Get ready to get weird. So one day I'm strolling through the OB Street Fair and a curious vendor caught my eye because of the taxidermied animals. I have been in the market for a squirrel riding a rattlesnake for awhile. There were skulls and bones of dead animals, some leatherworks and other interesting items. Enter Niko, the owner. Niko didn't seem like the gypsea type but very down to earth and kind. I asked him about the squirrels, he said "no they are hard to come by because you have to get them right after they die and usually they are roadkill, but I wish i would love to do a squirrel!"
"So would you ever do a cat?" i asked. Well he got really excited just thinking about it. "Man that would be awesome I would love to do a cat"
"So if my cat dies then what do i do? Do I put him in the fridge or the freezer?" He says "the freezer is best but either works, then call me asap it's best to do them fresh". I take his card and buy a bat for my creepy wall. I love my bat BTW I think it was $25 or $30. Anyway he says the bat symbolizes having been through terrible trials and it represents regaining strength and being reborn and surviving. That to me hit home hard I had no idea but given the circumstances of my life it was perfect for me.
Flash forward a year. I have now seen Niko a few times at the OB Farmers Market. He always asks about my cat. Well the day before Thanksgiving my kitty was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The Doctor gave him 2 to 3 months tops. Devastated I called Niko. Mind you my friends are all against this. But my cat is the most beautiful soft glittery bunnyfur having bengal cat around. He will be mine for eternity! (muhhhuuuuaaahhhaa)
So I tell Niko the news and he says "are you willing to do something to try and save your cat even though they say it's terminal?" Confused i replied "like what?" He says "well I make potions and cast spells. I can pray to the cat goddess Bastet and ask her to look over him, bless and heal him. and do a spell for him. Now I am thinking WTF in my head OKAYYY, and there is a cat goddess and I have no knowledge of this? "Guess it can't hurt yes please go ahead". Then he asks me to pray to Bastet Well I am Catholic and well one of the 10 commandments says "no worshiping false gods". So I humored him and said I would but I did read the prayer he sent me out loud.
ANYway flash forward to today...My cat is still alive and purring. He doesn't seem sick? He eats a lot he is skinnier but he is old (15). According to the vet he should have died in February. Coincidence? Niko just check on us again the other day and sent us more blessings. He didn't charge me for anything other than for the bat in case anyone was wondering. He is now traveling between here and CT so catch him if you can. read more