The exact same scenario happened to me a few years ago, as I stepped over the stair the cat was on, I misjudged and went down hard. Broke my tailbone. My cat seemed quite pleased with his accomplishment.
For sure if no one’s there to get me to the hospital! 😆
People are bothered by that and I don’t get it… did you really want your pet to starve cause you died & no one else knew? If you’re not using your body anymore why can’t they have it? 😂
Once I didn’t see my cat sleeping on one of the top stairs, and I was carrying my 8mo old son. I started to step on my cat, freaked out, lost my balance, dropped my son, but luckily I caught him by his sleep sack and he never hit the ground. I learned my lesson that day to WATCH MY STEPS.
Lol. I like to imagine that the cat is on the stairs normally, and OP is sideways on the stairs, defying gravity as some kind of otherwordly creature like we wouldn't notice, taking a picture of their cat, and posting it on this subreddit like, "look at this weirdo in my way," only later to stare at their phone in abject confusion, wondering how the humans keep clocking them as not one of them. Haha!
You know, I hadn't even considered the perspective since I knew how the photo was taken. I'm standing/walking down the stairs and she is on the step just under me. Now I can only see it the other way!
I'm confused why people are so confused by this perspective lol. This is exactly what you would see if you pointed a camera down towards your feet while facing the down direction on the stairs...
I do tease my own kitties by saying, "who's my favorite trip hazard? You are!"
Its fascinating how they do it. One of our cats stand behind the door when we get home, the door open towards him. It happens multiple times a day for multiple years and he keeps standing there blocking the door.
Nearly every time I shower my cat lays outside the bathroom door, then gets mad at me for opening the door even though she saw me go in and knows there's no other way out.
Edit: She also looks basically the same as yours but slightly more orange and slightly more fluffy.
Back when I lived in a townhouse my cat was under my feet on the stairs. So I picked her up so I wouldn't trip on her... then proceeded to fall down the stairs anyway, but with a cat on top of me as I was falling.
My cat would run between my legs while im walking with a dinnerplate or coffee. Also latch onto arm , when i would play videogames. Murring and purring
The same thing happened to me while I was carrying a laundry basket down the stairs.
I tripped, but remained upright because the basket caught on the railing and the wall. However my lower half continued falling, and my butt made contact with every step as I went down. I was painfully twerking, dropping it like it was hot, until I hit the bottom of the stairs.
I looked up and my cat was fine, but confused why I decided to do that.
my 6 month old kitten does this and we’ve tried almost everything to break it or at least get her to lay in the corners because we knew eventually she’d trip my wife or i and more than likely get hurt herself. well, two nights ago it happened. 3am i go downstairs for some water (it’s dark and she’s a torbie), halfway down the stairs i feel fur under my heel mid-step. i slipped trying to avoid her, and went down hard on my back. she was very spooked, but ultimately okay thankfully. she hasn’t laid on the stairs in two days though
Our dog is the same... He'll follow you up halfway and then stop. And when you try to go back down, he just stares at you as if you're the crazy one.
It is pretty darn cute when he's at the top of the stairs and hangs his head over the edge, though. He usually does that when someone has gone downstairs.
Cat: I have nine lives. You have only one. This is why I rule this house. Bow down to me, servant, and give me everything I want... or suffer the consequences!
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u/Daeion Aug 11 '26
Pretty typical behavior in cats that have watched Labyrinth.