Thank YOU for your help keeping our list going all year, Merry Christmas, and a Blessed Hogmanay! Mary in Oregon I lost my faithful cat of 18 years, and felt her loss so acutely my hubby and daughter found me a wonderful, beautiful "Pixie bob'. They look like a Bengal, but look more like a bobcat than any wild cat, used to breed Bengals. She took one day to get so attached to me, she lays over my heart (my heartbeat soothed her transition. "Tinker bell" is actually more like a dog in attachment, and follow their owners, even jumping in when I take a bath.The two people I love most gave her to me! Pixie bobs are not from wild cats, but are breed for "wild" appearance. She has extra toes on her front paws. anyone ever hear of red caps? I was completely stunned to find the info online. maybe since both South Powrie and North Pourie castles are ruins, they were associated with these fairies? _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcap_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcap) A Red Cap or Redcap, also known as a powrie or dunter, is a type of malevolent murderous _dwarf_ (/wiki/Dwarf_(mythology)) , _goblin_ (/wiki/Goblin) , _elf_ (/wiki/Elf) or _fairy_ (/wiki/Fairy) found in _Border Folklore_ (/wiki/English_Folklore) . They are said to inhabit ruined castles found along the border between _England_ (/wiki/England) and _Scotland_ (/wiki/Scotland) . Redcaps are said to murder travelers who stray into their homes and dye their hats with their victims' blood (from which they get their name)._[1]_ (#cite_note-0) Redcaps must kill regularly, for if the blood staining their hats dries out, they die. Redcaps are very fast in spite of the heavy iron pikes they wield and the iron-shod boots they wear. Outrunning a redcap is supposedly impossible. They are depicted as sturdy old men with red eyes, taloned hands and large teeth, wearing a red cap and bearing a pikestaff in the left hand._[2]_ (#cite_note-BriggsFairies-1) The tale of one in _Perthshire_ (/wiki/Perthshire) has him as more benign; living in a room in Grantully Castle, he bestows good fortune on those who see or hear him._[2]_ (#cite_note-BriggsFairies-1) The _Kabouter_ (/wiki/Kabouter) , or redcaps of _Dutch folklore_ (/wiki/Dutch_folklore) , are very different, and more akin to _brownies_ (/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)) ._[2]_ (#cite_note-BriggsFairies-1)