A black cat on Halloween isn't always bad luck: Woman with senior soul dog worries for him, but her luck changes when he finds a new best friend

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Nov 2, 2026 4:45 PM EST

Black cats are sometimes seen as bad luck, a bad omen or reason to be afraid. But at the end of the day we all make our own luck, and this woman certainly made hers. 

History tells us many things. Superstitions are always based off of something tangible, like black cats for instance. Just because of their voidness, or their ability to blend in with shadows doesn't mean they're harmful. In fact, black cats are some of the most adored! In this story, a woman finds a black cat during Halloween time, and she just happens to love Halloween. She has a senior dog at home, and although he's her soul dog, she also worries for him and when he'll cross the rainbow bridge. Not willing to bear the grief of coming home to an empty house at some point, she makes the decision to bring the cat home with her, and what happens next is something she'll always be grateful for. 

Halloween isn't just a holiday for kids to trick or treat and dress up, it's something special and deserves the attention for being mysterious, for being unusual, and for being a time of transition. Enjoy this post-Halloween month of November with a Halloween based story about a macabre loving woman finding a mysterious black cat on such a special holiday. Enjoy! 

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    On October 5th I met this sweet girl outside of my work building. She was sooo skinny and had a giant open
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    wound behind her ear, as well as a lot of hair loss. After a few days of feeding her and petting her, she was caught! I decided to foster her until
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    her wound healed and she put on some good weight. It felt a little magical, finding a black cat during
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    October, especially since my favourite holiday is Halloween. I have been doing for the cat distribution
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    system to choose me for decades but it never had until now
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    She is so sweet I feel like she was definitely someone's baby. I took her to my local shelter to check for a chip
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    and do a stray hold, as I assumed cats were treated the same way as dogs and I wanted to do everything possible to see if someone was
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    missing her. Unfortunately, my shelter doesn't work that way. They took her in as a TNR and I wasn't told
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    I would be unable to foster until after I signed all the paperwork. It turns out she was already spayed and has
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    her spay tattoo, so now she has a shaved belly and a clipped ear (which breaks my heart - I know it doesn't negatively impact the cat but her ears were sooo cute!).
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  • Luck is something that can be argued through the ages. There's something fascinating about the concept of luck. It's unpredictable, and honestly something may look like good or bad luck from the outside, but in the end you never really know. I don't know about you, but I do believe we make our own luck in a way. Of course, there are objective scenarios that we could consider unlucky or lucky, but in the end time will tell if it was lucky or not. I know that for me, I've had so many “unlucky” situations turn into something bigger. For example, I moved into an apartment on my own and I was so excited about it. A few days into moving, there was intense construction outside that made it unsafe and impossible for me to live there. I had to quickly find somewhere else to live. I signed for a new apartment, but it wasn't ready for another month. So I was staying at a friend's for a month, and I felt like the most unlucky girl in the world. Then, I move into the apartment, and one of my neighbors there ends up being my boyfriend. So you never really know if something is actually unlucky. The moment doesn't dictate everything, and the only thing we can do is trust that everything will work out in the end.  

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    She has no microchip and no one has responded to my posts about having found her yet. I took her to my vet to
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    get checked for FIV and FeLV (both negative!) and they believe she is about 3. She got some antibiotics for
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    the wound which is healing slowly but nicely.
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    She is such a clingy little love. I decided a black cat found in October needed a Halloween name so she is
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    named Lorna after the character in Over the Garden Wall, but I often call her "little love." She makes the cutest little trills and sleeps all night in bed
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    with me. She has giant murder mittens and her one white whisker melts my heart
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    I have a senior dog who is quite dis ed due to palsy. He is cat friendly but he makes the classic
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    American Bu y "screams" which many animals find annoying. She is incredibly patient with him, though, and he is patient with her when she
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    steals his treats. I can see a future where they snuggle, which is so heart melting. I had been considering getting another animal, as my dog is
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  • Throughout history, different cultures have developed their own symbols and superstitions surrounding good fortune. Four-leaf clovers are considered lucky in many Western traditions, while horseshoes have long been hung above doorways for protection and prosperity. In Japan, the maneki-neko, or beckoning cat, is believed to invite good fortune, often appearing in shops and restaurants with one little paw raised in welcome. Cats themselves have been on both sides of luck, and everyone knows that black cats are regarded as unlucky by some. But not by us! 

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    my soul dog and is quite old and I don't know how long I have left with him. I simply cannot imagine coming home to an empty house. He is also
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    very social and hasn't had a friend in the house since my breakup in March. Another dog felt a bit too overwhelming, and I had been
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    considering a kitten who might be playful and brave enough to deal with his sound effects. Lorna showing up and being so brave, patient, and
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    kind with him makes it feel like it was meant to be. She would be my first cat since my family cat passed nearly 15 years ago.
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    This weekend when my roommate's work schedule relaxes a bit I will be asking if we can keep her me luck! Wish
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    TL;DR Girl who loves Halloween finds all black cat in October and falls in love
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