A person who was knocked off his bicycle together with his viral cat Sigrid by a moped says he has acquired 1000’s of abusive messages on social media after posting a video of the incident on-line.
Travis Nelson was together with his cat Sigrid, mounted in a basket, when he was struck whereas biking by means of London. A police officer attended and suggested Mr Nelson to put on a helmet subsequent time.
But after posting the video on social media, Mr Nelson stated he got here underneath extreme attack from customers.
“People have been messaging me telling me I should kill myself,” he instructed The Independent. “They’ve been reporting me to the RSPCA to take Sigrid away from me. I’ve been getting threats all day.”
Mr Nelson says he’s now avoiding social media resulting from anti-cyclists criticising him for his lack of a helmet to taking his cat together with him. But he’s adamant, it gained’t cease bringing Sigrid for rides with him.
Mr Nelson experiences receiving “thousands” of abusive messages
(Trevor Nelson)
“This will not stop me at all,” he instructed The Independent. “If I don’t go out, Sigrid will be at the door yelling, wanting to go out. She will climb on the bike and meow.”
The six-year-old Norweigan First has been driving with Mr Nelson for the reason that days of lockdown the place they each started to enterprise out collectively on the bike, however earlier than that he’d been taking Sigrid with him to seashores and parks. He has even written a guide concerning the relationship referred to as Sigrid Rides.
“There is nothing unsafe about cycling,” he insisted. “You can do it with your cat, you can do it with your children. Cars are dangerous. Nothing I did put me in danger.”
Sigrid after the accident
(Trevor Nelson)
Mr Nelson stated his leg was bruised up and he was affected by knee ache. However, Sigrid is “absolutely fine” and that the crash “didn’t phase her at all”, he stated. He reported she’d been having fun with her new cat mattress and that she’d been again to her ordinary self inside minutes.
The Metropolitan Police have been approached for remark.
