Who's touching my kitty?

About a month ago Kitty came home without a collar on.  She has a collar on in the first place because one of the first time's I let her outside the neighbour thought she was a stray, put her in a cage and drove her around the neighbour looking for lost kitty posters.  That's another story. 

There are some people out there who think it might have been a blessing if they had of taking her back to the SPCA....

I figured she must have got it caught on something and it had popped off.  No biggie.   I got her a new one, with a new name tag just in case the neighbours are forgetful. 

So tonight she hops up on my lap for a little rub down, which is a rare occurrence on it's own and while I'm stroking her chin, I realize that she is not wearing a collar.  AGAIN!  It's only been a couple weeks! 

So now I'm a little worried because she couldn't have got stuck twice, so close together after having successfully wore the first collar for almost 2 years without losing it!  This leads me to believe that someone was brave enough to take the collar of her.  Perhaps as a souvenir of being able to get so close to "the beast".  This is what I imagine the neighbourhood kids call her. 

She is the kind of cat that when I hear little children screaming outside, I timidly peer out the door to make sure the kitty isn't trying to eat one of them! 

Do you think it could have become a neighbourhood game?  Is there some sort of status to be achieved by successfully removing the collar off of Foxy Lady?!  All I know is if I see any little kids, or adults (let's not discount them) wearing a kitty tag that says "Foxy Lady aka Kitty",  I'm setting her loose on them!

PS I realize this post makes me sound very angry but I'm not really.  It's all very humorous considering no one in their right mind gets close to Kitty on purpose.  Except for Stephanie, who I think enjoys being bitten...