A Collection Of Cats Getting Mildly Spooked By The Silliest And Funniest Things: ICanHasCheezburger Edition

People can tell us as much as they want to that cats are boring pets to have. They don't understand. They have no idea just how insanely expressive and hilarious cats can be. In fact, them being mildly bored by life at all times only makes those moments when they do react to something that much funnier. Cats reacting to things is, by far, one of our favorite genres of content on the internet, because it's always special. Whether it's a video of a cat's reaction to seeing puppies for the first time, or a thread of cats' adorable reactions to meeting a baby human, or if it's a hilarious and completely predictable reaction of a cat seeing its owner fake-drowning - it is always hissterical and purrfect.

Every cat owners knows that, every cat owner feels like we do, and you guys are no different in this respect. So, when we asked you to tell us about the silliest and most ridiculous things that have ever spooked your cats, as always, your answers did not disappoint.

01
"My cat is usually pretty chill..."

via Angela Addison

"My cat is usually pretty chill and doesn't freak out over much, even going nose to nose with a Great Dane. But the first time my mother visited after I adopted him, he heard snoring for the first time and he completely freaked out!"
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02
"I got a new pair of fluffy houseshoes..."

via Deb Edwards

"I got a new pair of fluffy houseshoes last weekend. They've been sitting on the kitchen floor for days being sniffed repeatedly by both cats. This evening I put them on. 3 hours into wearing them, my calmest cat freaked out over them. I had to take them off so she would defluff lol."
03
"The first New Year's we had our Siamese, he totally freaked out from the party blowers"

via Angie Kinnee
04
"Mom's cheering on the Wings again! Lol"

via Linda LaBeau
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05
"I turned my head to look at him. And air. Just air sometimes."

via Stephen Lisa Bock
06
"I breathed on her after brushing my teeth. "Peppermint, ack!""

via Kim Huff Caplan
07
"Mom brought home another kitten???"

via Heather Medina
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08
"Leo. The ginger. He is a completely indoor cat. If anyone even steps foot in the yard, even if he can't see them, he growls like a dog and then runs and hides for a couple hours."

via Rachele Jarrett
09
"Sam after she saw how I butchered my poor Pumpkin."

via Vickie Davis-Cerny
10
"I saw a bug Mom!!!"

via Atticia Bundy
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11
"Boxes. Only cat I know that is scared of boxes. I don't want to know what happened to the poor girl before we adopted her #oneeyedluci"

via Stacey Thomas
12
"I opened a bottle of Pepsi.."

via Megan Marie
13
"We call these shoes "the Boop scarer 3000" for some reason whenever my hubby wears these Boop freaks out! Lol"

via Angela Basile
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14
"Sneezes!? Jackson would watch a whole fireworks display.....but if i sneeze!"

via Marie Chapman
15
"Sophia when she saw a lady bug on the wall...."

via Terri Bowin
16
"Absolutely nothing. (Staring at empty doorway to basement)"

via Beth Marie

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A Collection Of Cats Getting Mildly Spooked By The Silliest And Funniest Things: ICanHasCheezburger Edition

"My cat is usually pretty chill..."

"I got a new pair of fluffy houseshoes..."

"The first New Year's we had our Siamese, he totally freaked out from the party blowers"

"Mom's cheering on the Wings again! Lol"

"I turned my head to look at him. And air. Just air sometimes."

"I breathed on her after brushing my teeth. "Peppermint, ack!""

"Mom brought home another kitten???"

"Leo. The ginger. He is a completely indoor cat. If anyone even steps foot in the yard, even if he can't see them, he growls like a dog and then runs and hides for a couple hours."

"Sam after she saw how I butchered my poor Pumpkin."

"I saw a bug Mom!!!"

"Boxes. Only cat I know that is scared of boxes. I don't want to know what happened to the poor girl before we adopted her #oneeyedluci"

"I opened a bottle of Pepsi.."

"We call these shoes "the Boop scarer 3000" for some reason whenever my hubby wears these Boop freaks out! Lol"

"Sneezes!? Jackson would watch a whole fireworks display.....but if i sneeze!"

"Sophia when she saw a lady bug on the wall...."

"Absolutely nothing. (Staring at empty doorway to basement)"

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