People sometimes call their pets "four-legged children," so perhaps Gabbie Hendel knows something of the anguish of a parent whose child has broken some rules or racked up a few misdemeanors.

Hendel's resident miscreant is Snorri Sturluson, the cat she named after an 11th century Icelandic poet/historian. "He was a sad, shivering, stray kitten that found me," she says, but now he's grown into a cute -- yet larcenous -- cat.

Here's what Snorri has lifted from neighbors and dragged home just this week: work gloves, kid's glove, wine cork, dog toy, popsicle stick, walnut, leather piece, t-shirt, leopard print towel, canvas strap, piece of brown plastic, matchbook, sidewalk chalk, socks, sticks, a rubber gasket and assorted shoes.

Hendel posted a notice on her Montavilla neighborhood's Facebook page, hoping to restore the purloined property to its owners. "Shoes are a big deal for him right now," she says. "Some of the neighbors have reclaimed their things, but he has moved on from the usual victims."

Like any spiral into a life of crime, Snorri started small. Hendel says he first brought home sticks and bits of bark mulch. But his haul continues to grow, and he seems unusually dedicated to his hobby. He has to pull his finds through two cats doors to get in the house, and "I have seen him jump the back fence with a towel -- a whole, entire towel!" Hendel says.

She's hoping her Facebook post will get the more valuable items back to their owners (some of the shoes seem brand new, she says).

Maybe she'll take comfort in knowing her pet is not the only one. There's Dusty the Klepto Kitty in California, and many others elsewhere:

What about your household? Ever gotten a "present" of a purloined item from your cat or other pet? Tell us about it in the comments!

-- Kathy Hinson

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