Oh, Persia spotted SOMETHING

Last night. The weather has been great here; it was about 65F last night
early when I caught Persia in the open window. She hadn't made a sound up
to that point but I noticed when I got up her tail was the size of another
small cat! What? Persia? Why the puffy tail? I went over to her and she
started huffing. No sound, just loud huffing, like a would-be boxer getting
ready to kick another boxer's butt in the ring! Persia, what? Nothing,
just this huffing puffing and attentiveness on the OUT.

I flicked on the porch light. I've had a raccoon in the last month invading
my trash can but Persia never cared about the raccoon except it was making
noise and I scared it off. This thing, whatever it was, made her tail puff
up 2-3 times and when I went to her she started with the ROWRRRRRLLL!

So, light on outside, I ran outside with my big flashlight. Saw nothing;
not anything running off (like I usually spot the neighbors cats do).
Persia wasn't satisfied with that. After a few minutes she was back in the
window and then pawing at the screen and hissing! She wanted OUT. Uh oh.
If she applied her bulk to this window screen she could knock it out! As
much as I've been enjoying the pleasant weather I shut the window (she
protested). She was still walking around with a puffy tail and I did my
best to calm her down. I went out again and checked and saw nothing.

Poor Persia; she's so territorial. The UPS guy knocked on my door today and
she growled. She is my little watch-cat Her tail didn't puff up but she
didn't hide, either. Persia is my little grey panther

Jill