{"id":4920,"date":"2010-07-23T19:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T02:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2010-07-23T19:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T02:14:12","slug":"4920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2010\/07\/23\/4920\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Middle Tennessee\u2019s Real Life Superhero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\nOriginally posted: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/global\/story.asp?s=12862446\">http:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/global\/story.asp?s=12862446<\/a><br \/>\nby Nick Beres<br \/>\n<em>MCMINNVILLE, Tenn.<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0 A small Middle Tennessee town has its own crime fighting mystery man. His name is Catman, and he claims to be a real life superhero living in McMinnville.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s one of 350 registered so-called super heroes.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to help other people,&#8221; said Catman, who keeps his real name a secret.<br \/>\nCatman wears a costume, but no mask. There&#8217;s cat ears, cat tail and a utility belt with flashlight, tools, cellphone and first aid kit.<br \/>\nHe leaves fighting crime to the police. Catman says he does make a difference picking up trash, helping seniors, patrolling the downtown.<br \/>\n&#8220;You have people who appreciate you when it happens and you have people who think you are a just a goofball,&#8221; said Catman.<br \/>\nCatman has been at it for four years and counting.\u00a0 Locals know the 25-year-old hero.<br \/>\n&#8220;Yeah, everybody knows who he is. He&#8217;s a good guy,&#8221; said Garner Loudermilk, a local merchant.<br \/>\nCatman even has his own Cat Cave in the basement of a home in downtown McMinnville. That&#8217;s where he designs his costumes, practices self defense, and studies books to make him a better super hero.<br \/>\n&#8220;That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about: Helping people everytime you see the opportunity,&#8221; said Catman.<br \/>\nWhen Catman is not fighting crime, he washes dishes to pay his bills and help people.<br \/>\n<em>Email:<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:nberes@newschannel5.com\">nberes@newschannel5.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small Middle Tennessee town has its own crime fighting mystery man. His name is Catman, and he claims to be a real life superhero living in McMinnville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[473,476,522,1066,1407,1691,2624,2934],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}