Sunday, April 3, 2011
Annie Edson Taylor's Cat
There was a question that came up in class about what the cat on Annie Edson Taylor's barrel had to do with her trip over the falls. According to a few sources, she placed the cat in her barrel to test the safety of the plunge and the cat survived. Others say the cat was used as a tester and also went over the falls with Taylor. http://www.legacy.com/ns/news-story.aspx?t=annie-edson-taylor-heroine-of-niagara-falls&id=138 http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/niagara5.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Edson_Taylor
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Mari, thanks for the details about the cat--I don't think I'd ever seen anything definitive about it. thanks!
Jim
So in either case, the poor cat still went over the Falls. And survived!
I wonder if she had a tiny, scaled-down barrel or not...
So in either case, the poor cat still went over the Falls. And survived!
I wonder if she had a tiny, scaled-down barrel or not...
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