
The black area doesn't go beneath the cat's right eye in the picture from 1973. The story is baloney.

(I know, that's probably a racist thing to say.)
You can’t see the cats eyes in the first picture because they’re in the black part.
What appears to be the cats eyes is actually part of the black streak that comes out. It’s visible in both pictures.
If you look closely you can see the cats eyes in the black.
Is that photo from 73 supposed to be the same cat? WHere did you find that picture?