Possum Aspiring To Be The Cat Sneaks Into A House In The Middle Of The Night
The story you are about to hear is not only strange but also extremely hilarious. It will make you believe in the innocence of animals, especially when they are trying to be clever.
Maura McLaughlin lives in Sherman Oaks, California, and is the founder of a nonprofit organization called Off The Wall Graffiti. She was sound asleep one night when she woke up from a very unusual feeling.
She felt something fur-like rubbing against her fingers, and that too right in the middle of the night. Scary as it sounds, she was familiar with the touch of her cats, and this was not one of them.
McLaughlin recalls, “My door was closed, and I knew my cats were not inside the room. So I was like, ‘What was that?’ And I just bolted upright and went into the living room to sleep on the couch.”
Continuing the story, she shared that she was not alone in having a mystery visitor the night before. “One of the artists who’s living in my daughter’s room came in and said, ‘I had the cutest baby possum in my bedroom this morning. I just scooped it up and put it outside and said, ‘hello.’”
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.
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.
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