people are planning to eat your cat

I know that our friend meant well by telling us this, but we'd be lying if we said it made us feel better knowing of the plot. A group of ladies from the seminary came to the door today to make sure that we knew that there has been talk among several "people" of stealing our cat and eating him, because, as they said, "he is beautiful".

I asked what they suggested, and they suggested that I make sure he stays very close to our house. Now, for the first six months of his life, Bundy was an indoor cat, and he was miserable, we were miserable, and everyone that helped us chase him every time he got out was miserable. We tried that for 6 months to make sure that he didn't "disappear." However, since becoming an outdoor/indoor cat, he's been MUCH happier, and we have been too...no litter box to clean, and when he comes in, he is happy and lovey, and when he wants to play, he goes out!

However, I'm pretty sure that when we tell him to "please stay close to the house", he will shoot us his normal "you've got to be kidding me" glance, and do what he wants.

So, we're not quite sure what to do, having never faced the pending threat of your pet being eaten, by people, before. If anyone has any ideas... :)
Tomorrow we are off to get the grill for the front of the truck finished, and then Matt's got a lot of work to do for his masters and I have a lot of work to do to prepare for being gone for 6-8 weeks. Can't believe it's the weekend again already!