Talk:Stalking Cat

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Contents 1 I bet he's really plain-old-White 2 Picture needed 3 WP:LIVING review 4 The cats 5 On pelt grafts 6 Furry

[edit] I bet he's really plain-old-White

I doubt he's really native american, except in his imagination. Would a native american "elder" really tell someone to do what he does? What do tigers have to do with Indians? NOTHING! A TIGER in NORTH AMERICA?!?!? What's all his bullshit about a "tradition." I seriously doubt any Native American culture has any tradition remotely similar to the freakishness he is doing.

• That isn't for us to decide. SchmuckyTheCat 20:14, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
  • But its validity sure can be.
    • In Native American traditions, they wouldn't honor the tiger, especially if's he's referring to old traditions. Even today, species from overseas generally aren't considered part of the traditions. He claims that he is following the tradition of transforming oneself into their totem animal, but for one thing, Native Americans wouldn't consider the tiger to be one of their totems, plus... his approach is artificial. Traditionalists wouldn't use artificial means to augment and modify oneself. They wouldn't use metals, plastics, and especially not silicone. They would use natural, traditional materials. As for his ancestry, he may very well be half Huron and half Lakota, but that doesn't mean that he and the elders know what their traditions are about. Native culture has been so badly oppressed that most natives don't know what is wrong and what is right in regards to their ancient ways. I feel that Stalking Cat is a very misled and lost individual. Mishibizhii 02:23, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
      • There are obviously reasons to dispute his claims about the traditions and about the conversation with the Indian chief, but we are merely stating that he's claiming something, not that he's right. I think the current usage of quotation marks make such things clear enough. EldKatt (Talk) 19:47, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
      • Personally, if I were seeking to do the same as Stalking Cat, I'd use what materials were available to get me as close as possible to my totem animal. Just because they didn't have silicone back when body modification was more popular doesn't mean it's not a valid use now that they are available. GreenReaper 00:57, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

• • • • I never heard of this tradition and cannot comment on its existence or validity, but in Latin America, "tiger" is used for any large cat. In Belize, "red tiger" is a puma, almost everywhere in the New World "el tigre" is (Spanish) jaguar as well as the Asian tiger, etcetera. 74.227.173.139 17:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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I know this guy, talk to him online. I can assure you he is what he says he is. For those 'dis-believers' you obviously don't get the idea behind it, so I'd recommend you stop trying to burn your brains out by trying to understand it.

[edit] Picture needed

We need a picture of this guy. Seeing is Believing --Guthrie

i've got a picture, but its copyright status is in limbo. I've got a question about it on the village pump. TastemyHouse Breathe, Breathe in the air 19:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:LIVING review

We have pretty strict policies now on biographies of living people, because of the obvious legal concerns. Snarky allegations that this fellow is insane are not OK here. --FOo 09:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd delete the trivia about his "Very close relations" with his cats then if I were you. --Anonymous

[edit] The cats

Cat at this time has one feline (no, the real kind) that was recently adopted from a shelter near where he is living. I think that, at any given point, the most he ever had was two. --Dennisthe2 20:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Addendum: said cat (above) is a very friendly and sweet-natured black cat named Lydia - and large enough where for a minute I thought she was a panther cub, and Cat was missing an exotic animals permit. =^_^= --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On pelt grafts

The question of pelts being grafted to his skin has come up, and in fact this was added to the article recently. While sites like Ananova have stated that he plans on grafting tiger pelts to his skin, Cat states otherwise: not only does he not plan on grafting tiger pelts to his body, he doesn't even own any such pelts. Source is direct conversation; if you don't believe me, ask him. No, I am not him, either - just a good friend. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 05:04, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Works for me. At this point little is referenced, so it is okay to remove contended material. --Iamunknown 05:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Furry

It should be mentioned that he frequents furry conventions, I do not know if he considers himself a furry but he sure does fit the lifestyle description of a furry therian. Junkupshowup (talk) 07:19, 18 April 2008 (UTC)