Possum Aspiring To Be The Cat Sneaks Into A House In The Middle Of The Night
A quiet night in Sherman Oaks turned into something far stranger than a typical pet story when Maura McLaughlin woke up to a fuzzy surprise in her room. The founder of Off The Wall Graffiti expected to find one of her cats nearby, but the touch she felt did not belong to any of them.
What followed was a late-night mystery involving a possum, a house full of cats, and at least one guest who seemed perfectly comfortable making himself at home. McLaughlin and the people staying in her house each had their own run-in with the little intruder, and nobody could quite figure out how he kept getting inside.
By the end, the possum was acting less like a wild visitor and more like part of the household. Read on.
What bewildered McLaughlin was that she could not find the source or entryway the possum might have used to get inside the house.
She took a quick tour of the house but was unable to find anything. Days passed, and she forgot about the incident until a few months later.
She was sitting in her living room when she heard a noise. “I heard this new sound, and I was like, ‘That is not my cats, that’s not a raccoon, what is slurping at the water bowl?’” McLaughlin said.
Determined to catch the culprit this time, McLaughlin tiptoed toward the sound, and there it was—the possum casually munching on her cat's food.
McLaughlin tried to shoo him out of the house, but he did not seem to budge.
Finally, McLaughlin gave in and thought to herself that if the possum wanted to live here, it could, just like the rest of her cats.
“What I ended up doing was giving up and accepting the fact that they are here, they were born here under my house,” McLaughlin shared. “These are just little community members.”
Well, the possum has formed a routine and follows the rules of the house as well. He does not forget to use the cats' litter box when he comes into the house to munch on their food.
The cats seem okay with all of this, they do not seem to mind his presence as they barely notice him.
It’s a similar kind of rescue to the mother dog who lost her puppies and adopted a baby possum as her own.
From his actions and activities, it appears that the possum aspires to be a part of the cat group.
Keeping his aspirations high, he visits at night to eat the cats' food, use their litter box, and drink their water as well. McLaughlin has developed an affection for this possum.
She actually gets worried if he does not visit. He has become a part of their family.
For another midnight twist, see how the “indescribably affectionate lap cat” possum became her whole world in this story.
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