However, it was a real life nightmare. The woman says early Saturday morning on June 8 she got up to feed her cats. She usually leaves her back door cracked so that her cats can come and go outside. She believes Gracie stepped outside, grabbing the pit bulls’ attention, then they chased the cat into the house. After the dogs killed her cat Gracie, the woman feared she would be next as one of them cornered her near her bed.