# witches and cats

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223 "2007-08-20T06:03:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![curious87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@curious87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious87)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223/1 "2007-08-20T06:03:23Z")

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why is it that we always see a black cat creeping around a witch? Where did all this originate from, and why? 😕

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223/2 "2007-08-20T06:10:14Z")

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Ask [This guy](http://media3.guzer.com/pictures/mean_cat_monitor.jpg).

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223/3 "2007-08-20T06:27:14Z")

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This should answer most of your question, [_familiar spirits_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit).

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![curious87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@curious87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious87)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witches-and-cats/416223/4 "2007-08-20T21:49:21Z")

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[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds]  
This should answer most of your question, [_familiar spirits_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit).

CMC fnord!  
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Thanx for the reply, that does help and make a lot of sense. However, it seems kind of incomplete. is it just me or does anyone else feel a strange presence with cats? i can always feel my cat walking around the house and even when i am driving around cats seem to have a special kind of awareness. its like there is something more to them… 😕