Thackery Binx Remembers Life as a Cursed 300-Year-Old Black Cat
By Desiree Leader | Staff Writer
Thackery Binx, a 312-year-old Salem resident, is a hero in every sense of the word. Waking on a cold October morning 300 years ago to the sound of his beloved sister Emily being abducted, he followed discreetly behind to the home of the Sanderson Sisters, known throughout town as being witches.
“It was terrible!” he declared. “Their house smelled like chicken soup and dead man’s toes!”
Binx retells the tale he has shared for 300 years to anyone who will listen. He shares how he was discovered by the Sandersons when the middle sister, Mary, caught his scent. “It was uncanny, the way she was able to sniff out children – I’ve never seen anything like it!”
What happened next was fantastical. Binx explained how he looked on in horror as they created a potion to rob children of their youth. When they gave it to Emily to drink, Binx jumped up to save her and tried to pour out all of the potion. Unfortunately, he was too late to save his sister, and the witches literally sucked the life right out of her. He was able to overturn the cauldron and spill what was left of the potion, but Winiford Sanford cast a spell on him, turning him into a black cat.
“It was horrible,” he recounted. “My skin hurt so much, my tongue felt like sandpaper, and I had the taste of fish in my mouth.” Binx went on to explain that his own family couldn’t recognize him, so he wandered for years by himself.
“Before they were hanged, The Sanderson Sisters cast a spell; if a virgin lit the black flamed candle on Halloween night, they would return. I guarded that house on Halloween for literally 300 years, and then one night a kid named Max lit the candle. I tried to stop him, but he lit it anyways.”
After the witches’ return, Binx stayed with Max, along with his sister and the girl he had a crush on. He helped them to survive the very long night, until the sisters went back to the grave after an unsuccessful attempt to suck the life out of all the children in Salem. “I was unable to save my sister, but I helped Max save his. She is a sweet girl. I guess her (Dani) and I bonded.”
One of the worst parts of all of this ordeal for Binx was the inability to die. He so wished to be with his family.
“The best thing to come out of this,” he pondered, “is that I was finally able to die and be reunited with my sister, Emily. It was a very long 300 years,” he said, “but worth every minute. We were able to defeat the witches, and I made some new friends. Now I can finally rest in peace, knowing that the world is safe from The Sanderson Sisters.”
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