I have had seventeen cats in my life. Well, I cared for seventeen cats personally, and I currently manage a friend’s cat’s instagram account. That story begins with the 2020 COVID-19 first round “stay at home” order in March. Being stuck at home, we had too much time to text back and forth after seeing a “cat influencer” program on Netflix. Here’s Leche, actually a very interesting cat: https://www.instagram.com/leche_kitty/, he’s much fatter and more strange than these photos can depict. But this is different, this is a shadow cat. It’s actually a shadow. I don’t know if it’s the house spirit, or one of my dead cats that has come to visit.
Emerald was the first to spot it. She was going down the stairs and said, “Whoah, Lovey,” and then realizing that the cat that just went around her legs wasn’t an actual flesh and blood cat, our dark grey, fluffy cat, who also has an instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lovey_sun_kitty/ , but a shadow that was shaped as a cat, and acted like a cat. Emerald paused and looked at me. “A cat shadow just went by me. It looked like Lovey.” She said it matter of factly, even though she has always been a skeptic. Since I was right there, but saw nothing, I asked her if she felt anything when it touched her, maybe fear or apprehension. I wanted to make sure it wasn’t an evil shadow being pretending to be a cat to gain access and sneak around the house. A lot of goods go missing, but Dan and I just joke about it, and blame the “house ghost.” Em said it just felt like our cat, so I assumed it was just the spirit of a cat that may have passed, on the property, Fluffy Dodo pants, Eddie, Pewter, Tumor, Suey Psycho, or Tibet, even the kittens. Maybe it was one of my mom’s cats, Daisy or Monster or Chani. We like cats, they’re not bad omens to us. We live on a hill in the middle of nowhere, so cats take care of the mice and rats, an all natural pest control. Sometimes our kitty friends get eaten by coyotes or foxes or bobcats, so it’s just the cycle of life. Sucks, but it’s true. A week or so later I was walking up or down the stairs and I saw the shadow cat, it slipped around my feet. I felt nothing, no dark ominous presence, just cat energy. They’re kind of sneaky, and can move like water. I didn’t recognize the shadow. I knew all the cats personally. It didn’t feel like one of mine. I then assumed it was the house spirit. I read an article, funny enough, after Em saw the cat shadow the first time. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-appease-household-spirits-across-the-world I always leave foods/offerings outside of the house so the spirits can live out there. It’s a Thai or Asian thing. We have Spirit houses. Don’t judge. I like the spirits to remain outside. Spirit relatives that come in peace can sit around the table and hang out, on occasion, but I prefer supernatural visits on my own terms. They spook the animals. The next time the cat visited, it skirted around Dan’s foot while he was exiting our bedroom into the next room. The stairs, and downstairs is kind of dark. It’s the design, overly old fashioned, with terrible lighting that we haven’t replaced yet. Dan didn’t freak out, he just said, “Woah, I just watched a cat go around my foot, I thought it was Lovey, but it was not her. She’s outside.” I told Dan that Em and I also saw the shadow cat. I like other people being able to see things, so it’s not just crazy me talking weirdo voodoo again. But I was close in proximity, so maybe my antennae assisted their own abilities. Regardless, Shadow cat is real. I hope it likes tea and cake.
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