http://www.metafilter.com/tags/blackcats Posts tagged with 'blackcats' at MetaFilter. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:43:15 -0800 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:43:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75782/Halloween%2Dand%2Dthe%2DBlack%2DCat%2DSuperstition%2Das%2DUrban%2DLegend <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/oct99/cats27.htm">Were black cats ever in danger during Halloween?</a> For the past decade or more, animal shelters have been <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15459377/">holding back their black cats at Halloween</a>, for fears of obsessed youths sacrificing them in ritualistic slaughter <a href="http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=9183469">(or other cruelties, some involving duct tape).</a> Some experts say it's <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071026-halloween-cat.html">a myth</a>, or an <a href="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/blackcat.asp">urban legend with no basis in fact</a>. The <a href="http://cats.suite101.com/article.cfm/halloween_and_the_black_cat">origins</a> of the idea are often cited as <a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallocat.htm">ancient influence</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75782 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:43:15 -0800 animalcruelty blackcats cats Halloween ritual urbanlegend Brian B.