Void stray stares down cat inside home, 6 months later he returns and family adopts him: 'He was immediately the most affectionate cat I have ever seen'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jun 20, 2026 6:15 PM EDT

Imagine a void cat staring at you from outside.

His name is Murmur. From Reddit's r/blackcats, this family tells the tale of their adopting Murmur. It started August 2024, when they saw their cat at home looking out the window. He was staring back at a black cat from outside, looking at him. He was skittish and ran off as soon as he heard them open the door to see where he was going. They didn't see him again until November 2025. They put food out for him, and he would only eat if they left him to be alone. It happened a handful of times and it got to the point where he was coming to the house every 3-4 days. He got used to them enough and eventually would let them sit outside with him while he ate. They finally adopted him and realized that he's the most affectionate cat they've ever met. Since January 26th he's a full time member of the family. They're taking him to the vet to make sure he's healthy and okay. Read the full story below and enjoy! 

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    This is Murmur (named because that's the noise he made when we first "knocked" on our door).
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    The first time we saw him our cat was looking out the window and this random black cat was outside
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    looking in at our cat in August of 2024. He was really skittish and ran off as soon as he heard us
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    open our door to go see him, and then we didn't see him again until November 2025.
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    We put food out for him and he would only eat it if we came back inside. This happened a handful
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    of times and then it got to the point where he was coming by the house at least once every 3 or
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    4 days and by then he got used to us enough that he would let us sit outside with him while he ate,
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    and then it changed to him coming around every other day and by then he started actually
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    letting us pet him and he was immediately the most affectionate cat I have ever seen,
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    then we managed to coax him inside and by January 2026 he became a full-fledged member of the family.
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    We did our due diligence with taking him to the vet and making sure he was healthy and okay and
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  • Void cats are so cute. They get a bad reputation because of several reasons. A lot of people don't want to get a void cat because they don't photograph well. In a world where we are all on our phones, documenting everything, taking photos and posing for them, it can be deterring for some people to get a cat that won't be easily represented in photos. Some people really do everything for the gram! Another reason is that they still have an ominous or superstitious stereotype around them. Due to rumors based on nothing in the olden times, people started thinking that black cats were bad luck or a bad omen. There's still unconscious opinions that people have around this. It can be sad for the black cats because anyone who has them knows how lovely they are. 

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    they did scan a microchip, they reached out to the phone number
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    registered to the microchip but nobody answered and never called back.
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    Isnortmintsauce Fluffy void
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    Boring-Accountant-33 He looks so handsome in his bow tie!
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    Existing-Decision-33 Murmur is quite proper.
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  • I have a black void cat and I can testify that they're absolutely incredible. My cat isn't just a cat, he's really like my best friend. 

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    thedance1910 Oh so handsome
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