I'm a cat-lover myself, and find your story quite amusing. No cats now, though.:)

It's a great capture Chip. And the story is endearing to read for one who has 3 pets. Dogs in my case. I love the affection/possession analysis and door shredder. That cracks me up. I have one who tends to be a bit destruction when she cannot have my utter undivided attention. Still there is so much love. Couldn't live without them. Happy weekend to you too.

Aha! Cute beams! I knew it! I have photographic evidence of Polly's "I'm just a sweet little cat" beams (they're blue), and Nik's "I'm Godzilla--you must run!" beams (greenish-orange). Cats are definitely from another galaxy, I'm sure of it!

Magnificent photo, your timing is just as wonderful as the cat's timing. I love how hi head seems to be almost floating in a disembodied kind of way. I've always thought that cats don't just have your "Cute Beam" defense, but also a kind of "perhaps slightly supernatural" field that is similar to Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field" that can make you convinced that the queen of Sheba is about to manifest or something. Excellent mood and wonderful accompanying story.

LOL! A red eyed devil! Our furry friends have a special reflective layer in the back of the eye termed the tapetum, which enhances nocturnal vision. Light passes through the animal's retina from outside of the eye and is then reflected back through the retina a second time from the reflective tapetal layer beneath the retina. This double stimulation of the retina helps these species to see better than humans do in dim light situations. The color of this tapetal layer varies to some extent with an animal's coat color. A black Labrador retriever, for example, will usually have a green tapetal reflection. A buff Cocker spaniel will generally show a yellow tapetal reflection. Most young puppies and kittens have a blue tapetal reflection until the structures in the back of the eye fully mature at six to eight months of age. "Color dilute" dogs and cats, such as red Siberian huskies and blue point Siamese cats, may have no tapetal pigment, and may therefore exhibit a red reflex just like human beings. I've always been fascinated by 'Red-Eye'! It happens when the subject look straight into the camera. If the flash is on the same axis as the visual axis of the camera, the reflection of the light off the blood vessels in the person's retina will give this eerie, satanic "red eye" look. People with light-colored eyes apparently exhibit the worst red eye effect; those individuals with dark-colored eyes may have enough pigment in the back of their eyes to mask this so-called red reflex.

love the eyes glowing like this. cool shot

Apparently this is a trans-dimensional cat. Do you see how its head and shoulders are on this side of a SOLID BRICK WALL??? Where is the rest of the cat? On the other side of the brick wall. If you could see inside the room, all you would see would be the hind legs and tail. The tail would be flicking madly. In this case, I think the "cute beams" are to distract you from the fact that the cat can walk through walls. I only noticed it because I'm working on the prequel to that story which happens to contain trans-dimensional cats.

Chip...I just plain like this haunting cat! Well done with a great, creative and intuitive analysis. :)

Awesome capture! The flaming red eyes looks demon like.

Definitely some oriental in this fine tabby. Oriental retinas flash red, other breeds tend to the green or yellow-green. I'll wager his daddy was some strutting siamese. You are right about those "cute beams". Though here in Canada we call them "cute lasers" complete with gestured air quotes ala Doctor Evil (Mike Meyers is one of us). How else can you explain how they took over the world and enslaved our race to care for their every need. Now they make the big decisions about war and stuff. Thus they can now rid the world of a greater evil.... mice - and the squirrels. And I have not only been head butted (in my sleep) by my cat, she definitely considers me her property judging by all the kitty slobber she's rubbed on me. There is a peculiar other-world like quality about cats under these circumstances. Like they may be truly living gods beneath that cutie, fluffy exterior.

Well, I had to really stop and study this photo a bit to convince myself that this kitty - aside from having high-beams - did not posess some bizarre ability to transmute matter, and slip through solid brick walls. I finally figured out that he's sitting in a window, but it's a delightful shot! I'll bet this kitty had a big spot in his eyes for a few minutes!

Wonderful eyes! Love it!

Tara and Rod have it right about the wall! Scary indeed! Great read and a spooky catch. Look out for a very cute cat email I am about to send you.

Awesome capture and info- thanks for sharing! :-)

i'm a cat lover too ,great shot and very cool eyes !! like your intuitive analysis from Cats...most is true i think :)

Who has builded a cat into a wall alive and only left a hole for his head. How horrible :-) Well, so it looks to me. Maybe its a vampyre cat. Whatever, it is a mighty exciting and funny shot. :)))

Well captured, she does look like she is coming out of the wall :o)!!!

Bad kitty, very bad kitty--and scary too! LOL--sooo cute though in spite of the eerieness--and u r right--cats do shoot cute beams...lol

What a shot Chip. That's some wild kitty! Great capture!

Seems you've captured not only a charming and mystifying shot of your screen door shredding cat, but also the considerable imaginations of many here. My personal take is this is a gargoyle who has taken the form of a cat to hide it's true nature, but the eyes and blending into the brick wall kind of give it away.

Meowwwww!!!! If I were to walk here and see this cat and his shining eyes, I would turn around and run away as fast as I could, not even sticking around to see how cute he really is!!

excellent, great pic with adorable cat transform to apocalyptic beast :)

I your expression "cute beams". We always used to have cats around and my brother made up words specific to cats. Great capture.

Something different and a stunning capture my friend. Looks like those shining laser eyes is going to cut right through everyone my friend. God Bless.

You totally caught the cute beams!

Wonderful!!

GORGEOUS IMAGE !!!

Wow...genial....A true hit the cat's eyes. I really like

I was also confused by the stonework. I thought your cat was part giraffe. Super shot Chip and watch out for those eyes. Fantastic narrative too. Dana

I have been zapped by those rays many times! I'm glad to see incontrovertible proof of their existence! It's funny about the head-butting thing. I had a cat named Neo, also a ginger cat, who was not one to overtly show his affection. He didn't come up for rubs or get in my lap overly much. But when I sat at the computer, he would come up and head-butt my legs repeatedly. Of course, since he was a great one for jumping in any seat as soon as it was vacated, he may have just loved my chair. My sweetheart Tella head-butts me all the time, even (or maybe especially) if she has to step around or on top of a book to do it. She has amazingly potent cute beams. Excellent image and great narrative! Wonderful capture of the glowing eyes. Even from across the room where the rest of the Red Tabby is fading into the brickwork, those eyes shine out like headlights. I love the depth of the image and that triangular head among all the vertical lines of the walls, window frames, and railings. Very enjoyable read!