Posted on 07/06/2014 2:44:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
How did this cat travel 200 miles away from home by himself?
A cat that had been missing for nine weeks has been found more than 200 miles away from his home.
The brilliantly named Obi Wan Catobi was found by builders in a unfinished hotel near Euston train station on Thursday.
After the RSPCA caught the wayward moggie they discovered his microchip, which revealed he had travelled all the way from Leeds.
When they got in touch with owner Adam Williams, 32, he told them that Obi went missing in April after he moved house within the Leeds area.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, Adam said: ‘How he got himself down there I have no idea.
‘Some people suggested a train, because the hotel was near Euston train station, but that would have meant him changing several times.’
Adam, who has since been reunited with Obi, said it would be unlikely that he hitched a ride in a vehicle, as the adventurous cat ‘hates getting in cars’.
RSPCA Central & North East London Branch, which is a separate organisation and funded entirely from collection boxes, say this incident highlights how important it is to microchip animals.
Even if Obi did use the train to get to London, he would have had to have Jedi-like powers to try and navigate the Tube.
Obi used the Schwartz!
“Some people suggested a train, because the hotel was near Euston train station, but that would have meant him changing several times.”
And....?
Quit calling ‘im a “mog” and he might just stick around.
Ping
And to be honest? I'm not sure I want to know why or how. Some things are not meant for men to know.
/johnny
I was gonna my cat a chip, but he might get transported back to my ex.
Kitties never tell.
Probably a minor malfunction in the teleport device bringing him back from a reporting trip to his home planet.
Looks like that ‘What has been seen cannot be unseen’ kitty.
Probably looking for a family who would give him a better name.
A basement cat from Leeds wanders off and reappears 200 miles away.
Wonder who he harvested, and which monty python skit he was thinking of.
“Well, that’s British Rail for you”.
We once had a cat who spent a semester with a college kid whose car he crawled into as the kid was leaving for school.
The Force is strong with this one . . .
Cats are smart. I think he could have managed.
I once picked up a friend for an overnight trip and we put his bag in the trunk of my car. We stopped for breakfast about 50 miles down the road and heard a cat in our trunk. It was his.
Kitty was picked up by Lister in a parallel universe, and want out clubbing with him the night he got drunk in London and signed up for service on the small Rouge One?
Or kitty was beamed up by Data’s cat for a fortnight, and then back down again?
Maybe Ripley’s cat knows....
They neglected to mention the interview with Obi himself where he was quoted as aaying “Damn, they found me....”.....
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