Man Blames Neighbor's Black Cat
For Wife's Death - CoverUps.com

By Fredericka Kozlowski
CoverUps.com Investigator

Superstitions are seen everywhere; sports, gambling, and even just walking down the street. Many people brush them off as silly or absurd, others swear by them. Whether it is a lucky jersey or a certain routine, superstitions seem to be prevalent in all cultures.

One of the most common omens is the black cat, and to a man in Seattle this turned deadly. Steven Prior, now a widower, blames the death of his wife on their neighbor's cat, Harrison.

In the summer of 2004, Joanne Prior was watering the lawn as usual when she tripped on the hose and hit her head on one of the trees near the property line. A minute or two later when her husband came out to see what the commotion was, the tree collapsed on her. In his statement he claimed that the cat was indeed at the scene, watching the whole time.

Harrison, 8 years old, has lived at that residence all of his life and has had no previous complaints made about him. His owners deny any involvement and the local police have not taken Prior seriously.

"I know it sounds crazy," Mr. Prior told Coverups.com, "but ever since we moved here we have experienced things, things that make no sense. Plants dying all the time, our daughter getting hurt in the strangest ways, and odd occurences like the morning paper breaking the windows and disappearing. It's that cat. There's no other explanation."

"I can't believe Steve thinks Harrison is involved, it's atrocious. Everyone on the block agrees, he is a nut."

Coverups.com tried to find another explanation. We asked botony expert at U of Seattle, Ken Miller, what the cause of the collapse could be.

"The tree was in good health and showed no signs of poor integrity. There is just no scientific way to explain the branches collapsing."