The legend of the ‘demon cat’ that roams the U.S. Capitol

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Since its first rumored appearance in the 1890s, the so-called Demon Cat—said to appear before tragic events—has left a trail of terrified people in its wake. Here’s how this spooky myth got started—and why it persists today

The Demon Cat was reported to start out the size of a common tabby, similar to the cat seen in this 19th century glass negative by Washington, D.C., portrait photographer Charles Milton Bell. But some believers claimed the feline grew into a massive beast before their very eyes.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Pugs, poodles, mongrels, bull-terriers, and Newfoundlands have in turn met and been defeated by the demon cat. The waiters avoid the animal as they would a can of dynamite.Another newspaper in 1889 told theof a more supernatural cat that disappeared aboard a ship. Devastated, the cat’s owner cast himself into a stormy sea—only for the crew to later discover the cat in a compartment below deck, surrounded by empty rum bottles and “dancing in fiendish glee…wildly intoxicated.

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