Grandma risks grandson’s life by hanging him off the balcony to save her cat
The bond between a grandparent and their grandchild is unlike any other.
It’s not like a relationship with a parent and child, because they’re not really in charge of raising them right. They’ve already done their job!
So usually grandparents spend more time spoiling their grandkids than anything else… making it pretty easy to get along.
And even though you love them, you have some memories of your grandparents doing weird things when you were younger. Maybe you didn’t like the way they pinched your cheeks, or the sweaters they knit for you every Christmas.
But I’m willing to bet they didn’t do something as wild as this grandma right here.
She decided that her cat was more important than her grandson, and risked his life to save her beloved kitty instead.
The grandchild’s mother dropped her seven-year-old off at the grandparent’s apartment for the day, assuming he would be in good hands.
But she could never have prepared for the shocking news she would get when she came to pick him up again.
Cats like their space. And let’s be honest, little kids can be annoying. They pull on tails, pick animals up in weird positions and hold them tight when they try to run away.
It’s understandable that they can only take so much grandkid-time before they’re sick of it.
But this cat-loving seven-year-old wasn’t ready to leave the cat alone when it clearly wanted a break.
In desperate search of some alone time, the poor cat leaped off the apartment’s fifth-floor balcony, and got stuck on a ledge below.
The grandmother was furious to say the least, and came up with a way for the grandson to make it right.
Instead of simply going downstairs to the neighbor’s and asking to access the balcony, she used a backpack and a long stretch of rope to create a make-shift suspension device.
Obviously terrified, and wanting his angry grandma to forgive him, he agreed to her crazy plan.
He probably had no idea how absurd it really was, and wanted to trust her judgement. But her ‘rescue mission’ would be considered reckless endangerment by most.
The boy put the backpack on, climbed over the balcony and let his grandmother lower him down.
There is nothing to say that rope or the straps of the backpack are ironclad. So this could have ended very badly.
But the logic gets worse. We know the cat just risked his life to jump off a balcony to get away from the kid. So now imagine the cat, thinking he’d escaped, looks up to see a kid floating down from the sky, arms outstretched to trap him again.
The cat was not into that idea and was actually quite liking his peace and quiet on the balcony.
Naturally, passersby were shocked by what they were witnessing, and someone started filming it in disbelief.
They caught footage of the boy getting his hands on the cat and holding him tight until his grandma was able to haul him back up again. The one thing I can say about this grandmother, is that while she’s crazy, she must be pretty strong!
Obviously the boy’s poor mother was horrified to learn about what happened when she left her child in her mother’s care. But the grandmother didn’t see anything wrong with what she had done.
Anything for the cat!
She received backlash from people all over the world in the comment section of YouTube, as well as Chinese social media channels. Eventually, she came to her senses and realized that probably wasn’t the best way to handle it.
So hey, remember that next time you think about something your grandparents did that you weren’t fond of. At least they didn’t suspend you from a balcony with nothing but a backpack and some rope!
We’re just happy that the grandchild is okay. But he probably won’t be going for many more babysitting visit’s to grandma’s house. At least the cat will be happy about that.
Watch the full video below for the harrowing Mission Impossible-style rescue.
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Source: Bulinda Yos, Bored Panda