50 Feline Friends Who Decided Cemeteries Were The Best Spot To Chill

Cemeteries might have a spooky reputation, but they can also be peaceful and even beautiful. With no noisy crowds, intricate tombstones that tell stories of lives once lived, and lush greenery in the warmer months, they make for a surprisingly serene stroll.

And it seems animals have figured this out too—especially cats. These adorable felines have been spotted wandering through cemeteries, minding their own business (or perhaps keeping an eye on the local spirits). Scroll down to see them all and upvote your favorites!

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“I Am Zee Darkness And I’m Cute”

A cute black cat sitting in a cemetery, surrounded by gravestones and crypts.

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50 Feline Friends Who Decided Cemeteries Were The Best Spot To Chill

“I Am Zee Darkness And I’m Cute”

Just Three Black Cats Guarding A Cemetery. Definitely Not Witches. Nothing Suspicious Going On Here

Kittens In Cemetery - Istanbul

Mysterious Black Cat At The Jewish Cemetery In Prague

What A Wonderful Capture

As Both A Cat Person And A Cemetery Person This Is My Favorite Photo I Have Taken Or Will Ever Take

My Dad Photographs Cemeteries As A Hobby. He's A Cemetery Cat He Stumbled Across

Head Bump. Best Friends. St Andreu Cemetery, Barcelona

His Name Is Vlad He Is A Regular At Brompton Cemetery

Looking In The Lion’s Mouth

I Took A Picture Of A Cat At A Cemetery

Protestant Cemetery, George Town, Penang, Malaysia

A Cat I Found At A Cemetery In San Juan

Beautiful Kitten

Good Mourning

Life Is Full Of Trials And Tribulations

Monumental Cemetery Love

Cemetery Cat In Lower Slaughters, Cotswolds. She Came Prancing Up To Us And Allowed Us To Cuddle Her. We Named Her Lilian As It Felt Appropriate

Having Spent Rather A Lot Of Time With Cemetery Cats Over The Years, I Can Certify That It Is Not Easy To Find Five Of Them On The Same Tomb, But Here You Are

Los Angeles, Cemetery Friend From Last Weekend

Who Is Prettier. A Vase Of Fake Flowers. Or Me

Meeting The Cemetery Ground’s Keeper

Another View Of The Cemetery Cat

I Think This Might Be My Fave Cemetery Cat Of All Time

A Girl And Her Cat. Valentino Was Patiently Waiting For His Breakfast Early One Morning In Milan’s Monumental Cemetery

St. Mary's Church Graveyard. The Black Cat On The Grave Was A Fitting Touch To The Visit

A Cat Passing By My Camera When Taking A Shot Of This Cemetery

No Better Place To Take A Nap

Montmartre Cemetery

"Soon" Said Montmartre Cemetery Cat

Feral Cats Making Mediterranean Cemeteries Their Home

And So A New Year Begins. May It Be Better Than The Last One. With Cats, Lots Of Cats, And Cemeteries. Be Well Everyone

This Lovely Young Lady In Stone Seemed To Be A Bit Of A Magnet For The Local Funerary Felines

Kitty At The Cemetery

I Met This Cat Just Hanging Out At Lafayette Cemetery In New Orleans

Saw This Cat And Had To Take A Picture

I Want To Steal This Cat. She’s So Beautiful And Full Of Personality

At The Cemetery

This Istanbul Kitty Knows The Best Way To Spend A Caturday At The Cemetery

Adorable

A Ginger Friend From Summer Days. Seems So Long Ago. Friends Come And Go. Which Reminds Me Of This «oh, Do Not Ask, “What Is It?” Let Us Go And Make Our Visit

Black Cat Lucky

Graveyard Keeper

Spotted This Beautiful Puss In Highgate Cemetery In London This Weekend

This Pretty Ginger Kitty Showed Up Out Of Nowhere, Like A Ghost, Among The Blue Tombs In Chefchaouen, Morocco

An Endless Fascination With Cemetery Cats. This One From Larnaca, Cyprus

Waving With Back Paw

The Cat Band Chilling By The Graveyard

It Seems Very Clear Who’s Cemetery This Is

I Am The Boss Of This Graveyard. If You Need Something Done, Just Come See Me For My Meow Of Approval

A Clutter Of Cemetery Cats

Portuguese Cemetery. One Of The Several Cats That Hang Out There

Cute Family At The Local Cemetery

I Hear You Like Cemetery Cats, Here's One From Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

Recoleta Cemetery And A Sleepy Cat

Cats At Local Cemetery. Been Feeding A Cat Colony In My Small Town. They Follow Us On Our Walk And Climb All Over The Stones

This Stray Cat I Found In A French Graveyard Has The Most Beautiful Eyes

Soaking Up The Sun

Eating And Mating

Good Day, Dear Friends. Basil Here, Having Found A Most Delightful Shady Refuge In The Graveyard To Escape The Sweltering Heat

Me In The Afterlife

Undertaker At An Ottoman Cemetery

This Is Close-Up. A Cemetery Cat Who Hangs Around

8 More Lives To Go

Not Sure If This Was A House Cat Or A Tiny Panther. Found Him At The Cemetery

Cemetery Cat

First Cemetery Of Athens

I Found A Pretty Kitty In A Cemetery

This Cat Greets Us Everytime We Go To The Cemetery

One Cat In A Cemetery

Cat Sleeping In Cemetery

Strange Cat At Eyup Sultan Cemetery In Istanbul

Staring Right Into My Soul

Shattered Tombstone With Cat

Sad, But Very Beautiful

Resting Cat In Resting Place

Furry Flowers

Cat On A Grave

A Handsome Stray From The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. One Of The Probably Hundreds Of Cats Out There. Guarding The Graves