Summary
Strange Planetis a relatively new webcomic that has expertly adopted the classic comic strip style to tell short-form stories featuring blue beings that describe everyday, mundane actions in overly specific and hilarious ways. These beings exist on another world, their very own ‘strange planet’, meaning the lifeforms on that world would be considered alien to humans. Well, almost every lifeform, which is exactly howStrange Planetsecretly confirms one wild conspiracy theory… about cats.
Created by Nathan W. Pyle,Strange Planetfeatures a number of strips with a heightened focus on cats. One comic features a blue being playing with their cat with a laser pointer, commenting on how funny it is that the cat finds a beam of light entertaining, before returning to their video games. Another comic shows a cat sitting inside a box, with two blue beings talking about how the cat has the entire home to run around in, yet chooses to remain in the box (as if they’re any different in their apartment).
Othercat-relatedStrange Planetcomicsinclude cats knocking glasses of water off countertops, blue beings commenting on a cat’s purr, and how one should always “respect the death blades” by being wary of a cat’s claws. Each comic is different, and uniquely hilarious. However, they all have one thing in common: each one features cats. While that’s obvious, that fact alone becomes a bit alarming when considering that these cats look like normal felines from Earth, despite living on an alien world.
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Strange Planet Seems to Confirm that Cats are Aliens by Introducing their ‘Dogs’
It would be one thing if every animal featured inStrange Planetlooked like they do on Earth, but that’s not actually the case. The series also features a fair number of dogs, but the ‘dogs’ inStrange Planetare red, three-eyed creatures that only resemble dogs. It’s clear that they are not actual canines, but their odd appearance makes sense given the decidedly not-human design of the blue beings themselves. So, what’s the deal withStrange Planet’s cats?
By maintaining a regular cat design inStrange Planet, it seems Nathan W. Pyle is implying that cats are aliens, either from this world before traveling to Earth, or the other way around. Either way, cats in Strange Planet are the only animals/beings that look the same as any living creature found on Earth, which means - one way or another - cats achieved interplanetary travel, which is interesting given real-world conspiracy theories regarding just that.
‘Cats are Aliens’ is a Popular Real-World Conspiracy Theory, & Strange Planet Backs it Up
This particular conspiracy theory is mostly discussed in jest, with few who actually believe cats are extraterrestrials. However, that doesn’t stop many from theorizing wildly. Some people point to the fact that most cats like to sit inside boxes as evidence that they’re aliens, since boxes could have been the shape of their alien ancestors’ spaceships. Others find it interesting that cats were worshiped by the ancient Egyptians, tying the ‘cats are aliens’ conspiracy theory to the even more widely popular ‘aliens built the pyramids’ conspiracy.
While fun to consider and discuss, the idea that cats are actually aliens is absurd. However, in the fictitious world ofStrange Planet, it’s not only possible that cats are aliens, but it’s practically confirmed. Cats are the only creatures that are the same on the ‘Strange Planet’ as they are on Earth, which basically confirms that cats traveled from one planet to the other, making them aliens on at least one of those worlds. Therefore, it’s fair to say thatStrange Planetsecretly confirms one wild conspiracy theory about cats.
