Funny Cats Getting Mildly Spooked By Literally Nothing At All: ICanHasCheezburger Edition

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
May 18, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Cats are known for their stoicism, for their independence, for their fierceness, fearlessness, and curiosity. Not many things scare them. We have seen cats go up against bears, tigers, elephants, anything and everything that you can think of. They are unafraid and willing to satisfy their curiosity no matter how much they probably shouldn't. But on the other hand… cats are also absolutely dumb*sses sometimes, and said cats get spooked by the least spooky thing ever. 

Cats get spooked by completely innocuous things sometimes. A loud noise. An unexpected shadow. Anything. And while we have sympathy for them, we also think it's one of the funniest things in the world. So, we asked you guys: what is the funniest non-spooky thing that has spooked your cats? And your answers, as always, were not disappointing. 

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  • 01
    Cat
    via Jasmine Wisdom

    "Everything. He has next to no sense of smell (frostbite damage) and only one eye (scratched out as a kitten before i rescued him) so he's incredibly easily startled. No peripheral vision, no depth preception, and almost no sense of smell. If it's quiet, it startles him. 100% of the time. Which is pitiful and sad in a way but he's a happy, healthy, spoiled boy now and it's actually somewhat hilarious when he gets startled because he's a pushing 30 pound (healthy!) maincoon mix...

    Giant behemoth of a cat jumping a foot in the air because he didn't hear his own toy roll up beside him? Pitiful. Adorable. Hilarious."

  • 02
    Camera accessory - وووو
    via Kerry Kretz

    "My hair clip, I'm assuming they think it's a huge insect"

  • 03
    Cat - Galaxy S23+
    via Nakane Tendou

    "Heh other peoples either in the house or outside. Mah boy was a former feral kitten and has chosen me as his only person. So other peoples freak him out."

  • 04
    Cat
    via Shelby Swartzentruber

    "Bubbles. Tried out some cat nip bubbles and she is terrified of them"

  • 05
    Cat
    via Tonya Mongeau

    "One of mine is afraid of rain, she is an indoor only cat but hides in the closet every time she hears it raining outside."

  • 06
    Font - Kelly Thomas My breathing. My cats an asshole. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 500 34
    via Kelly Thomas
  • 07
    Font - Amy Pearson Well it only took him like 8 years to get used to it, but the sound of a Kleenex being pulled out of the box. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 19
    via Amy Pearson
  • 08
    Font - Erin Jordan The doorbell or whenever a human sneezes! Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 19
    via Erin Jordan
  • 09
    Font - Kathleen Scheerschmidt-Bock My Pandaman gets tweaked out every Sunday when the church bell rings across the street. He has heard it every Sunday for 7 years LoL Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 19
    via Kathleen Scheerschmidt-Bock
  • 10
    Font - Jody Daugherty Crinkling plastic grocery bags. One will run and the other will hiss at me for ten minutes afterward. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 19
    via Jody Daugherty
  • 11
    Font - Ginger Smith Had one (orange boy, of course) that was terrified of helium balloons. When I came in the house with them, he completely freaked out and ran under the bed. Would NOT come out of the bedroom until we hid them upstairs where he couldn't see them. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 12
    via Ginger Smith
  • 12
    Font - Jessica Araujo Longo The Sound of compressed air being released. Sodas and deodorants, for example. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 12
    via Jessica Araujo Longo
  • 13
    Font - Raneta Lawson Mack Sometimes if I stand up too quickly from my chair, one of my cats will bolt out of the room. Scares me too! Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 11
    via Raneta Lawson Mack
  • 14
    Font - Donna Grant My tuxedo is terrified of butterflies. D Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 11
    via Donna Grant
  • 15
    Font - Jan Flaherty When I cough. My cat has cerebellar hypoplasia (wobbly cat syndrome). When I cough it's like she's being picked up and flung by an invisible hand. God forbid she's on the bed. She flies off and looks at me like I kicked her puppy. Like Reply Hide Send Message 1d 8
    via Jan Flaherty
  • 16
    Font - Rianne Ralston The ceiling fan always scared my boy well, not always...just whenever he would remember it was there 50999 lol Like Reply Hide Send Message 22h
    via Rianne Ralston

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