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The stealing of household objects is commonly associated with many Japanese ghosts, and thus the disappearance of lamp oil when a cat was present helped to associate the cat with the supernatural. [11] The mysterious air that cats possess was associated with prostitutes who worked in Edo-period red-light districts.
Black cat peering over a wall in Washington D.C. The Demon Cat (also referred to as the D.C.) [1] [2] is a ghost cat who is purported to haunt the government buildings of Washington, D.C., which is the capital city of the United States. Its primary haunts are the city's two main landmarks: the White House and the United States Capitol.
Kaibyō (怪猫, "strange cat") [1] are supernatural cats in Japanese folklore. [2] Examples include bakeneko, a yōkai (or supernatural entity) commonly characterized as having the ability to shapeshift into human form; maneki-neko, usually depicted as a figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner; and nekomata, referring either to a type of yōkai that lives in mountain areas or ...
While some people are convinced that ghosts, spirits, poltergeists or other otherworldly apparitions are real, there are, of course, skeptics. “In my line of work, I get that all the time ...
Ghost cats have rubbed against ankles and ghost dogs have prowled the porch. Others have claimed to see spectral figures in old-style clothing, including children running around a table.
Patrick Drazen: A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition: from Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga. iUniverse, New York 2011, ISBN 1-4620-2942-6, page 114. Elli Kohen: World history and myths of cats. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press 2003, ISBN 0-7734-6778-5, page 48–51. Carl Van Vechten: The Tiger In The House.
Chinese legends often describe weretigers as the victims of either a hereditary curse or a vindictive ghost. Alternatively, the ghosts of people who had been killed by tigers could become a malevolent supernatural being known as "Chang" (伥), devoting all their energy to making sure that tigers killed more humans. Some of these ghosts were ...
However, occasional sightings of so-called “ghost cats” have been reported for decades, leading skeptics to equate them with reports of “aliens and supernatural manifestations,” JSTOR ...