"It was a very surreal moment for me. I was quite taken aback by it—I thought I was in trouble," Carly Thomson told Newsweek.

It could be anything, a pen, a glass of water, or even something you thought was out of reach, cats seem to have an uncanny talent for knocking things over. So, are they just being mischievous ...

"It started out as a joke, but they have totally taken over those cabinets and I'm not even upset in the least," Chris Thomas ...

The engineer was astonished that his cat 'outsmarted' his 'genius' solution to stop him from constantly knocking over his water glass. If you've ever spent much time with a cat, you know that ...

Dr. Sarah Wooten of Cats.com explained why cats knock things over or bat at a variety of household objects, attributing this behavior to hunting instincts, boredom, and attention-seeking.