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Technically, it’s “Catgoyle on the Loose Statue!” (The exclamation point is my favorite 😂)

When ghost host voice actor Paul Frees was recording the narration for the Haunted Mansion, he recorded several outtakes that talk about the one-eyed demon cat, which was a part of the script that never ended up making it into the final story. The idea was the demon cat slipped in the door when the butler wasn’t looking. He was a powerful being that hated mortals, so the ghost host warned guest at the beginning of the ride to be aware of the cat. The cat’s head would first follow guests as a glowing eye, then appear as an undead cat’s head, and finally transform (oddly enough) into a human skull and popping out at guests as they made their escape.

I do want to mention that this is just my personal theory about the cats in the queue, but it’s based off of solid evidence of the Haunted Mansion’s history. I don’t know for sure that the imagineers intended this transformation, but it seems likely as they teased one-eyed cat story in their concepts for the new queue. Given that everything in the queue is foreshadowing (or alludes to transformation), it makes sense that as you draw closer to the Mansion, your sense of foreboding grows and the cat changes from somewhat cute and cuddly to terrifying.

The full moon over the second cat may also hint at transformation, perhaps like werewolves changed during the full moon, though it definitely gives off creepy Journey into Imagination Figment moon vibes 🌚

We share more about the secrets and stories of this queue in the Distory podcast episode linked at the bottom of this short if you’d like to learn more 🙂

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