One day, locals started noticing the cats were acting weird.

不过有一天，当地人开始注意到猫的行为很奇怪。

Locals started to notice big land deals being made by mystery companies.

当地人开始注意到一些神秘公司正在进行大规模的土地交易。

In the early 1950s, locals started seeing what looked like the cats dancing, which sounds kind of funny but was actually horrible.

在 20 世纪 50 年代初，当地人开始看到看起来像猫在跳舞的景象，这听起来有点好笑，但实际上很可怕。