Emulating an early Steve Martin, a cat named BC sported an arrow through his head last week, having been shot through the skull by an unidentified archer in Mississippi.

The arrow entered through the cat's forehead and exited out the back of his head.

"It was amazing to me he was living, walking (and) rubbing because the arrow looked like it was through his brain," BC's owner Randolph Henderson said. "He was trying to put his head in the food bowl, the arrow was hitting the bowl."

The veterinarian who treated BC said the arrow had chipped the kitty's skull but missed his brain. Henderson, who is an archer himself, suspects that the attacker used a practice arrow with a duller point for target practice with the cat. If a sharper arrow had been used, he believes BC would not have been so lucky.

Thankfully, the arrow was removed successfully and BC was able to resume his pre-injury activities: sleeping, using his litter box and sleeping.

It's tough to argue that BC is one of the toughest kitties we've ever seen -- at least it was tough until we saw the other cat with an arrow through its head. Seriously, it's time to cut off someone's catnip and stop using the William Tell overture for catnap music.