Cat Falls Out of the Sky, Smashes Through Commuter’s Windshield
Imagine you’re on your morning commute, taking your first sip of coffee, when you hear a mighty crash. Your windshield shatters. Blood splatters the rear window. You look into your back seat. Is that a house cat?
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported this puzzling accident at 8:15 a.m. on a Tuesday. A woman was driving through Bryson City on her way to work at a bank when an adult house cat fell from the sky, smashed through her windshield, and died on impact.
A shocking morning on U.S. 74
She went from driving 55 mph on U.S. 74 to sitting in a totaled car waiting for a wrecker. Total confusion. Then the police opened an investigation.
A witness said a cat was “fighting” with a bald eagle in the air before it fell onto the highway. Bryson City borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a habitat for bald eagles. The largest bird of prey in North America can have a wingspan up to eight feet and hunts small mammals. But it looks like a feisty house cat was too tough for even a bald eagle. The result was as shocking as it was tragic.
