This post made me laugh out loud.
I once had a cat that would retaliate for getting scolded by going to the litter pan to have a dump, then immediately kicking it as far from the pan as possible. Usually, it would get poop smeared on its paw in the process.
Then, it would walk somewhere to clean its paw. Somewhere very far from the room containing the litter pan. Leaving a trail of a single paw smearing poop.
So, to us mere owners, we'd see the single paw poop-trail. Then try to find the cat to clean the paw. Once the paw was cleared, we'd head to the room that housed the litter tray (cleaning the single paw poop trail along the way) and try to find the flung poo. A few times, this poop was adhered to the wall about 12" above the floor.
Lastly, we'd sit back and try to remember what we had did to upset the cat. The little bugger was known to hold a grudge for up to 24 hours.
Mine do exactly that. Right up to the leaving a trail of litter in their wake. I spend more time sweeping than I do sleeping it feels like!
I am slightly lucky in the respect that when they kick the poo out it doesn't trends to go too high or too far. Except for sometimes when we don't know and then find a fossilised halls cigar some days or weeks later.
They can hold grudges for a damned long time!!