This just in, Paragon has made astonishing breakthroughs in bio-engineering! They have been creating Mogwai and handing them out to the populace as a means to bolster their public image and pacify the people with cuddly pets.
But they didn't tell them not to feed the Mogwai after midnight! Dun Dun DUN!

That is now canon, and to quote LHG, accept my head canon or be destroyed!