Realtor and client viewing house end up in hospital after cat attack
Agent and prospective homebuyer injured by ‘ insane’ feline
Bryn Erin Ward is hoping she won’t be cast in Scarface when the bruises and scratches she’s sporting today fade away.
Ward, an actress who now works as a realtor, was showing a house in New Westminster on Tuesday when she and her client were mauled by a cat.
“It was certainly a cat fight that I didn’t win,” she said.
One of Ward’s clients escaped unharmed in the unprovoked attack, but the other needed medical attention at the hospital.
“I went to turn a light out and heard this weird noise. She went to look out the window. All of a sudden this cat, a feral cat, was on top of her,” Ward recalled. “She fell over a table and was on the ground, and this cat was attacking her.”
After escaping the animal, the women went to emergency at Royal Columbian Hospital. Ward said staff were shocked by the damage inflicted by a cat.
“I jumped in to get the thing off of her. I have stitches in my face, I have a black eye, I am torn to pieces,” she said. “She got bitten all over her leg and tush.”
As a female realtor, Ward said it’s always in the back of her mind to be safe when showing homes to strangers.
“You worry about a serial killer coming to the door, but not a cat serial killer,” she said. “I never thought it would be a cat that would do this much damage to me.”
Unbeknownst to Ward and her client, the homeowner had brought a homeless cat into the house that he had been feeding. The female cat had recently given birth to kittens, and likely was trying to protect them.
“This cat was insane. We were screaming like you wouldn’t believe. Usually you think when something attacks you it stops — it would not stop. I had this cat hanging off my face with its teeth in my face.”
Ward has appeared on shows including Party of Five, The Collector, Married with Children and Ellen.