In ancient times, people believed nightmares were literal demons visiting in your sleep. There are drawings of evil horses dragging people out of bed, and gremlins sitting on chests. We’re very vulnerable in our sleep, and our minds can conjure all sorts of terrors. Imagine the horror of discovering one of your nightmares is real. And it’s your beloved pet.
A man in Bangkok Thailand named Lomphonten Lomphontan recently discovered that his cat, Achi, loves him so much it wants to kill him. The Daily Mail reports that Twitter user Luis Navarro shared pics of Achi’s murder attempts, quoting Lomphontan as saying, “I couldn’t breathe when I slept so I installed a camera.”
“I couldn’t breathe when I slept so I installed a camera” pic.twitter.com/DDhP0OweoW
— Space Cadet (@stluis_htx) July 22, 2019
You can see Achi staring at their person with adoration:
Then crawling slowly up on his chest to purr sweet nothings:
Then cutting off his air supply:
The slow smothering of love.
This tweet has been liked 1.5 million times, which is sort of insane except for the fact that it speaks to everyone who has ever loved been love by or loved a cat. A cat’s love is a dangerous thing! And Achi is not the first cat who has attempted to end the life of their owner in their dreams:
I wake up to this most of the time pic.twitter.com/l4qjWuteEh
— Hazel Burris (@HazelBBurris) July 22, 2019
I woke up from a nap once with my cats plotting to kill me…. pic.twitter.com/GYcYfjGplC
— 🇨🇦Leanna Dormuth🇨🇦 (@Tiggeroo815) July 22, 2019
I can attest to that pic.twitter.com/dHWAvzbebe
— 𝚖𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎 (@GiraffeMcGraff) July 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/pinkfloydtwist/status/1153355649142730754
Wow u have a cool mustache
— Hanae (@alcadioss) July 23, 2019
— C A K O R O I (@amsyaralhaziq) July 22, 2019
There’s one thing all these cat owners have in common: they can’t imagine a better way to go.