a weekend with relatives at high altitude

i have seen four cats alive (black, white calico, ginger longhair, tabby with white socks), one cat dead (tabby with white socks, no relation). you can tell a half-feral barn cat from a normal housecat by how close it lets you get. of the living population, none of them let me get closer than three watchful yards. there's definitely a phenotype here. i guess that happens in all remote towns. my…