Meet the Residents: Milo — The Evasive Son of Piper (AKA The Ghost That Haunts My House) The blog.
- hoomane
- Oct 10
- 3 min read
Meet the Residents: Milo — The Evasive Son of Piper (AKA The Ghost That Haunts My House)
DOB: July 6(ish), 2017
Aliases: Mimi, Bleue, The Blur, Piper’s Kid, That Thing That Darted Past Your Feet Just Now
Species: Cat (probably)
Status: TNR Fail, OSCatR Graduate, Professional Human Avoider
DNA Results: 50% Cat, 50% Ghost
Pettings: Almost nonexistent
Allow me to introduce Milo — my sweet, wide-eyed cryptid.
Piper’s son (you can read about her chaos in the last post of the meet the residents series), Milo was part of a TNR program with OSCatR… except the “Return” part never happened. He was too sweet to release, too spicy for a family.
He appears in bursts of shadow, occasionally bites for attention then vanishes, eats wet food too fast & immediately throws it back up like some kind of avant-garde performance art.
Grooming days? WWE-level chaos.
Otherwise? Sightings: swmi-rare.
He’s here to haunt your periphery, steal snacks when no one’s looking & bolt at the sound of socks hitting the floor. Basically Schrödinger’s cat — except instead of dead or alive, it’s visible or not, wants cuddles or gone forever.
The Family Vibe
Milo & Piper coexist like they’re filming a wildlife documentary narrated by David Attenborough:
“Here we observe the elusive Milo, slinking silently behind the washing machine.
He emerges only when no human eyes are watching… unless the dog is guarding him.”
They communicate through slow blinks, passive-aggressive tail flicks & the occasional synchronized vanishing act.
Let’s Talk About Those Ears
If you’ve had the rare, paranormal experience of seeing Milo up close, you may have noticed… the ears.
One ear: the classic OSCatR TNR tip — the universal sign of “Yep, I’m fixed, please release me back to the streets.”
The other: courtesy of an aural hematoma (I’ll blog about that soon), leaving it slightly crumpled & battle-worn.
Together, they tell two very different stories:
One says, “I’m a responsible, neutered citizen.”
The other says, “I’ve survived some medical drama & now I look like I’ve seen things.”
Result: a haunted cryptid aesthetic with a rich, mysterious past.
Between his spooky vibe & asymmetrical ears, Milo is basically a forest spirit with trauma — & honestly? I support that.
Confirmed Milo Habits
Staring silently from behind furniture.
Screaming at shadows.
Leaving fur in rooms he definitely wasn’t seen entering.
Wrestling the dogs for sport.
Loving his mom, the dogs & wand toys (especially the octopus ones — must be hung up or they vanish forever).
Being scared of humans. Loud noises. Quiet noises. Socks. Existence.
Growling at the door for reasons known only to him.
That’s just… Milo.
Final Thoughts
Milo isn’t your average housecat. He’s a feral fail, a midnight snack thief, & a mysterious void with two very weird ears.
Living with Milo is like sharing your home with a polite, paranoid forest creature — perfectly fine with cohabitation as long as you pretend he doesn’t exist.
He might never fully warm up to people. That’s okay. This is his forever home.
Milo is the spirit of the house: occasionally visible, deeply mysterious & always watching.
& honestly? That’s fair.
With fur, fangs & fight-the-system energy.
— hoomane.
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