When you import 20,000+ people into a small Midwest town from a third world country where it's common knowledge that some Haitians do in fact sacrifice and/or eat cats then it's not surprising at all to get reports of cats disappearing and being eaten.
A hoax? Nonsense only useful idiots could possibly believe.
It's akin to 20,000 Bills fans being at a road game and then trying to convince the rest of the league that not a single folding table was broken during the pre game tailgates. It's a hoax!
Does every single Bills fan participate in table jumping? Nope. 10%? Highly unlikely. 1-2%? Very likely.
If 200 Bills fans show up at a road tailgate you're unlikely to see any broken tables.
20,000 Bills fans however? You'd be hard pressed not to find one.