Noise & Confusion » Supernatural [9] | ✓

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( PRETTY POODLE )

        The Young Man behind the counter hears meowing and barking as he plays the game on his phone. The Man opens another cage and lifts out a cat. He smiles. We see a close-up of the word game on the Young Man's phone. A particularly loud meow comes from the kennels.

        The Young Man down his phone and goes into the kennel area. The Man has his back to him. There is a crunching noise. As the Man turns, the Young Man sees that he is eating a cat, which he's holding by the tail. The Man loudly swallows down the cat.

       "Dude! You said you were from a perfume company." The Young Man says. The Man pupils become vertical slits and his fingernails turn into claws. The Young Man runs for the door, but the Man catches him. "No! No!" Blood splatters the door and the Young Man slides down it.

ENID ANIMAL SHELTER
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        The Young Man is in an open body bag. Dean and Sam are in their FBI suits. "Claw marks?" Dean asks.

       "Yeah. The cops said all the cats went missing." Sam says as he and Dean walk slowly past the kennels.

        "Right, so, yesterday, uh, we're dealing with some sort of a snake monster." Dean says. "Today, it's a killer kitty."

       "I don't know." Says Sam.

       "Hey." Dean pauses in front of the German Shepard's kennel. "Why does that mutt look familiar?"

        Sam reads a chart clipped to the kennel. "That was the taxidermist's dog." He says.

        "So, he's been at both crime scenes?" Dean asks.

       "Yeah."

       "Maybe he's a suspect. You know may–" Dean breaks off as an officer walks past. "Could be a skinwalker, maybe a shapeshifter."

        "Doesn't really look like a monster to me." Sam says.

       Dean holds up a silver dollar. "One way to find out. Come here, boy. Hey. This isn't gonna hurt at all. Unless it hurts." He rubs the Colonel behind the ears with the silver dollar. It doesn't react. "Hmm."

       "I guess we can, uh, rule out killer." Sam says. The Colonel barks as the Sheriff walks over to them.

       "Do you agents need any further assistance?" The Sheriff removes his hat and the Colonel stops barking.

       "Officer, I think we're okay. Thanks." Sam says.

       "All right, well, let me know." The Sheriff replaces his hat on his head and the Colonel barks.

       "Officer. Excuse me. Uh, can I borrow your hat?" Dean asks. The Sheriff unquestioningly takes off his hat and gives it to Dean. Dean puts on the hat and the Colonel barks. He takes off the hat and the Colonel is silent. Dean gives the hat back to the Sheriff.

       The Sheriff turns to the Colonel. "Good luck getting adopted." He leaves the kennels.

      "Okay, so, the Colonel's not a suspect." Sam says.

       "Yeah, but he's a witness." Dean says. "Hey, boy. You speak sign language?"

      "That's monkeys." Sam says.

      "Huh?" Asks Dean.

     "You know what? This is gonna sound crazy." Sam takes out his phone. "I read this book once about this guy who tried to teach his dog to speak after it witnessed a murder."