Cat’s Meow: “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” regular Dennis Avner, 54, spent years undergoing radical procedures to morph into a female feline. His eccentric requests included whiskers, cat’s ears and a mechanical tail. Who do you ask would perform these body modification procedures? Steve Haworth, an artist and pioneer in modification techniques, performed these extreme surgeries.
A Native American descendant, Avner took heed to advice from a chief who told him to “follow the ways of the tiger.” Avner was found dead in his Nevada home of apparent suicide on Nov. 5, 2012.
