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Cats staring blankly at walls detect guardians

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When a feline refuses to blink at a patch of peeling wallpaper, it is definitely performing heavy metaphysical surveillance. Folk belief insists the animal is actively monitoring a household guardian that is hovering just out of human sight.

Cats staring blankly at walls detect guardians
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