📰 History and Mystery of the Wampus Cat

No, I’m not talking about cat-a-wampus. …a noun from 1843, as a name for an imaginary hobgoblin or fright, perhaps from influence of catamount… 1660s as a shortening of cat-o’-mountain (1610s), from cat of the mountain (mid-15c.), a name aplied to various large wild cats of the Old World. From 1794 in reference to the … Continue reading History and Mystery of the Wampus Cat → ...