On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 StahlfeldE at aol.com wrote:
> In the past 3-4 weeks two of my father-in-laws cats have disappeared on Vashon
> Island, compared with none in the previous 20-plus years.
>
> Birds are being blamed, because one disappeared one night, last seen just
> before and in close proximity to where my father-in-law heard a large bird
> flopping around in tall fir or cedar. He suspects the bird grabbed the cat,

My first inclination would be to suspect that coyotes have made it to
Vashon Island. However, Great Horned Owls can kill cats. So can cars.

Kelly Cassidy