Four Eared Cat Brings Fame To Family
Valerie and Ted Rock have just come into fame and many people are trying their best to get in touch with them concerning their unusual cat - Yoda. Yoda is not your average cat in the fact that it has four ears or so it does in the picture that is being plastered all over the internet.
That turned the four-eared feline from a suburban animal oddity into an instant Internet celebrity. The Rocks, from the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, have fielded calls from “Good Morning America,” “Fox News” and “The Tyra Banks Show.” The cat’s photo has graced the London Guardian and a British tabloid. The Daily Mail said if Batman had a cat, it would be Yoda.
“It’s amazing,” Ted Rock said. “For the past few days, our phone has just been ringing off the hook.” Yoda’s extra ears give him a hint of a devilish appearance. The Rocks said they found him in 2006 while watching a Chicago Bears game at a Blue Island bar.
Some in the bar were passing the then-eight-week old kitten around, making fun of his extra set of ears, mocking his appearance and calling him names such as “Devil Cat” and “Beelzebub.” It wasn’t quite love at first sight, but the Rocks felt sorry for the cat and offered to adopt the kitten from the bar’s owner, who kept the animal caged atop the bar for his customers’ amusement.