PS: Could it be a
1. Land Shark, or the
2. Tennis Balls of Terror, or the
3. Granny Smiths of Gruesome, or the
4. Inoffensive kit-tayn that upset Don Piano, or the
5. Teddy Bear that made little Conan go bat!@#!@#
I have no idea why, but my kitteh, Sinjin, seems afraid of my shoes. I live by myself and have a bad habit of scattering them about. He sneaks up on them apprehensively and taps them with his foot, like he’s making sure they’re really dead. Right after I watched this, I was at the bathroom sink and happened to nudge a shoe with my foot. Sinjin went flying backwards into the wall (he’s okay–the bathtowel was hanging there). So, I’m going with the evil shoes of death.
I love scary movies and often watch them alone, with Scout on my lap. She always awakens and seems to see something behind us. It really freaks me out.
I had a cat that would do something similar if you stared at him a certain way. It was kind of a game we played stalking each other around the house. Another part of the game involved standing on the arm of the sofa while puffed up.
It must have been something about that camera, because kitty is starting straight at it when he popped a wheelie on his invisible Harley and tore out of there. But being a cat, he just had to come back and take another look.
i received a ball that had a real suirrel tail attached to it. A battery rolled the ball all over the floor. My kittes were so scared of it! I thought it would be a great toy but ended up throwing it out.
I had a similar toy but with a fake raccoon tail, but I got the same reaction from my cats. I cut the tail off and threw away the ball, the cats loved to play with that tail, it was their favorite toy. I called it Herman (I don’t know why)
My girl is afraid of any toy that moves on its own or makes noise (and, well, everything else). We got them one of those crinkle bag thingies and she wouldn’t go near the thing. My mom ended up sending it to my aunt…her cats loved it.
My sweet Tiggy-wig crossed the rainbow bridge @ 5:30 CST. He was always such a serious kitty…his brow had this furrow & he would look at me as if he was saying , ” oh woe, woe is me.” accompanied by the most pitiful meow you’ve ever heard. He could also be silly. Well, after they took him to the back to evaluate him, that furrow was gone. Like he knew someone else was going to worry & he could relax. I will
never forget him. Peace sweet baby, peace.
I’m so sorry for your loss of dear Tigger el gato. They are our family in every way. Tigger is so fortunate to have someone who will miss him so and remember his little furrowed brow.
It is so sad when our friends – furry or not – cross the bridge before us… But they are never truly gone – they live within us, in our hearts and our memories. Tigger lived a long life, and was loved until the end by you, Ali-Baba. And he waits for you beyond the rainbow bridge…
I shall have my Sammy and Mickey-Boy look for him and be friends – Debg – you have the right of it – sometimes when I awake in the morning I “sort of half see” a black (Sammy) or tabby (Mickey-Boy) shape – just out of reach.
Oh, I’m so sorry. I lost my darling Egypt a month ago. She was a bolshie old ratbag who bullied her son away from his food so she could eat it and demanded constant attention. I miss her horribly. Perhaps she’ll learn some manners from your sweet boy.
Maybe they have their own version of CO in Kitty Heaven where they watch all the weird stuff *we* get up to…
Worry thou not Londoner Dear,
I lived in that City for near twenty year
Sammy will charm her and treat her so nice
With Mickey she’ll talk of hunting for mice
Sammy was black with a smudge neath his chin
and a sweeter boy there never has been
He was as behaved as a Black Dressed Pastor
Mickey the Mouser could chase so much faster
With these in tow she would have a crazy day
come along mi’lady what do you say
But one thing I do forbid – never chase birds
And with that warning I finish my words
Hello CO people! I’m new to this place and want to tell you all that you are by far, the most entertaining group of people I have ever encountered! Each and every one of you is hysterically funny and for that, I cannot thank you enough. You’ve brought tons of joy and laughter this way with your genius posts and commentaries, thank you!
omG wuyizidi! Now I’m watching THAT obsessively!! Don’t you just love it when you’re getting paid to look at CO during the day…? My boss is like so great.
My kitty is only afraid of the melody that the ice cream truck plays. He ignores anything else. Including trucks, cars, the vacuum cleaner, big shoes, dogs, all those things that spook normal cats.
Oh, and he’s afraid of golfers too. Golfers and ice cream trucks. Go figure.
Adorable kitty btw – great floofiness/long-leg ratio.
Well – to what passes with me for a mind – I would say “go figure” – Golfers – you may not be near a park, but maybe someone has struck your kitty – even a childs toy could hurt – Kitties are for loving they aint all that tough.
Ice-cream trucks – two possibilities – children have thoughtlessly teased kitty, or much more likely his ears are sensitive to high pitched noises and the Jangle of the truck’s muzak may disturb him
So sorry for your loss, Ali. Many hugs, and much love. When you can, think about going rescue for your next baby, if you don’t already. Tigger would want you to have a friend with you, you know!
I don’t understand why deliberately frightening an animal to produce a poor quality video is amusing to so many. I’m disgusted you put it up in the first place…nothing cute about it.
Joyce, have you ever HAD a cat? This is so absolutely normal. No “deliberately frightening” about it. These are the games we play with each other. Lighten up, ‘eh?
Joyce, If the cat were genuinely sacred, it would have run away very fast with it’s tail low to the ground. The cat knows it is playing at being scared. Young animals, especially cats, play at the skills they will need as adults. The puff and hunching is a tool cats use to make themselves look larger and intimidate enemies. This young cat absolutely knows it is all a game.
JOYCE, cats do this by accident, I LOVE all 3 of my cats . I have had at least 3 cats for the past 30 yrs . he was not harmed. My cat has been just sitting on the floor , when I moved and gone straight up in the air. I have just never seen one do a wheelie before.
Kitteh was watching a little white fluffy bunny jump around and the…OMG that rabbit has a mean streak a amile wide. Look at the bones!!!!
I used to have a gray tabbeh that was afraid of throw rugs. He would always walk around them and if feeling brave, tentatively touch one with his paw and then run in terror.
Cats!!
That house must be infested with invisible bats, like mine. (Since I didn’t hear a sneeze – that’s the other thing that scares the poop out of my Tubbs.)
My Cervantes freaks out like this quite often since he is afraid of just about everything, (the last time it happened it was the evil birthday balloons). I was suprised to see another cat do that goofy walk.
The sound of the camera clicking to take the picture or if it’s an automatic camera the motor sound as it advances to take the next picture. The cat I used to have would do the same thing. It would go straight up in the air at least 5 feet off the floor for no apparent reason. I couldn’t see anything that would have scared it.
What scared the cat? Owner must be lying on the floor next to camera, put on a bigfoot/gorilla mask and said, Boo!” Kitteh puffs, hunches and runs, but after kitty mom takes off mask, kitteh comes back and says, “Mom? Is that you???”
It could be almost anything that makes an unfamiliar (or familiar and unexpected) sound (unexpectedly). The Late and Much-Beloved Mr. Picky would floof up and run around or make the I’m-A-Great-Big-Cat-And-I’m-Too-Big-To-Frighten walk if ANYTHING made a noise that he was Not Ready For. Occasionally, he would react like this at thunder, which he hated. If I unexpectedly turned on my vacuum on, he would also floof up and jump in surprise – but it wasn’t fear. The auto camera sound is one that could qualify here.
From 0:00 to 0:06, is my cat like 99% of the time…No entertainment. Just stares and love.
I don’t know but he’s definitely a scaredy-cat! Wow, the puff-up action!!
OMG, I just SAW this. Meg and Co., you guys are really On Top of teh Internets.
PS: Could it be a
1. Land Shark, or the
2. Tennis Balls of Terror, or the
3. Granny Smiths of Gruesome, or the
4. Inoffensive kit-tayn that upset Don Piano, or the
5. Teddy Bear that made little Conan go bat!@#!@#
Land Shark
It’s Land Shark Week, after all.
I think kitteh just saw Borris, (280lbs, hairy, 78 years old), walk by wearing his grand daughter’s high heels and red lacy unmentionables.
Mr. Vacuum is going to get you
roflmao!
Ha ha ha HAAAAA….. pfffffZT!
OMG…. MUST GET MENTAL IMAGE OUT!!!!!!
[this was intended to "shelve" under la Therese's options]
“candygram.”
I am so glad you’re back! I don’t know why, I get worried!
Thanks so much!!!
My family are not snuggly welcoming types so it is so refreshing/ encouraging here at CO that y’all are so kind to moi!
I missed all of you, and the cuteness critters, as well, while I was Horse-pitalized.
I think he saw himself in the camera lens and thought it was another cat.
I have no idea why, but my kitteh, Sinjin, seems afraid of my shoes. I live by myself and have a bad habit of scattering them about. He sneaks up on them apprehensively and taps them with his foot, like he’s making sure they’re really dead. Right after I watched this, I was at the bathroom sink and happened to nudge a shoe with my foot. Sinjin went flying backwards into the wall (he’s okay–the bathtowel was hanging there). So, I’m going with the evil shoes of death.
Lisa–my cat does the same exact thing, except with any clothing he finds on the floor!
Not that I leave clothing on the floor in ever-growing piles or anything.
Teh horrible broom
Every couple of years somebody on the Webs mentions “Don Piano” and I just ROFL. Thanks, Teresa!
His or her reflection in the camera lens, maybe?
With cats, you’ve never “seen it all.” There are always new surprises.
One of those ghosts they’re always seeing. WoooOOOooooOOOooo!
I love it when they do that alarmed “Look! Over there! Don’t you SEE it?!” routine.
I love scary movies and often watch them alone, with Scout on my lap. She always awakens and seems to see something behind us. It really freaks me out.
I laughed until I cried. I’ve never seen a cat freak out like that before!
I did the same! {hands kleenex}
I had a cat that would do something similar if you stared at him a certain way. It was kind of a game we played stalking each other around the house. Another part of the game involved standing on the arm of the sofa while puffed up.
Would you stand on the arm of the couch all puffed up, or your cat?
I lol’ed. :]
*cracks up*
OMG You are too funny!! What a mental image
It must have been something about that camera, because kitty is starting straight at it when he popped a wheelie on his invisible Harley and tore out of there. But being a cat, he just had to come back and take another look.
LOL – Popped a wheelie, indeed
“Popped a wheelie on his invisible Harley and tore out of there” sent me over the edge from merely laughing to crying with laughter.
Was already crying with laughter, but excellent description!!!
Ow, my stomach hurts from laughing at all the comments!
I love this answer, it’s the best yet. Thank you for the great image it’s perrrrrrfect.
Fell off my chair laughing at that….
I’ve already watched this 10x, and I have that sick-to-my-stomach-from-laughing-really-hard-but-completely-silently-at-work thing going on, too.
Martha, I believe this is the laugh you are speaking of:
I am doing the same!
msrachaelj – I believe you’ve nailed it.
Oh! *That’s* what I’m feeling!
Or it could be a plushy pug dog bag….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqbuRUjhPo?rel=0&w=480&h=390%5D
i received a ball that had a real suirrel tail attached to it. A battery rolled the ball all over the floor. My kittes were so scared of it! I thought it would be a great toy but ended up throwing it out.
I had a similar toy but with a fake raccoon tail, but I got the same reaction from my cats. I cut the tail off and threw away the ball, the cats loved to play with that tail, it was their favorite toy. I called it Herman (I don’t know why)
My girl is afraid of any toy that moves on its own or makes noise (and, well, everything else). We got them one of those crinkle bag thingies and she wouldn’t go near the thing. My mom ended up sending it to my aunt…her cats loved it.
A disapproving rabbit
Obviously the camera is being operated by a SCARY GHOST.
Kitteh obviously has no love for the paparazzi. “Get that camera out of my face!”
Just what I needed!
Peeps-pls excuse the threadjack…
I’m at the vet w/my 17yo tabby kitty, Tigger. He’s feeling poopy & could use some warm fuzzies.
Thank you
Hugs to you both from Skippy and me. We are sending him perk-up vibes. Please let us know how he is.
Hugs and well-wishes to Ali-Baba and Tigger. <3
Feel better, Tigger. Hugs to you and your person.
GO Tigger! *waving pompoms furiously*
*picks up the pompoms when la Therese puts them down for a break*
*waves pompoms & cheers Tigger on*
My sweet Tiggy-wig crossed the rainbow bridge @ 5:30 CST. He was always such a serious kitty…his brow had this furrow & he would look at me as if he was saying , ” oh woe, woe is me.” accompanied by the most pitiful meow you’ve ever heard. He could also be silly. Well, after they took him to the back to evaluate him, that furrow was gone. Like he knew someone else was going to worry & he could relax. I will
never forget him. Peace sweet baby, peace.
oooooooooooooooh nooooooooooooes
RIP Tigger le chat.
{{{{{{Ali-Baba}}}}}} RIP Tigger.
I’m so sorry for your loss of dear Tigger el gato. They are our family in every way. Tigger is so fortunate to have someone who will miss him so and remember his little furrowed brow.
Big hugs to you Ali-Baba.
It’s so sad to lose a furbaby…I know sweet Tigger will be your very own guardian angel.
So sorry for you have lost Tigger, Ali-Baba. (((Gentle Hugs)))
It is so sad when our friends – furry or not – cross the bridge before us… But they are never truly gone – they live within us, in our hearts and our memories. Tigger lived a long life, and was loved until the end by you, Ali-Baba. And he waits for you beyond the rainbow bridge…
{{{Ali-Baba}}}
I’m so sorry to hear it. *hugs* He was lucky to live such a long life with you. RIP, Tigger.
Ali-B, I am so sorry for your loss. Me and L & C send our love.
RIP Tigger
AWW
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your dear sweet kitty, Tigger, Ali-Baba 
I am so sorry, Ali. We are never ready for this. I am sure my awesome Stinky is right now showing your Tig the ropes.
To quote J.K. Rowling: the ones we love never truly leave us. So sorry.
I shall have my Sammy and Mickey-Boy look for him and be friends – Debg – you have the right of it – sometimes when I awake in the morning I “sort of half see” a black (Sammy) or tabby (Mickey-Boy) shape – just out of reach.
Oh, I’m so sorry. I lost my darling Egypt a month ago. She was a bolshie old ratbag who bullied her son away from his food so she could eat it and demanded constant attention. I miss her horribly. Perhaps she’ll learn some manners from your sweet boy.
Maybe they have their own version of CO in Kitty Heaven where they watch all the weird stuff *we* get up to…
Worry thou not Londoner Dear,
I lived in that City for near twenty year
Sammy will charm her and treat her so nice
With Mickey she’ll talk of hunting for mice
Sammy was black with a smudge neath his chin
and a sweeter boy there never has been
He was as behaved as a Black Dressed Pastor
Mickey the Mouser could chase so much faster
With these in tow she would have a crazy day
come along mi’lady what do you say
But one thing I do forbid – never chase birds
And with that warning I finish my words
{{{hugs}}} to Ali-Baba and londoner.
I’m so sorry to hear this, Ali-Baba.
Much love to you and rest in peace, sweet Tigger. <3
I am so sorry. Big hugs to you.
Hugs an d kisses how is he doing these daze…
I LOL’d… then I made an awesome animated gif:
http://gifsoup.com/view/2916164/tippy-toes.html
Enjoy!
Also— the kitteh obvy. Saw the 6 fingered man & ran to tell Inigo!
There will be blood tonight!
Fezzik, help me! He’s getting away! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!1!!!!1!!!!!
[Thumps door, which promptly falls. Makes exaggerated 'after you' gesture and walks away.]
STOP……………………Hammer Time !!!!!!
STOP! Hammer Toes!
My guess- a bug! Sometimes those little buggies can seem quite ferocious, you know.
I’m thinking an alien? Kinda like this one:
Awww, fail! “Embedding disabled by request’?!
I’m betting it was something undead.
Did I see him walking on his two rear feet? Really? His front feet seem up in the air!
He did!!! First a barking cat (http://cuteoverload.com/2011/07/19/the-cat-aint-here-man/); now bipedal walking?! What’s next?
TPS – Bipedal walking. That makes me laugh, too. lololol
Yes he popped a wheelie..
I lost it at the Thriller walking, and had to watch that bit at least 10 times!
And ANOTHER 10 times…
eet was a beest wif forty eyes that deed eet.
That cat wasn’t scared.
It was having a ball.
Really cute though!
cat looks more p.o.’d than scared. s/he’s all: ima take my imaginary beach ball and go home. so there. nyah!
Dubbed: http://tubedubber.com/#WxGS-2M6_5I:_FXoyr_FyFw:0:100:0:0:true
.Gif for your over-and-over viewing pleasure: http://i.imgur.com/lYqm8.gif
I dunno about “Thriller”, I’m getting a distinct “Hunchback of Notre Dame” vibe.
“The bells, the bells!”
FLOOMF TAILIO!
da den den den den den
i could hear a bird, maybe the person suddenly revealed a hidden bird or something?
Hello CO people! I’m new to this place and want to tell you all that you are by far, the most entertaining group of people I have ever encountered! Each and every one of you is hysterically funny and for that, I cannot thank you enough. You’ve brought tons of joy and laughter this way with your genius posts and commentaries, thank you!
Ditto, like every day!
You owe me another keyboard CO.
Oh, and here’s the animated gif: http://i.imgur.com/yqcK2.gif
Thanks, wuyizidi! That’s easier than repeatedly clicking play on the video. And one viewing was not enough for me…
omG wuyizidi! Now I’m watching THAT obsessively!! Don’t you just love it when you’re getting paid to look at CO during the day…? My boss is like so great.
Buzzfeed titled this video “The Hunch-cat of Notre Dame” My favorite!
Cats used to walk like this in Tom & Jerry!
It was evolution’s call to being walking upright, only to realize a few seconds later that it was a wrong number.
Hahahah! Love it!
LOL
Ali, sorry for your loss! Many hugs….
But OMG, the Thriller Walk! The soda! In my nose! It burns! It buuuurrrrrns!
omg that is hilarious! goofy kitty!
“Sanctuary! Sanctuary!”
What is he scared of? He’s a cat, so nothing!! Absolutely nothing!!
This is without question the greatest thing I have ever seen on the Internets. No. Lie.
It sounds like what scared the cat was bubble wrap being popped.
I was just thinking it’s a case of the zoomies.
The camera scared it
Reminds me of the picture of the cat it that goes “invisible grocery cart” anyone have that pic?Maybe he wanted to go grocery shopping?
The walk definitely needs one of those cartoon “deedledeedledeedle” sound effects.
Theresa! That is IT! I KNEW there was a soundtrack I couldn’t think of!
My kitty is only afraid of the melody that the ice cream truck plays. He ignores anything else. Including trucks, cars, the vacuum cleaner, big shoes, dogs, all those things that spook normal cats.
Oh, and he’s afraid of golfers too. Golfers and ice cream trucks. Go figure.
Adorable kitty btw – great floofiness/long-leg ratio.
Well – to what passes with me for a mind – I would say “go figure” – Golfers – you may not be near a park, but maybe someone has struck your kitty – even a childs toy could hurt – Kitties are for loving they aint all that tough.
Ice-cream trucks – two possibilities – children have thoughtlessly teased kitty, or much more likely his ears are sensitive to high pitched noises and the Jangle of the truck’s muzak may disturb him
So sorry for your loss, Ali. Many hugs, and much love. When you can, think about going rescue for your next baby, if you don’t already. Tigger would want you to have a friend with you, you know!
Thank you Esther! Tigger himself was a rescue… So are my other 3
( well, other 4,but i lost Rusty 4 years ago)
I don’t understand why deliberately frightening an animal to produce a poor quality video is amusing to so many. I’m disgusted you put it up in the first place…nothing cute about it.
Joyce, have you ever HAD a cat? This is so absolutely normal. No “deliberately frightening” about it. These are the games we play with each other. Lighten up, ‘eh?
Joyce, you crack me up.
joyce, don’t worry! that kitty is playing. he’s goofing around. he’s definitely not posturing like he is afraid.
Joyce, If the cat were genuinely sacred, it would have run away very fast with it’s tail low to the ground. The cat knows it is playing at being scared. Young animals, especially cats, play at the skills they will need as adults. The puff and hunching is a tool cats use to make themselves look larger and intimidate enemies. This young cat absolutely knows it is all a game.
JOYCE, cats do this by accident, I LOVE all 3 of my cats . I have had at least 3 cats for the past 30 yrs . he was not harmed. My cat has been just sitting on the floor , when I moved and gone straight up in the air. I have just never seen one do a wheelie before.
I suggest one of those statues that make motion-activated noises
Kitteh was watching a little white fluffy bunny jump around and the…OMG that rabbit has a mean streak a amile wide. Look at the bones!!!!
I used to have a gray tabbeh that was afraid of throw rugs. He would always walk around them and if feeling brave, tentatively touch one with his paw and then run in terror.
Cats!!
debt ceiling
That house must be infested with invisible bats, like mine. (Since I didn’t hear a sneeze – that’s the other thing that scares the poop out of my Tubbs.)
My Cervantes freaks out like this quite often since he is afraid of just about everything, (the last time it happened it was the evil birthday balloons). I was suprised to see another cat do that goofy walk.
Your cat does this walk??? Really??
That position, how is it physically possible? Looks like something from an Atari game.
“Exit, stage left!”
LOL!
Here’s what might have scared the cat:
1. A ghost hamster
2. The Clash-Dinging–the Trash-Pinging–the Mash-Singing–
I can’t think of anything else, but please let me know if you get the Spongebob reference in the second thing that might have scared the cat.
I couldn’t find a Hash-Slinging Slasher video on YouTube. They’re all edited with bad words or stuff like that.
What was that?
It’s almost like a Scooby Doo “GHOST!” reaction.
<3
Cloverfield monster!
The sound of the camera clicking to take the picture or if it’s an automatic camera the motor sound as it advances to take the next picture. The cat I used to have would do the same thing. It would go straight up in the air at least 5 feet off the floor for no apparent reason. I couldn’t see anything that would have scared it.
What scared the cat? Owner must be lying on the floor next to camera, put on a bigfoot/gorilla mask and said, Boo!” Kitteh puffs, hunches and runs, but after kitty mom takes off mask, kitteh comes back and says, “Mom? Is that you???”
Listen to the kitteh ask the question at the end.
It could be almost anything that makes an unfamiliar (or familiar and unexpected) sound (unexpectedly). The Late and Much-Beloved Mr. Picky would floof up and run around or make the I’m-A-Great-Big-Cat-And-I’m-Too-Big-To-Frighten walk if ANYTHING made a noise that he was Not Ready For. Occasionally, he would react like this at thunder, which he hated. If I unexpectedly turned on my vacuum on, he would also floof up and jump in surprise – but it wasn’t fear. The auto camera sound is one that could qualify here.
Saw this on another site. A vacuum scared poor kitty!
Whoa!
Perhaps they got out the dreaded KITTY CARRIER? Or someone mentioned THE VET?
I don’t think he was scared – looks like an imperius curse to me.
What in God’s Name scared this cat????? I have had cats my entire life and have never seen anything like this.
do they like vacuum cleaners?
Actually they don’t… but I didn’t hear one in this video? They do not spoke at the site of one.