35 Hilarious Times Pets Briefly Terrified Their Owners Until They Figured Out What Was Really Happening

Has your pet ever scared the heck out of you? I’m talking about turning a corner and, instead of finding your cat, you see something that looks like a demon across the room. But then, with relief, you realize, “Oh, thank god, it’s just my cat.”

If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it’s bound to happen, just like it did to these pet owners.


1. “Cat Got Into A Bowl Of Flour”

2. “I Present The Most Terrifying Image In My Camera Roll”

3. “My Cat Matt”

4. “Mentioned We Were Out Of Treats On My Way Out Of The Room. Came Back To This”

5. “Switch From Cute To Evil”

6. “A Pet Crow Holding A Knife In His Mouth”

7. “Cat Tried To Give Me A Heart Attack”

8. “I Saw This On My Way To Bed. Why Do My Cats Do This To Me”

9. “This Is Gar. Gar Likes To Aggressively Watch Me Pee”

10. “I Knew Cats Could Defy Gravity. I Didn’t Know They Could Do So In Such A Terrifying Eye-Laser-Equipped Ways”

11. “Time For A Nap. Scared Me For A Moment”

12. “Why Even Own A Hairless Cat?”

13. “Those Are All Cat Eyes”

14. “This Is When I Realized My Cat Was… Different”

15. “He’s Been Sitting Like This For 15 Minutes. It’s Starting To Scare Me”

16. “This Really Messed With My Head For A Few Minutes Before I Realized”

17. “My Dog Holding A Pinecone”

18. “There’s A Monster Under My Bed”

19. “Fork Thief”

20. “Mom Turned Her iPhone Light On To See To Go To The Bathroom, And I Took The Opportunity To Freak Her Out When She Came Back. Boo”

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22. “My Roommate’s Cat Was Being Cute In The Middle Of The Night So I Took A Picture With Flash And Saw This”

23. “My Cats Are Haunted”

24. “Cat Looks Like He’s Researching How To Commit Homicide”

25. “Last Thing You See If You Forgot To Fill The Food Bowl”

26. “My Friend’s Cat, Winston. Either He’s Seeing Beyond The Veil, Or He Just Found Your Late-Night Internet Search History”

27. “Stanley The Dog”

28. “A Sleeping Cat”

29. “This Little Jerk Scared The Hell Out Of Me”

30. “Rictus Grin”

31. “My Dog Holds This Look For About 5 Minutes If You Don’t Rub His Belly”

32. “She Stayed Like This For Solid 10 Minutes Just Staring At Me”

33. “How To Stop My Keyboard From Lighting Up When My Cat Steps On It At Night?How To Stop My Keyboard From Lighting Up When My Cat Steps On It At Night?”

34. “My Cat Suddenly Looked At The Security Camera”

35. “Blue Likes To Hide Under The Couch And Pop Out To Scare Me”

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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.