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January 10, 2006
Cy, The Cyclops Kitten
(Jimmy Akin)
This is a picture of Cy, short for "cyclops."
He's a kitten that, as you can see, was born with only one eye.
He's also really cute--in a slightly disturbing way.
What's amazing to me is how good he looks despite his deformity. I mean, cyclops beasts don't usually look that good in movies, much less in real life.
Unfortunately, Cy, as cute as he was, did not stay with us long. He lived only one day from his birth.
But his image touched millions via the Internet after Drudge picked up the story.
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He also has no nose, which makes me think that probably played into his death (kinda hard to nurse and breath through your mouth at the same time), but I've not seen a real explanation for his death.
Poor guy ... would have been awesome if he could have survived.
I wonder what his skull looks like.
Posted by: AnotherCoward | Jan 10, 2006 5:32:57 AM
At first I thought this might be a Photoshop trick.
Guess not.
It reminds me of high school, when I went with a group to visit a University Medical Sciences lab for Career Day.
I will say no more.
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 10, 2006 5:39:14 AM
It's difficult to tell from the picture, but his eye looks like it's missing the pupil as well. All that is visible is the iris. Poor thing was probably blind as well.
Posted by: Barbara | Jan 10, 2006 7:39:07 AM
Boy, I hope there isn't something in the water. I travel to the Bend/Redmond, Oregon area all the time (beautiful part of the state) for business and recreation.
Posted by: Arieh O. | Jan 10, 2006 7:50:36 AM
Another oddity: Cy's eye is open. Kittens' eyes don't open until 9-11 days.
Posted by: Steven D. Greydanus | Jan 10, 2006 9:34:05 AM
Maybe "really cute" is in the eye (npi) of the beholder, but I thought it was gross. I felt sorry for it, but I could have done without it.
Posted by: Ed Peters | Jan 10, 2006 11:59:05 AM
why is his eye even open if he is only one day old??? this has to be a hoax!
Posted by: rebecca | Jan 13, 2006 1:15:17 AM
It looks like Cy doesn't have eyelids. That could explain the eye being open.
Posted by: Alison | Jan 13, 2006 3:28:28 AM
I saw this little guy and it broke my heart. I indeed do think he was addorable, and only wish he had lived long enough to have a nice home with a loving family. Hell, I would have taken him myself in a fraction of a second. Cute lil' sh*t!
Posted by: Ralph | Jan 13, 2006 4:06:27 AM
Raised kittens for years. Their eyes are fused at birth. I don't believe this one.
Posted by: Dawn | Jan 13, 2006 4:10:57 AM
I dowloaded the image and magnified it.
I don't think it is a hoax.
There is a slight disruption or deformity of the lower eyelid (on the midline) that corresponds to a bare patch on the nose, just under the lid.
It reminds me of the kind of thing you see with a cleft lip or palette, which is what you might expect.
The deformity is even reflected in the surface of the eye.
It would take a pretty savvy hoaxer to even think of it.
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 13, 2006 5:22:53 AM
Being a medical professional I would like to offer my opinion. You can see, although the pic is an odd angle, that there is no iris and it looks like all veins which would indicate congenital glaucoma and hence explain why the eye is protruded and appearing to have no lids. Hoax? Maybe, but I dont think so.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Jan 13, 2006 5:26:06 AM
This is a photoshop trick. Kittens don't open thier eyes on the first day they are born. It takes a week or so.
Posted by: A.Rabun | Jan 13, 2006 6:04:41 AM
I fell in love w/Cy, as I do with all animals-Wish he would have been able to survice. Glad he was loved soo much for the day he was with his owners. Shame to all of you who are mean, God loves us all & who are we to judge.
Posted by: Chrissy | Jan 13, 2006 6:37:41 AM
I fell in love w/Cy, as I do with all animals-Wish he would have been able to survive. Glad he was loved soo much for the day he was with his owners. Shame to all of you who are mean, God loves us all & who are we to judge.
Posted by: Chrissy | Jan 13, 2006 6:38:44 AM
"This is a photoshop trick..."
I don't think so.
I could be wrong, of course, but I have done a good deal of photo retouching professionally (in Photoshop) and I don't see any of the tell-tale signs of retouching in this photo.
Spotting retouched photos in ads and magazines, etc., is kind of a hobby.
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 13, 2006 6:57:30 AM
Reading people's reactions to something that strays from the "norm" just reinforces my cynisism towards the world and reminds me of the emptiness and cruelty of people. Like Chrissy says, God loves us all and all living things have a purpose. Cy's purpose seems to have been to bring out the warmth and loving instincts in some but sadly expose the coldheartedness of most others.
Posted by: Josie | Jan 13, 2006 7:06:02 AM
I heard about Cy and had to come see for myself. As for being a photo shop trick, I dont think so. You can see that the whole eye are is deformed and there appears to be no eyelid. If this is a hoax shame on whomever is responsible. This just shows that everything in nature does not look the same.
Posted by: Sam B. | Jan 13, 2006 7:14:02 AM
poor thing, such a cruel world we live in. the little guy didn't deserve it at all.
i don't know if it's real or not, but if it's fake, than shame on you on trying to fool everyone with the pain it has in its eyes.
not funny.
Posted by: mindy | Jan 13, 2006 7:16:18 AM
I only hope that Cy didn't suffer. Were there other pictures taken?
Posted by: Tricia Harvey | Jan 13, 2006 7:17:03 AM
Josie-
I'm sorry, I'm not finding the cold-heartedness and cruelty in these comments that you are.
Did I miss something??
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 13, 2006 7:20:29 AM
Hey, I didn't think kittens opened their eyes right away, I thought it took a few days for them to open their eyes!!
Posted by: Maggie | Jan 13, 2006 7:52:49 AM
Many viewers were tempted to write off the above-displayed photograph, distributed by the Associated Press (AP) on 9 January 2006, as a fabrication because it seemed so far outside their realm of experience. However, the congenital abnormality exhibited by this kitten, although not common, has been observed and documented before in a variety of species. Additionally, the AP took significant steps to verify that the photographs of Cyclopes provided by Traci Allen were genuine:
"AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera. On the card were a number of pictures — including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten. The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.
Fabricating those images in sequence and in the camera's original picture format, from the varying perspectives, would have been virtually impossible, Stathis said."
Cyclopia (or synophthalmia) is a birth defect in which a normally two-eyed animal is born with only a single fused eye, generally disproportionately large and centered on the face above the area where the nose would usually appear. Typically in cyclopic births the nose is either absent or present as an appendage located above the single eye. (Eyelids are also generally absent in such births, which explains why the eye of the one-day-old kitten pictured above is open even though cats are usually born with their eyes shut and remain in that condition for the first week or two of their lives.)
Taken from: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp
Posted by: Shawn | Jan 13, 2006 7:58:12 AM
no nose most likely was the fate
prolly couldn't feed for very long without losing breath. prolly the runt of the litter.
i'm sure it would of seen perfectly fine through
that one eye witch looks like the two eyes
merged during the lifecycle to form this one huge eye. it resembles the cyclops in my movies..lol
hidious yet not.
it's too bad it didn't make it.
a full gorwn cyclops cat would look trippy.
maybe even scary to most.
we always fear what we dont understand
and have never seen before.
something to this nature.
i'm sure it had a problem breathing
and couldn't feed proper.
perhaps was not meant to be
but was born non the less.
maybe evolution is changing again.
almost looks like the eye of a monkey.
it's huge!
R.I.P. "CY"
Posted by: Sinbad | Jan 13, 2006 8:01:22 AM
ah kittens don't have open eyes until a lot later, like 2-4 weeks later. And like someone else said the kitten's eyes aren't clean more milky looking. So to say this is a real picture fine I have seen some deformed kittens (really horrid) but the eye open is fake.
Posted by: Kimmysue | Jan 13, 2006 8:41:11 AM
the good lord above gives cats 9 lives and cy will be back.
Posted by: reracer | Jan 13, 2006 8:42:03 AM
Posted by an adolescent who obviously understands "Ugly".
Posted by: bill912 | Jan 13, 2006 8:50:05 AM
I think he is adorable, a shame he didn't live past his first day. it doesn't matter to me if you people say its a fake pic. I believe its real. Just cause u people think its impossible for this kitten pic not to be real, doesn't mean it isn't. Nothing is ever impossible when it comes to nature.
Posted by: Stacey | Jan 13, 2006 8:50:22 AM
"Nothing is ever impossible when it comes to nature."
"Nothing shall be impossible with God." Luke 1:37
You seem to be confusing nature with God.
Posted by: bill912 | Jan 13, 2006 8:55:43 AM
Hey, Gigantic Idiot-
If you want to participate in the discussion on a Christian blog, and have people answer your questions, drop the offensive nickname.
In other words, come back when you grow up.
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 13, 2006 9:11:56 AM
I am reading all of these posting saying that kittens can't open their eyes right after they are born. Hummm let's think about this MOST KITTENS HAVE TWO EYES!!!! THIS IS NOT A NORMAL KITTEN!!!!!!
Posted by: ann | Jan 13, 2006 9:14:54 AM
That's a pretty big eye, is it two eyes combined into one?
Posted by: Kelly | Jan 13, 2006 9:15:07 AM
I am reading all of these posting saying that kittens can't open their eyes right after they are born. Hummm let's think about this MOST KITTENS HAVE TWO EYES!!!! THIS IS NOT A NORMAL KITTEN!!!!!!
Posted by: ann | Jan 13, 2006 9:16:01 AM
I teach embryology and assure that Cy is a real possibility. The condition also occurs in humans but is very rare. It could be a hoax but it is based on very real stuff if it is.
Posted by: mike | Jan 13, 2006 9:29:34 AM
I don't think is a hoax, but for some strange reason god wanted us to see him for a reason. Everything comes in all different shapes and sizes with some deformation but this little precious was here for us to see anything is possible.
Posted by: Bebee | Jan 13, 2006 10:31:52 AM
Is it possible with whatever system Jimmy is blogging with for him to trash the offensive post above? We all know the one I'm talking about.
Posted by: DJ | Jan 13, 2006 10:39:49 AM
Tim, I was going to answer that I was referring to comments I had heard from all over, not just on this site, but having come back and read some more, I see that it didn't take long for the ugliness in people to come out.
Posted by: Josie | Jan 13, 2006 10:43:29 AM
Josie, other than Gigantic Idiot, who are you talking about?
Posted by: bill912 | Jan 13, 2006 10:49:32 AM
We're supposed to be discussing that poor little kitten and yet Tim and Bill have decided its more important to single me out, mighty Christian of you and thank you for making me feel so welcome.
Posted by: Josie | Jan 13, 2006 10:57:05 AM
Huh??!
Posted by: Tim J. | Jan 13, 2006 11:01:34 AM
Yes, Josie, we asked you questions so we could understand what you meant.
Posted by: bill912 | Jan 13, 2006 11:07:11 AM
It would have been cool if the little guy could have pulled through. Anyone who calls this a fake needs to get a reality check. There are people above saying kittens don't open their eyes till 9-11 days. This is not a normal cat. Be glad u got pictures while he was alive.
R.I.P "CY"
Posted by: Clayton | Jan 13, 2006 11:40:29 AM
Wheather it was real or not. As a owner of 2 cats, I think it is very sweet. Further more for all the nasties in the world..GET A LIFE! Who are we to judge anybody...for the moron who said get Cy off the internet...it's a surprise to me that you even have a brain...it's people like you who make this world troubling...your prbably actually sitting in a box right now downloading uneducated websites that make you the person you are..for all the believers such as myself...thats the difference between good people and the rest of the dumbass' in the world!
Posted by: Cat | Jan 13, 2006 11:56:48 AM
As a mother of a special needs kitten, I think that Cy is very precious and I would have loved to have cared for him, had he survived. There are many unrecognized angels in this world and I believe that Cy is one of them. As for all of you who made negative comments.... I pity you. I imagine that you are the type who also makes fun of people with physical and mental deformities. I hope that Karma comes around and serves you. I hope that one day you too will have to live just as the things you mock. God Bless Cy. We will see you on your next round of life.
Posted by: Whispers | Jan 13, 2006 12:18:40 PM
Are all of you serious? How much longer are you going to argue over your disagreements with eachother. Why do you care what other people say, post your remark (what you believe) and ignore others.
Posted by: Paul | Jan 13, 2006 12:37:44 PM
This is the most bizarre thing I've even seen. That one eye is so huge that it's scary looking. Poor little guy didn't have to change to grow up and scare the crap out of people while wandering the streets at night.
Posted by: Arcellie | Jan 13, 2006 12:41:23 PM
kittens are born with their eyes shut or eye in this photoshop case!!!!!!
Posted by: nutjob | Jan 13, 2006 12:45:34 PM
I'm pretty convinced because I witnessed a birth of another kitten just like it!
Posted by: | Jan 13, 2006 12:46:47 PM
My goodness I've never seen anything like it! It's the greatest evolution discovery of all time, besides foodstamps!
Posted by: Lyndon B. Johnson | Jan 13, 2006 12:48:23 PM
Poor Cy! He is cute..and its sad that he only lived a day. For those who are questioning his eyey being opened...cyclops dont have eyelids, and their one big eye is the place their nose would normally have been, hence the reason why he has no nose. I think if he lived though, he would have been suffering, and would have lived a painfull life.
Rest in Peace little Cy!
Posted by: cat_me96 | Jan 13, 2006 1:01:39 PM
If the steps have been taken to prove this is true why think otherwise? People these days are so narrow minded and want to believe the things that are not in the norm. are false. Yes, kittens don't normally open their eyes until days after birth, however, obviously, this is not a normal kitten so the normal laws would not apply. So if a child is born deformed and not normal are you skeptics going to think it was a "photoshop" stunt, or just the way nature made this being. Give me a break, and believe the unbelieveable!! This is truly a case for Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Posted by: Kelly | Jan 13, 2006 1:05:36 PM
i think it's kind of cool in an odd way. he'd be great in a movie.
Posted by: Kristynnnn | Jan 13, 2006 1:09:39 PM
Strange, but beautiful. I really wish he could've lived. Would've definitely been a cool cat to have.
Posted by: Damien | Jan 13, 2006 1:14:31 PM
God bless this little baby!
He's in heaven now having a hay day chasing all the mice he can and sleeping with angels.
Posted by: Blue Storm | Jan 13, 2006 1:27:48 PM
OMG! I love him! I SOOOOOOOOO wish he would have lived... poo thing though... no nose? Well anyways I think he is adorable.
Posted by: Paige M | Jan 13, 2006 1:33:03 PM
my first thought was, "o my" and probably a lot of peoples first thought was the same. god bless that little tyke and we'll see you on the other cy.
Posted by: ct | Jan 13, 2006 1:48:41 PM
I wonder what is in the ground where cy was born?.... just a random birth defect??? or is it an indicator.... a canary in a coal mine... another example of what happens as we treat the earth as nothing more than waste basket, as we take, take, take, and give back nothing but our waste and pollution.
Get used to ol Cy. Eye also have to marvel how many people are so affectionate to this cat.... while we lay waste to the bread basket of the planet... babylon, the birthplace of the human species... the garden of eden, the isthimus of the Tigris and Euphreates... Iraq. Cy is sad, but our use of depleated uranium in Iraq is beyond treason... beyond reprehensible.
Depleated Uranium has a half life of 4.6 Million years... it is already making Cy-like babies, both human and animal, and will long after America is nothing but a page in Earth's history.
Thats something to feel sorry about... priorities please!
Posted by: colbydog | Jan 13, 2006 2:03:32 PM
This little cutie sure pulled on the heart strings. He's adorable and touched all those who saw his picture.
He'll be resting in God's hands now.
Posted by: Audrey | Jan 13, 2006 2:06:52 PM
To the above poster,
Catholics (and Christians worldwide) would disagree with your statement that God is not tangible.
Quite apart from all else that could be mentioned, I'll just say one word:
'Eucharist'
God Bless.
p.s. That one word may not mean a whole lot to you. But to Catholics, it's the Real Presence of the Lord.
Posted by: ukok | Jan 13, 2006 2:35:47 PM
I wouldn't mind the little guy as a pet, because embracing the abnormal is what I do best. If he had a working nose I think he might have survived. Sucks not being able to blink though
Posted by: Matthew | Jan 13, 2006 2:54:54 PM
Sorry, but this is a hoax, as if it lived only one day, the "eye" would not have even been close to being open.
Try again, dude.
^..^
Posted by: Catiea | Jan 13, 2006 3:09:21 PM
Sorry, but this is a hoax, as if it lived only one day, the "eye" would not have even been close to being open.
Try again, dude.
(No disrespectet intended)
^..^
Posted by: Catiea | Jan 13, 2006 3:14:24 PM
To Catiea.... have you not read the many many other statments about why the eye would be opened earlier?? It may help to read posted info. before making a comment. Those posted comments make much more sense then just assuming b/c it is a kitten it must not open its eye(s) right away. Hello, obviously this is not a normal kitten!
And to colbydog... if you hate this planet and what we as humans are doing to it then do something about it or remove yourself, but remember you are a human species too so stop complaining about your species. Also, this comment page is about Cy, not the depleating uranium.
I believe Cy was alive, until someone proves otherwise, why dobut. Poor thing to have so many people say some of the things they are saying about it.
Posted by: Kelly | Jan 13, 2006 3:23:57 PM
Colbydog - I must say that you are pretty brazen to make such a bold statement without knowing the background of the others on this board. I for one am very concerned about the earth. I recycle everything and have many concerns with polution. I just happen to also care about Cy. Your post is completely irrelevant to this topic.
As for everyone who does not believe Cy is real...ever read CNN about the 2 headed snake? This does not seem possible, and yet it is. The snake is alive and well.
Posted by: Whispers | Jan 13, 2006 3:38:21 PM
Ok, All I have to say after reading all of your posts is as follows. If such a rarity was to exist and indeed be found as not a hoax, don't you think this would be something the media would jump all over? Yet, other than this and its link we have heard of nothing...It just seems that in a society that jumps all over so many other things that usually are found to be false one that was real and such an oddity would be all over the news.
Posted by: Truth_Finder | Jan 13, 2006 3:42:18 PM
Please get your cats spayed and neutered. There are millions of kittens dying for homes in shelters across the country. Thousands of cats must be euthanized every day because there are not enough homes.
Posted by: Ann | Jan 13, 2006 3:43:31 PM
Why are his ears on the side of his head and not on the top? Do newborns look like this?
Posted by: Tammy | Jan 13, 2006 4:56:22 PM
It look's like a genuine case of in-breeding. I have seen kittens fused at the legs, and multiple organs exposed...Please spay or nuter your cats! Don't mate with your direct family either, a worse case may result.
Bob Barker
Posted by: Bob Barker | Jan 13, 2006 5:21:23 PM
Just remember, we arose from the slime, over billions of years, due to countless genetic mistakes such as this. The "good" mistakes survived, the "bad" didn't.
Posted by: Steve | Jan 13, 2006 5:27:42 PM
DUDE!!! This cat is freakin awsome...real or not. If this is a true coincidence, rock on Cy! It really is a shame you didn't get to amaze people once more when you grew up, but I'm sure you're waiting in Limbo for the Holy day when all the worthy will be accepted into the Lord's Kingdom. Then again, who the heck am I to make this statement. Anyways, if this is a hoax, once again as you've been told, shame on you....good photoshopping......but disgraceful. Then again...
..................The world is full of mysteries.
Posted by: another worthless comment | Jan 13, 2006 5:29:31 PM
i'm back. and ive done some srious research to find out why Cy was the way he was. His eye only has a visible cornea, there fore he was blind. the little guy may have not had eyelids either. I have seen many cases of blind cattle that only had a cornea. Cy may have had a rare condition called holoprosencephaly.
Oh and colbydog is a dumbass
Posted by: Clayton | Jan 13, 2006 5:31:51 PM
It's funny how some people think that this is "absolutely" a fake. Haven't you guys seen a two headed turtle or snake before? Or how about a human with a defect? Or do you think that everything is perfect and these things don't happen?
Posted by: Karen | Jan 13, 2006 5:32:54 PM
True or not.....does it really matter? Let the picture do in you what is necessary. Think your thoughts and listen to your heart. It is all that is needful.
Oh, and do not tear one another apart for being thinking, believing, or non-believing people.
Posted by: Liza | Jan 13, 2006 5:36:50 PM
ROFL.. from a one-eyed kitten to the Eucharist..
Surely this is a new commenting record.
:-)
Cy lived. He lived all his/her life in one day, that's all. He/she was loved and received TLC the whole while.. not such a bad life.
May God bless all here.
Posted by: Ginger | Jan 13, 2006 5:37:43 PM
I just want everyone to know that the comment just above that says it is from Steve isn't, it's from me! I don't know what's wrong with this site, but someone just took my comment. I'm sure this comment will also have another fake name, but it's from me! KAIRI! This is why some of the comments above don't make sense, because thay say they are addressing a certain person, but it is FROM that person. YOU SHOULD REALLY ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IMMEADIATELY! IT IS EXTREMELY INSULTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kairi | Jan 13, 2006 5:38:04 PM
At the risk of appearing discompassionate, this looks to me like a good example of risk versus reward. The risk of being a complex organism is the potential for deformity and the reward would be heightened awareness and/or physical abilities. I think we should all be thankful for what we have.
I sure like the cat fights posted above too!!
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 13, 2006 6:15:09 PM
By the way, I do like cats.
' Great personal companions.
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 13, 2006 6:26:17 PM
Come on, folks! Nothing is wasted in nature! And we are all part of nature, even Cy. But it also brings up the question of how we treat each other! Whatever happened to love and tolerance of each other, even those that we do not like - "what does it profit a man....." and "take the beam out of your own eye (npi)......" Peace!
Posted by: Rise | Jan 13, 2006 6:38:07 PM
DUH whatever!
Posted by: | Jan 13, 2006 6:45:36 PM
Dear KAIRI, Yes, I be a real person just like you. Didn't "take your comment" as you allege. Just posted my own belief concerning this feline anomaly. Smiles to you . . .
Posted by: Steve | Jan 13, 2006 7:05:10 PM
hey cool cat i hope it makes it with out dying
Posted by: Dkillah | Jan 13, 2006 7:11:10 PM
' Been reading the posts and find there are a few that wish the kitten had lived. I wonder why though. We can see what's wrong on the outside, but what about the inside of its head? At the very least it wouldn't have had depth perception.
Shawn who posted at 7:58 this morning mentioned the possibility of the nose forming above the eye. It seems to me that there would then be a high probability of things on the inside being pretty scrambled up.
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 13, 2006 7:16:32 PM
Although many of us disagree about the authenticity of this image, nature has produced the unexplained. Take everything with a grain of salt and do not critize what you do not know.
Posted by: Fly United | Jan 13, 2006 7:40:42 PM
Come on people if nature or god can create a two headed turtle, or other with five legs. And other animals or people with werid an strange problems why not this one cat. I think alot of people are blind. a probably shit themselfves if reality them. so to Cy sleep in peace
Posted by: Geo | Jan 13, 2006 8:04:01 PM
Come on people if nature or god can create a two headed turtle, or other with five legs. And other animals or people with werid an strange problems why not this one cat. I think alot of people are blind. they would probably shit themselfves if reality them. so to Cy sleep in peace
Posted by: Geo | Jan 13, 2006 8:05:27 PM
"Traci Allen says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born the night of Dec. 28 with the single eye and no nose.
Allen said she stayed up all night with the deformed kitten on her recliner, feeding Cy a liquid formula through a syringe. She says she cared for the kitten the next day as well, until it died that evening"
Also taken from the same Snopes web page that Shawn cites. (right under the image)
One must wonder what role the "liquid formula" plays in the death of the kitten.
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 13, 2006 8:15:26 PM
By clicking on the link at the top "Learn More About Cy" I went to a Yahoo!! page with a caption that mentions only two kittens in the litter. This sounds like an unusual pregnancy as well.
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 13, 2006 8:22:07 PM
i think this is the absolute cutest thing i have ever seen!! i dont normally like cats but this one took my heart as soon as i saw it...it really upsets me tht he died..well thts all i have to say except its the cutest thing ive ever seen
Posted by: felicia | Jan 13, 2006 8:52:28 PM
i think this is the absolute cutest thing i have ever seen!! i dont normally like cats but this one took my heart as soon as i saw it...it really upsets me tht he died..well thts all i have to say except its the cutest thing ive ever seen
Posted by: felicia | Jan 13, 2006 8:53:54 PM
Are you all really that stupid???? The joke's on you.
Posted by: Ninivah | Jan 13, 2006 9:05:18 PM
People think Cy is cute?! I guess beauty must truly be in the "eye" of the beholder (pardon the pun).
Posted by: Greg | Jan 13, 2006 10:19:45 PM
I think a lot of you are being taken for a ride.
This is a hoax.
The eye you see is virtually identical to that of a bird, in my opinion you are looking at a paste job of the eye of a baby-chicken. Some people pointed out the obvious eye open being less than a day old (if it was closed it would not have the same impact). How large the eye is, how perfectly centered it is to emulate the description of a mythical creature as we know it.
Oh yeah call upon a known extremely rare deformity and go look it up in a book. You'll see that no mutation is that perfect looking.
You can clearly see the it is a paste job if you look closely enough and last but not least we even had a nerd claiming to have medical training. The beauty of the net is that anyone can pretend they are doctors but any doctor would tell you that an eye that big is even bigger inside, I don't have the time to explain the implications of that now.
By the way the poor thing very conveniently dies and although supposedly many pictures were taken we only see this one.
Jeez, people can't you see how many things are just too perfect here to give you a cycloptic cat?
I am just amazed at what some people would do to mess with other people and how many are so gullible.
A bunch of people getting angry over someone's practical joke... If you believe that picture is real that is fine but it is a flea circus.
It has to do more with what you want to see than what is really there.
Goodnight friends.
Tsu
Posted by: Tsunami | Jan 13, 2006 10:25:51 PM
I think Cy was adorable. Shame on those who think it is a hoax. Children are born with deformities and we don't say that is a hoax.
Posted by: jen | Jan 13, 2006 10:29:14 PM
Whilst i am a strict aithiest, i have only sincere hopes that lil' cy has gone to a better place than the earth that doomed him.
I can really appreciate what his presence has done for everyone, it kind of broadens the perspective of life as we know it...was this divine intervention or simply an accident? Either way, its all positive, positive, positive. Makes you think dosent it?
Posted by: jeff | Jan 13, 2006 10:31:38 PM
Shame on what Jen!
How do you know that cat is deformed or even dead for that matter?
How? Is it yours? Did you personally hold it in your hands?
Did you bury it?
You cannot possibly be 100% sure that any of that is true. Just because you buy it?
You are assuming there is no possibility that picture is fake...
Whatever you do if you ever get called for jury duty just stay home. :)
Please do not bring children with legitimate conditions into this. One thing has nothing to do with the other and is kind of silly for you to even compare that to a doctored picture of a cat with a big eye that belongs to an entirely different species.
If you want I can send you a picture of George Bush with three eyes and you might believe that to be true as well.
Tsu
Posted by: Tsunami | Jan 13, 2006 10:48:36 PM
Shame on what Jen?
How do you know that cat is deformed or even dead for that matter?
How? Is it yours? Did you personally hold it in your hands?
Did you bury it?
You cannot possibly be 100% sure that any of that is true. Just because you buy it?
You are assuming there is no possibility that picture is fake...
Whatever you do if you ever get called for jury duty just stay home. :)
Please do not bring children with legitimate conditions into this. One thing has nothing to do with the other and is kind of silly for you to even compare that to a doctored picture of a cat with a big eye that belongs to an entirely different species.
If you want I can send you a picture of George Bush with three eyes and you might believe that to be true as well.
Tsu
Posted by: Tsunami | Jan 13, 2006 10:49:41 PM
I am sure this is not a hoax because even a person with too much time on their hands could think of a better hoax for attention don't you think, now the one with the Larve living in the woman would be more doubtful I think. Cy is a special creation which is truely believable.
Posted by: Texjoy | Jan 13, 2006 11:00:56 PM
Poor baby cy, if this picture was a hoax then shame on who ever did this. but I have seen many strange births in the animal world including kittens ,and this doesn't seem so far fetched. Anyway God makes all living things and to him we are all beautiful, so why do we as a people find it hard to except something that is beautiful in Gods eyes.
Posted by: Teresa | Jan 13, 2006 11:41:18 PM
The sad thing is that everyone is so worried about whether we are being fooled again or not. Does it matter? How many times in real life have we seen animals that are born with only three legs instead of four? How many times have we seen deformities that animals and humans are born with? How many times have we seen people born with afflictions that cannot be fixed? On an almost hourly basis beings are brought into this world with burdens that they alone must bear. We are all aware of these things. Whether be it over-sensitivity, a birth defect, a tottaly callous nature, etc. We all deal with what life has to offer. This picture to me was just another example of what can happen through genetic defects, like we all have. The unfortunate thing was that this particular being wasn't allowed time to adjust and overcome it's short-comings like the rest of us are allowed. To condemn this picture as fake because we can't accept that abnormalitites haapen in life is just ignorance. As logical thinking beings, we should be able to accept that these deformities could and do happen. The people that post cynical views are only hiding their deepest fears that something like this could eventually happen to their eventual offspring. If that does happen to you, then I hope that you have more compassion to the situation than what you have shown here on this website.
Posted by: Keith | Jan 14, 2006 1:20:53 AM
Hi, I'm the Karen who posts here more regularly lately, not the one that posted earlier.
Anyway, Snopes.com has deemed this real, and not a hoax. Check out the article here.
Quote:
AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax. Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera. On the card were a number of pictures — including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten. The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.Fabricating those images in sequence and in the camera's original picture format, from the varying perspectives, would have been virtually impossible, Stathis said.
Posted by: Karen | Jan 14, 2006 1:36:38 AM
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