Parents bury cat only to have it appear 30 minutes later

In true embarrassing parent form, one comedian captured the epic funeral fail of his own mom and dad this week, after the family’s cat was presumably found dead.

Eric Schmidt posted a group chat between his parents and sister on Twitter, after his mom and dad thought they found their seven-year-old calico, Kitty, laying dead in the street, reports The Daily What.

The ensuing conversation runs the gamut of human emotion: the grief and pain of finding and burying the apparent cat, then the disbelief and joy of seeing the beloved pet staring into the house through a back window.

So if Kitty’s alive, who did they bury?

Despite Schmidt’s mother’s plea not to share the story with the world, do you blame him?