Wildcat in the Suitcase
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Somebody, either a farmer, rancher, or a group of students, captures a wild bobcat. The captor(s) manage to put the animal in a suitcase and decides to deliver it off to the zoo. The car stalls, or stopped for other reasons, and the suitcase is then stolen by a group of rowdies passing by in a van. After a few blocks up the street, the van stops, the doors fly open, and the occupants of the van and the wildcat exit in several different directions. This urban legend is widely known in the American South and the Southwest. It is sometimes told as having a deliberate prank. The targets of the prank are often said to be members of a minority group, usually African Americans or Hispanics.
(Source: Brunvand, Jan H. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. 2001.)
