Cat dad discovers his sweet orange feline is the leader of a secret criminal crew that meets daily in his attic: 'She belonged there'

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Apr 8, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

This is just a typical Wednesday for your average orange cat who hungers for mischief and thirsts for chaos.

If you want something outrageously cute, but hissterically unpredictable in your life, get an orange cat. They will never fail you in these regards.

There's a running joke about orange cats that they all share one collective brain cell, and each orange cat who doesn't have the brain cell is just running on instincts and a purrre drive for shenanigans. That being said, they're also some of the most loving cats we've ever met. All you need to take care of an orange cat is some food, a big heart, and a lot of patience.

The food part is crucial, because many of them are food motivated, which is what makes the start of our story below so intriguing. A cat dad started to get worried when his clementine-colored kitty didn't show up for breakfast one meowrning, so he started looking for her. He heard some noises coming from above him, and realized that the shuffling and scratching noises were coming from the attic. He climbed the stairs, poked his head through, and found not only his fluffy feline, but a 5-creature crew of tiny criminals that had taken up residence in his attic. More than that, the fuzzy felons seemed to be treating his cat like their leader.

What did we tell you? Orange cats have a way of making the impawssible possible, and to always expect the unexpected.

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    A man went looking for his cat, and found her hanging out with a whole gang of raccoons in the attic.
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    He hadn't seen her all day, which was unusual because she was normally the first one to show up the second food was mentioned. When he heard noise overhead, he went to check, expecting a mess or a broken item. Instead, he found his cat up in the attic with a group of raccoons, all of them sitting there like they'd been caught in the middle of a meeting.
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  • Well, to be fair, they probably were having a meeting. The cat was telling them that they didn't reach their stealing quota from yesterday, and they would have to work extra hard in order to make up for lost time. They might even have been planning a heist from the Louvre. You can never predict what an orange cat will do (probably because they don't even know until they've already done it).

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    He just stood there for a second, stunned, and asked how they had even gotten in. His cat only looked back at him like she belonged there, as if the raccoons were her crew and he was the one interrupting the reunion.
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    He didn't try to chase them. He called an animal expert, had the attic sealed. off, and made sure they couldn't get back inside.
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    After that, the raccoons were gone, but the cat kept acting like she missed them. For days she wandered around the house, and every so often she'd sit by the attic door like she was waiting for her friends to come back.
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  • As a fellow homeowner, we get why he had the attic sealed. As cute as those raccoons were, there's no way we'd let them set up purrmanent camp in our attic. That's just asking for trouble. Maybe they can have scheduled playdates outside, though. Then the cat won't be sad, and the crew will be all back together again! 

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    Yoshitaka Ichinomiya (Maora) @maora234 Soon your cat will be: Full of rage ...
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    Gov. Greg @gov_greg That is a full gang you shouldn't mess with. Your cat has a crew he runs now. Show some respect
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    Zafar Sobhan @ZafarSobhan ... When I was in college, there was this one possum who used to roll by on garbage day. One of our cats became good friends with him, but if I'm honest I didn't think that was the kind of company he should have been keeping.
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    Lizzie @itspendoh She looked at you like "you don't even go here" You interrupted her friend group.
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    fuzzylicious007 @fuzzylicious007 0 Who could blame her. I'd love to have a posse of raccoons
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    Tinebob @Tinebobagain 0 Id have let them come in every day forever.
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    Lasaki Bukola @Prettigilo That cat runs a tight crew and that was her pack she found friends in. your cat is the mayor of Raccoon Town and you are just realizing it
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    Kaizer Soze @KaizerS68223329 He had to be orange
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    dXd3gen @dXd3gen The cat is the alpha
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    Shirley Morgan @Shirley27266481 Always a Ginger!!
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    Elizabeth bates @Elizabeth 75559 Noticed one raccoon want run.. 5 raccoons
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    Foskaay Ani... @Solomon... That's an unusual bond but nature as ways to always surprise us.
    via @SolomonFoskaay

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