Are You Scared of Cats?

Join, if you dare, as Ryan reads the internet's scariest imagined stories to his pal Shane.

CONTENT WARNING: This video contains content that some might find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

Possible triggers: mentions of emotional/physical distress, blood, murder of a minor

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[HeyMishkaTV]

Ryan theorizing about murderous big cats and Shane reminding him about lions was the best part of my day.

[Ctrl_alt_em]

She's given a cat that has a completely different personality from her own cat and she never considers that it might be a straight up different cat?

[Cynthiaaagghh]

Shane: one minute defending cats against Ryan's insults, the next advocating for executing a cat by electric chair

[larasatioetomo]

The fact that Ryan misunderstood basically everything about a cat made me respect Shane for being patient enough with it

[classicplastic]

Every episode watching Ryan and Shane try to find a way around saying ‘this was a bad story/bad ending’ gets funnier and funnier

[Pascll]

this is definitely one of those horror stories where the protagonist is an absolute idiot. like, you notice that your cat is being followed by a swarm of flies, and you don't do anything about it??? (I mean, if your cat is acting weirdly you should do something about it anyway) you're being chased by a monster and run into the woods??? why would you do that, that's the worst place you could go, nobody can help you in the woods!!!

[mugleriseddoll]

Unless they’re sick, cats don’t smell bad like at all. That cat lady smell you’re referring to is cat piss my friend

[dhyxcks]

this is one of those stories thats just annoying because so much of it could have been avoided. like from the very first sign she could have just taken the cat to the vet, or checked if it was actually elsie. especially when the flies started showing up, that's definitely a sign that something was up

[neo.aenergy]

As a cat owner, I would never immediately assume my cat was responsible for a boy's death just because it had previously killed a rabbit. That's clown behavior.

[ONKVP]

I love that Shane took this episode as an opportunity to educate everyone on how cats work

[AlecArmbruster]

Let’s pretend you have an outdoor cat. Regardless of what you’re told, how could you sit in your house with your cat’s face covered with blood for a full week and not immediately bring it to the vet?

[jessicacreed]

For the record if a "crazy cat lady" smells bad it's probably because they're often actually animal hoarders, who typically have too many pets to keep up with their care.. like cleaning litter boxes. Cats really shouldn't smell, but cat urine can be pretty bad.

[TheLadyLiddell]

If I was her I would have taken the cat to the vet after the guy brought her home. Especially if her personality changed so drastically. The fact that she didn't think of that right away surprises me. This lady is a terrible cat owner.

[Lil_Warrior_Princess]

What's hilarious is that cats are nature's perfectly designed killing machines, such as the muffled padded paws, pinpoint hearing, night vision, and retractable claws, but they're 8 pounds and look like bread loaves when they're laying down.

[neorbit]

the writer of this story has either never owned a cat before or has a personal vendetta against them. or both lol

[hecknfrick]

The cat owner in the story is awful lol, if I was in this situation I'd be immediately scheduling vet appointments for my cat. Behavioral changes are a sign of something being wrong physically

[mvlligrvbs]

The only thing disturbing about this video is how the poor cat was treated

[angiegibson]

You can DEFINITELY smell dogs in a house even if they’re clean freaks. Animals just have a smell you can’t avoid

[carelessdreamer]

Alternate ending:

After a week of seeing Elsie deteriorate, I couldn’t stand it. She had been so sweet before, and I couldn’t fathom why a single rabbit incident changed that. I decided to do something, but I didn’t dare try to get Elsie into a crate for the vet. That’d end in disaster.

A few days later, around noon, I heard a knock at my door. I anxiously opened the door, half expecting the man with rabbits to be there. I don’t know how Elsie might have escaped, but I had lost track of where she was at any time. Instead, there was a man with a guitar case dressed like a cool youth pastor.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Jackson Galaxy. I heard you were having a problem with your cat, Elsie, right?”

[JackHallowLantern]

Usually I can stand when the stories suck, but this one was so disappointing I can't even laugh about it.