Is a life-sized Cat in the Hat really lurking in people’s driveways and scaring teens?

This is, as the police are at pains to stress, AI-generated (Picture: An Garda Síochána Wexford) The giant cat walked up to the door, staring into the doorbell camera before showing the homeowner a sheet of paper. It had her daughter’s name on it. ‘Our camera captured this last night. What does it want with my daughter???’ the mum, who uploaded the footage to TikTok, asked. Except, this didn’t happen. The footage, posted earlier this week, is one of a wave of AI-generated social media videos of a shadowy person wearing a life-sized Cat in the Hat costume. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. The Cat in the Hat is the floppy-hatted hero dreamt up by the zany children’s book write