Weird news: Someone Is Repeatedly Photocopying A Cat At University Of Wisconsin's Steenbock Library

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Someone Is Repeatedly Photocopying A Cat At University Of Wisconsin's Steenbock Library

The case of the mysterious cat scan has staff baffled at a University of Wisconsin library.

Multiple images of a photocopied cat have been popping up around Steenbock Memorial Library, the institution's library of agriculture and life sciences, veterinary medicine and human ecology.

“We don't really know what the situation is,” a Steenbock staff member, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Huffington Post.

The Badger Herald broke the story when one of the Herald's employees happened to stumble across this picture at the library on Tuesday:

Apparently someone keeps bringing their cat to the library to photocopy it. I'm serious. Here's a copy. pic.twitter.com/8mlYxZhZBx
— Amy Sleep (@SleepAmy) March 18, 2015

But that's not the only image that’s been found. The Steenbock employee told HuffPost that, last week, library workers found this image of the copied cat stuffed behind a sign:

cat

It's apparent that the image was made at the library because of the light fixture in the photo, the staff member said.

Apparently, feline-related rumors have circulated around the library for some time now. HuffPost’s source told us that, “a while ago,” a student came into Steenbock and said, “Oh, I heard there was a cat in the library.”

It’s unclear whether the student was referring to photocopies or an actual cat in the flesh.

“They could have seen a cat, could have heard a cat, could have seen a picture,” the staff member said.

Barry Kellogg, senior veterinary advisor for The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, told HuffPost there are probably no long-term ill health effects to the cat, but the cat probably doesn't enjoy the process all that much.

"There are no known real risks to this," Kellogg said in an email. "There may be some discomfort to the eyes because of the bright light, but that is temporary only. There’s no real worry from a health point of view."

Kellogg also noted that restraining the cat, or attempting to partially close the photocopier lid, could be stressful for the feline.