Housecatitis

A condition that affects persons believing themselves to be authorities on the subject of alleged cougar sightings. When the condition presents itself, the affected person will mistakenly claim that photos of animals such as cougars and even deer are "housecats", thus the term Housecatitis.

When Jim saw the trail-cam photo of a deer that some claimed to be a cougar, he mistakenly proclaimed it to be a housecat. Jim had come down with a case of housecatitis.