If Your Cat Ever Stares At An Empty Corner… DON'T LOOK WHERE IT'S LOOKING

Recovered civil defense tape, recorded in 1962. Tape 09: your cat. You know the look. The tail goes still, the ears point forward, the pupils go black, and your cat stares at an empty corner of the room. There are seven rules on this tape. You have already broken the first one. Rule seven is about the night your cat sits at the end of your bed and stares just past you. This is a fictional story. The facts inside it are real; sources are below. Chapters: 0:00 If your cat stares at an empty corner 0:15 Civil defense recording 0:19 The look 0:42 Every home has one 1:01 Rule 1: Do not look where it is looking 1:12 Cats can see ultraviolet 1:30 Watch your cat's eyes 1:46 Rule 2: Do not call its name 2:09 Rule 3: Leave the light on 2:16 A mirror behind the eyes 2:44 Rule 4: Watch the tail 3:03 Ancient Egypt: staff, not pets 3:25 Rule 5: Stay where you are 3:36 32 muscles in each ear 3:51 The sound from the corner 4:17 Rule 6: Let it sit next to you 4:25 Oscar, 2007 4:58 Rule 7: Do not turn around 5:23 Why cats sleep 16 hours a day Sources: 2014: cat and dog eyes let ultraviolet light through to the retina; the human lens blocks it (Douglas & Jeffery, Proceedings of the Royal Society B): https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint... 2019: cats tell their own names apart from other words, even when a stranger says them (Saito et al., Scientific Reports): https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/pr... Night vision: cats can see in light about six times dimmer than humans need; hearing reaches about three times higher than ours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_senses The tapetum lucidum, the mirror layer behind a cat's retina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum... Cats in ancient Egypt, mummification, and the punishment for killing a cat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in... 1888: the Beni Hasan cat cemetery, about nineteen tons of mummified cats shipped to England and sold as fertilizer: https://www.citedrive.com/en/discover... Each cat ear is moved by 32 muscles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat 2007: Oscar, the nursing home cat described by Dr. David Dosa in the New England Journal of Medicine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(...) Cats sleep about 12–16 hours a day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat Sound effects: CC0 (Freesound). Music: original. #analoghorror #horrorrules #cats