scratched their seven-month-old baby and then went after the family dog.

That’s when the man of the house gave “Lux” a swift kick in the rear. Things then took a turn for the worse.

"He started hissing and just yowling... Yowls, not like a meow, but yowls. He was really like crazy,"  Teresa Barker said. “I grabbed my son and I grabbed the dog and ran to the back bedroom.”

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Teresa Barker and her seven-month-old son.

Soon the child’s father also ran for safety and dialed 911.

The 911 Call

“I have a particular emergency here,” he told a 911 operator. “My cat attacked our seven-month-old child and I kicked… the cat in the rear and it has went off over the edge and we aren’t safe around the cat."