A Cat's Tail

There was something weird about my cat, well not him but with his tail.
I know, I know what's so weird about his tail, you ask?
Well, let me tell you the story from the beginning...
About two months ago, I rescued my cat, Toby, from the local Shelter. He was your typical grey-colored tabby and was a really good cat too (except at times, he could be rambunctious as hell).
Anyway, let me continue with my story...
I first noticed something wasn't right about a month ago.
The night in question, I was sitting on my couch watching TV and Toby was sleeping next to me.
I didn't notice his tail moving at first until, all of a sudden, it shot straight up (and mind you, Toby is still sleeping while this is happening). The tip of his tail curved into the position of a snake that was ready to strike its prey. It then began to move from side to side, swaying hypnotically as if searching for something.
And, it soon became apparent what the object of its attention was...
A fly.
Now, the fly buzzed around for a few minutes before finally landing right on his tail.
And let me tell what happened next, was something straight out of a horror/sci-fi movie.
You see, as the fly sat there on Toby's tail and I could see something moving. As I continued to look on with morbid curiosity, I saw the tip explode into a mass of writhing tendrils (like in the movie The Thing). It then used those tendrils to grab the fly and eat it.
As I looked on, I began to feel lightheaded until eventually, I fainted.
When I woke up the next morning, Toby was still sleeping and everything was back to normal again.
The following week when I came home from work and heard Toby yowling.
I quickly ran into the house and found that it was covered in those same tendrils and Toby was entangled in them.
As I tried to free him several of the tendrils attached themselves to me but somehow I manage free myself, find my dogs, and ran out of the house.
It was around 8 pm when I found the courage to go back home and it was empty of course. And Toby was sleeping soundly on the couch as if nothing ever happened.
The following day I called the Animal Shelter where I rescued Toby from...
I wanted to know where they rescued him from, but of course, they refused to give me that information.
Let me tell you, I was at a loss and wondered at this point if I should keep him or not.
It was around this time, I began to notice weird markings on me and my two dogs.
One morning I found one of my dogs collapsed on the floor. I immediately rushed her to the vet and was told by the Veterinarian that she would have died of blood loss, had I not brought her in.
Curious, I asked the vet about the markings on my dog but he was unable to identify the animal that made them. After this incident, the dogs avoided Toby like the plague.
The final straw came one night while I was sleeping I woke up to what sounded like chattering. I looked down to see Toby fast asleep but his mouth was moving.
As I bent down to pick him up his tail began to move and I quickly snatched my hands back up.
About an hour later as I lay in bed, I felt something tighten around my neck and it began choking me.
When I looked down I saw that Toby's tail was wrapped around my throat and I couldn't breathe as it tried to pull me under the bed.
I struggled to pull his tail off but to no avail then without thinking, I bit down hard and that's when it retracted.
It screeched as it slid off my neck to where Toby was sleeping.
When it was safe to do so, I jumped out of my bed grabbed Toby, and placed him in his cage.
Two days ago he escaped from his cage and now, I'm scared because you see I can hear him outside my house (chattering) as I type this out.
And, I know this time, my dogs and I won't be so lucky.
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