Creepy Photo of One-Eyed Kitten

[Greylyn58]

I just read this story on one of my local TV sites. It included a picture that I have to admit kind of creeped me out. I know that aberrations always appear in nature, but it still made me shiver when I saw the picture.

Just be aware that the picture appears on the same page as the story...


http://www.wsoctv.com/family/6029916/detail.html

[NMMNG]

1. Poor thing

I wasn't creeped out, just saddened. :cry:

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Awwww... poor thing

Odd that the eye was open right after birth

[barb162]

3. that poor little baby is in heaven now

[Floogeldy]

4. It's fake.

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Ya think?

Snopes confirmed as true:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp

And this news article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/3579299.html

<snip>
Allen had taken digital pictures that she provided to The Associated Press. Some bloggers have questioned the authenticity of the photo distributed on Jan. 6.

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.

[Floogeldy]

6. I've been around the block about 59 times.

There is no such thing as that cat.

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Have been around the block 51 times

You are 8 times more blockified than I!