The History Of Black Cats

We explore the complicated and fascinating history between humans and black cats. Credits: Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: MERCH: We’ve got it! SHOP NOW: MUSIC SFX Provided By AudioBlocks () STILLS Close-up of black cat with yellow eyes Jason Hosking/Getty Images Lakeside at dusk and black cat yaplan/Getty Images Black cat Pawel Wewiorski/Getty Images Black Cat Jaime Brandel/Getty Images Cat portrait France ICHAUVEL/Getty Images Black cat mrs/Getty Images Spooky Witch Colin Roberts/Getty Images Pendle Witch, Bowland Forest, Lancashire, England - 400th anniversary of trial in 2012 Tonywestphoto/Getty Images Roman Godess, Juno manx_in_the_world/Getty Images Martha Corey and her persecutors, Salem witch trials duncan1890/Getty Images Old engraved illustration of The domestic cat (Felis catus) mikroman6/Getty Images Black cat on yellow leaves Svetlana Belkina/Getty Images Black cat with white whiskers, eyebrows and paws lies on cardboard box dmf87/Getty Images Angry duck attacking a cat whitemay/Getty Images Black cat lying on a boat David González Rebollo/Getty Images Bastet Roman Tsapik/Getty Images The Pythia foretells the Oracle of Delphi, published in 1880 ZU_09/Getty Images beautiful black cat sitting on the ground near the wooden wall Nikolaeva Elena/Getty Images Seven Little Pussy Cats benoitb/Getty Images Dwarf meets a fearsome lady with black cats clu/Getty Images Black cat scares teacher and students in the classroom clu/Getty Images VIDEO Lockdown: Two Ducks Wander on a Rocky Peer While a Black Cat Watches On Footage of the World/Getty Images A Black Cat Falls Asleep on a Pile of Nets and Rigging By a Fishing Boat Footage of the World/Getty Images Man’s hand sprinkling oregano Images_By_Kenny/Getty Images A fluffy black cat running on grass Viktoria Korobova/Getty Images Misty Foggy Spooky Graveyard With Old Tombstones And Grave Headstones Spencer_Whalen/Getty Images Black Cat is Looking at Camera Without Blinking Its Eyes ESezer/Getty Images Sewer pipes at shore, stain of oil or fuel on water surface, nature pollution by toxic chemicals, dirty sea DedMityay/Getty Images Film Burn, light leak, Full HD, Computer Graphics blackdovfx/Getty Images Twinkling stars in the dark night sky, hand drawn black and white animation IMR/Getty Images Portrait of black cat KalomiraEL/Getty Images Grunge and scratches on old film leader (Loop). A Luna Blue/Getty Images Video Background 1026: Dust And Scratches On Old Film Leader A Luna Blue/Getty Images Flames of a campfire in the night Zanilla/Getty Images Maneki-neko, lucky cat with a small black kitten close up PicturePartners/Getty Images Spooky Green Smoke Moving Over The Ground RockfordMedia/Getty Images 4K shot of a black cat with extremely yellow eyes. rawheadrex/Getty Images The Star of David Bronze Chandelier Asercank/Getty Images The Islam symbol on the cloud stream background. time lapse Viacheslav Peretiatko/Getty Images Cartoon background for astrology, tarot, magic and esotericism. Smooth 4K video rendering. Animation of a crescent moon with a face, stars, celestial background. Tatyana Antusenok/Getty Images Passing Magna Carta Stone Carving In Candle Light RockfordMedia/Getty Images amazing medieval fortress in summer day, camera moves forward through branches of trees Andy_Star/Getty Images Two Halloween pumpkins in the moonlight on black background. Radachynskyi/Getty Images Black cat eye close-up Dmitry Belyaev/Getty Images Best lens filters for film look effect is with a lot of pulses and beautiful in Ultra High Definition OngStory/Getty Images Black cat with yellow eyes looks at the camera in nature. The cat looks up in the courtyard with interest Yelizaveta Tomashevska/Getty Images African Sunset Halloween Amazon Rainforest Landscape Baobab Trees Art jeffdement/Getty Images Temple of Medinet Habu. Egypt, Luxor. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Merlinus74/Getty Images Close up black cat sleep jaturonoofer/Getty Images Modern Arab family,mother and daughter relaxing at home with their pets,two black cats cinemanis videography/Getty Images Two black cats are lying on a bench. veterok_77/Getty Images Slow motion: Black cat walking on sand at sunset baddoggy/Getty Images 4k black cat lying down on green screen hocus-focus/Getty Images Black cat jumping against green screen GlobalP/Getty Images Black Cat Walking On Green Screen . Slow Motion Nitin Chavan/Getty Images EXTERNAL CREDITS Nacia Walsh