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THE SIGHTINGS ARE INCREASING. • SIGHTING #047 — GARDAÍ CONFIRM VIRAL WEXFORD 'CAT IN THE HAT' PHOTO WAS AI-GENERATED — WEXFORD, CO. WEXFORD, IRELAND — 40 MIN AGO • SIGHTING #046 — POLICE DEBUNK FAKE 'KILLER CAT IN THE HAT' STATEMENT ABOUT MEADOWHALL — MEADOWHALL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — 2 HOURS AGO • SIGHTING #045 — CNN: NOBODY CAN SAY WHICH NIGHT-TIME VIDEOS, IF ANY, ARE REAL — UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND — YESTERDAY • SIGHTING #044 — REDDIT POSTER ADMITS BALGADDY 'SIGHTING' WAS A JOKE — BALGADDY, DUBLIN, IRELAND — YESTERDAY • SIGHTING #043 — SHAKY LIMERICK CLIPS PUSH THE TREND ACROSS IRELAND — LIMERICK, IRELAND — 2 DAYS AGO • THE SIGHTINGS NEVER STOP.THE SIGHTINGS ARE INCREASING. • SIGHTING #047 — GARDAÍ CONFIRM VIRAL WEXFORD 'CAT IN THE HAT' PHOTO WAS AI-GENERATED — WEXFORD, CO. WEXFORD, IRELAND — 40 MIN AGO • SIGHTING #046 — POLICE DEBUNK FAKE 'KILLER CAT IN THE HAT' STATEMENT ABOUT MEADOWHALL — MEADOWHALL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — 2 HOURS AGO • SIGHTING #045 — CNN: NOBODY CAN SAY WHICH NIGHT-TIME VIDEOS, IF ANY, ARE REAL — UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND — YESTERDAY • SIGHTING #044 — REDDIT POSTER ADMITS BALGADDY 'SIGHTING' WAS A JOKE — BALGADDY, DUBLIN, IRELAND — YESTERDAY • SIGHTING #043 — SHAKY LIMERICK CLIPS PUSH THE TREND ACROSS IRELAND — LIMERICK, IRELAND — 2 DAYS AGO • THE SIGHTINGS NEVER STOP.
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Gardaí Confirm The Wexford Cat Was Never There

Police in Wexford released the viral photo with an 'AI GENERATED' label attached — and the sightings kept spreading anyway.

Gardaí Confirm The Wexford Cat Was Never There

Through August 2026, images purporting to show a life-sized Cat in the Hat near homes and driveways in Wexford, Gorey, Curracloe and Enniscorthy circulated on Facebook, Reddit and TikTok.

Wexford Gardaí responded publicly, publishing the full version of one image with an 'AI GENERATED' watermark and stating: 'To be clear, the Cat in the Hat was not in your driveway while you were out and he is not currently hiding out in Curracloe.'

The BBC reported that police in both Ireland and the UK were pushed into issuing statements because young people had become convinced the figure was real.

Source: BBC News, 23 August 2026 — bbc.com/news/articles/cwyqy29jn74o

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