Texas cat leaps more than 8 feet into record books
Written by Angie Sharma on May 8, 2025
A high-flying Texas cat earned a Guinness World Record by leaping a distance of 8 feet and 5 inches.
Oscar, a 7-year-old cat belonging to Dallas man Theodore Shiells, officially took the Guinness World Records title for the longest jump by a cat.
Shiells said Oscar started out with tricks like sitting, begging and fetching, and about two years ago the feline started to show an interest in jumping tricks.
“Beginning with a jump of just a few inches, he soon progressed to a few feet, and then through a hoop. This was very cute, of course, but there was not the slightest thought at this of a world record,” Shiells told Guinness World Records.
Shiells said it took two years of training and more than 1,000 practice jumps for Oscar to break the record.
Source : UPI News
