My sources tell me it was a cat burglar.... ALL clues point to a intruder of a unknow idenity.. Strange paw prints were discovered at the back door.. (could this have been at the time the trash was being taken out... did you leave the door open or notice anyone slipping in as you went out?) Paw prints taken off the container were not of any of the resident kitties in the house... These prints are being ran through the kitty print data base at AP headquarters as I am type.