58 Times People Spotted Cats In Unusual Places And Items
Do you ever get the feeling that life is all about cats? The internet’s obsessed with them. Your friends keep sending you cat memes during work. And you keep thinking about cats so much, they seem to pop up everywhere you look. Relax—you’re not alone.
People are posting photos of all the random places and items that they saw cats in and Bored Panda has collected the very best examples of feline pareidolia for you to enjoy.
Scroll down and take a look at all the cats unexpectedly showing up in people’s everyday lives. Don’t forget to upvote your fave pics and if you have any photos of cat outlines meowsteriously stalking you, post them in the comment section, dear Pandas.
#1 This Bag Looks Like A Cat
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#2 This Shadow Of The Window Frame Looks Like A Cat Is Perched Up There.
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#3 My Wife’s Hot Chocolate Was Visited By A Mysterious Cat
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In an earlier interview with Bored Panda, professor Kang Lee from the University of Toronto explained to us the science of seeing faces and familiar figures in things.
"Pareidolia illustrates the interaction between the visual cortex and the frontal cortex of the human brain. It suggests that our brain is highly sensitive and expecting to encounter and process some special classes of objects in our environment because they are biological and socially important to our adaptions to the environment," the professor detailed.
#4 This Can Of Paint Looks Like A Cat
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#5 Bubbles That Form A Little Cat Shape
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#6 The Way My Lotion Squirted Out Looks Like A Cat
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"For example, when you are walking in a dark street in the evening, your brain is on high alert to detect whether any threat will jump out at any moment. In this case, you are more likely to have face or human pareidolia because it is important for you to err on the side of caution if you mistake a tree as a human being."
He continued: "However, for some people, their frontal cortex’s expectation for certain objects (e.g., faces) become so high that they see faces in many situations where no faces exist."
According to Professor Lee, this is normal and there’s nothing wrong with people who see faces or figures where there aren’t any.
#7 This Cat Food Bag's Shadow Looks Like A Cat.
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#8 The Way The Glass From One Building Reflects Onto The Brick Into The Image Of A Cat.
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#9 The Thorax Of This Bug Looks Like A Cat With Sunglasses
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“Pareidolia is different from paranoia or delusion or abnormal vision of individuals with psychosis. In fact, a recent study shows that those people with pareidolia tend to be more creative. Also, people who are religious may be able to see religious icons in non-face objects as well."
He added that pareidolia shows how powerfully our imaginations (which comes from our frontal cortex) can affect our perception (which takes place first in the visual cortex which is located in the occipital lobe in the back of our head).
#10 This Crack On The Stairs Looks Like A Cat
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#11 The Pattern On My Dogs Chest Looks Like A Cat Mid Sneeze
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#12 This Cloud Looks Like A Cat, And A Dog.
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“What we see are not things over there in the world but actually the co-creation of what is out there physically and what is in our mind mentally through our expectations and imaginations,” he said.
However, pareidolia isn’t only a visual phenomenon. “Pareidolia is a broader phenomenon as it extends to touch and sound and other sensory channels. For example, you sometimes sense your phone vibrating when it is not, it is a tactile form of pareidolia. When you hear voices in a noisy environment, it is an auditory form of pareidolia." So technically you could feel a cat brushing up against you or hear a feline meowing, too!
#13 This Chip In My Window Looks A Bit Like A Cat
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#14 The Makeup Squirt On My Sponge Resembled A Cat This Morning.
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#15 This Grass That Looks Like A Giant Cat
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#16 This Popcorn That Looks Like A Cat
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#17 The Markings On This Fish Look Like A Cat
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#18 This Thread On My Floor That Looks Like A Cat
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#19 This Parking Spot Has A Salty Cat On It
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#20 My Banana Has A Bruise That Is A Silhouette Of A Cat.
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#21 Grumpy Cat In My Apple
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#22 It Looks Like There's A Cat In My Butter
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#23 A Face In The Clouds, Looks Like A Cat To Me.
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#24 My Candy Corn Looks Like The Silhouette Of A Cat
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#25 The Reflection Of This Watch Looks Like A Logo For Some Cat Super Hero.
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#26 The Tigers On These Socks Look Like House Cats When Turned Inside Out
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#27 This Lil Squirt Of Lotion Looks Like A Tiny Cat
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#28 Dog's Shadow Looks Exactly Like A Cat
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#29 This Car's Paint Chip Looks Like A Cat.
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#30 This Cloud Looks Like A Cat.
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#31 This Wood Post Looks Like An Anxious Cat.
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#32 My Roommate Made A Cat Out Of Foam
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#33 This Coat That Looks Like A Cat Silhouette
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#34 This Piece Of Ginger Looks Like A Cat
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#35 Water Droplets On My Window Look Like Cat Eyes.
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#36 The Discoloring On My Door Look Like Shadows Of Two Cats.
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#37 Some Egg Leaked Out Of The Mold And Made This Normal Cat Look More Like A Cheshire Cat.
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#38 This Leaf's Shadow Kinda Looks Like A Cat
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#39 This Mud Splat Looks Like A Cat
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#40 This Peeled Off Paint Area Looks Like Sitting Cat
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#41 The Space In My Bronzer Looks Like A Cat.
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#42 Cat Formed By Cracks Above My Light Switch
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#43 The Hair On My Scrunchie Looks Like A Fat Cat
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#44 Coffee Stain Cat
#45 The Shadow Of This Box Of Tissues Looks Like A Cat
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#46 Poppadom Cat Silhouette
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#47 The Tip Of My Measuring Tape Looks Like A Cat
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#48 My Aunt's Cat's Back Looks Like A Cat
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#49 The Shadows On The Ceiling At Work Look Like Cat Paws.
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#50 This Jalapeño Looks Like Cats Face
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#51 This Stain On My Brother's Carpet Looks Like An Aerial Silhouette Of A Cat Walking
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#52 The Middle Of This 4x4 Looks Kinda Like A Cat
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#53 This Tomato I Grew Looks Like A Cats Butthole.
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#54 This Tree Behind My House Looks Like A Cat Turning Back To Look At Me
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#55 Robot Water Gate Resembles A Cat
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#56 This Kitty Has A Picture Of Another Cat On Its Forehead
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#57 The Inside Of This Water Heater Flue Looks Like Cat Eyes.
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#58 My Friend Is Raising Caterpillars With Her Kids. Its Face Looks Like Diabeetus Cat
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