Photographer Notices An Uninvited Visitor Mendacity Within the Aisle As Wedding Begins

Lindsey McKenzie, a professional photographer, was on the brink of work a marriage at Sycamore Bend in Wilmington, North Carolina, when she heard the officiant say one thing uncommon.

“I was taking photos of guests filing into the ceremony space when the preacher said, ‘Even this cat came to watch the ceremony …’ And I was like … huh,” McKenzie informed The Dodo.

McKenzie walked over to the place the preacher was standing, seemed down the aisle and noticed the perpetrator: a contented gray cat lounging in the midst of the marriage that was about to start out.

The cat’s identify was Grayson, and he lived on the venue. As a cat who has seen a number of weddings and occasions in his day, Grayson apparently determined this one was significantly good and wished to affix in, no matter whether or not he was invited or not.

“The wedding ceremony started with Grayson still in the aisle,” McKenzie mentioned. “I nudged him to move over to the side a little bit to prevent people having to step around him (didn’t work, cats do what they want).”

Six bridesmaids, six groomsmen, mother and father and grandparents all walked down the aisle with Grayson nonetheless sitting there, greeting all of them. Finally, it was time for the bride to enter, and McKenzie needed to make a judgment name.

“Before the bride came down in her big ballgown dress, and so the moment of her and the groom seeing each other for the first time that day wasn’t taken away from, I went to Grayson, said a silent prayer for him to please not be a fighter and scooped him up,” McKenzie mentioned.

Grayson meowed in protest and in the end let himself be carried to the again of the ceremony. He stayed for a bit to observe some extra, however as soon as he wasn’t the focus anymore, he received bored and wandered away. McKenzie continued her extra conventional photographer duties — and all of the whereas, the bride by no means had any concept there’d been a cat there in any respect.

Grayson’s presence on the ceremony was positively a shock, however for McKenzie, it form of felt proper.

“I have three beautiful and funny cats myself, and this was a fun wedding experience I’ll never forget,” McKenzie mentioned. “Felt very on-brand for me.”