Black cat superstition... do you believe in it?

Philippines
November 25, 2010 7:21pm CST
for some reason... as an avid fan of cats, i've always adore black cats. I own like 5 of them here in my home. I've started to like those black cats due to a TV series, back in the 90's: Sabrina the teenage witch. As for the black cat there, Salem Saberhagen, I really like his word plays there. And thus i started to pet black cats too. It may sound like a shallow reason, but i find those black kitties really cute and adorable. Being mysterious and sly is just part of it.
4 responses
@la_chique (1498)
26 Nov 10
Well we stopped burning accused 'witches' at the stake years ago so i dont know why people still believe about the cats. I've never had anything odd happen to me and theres loads of black cats near where i live.
• Philippines
26 Nov 10
i see. a friend of mine is quite scared with my cats. I asked her if it's because of the bad luck thinggie. she wouldn't answer. She's also a cat owner, by the way.
@dlpierce (495)
• United States
4 Apr 11
My mom use to tell a story about her uncle who had a black cat cross the road in front of him. He stopped the car and chased that cat around a field until he caught it and put the cat back on the other side of the road. I am so glad I'm not that worried if one crosses in front of me.
• United States
26 Nov 10
If you have become attached with it, then there is no problem. One time, I heard meowing and screeching sounds at 5AM in the morning. I looked out into my back yard door and found a black cat that was really scaring me. It seemed really frightening to see this cat and made me in real anguish. That whole day, I got scared and just slept most of the time. I feel that all my sadness and over sleeping was just a superstition made from seeing a cat that was dark. I hope that your experience helps me to get attached with black cats.
• South Korea
23 Jan 11
No, I don't believe in that superstition. I just feel... Well... BAD for the black cats that get tortured in the streets because of their fur color! It's not like they wanted to be born black!