PAPAMOA CAT NAMED 'PERSON OF INTEREST' IN NEIGHBOURLY POLL, REFUSES TO COMMENT
The cat, a ginger tom called Brendan, is currently leading the poll by 14 votes.
A Papamoa cat has been formally identified as a "person of interest" in an ongoing Neighbourly poll about who has been knocking over wheelie bins on Parton Road, despite not being a person.
The cat, Brendan, 9, belongs to a household near the Domain Road end and has been linked to at least three bin incidents, two flattened gerberas, and what one neighbour described as "a very deliberate shit in the herb planter". The poll, started by a resident who would only identify herself as Coastal Karen, currently has Brendan on 38 votes, ahead of "teenagers" (24) and "the wind" (11).
"He's been seen, multiple times, on the Ring doorbell," said neighbour Deidre Falconer, 62. "Walking past with intent. You can tell. He's not strolling, he's commuting."
Brendan's owner, Marcus Pengelly, told The Daily Yarn the accusations were "a piss-take" and that Brendan was "mostly indoors and frankly a bit thick". Pressed on the doorbell footage, Pengelly conceded Brendan "does go out around four" but said the bins were "already a shambles before he got involved".
A Neighbourly moderator confirmed the poll did not meet the platform's definition of a person, but had been left up because "engagement is strong" and "the community appears to be processing something". They declined to say what.
Brendan, approached for comment on a fence on Gravatt Road, made eye contact for eleven seconds and then left.
The cat, Brendan, 9, belongs to a household near the Domain Road end and has been linked to at least three bin incidents, two flattened gerberas, and what one neighbour described as "a very deliberate shit in the herb planter". The poll, started by a resident who would only identify herself as Coastal Karen, currently has Brendan on 38 votes, ahead of "teenagers" (24) and "the wind" (11).
"He's been seen, multiple times, on the Ring doorbell," said neighbour Deidre Falconer, 62. "Walking past with intent. You can tell. He's not strolling, he's commuting."
Brendan's owner, Marcus Pengelly, told The Daily Yarn the accusations were "a piss-take" and that Brendan was "mostly indoors and frankly a bit thick". Pressed on the doorbell footage, Pengelly conceded Brendan "does go out around four" but said the bins were "already a shambles before he got involved".
A Neighbourly moderator confirmed the poll did not meet the platform's definition of a person, but had been left up because "engagement is strong" and "the community appears to be processing something". They declined to say what.
Brendan, approached for comment on a fence on Gravatt Road, made eye contact for eleven seconds and then left.