Here at the Random Cat Project we know that when a cat crosses our path, it’s always lucky. Nothing enlivens a stroll like a chance encounter with a friendly feline, so we’ve been recording our random meetings with cats unknown for years now in photos and videos, and we want to add your Random Cat Encounters too. So if a furry, purry friend crosses your path, send us a video or a pic!
Rhys & Katie sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: April 2007
Cat encounter location: In a bar in Istanbul
Possible cat name: Majorie
Laurence sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: May 16th 2009
Cat encounter location: England
Possible cat name: Skip
Philippa sent some cats:
Cat encounter date: late October 2009
Location: Crete
Possible cat names: Penny (mother), Zorba and Alex
Vicki sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: January 2009
Cat encounter location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Possible cat name: Perry
Shannon sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: Nov 25th 2009
Cat encounter location: Edgewater, MD
Cat description: sweet, fluffy
Possible cat name: Neighbor Cat
Serena sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: 21/12/2009
Cat encounter location: Cathedral Close Exeter Devon
Cat description: sweet, tabby
Possible cat name: Holly
Jack sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: 10th October 2009
Cat encounter location: Taiwan, Taipei
Cat description: Not impressed
Possible cat name: Lazzy
Leila sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: 27 November
Cat encounter location: Paris, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Hanging out near Jim Morrison
Cat description: Fluffy, Handsome
Possible cat name: Fluffy Jim
Signe Marie sent a cat:
Cat encounter date: January 4th 2010
Cat encounter location: In the surburbia of Vangede, Copenhagen
Cat description: Freezing
Possible cat name: Karen O
Hello and happy New Year!
Before we post our first cat of 2010, we just wanted to thank all of you for submitting cats, commenting and liking blog posts, and in general taking an occasional peek at this blog in 2009. It’s much appreciated, and great to know that we aren’t the only people who love meeting new cats in unexpected places.
In 2009 we posted around 70 of your random cat encounters. Thank you. The three most popular countries for random cat encounters were England, the USA, and Australia, and the most frequent cat types were ginger, tabby, and black and white. As far as cat personalities go, the most popular cat personality tags were friendly, sweet and stately. (Funnily enough, all of this seems to add up to back up the evidence that ginger tabbies do seem to be rather friendly and outgoing creatures, no matter what country they live in)
We’ve received cat submissions from every continent in the world except for Central/South America. An amazon voucher prize is on its way to the first person who can submit a great cat encounter from that continent.
Of those 70 cat encounters, here were the ones that you liked the best:
In joint first place it’s the lovely random Jellicle cat from October
and Blackie the wonder-cat from November – the only cat we’ve had so far with super-powers!
and in third place it’s the enigmatic New York City kitty from December
Thanks again for all the submissions. 2010 cats on their way!
- The Random Cat Team
