Charger the Magnificent

It seems that just after Susan's birthday...

...completely out of nowhere...

...how can I say this...

...we suddenly...

...got another Bengal!!!

I can't possibly explain this, except that we feel Charger is just the right companion for Glory. He's the perfect male for her, because he's just too big to be intimidated...but he's so wonderful that he never got aggressive with her, even when she provoked him like crazy. He's about 1 1/2 years old, and was given up by someone who was moving into an apartment that didn't take pets. How she could have separated from this cuddly, friendly, gentle fellow I don't know, but he was living with this woman's mother since the beginning of October and felt sad that he was not wanted. Can't blame her too much, because she already has a cat and a dog, who are both small (the mother is skinny and 60ish), and Charger...

...is Catzilla!!!

I know you have to see him for yourself, so I took a few pictures. The blue tub he towers over is 13 inches long (top left) and the drum throne legs (bottom right) are 15" apart. See the picture in the middle left, where he appears to be as long as half our bed width? That's not an optical illusion...he is as big as a bobcat (Susan even visited a local zoo to check)!!! He could pick Glory up and carry her around like a kitten. And speaking of carrying, I can barely lift him up from the floor, so luckily he's a good jumper...you should feel his muscles!!!

He does have the most amazing growl I've ever heard. Actually two...one is a "warning" growl that sounds like one of our big V8 boat engines idling, and the "serious" one where he cuts in the auxiliary power amplifier and subwoofer...only a digital recording could do that one justice. The first time he did it, he was under our bed and it felt like it was shaking. And when he purrs, it sounds like a pack of Harleys riding by, or perhaps thunder in the distance...