Retired Navy couple rescue coy cat with special gift for those in need

The coy cat had never taken to anyone so instantaneously, besides John and Freida, and was quite attached to their visitor during his entire stay.

“When my brother walked into the house Henley looked at him and just laid back down,” he recalls.

“That was a ‘wow’ moment, but what really stunned us was how he attended to him throughout the week.”

ONE COOL CAT
John explains that his brother experiences daily anxiety attacks where he tenses his body and twists his hands, sometimes to the point of hurting himself. During these episodes someone needs to intervene and calm him down.

However, nobody thought that someone would be Henley.

The normally coy cat rushed to John’s brother’s side upon sensing his anguish. Henley even acted as an alert cat when John and Freida were momentarily distracted on one particular occasion.

“One time we didn’t realize he was tensed up and Henley alerted us by getting up on the side table next to his chair. He was looking at us like, ‘Hey – he needs some help here!'” John shares. “It was a pretty special experience.” Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen