‘I was about to transform my backyard into the hottest feline nightclub in town.’: Homeowner’s attempt at garden lighting turns into an accidental, full-blown cat rave, attracting at least seven uninvited guests ending in an awkward two-hour stare-down

You know, it is funny, us hoomans think that when we buy a piece of land it is all ours. And while that might be true with regard to other hoomans, it is certainly not applicable to the cat population that has already been existing there for a significant amount of time. For as far as the local felines are concerned, we are just another potential feeding point that has moved into the neighborhood.

The point being that when we do things to our house and expect nothing to come of it we can be rather shocked to see how the community cats respond. As one homeowner found out when she decided to install some motion detecting lights in her garden. Sure, she initially figured that they would serve as a deterrent to thieves, but what she did not bet on, was that the local cattos would run with the concept and turn it into an after hours hangout. Silly hooman…

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