My neighbor's missing cat turned into a whole 'bird drone' thing for a month

Back in April, my neighbor's cat vanished and he was sure it was taken by 'government bird drones' he saw on a video. I used to just nod along, but this time I actually looked up the video he sent... it was just regular geese at the city park. I showed him the park's live webcam feed for a week straight, pointing out the same geese every morning. He finally dropped it after his cat came back, totally fine, from under someone's porch. Has anyone else had to gently fact-check a wild theory with something super simple like a webcam?

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the_charles3d ago

Ngl, sometimes you gotta let people have their thing. A webcam feed is solid proof, but folks who go that far down the rabbit hole usually just find a new hole. My buddy's still convinced his old truck was hacked by satellites because the radio acts up. The simpler answer is it's a 30 year old Chevy. You did the right thing trying to help, but once the cat came back, that was the only fact that ever mattered to him.

gavin_clark3d ago

Yeah, the "new hole" thing hits home. I once spent an hour trying to prove my toaster wasn't haunted before I realized it was just unplugged.