'I'm not sure that's a normal cat': Foster kitten weighing only 1 pound comes in as the scraggly runt, but gets adopted looking like something straight out of a fairytale

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

Aug 21, 2026 3:30 PM EDT

Are you sure Harvey isn't a creature you summoned by accident from a meowsterious tome in the "restricted book" section?

We've all seen the glorious glow-up pictures of cats before and after they get adopted. The kitties always look so sad and distraught, with matted fur, a haze over their eyes, and usually more than one sign that their lives have been nothing but survival. It's heartbreaking to see them so full of distrust and fear, jumping at every little noise, or even worse, the feeling that they've just given up. But then, they learn what it's like to be safe, to be loved, and to truly live, and then everything about them changes. You see a light behind their eyes that wasn't there before, their fur gets healthier, and they start to show you their true purrsonality.

But our story today from Reddit user SwagzBagz features a different kind of feline glow-up. One that will transport you to a realm filled with fairies, fae, and meowstical creatures! We think it's time we introduced you to Harvey Danger, the kitten that arrived as the scraggly runt and left as a fairytale creature.

Harvey was taken in by her foster family at just 6 - 7-weeks old, and weighing only 1 pound! During her time with them, she ate (a lot, as all kittens do), and grew. But some parts of Harvey grew more than others, most notably her outrageous ears and whiskers! Despite Harvey looking like a weird crossover between a gremlin, a fairy, and a kitten, a family looking for a kitten saw her and decided that this little goblin kitten was the purrfect pet for them.

Her foster family took some pictures of Harvey in the car on her way to get adopted, and she looks nothing like the tiny, scrungy kitten who first wobbled through those doors. With her meowrvelously wispy ears, her firework whiskers, and her piercing eyes, Harvey looks more like a familiar summoned from another world than a kitten. But regardless of how she looks, we're sure she and her new family are going to get along just purrfectly.

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Foster kitten, Harvey Danger, just after getting to her foster family
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She may be a little strange-looking, but she's definitely not a bobcat. Believe us, we've seen plenty of stories where people think they're rescuing a normal kitten, but it turns out to be a bobcat, and bobcat kittens do not look like normal kittens. Their faces are rounder and their coloring is usually quite… wild.
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Harvey Danger now, right before adoption
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I feel you. I also would not have been able to give her up. That would make her foster fail #3. Well, if you don't succeed, try, and try again.
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