Posted on 02/28/2016 11:27:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
A cat was reunited with its owner Friday after a harrowing 8-mile journey in which the feline was trapped in a vehicle's bumper, traveling just inches from the roadway in San Diego County.
The 5-year-old lynx point Siamese cat had crawled inside the front end of a vehicle before an unsuspecting person went for a drive on Wednesday...
The driver traveled about 8 miles, from the Santee to Grantville areas, before a bystander noticed the cat hanging headfirst out of the bumper, just inches from the ground.
The bystander then flagged down the driver and used a crowbar to free the cat.
County Animal Services officials then took in the cat, and although it remained a bit jumpy the day after the incident, they said "amazingly" it was fine.
And "thanks to a microchip," the cat was reunited with its owner - who lived near the parked vehicle - on Friday,
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
That is a miracle cat!
After parking, I saw our cat walk by. I did a double take, then asked the kids who put him in the car. All parties denied it! The little stowaway earned a safer ride home in the cabin :)
Thank you for the post and ping, my dear friends.
I do so much love a happy ending with the cat surviving
and just suffering a little jumpiness for only one day.
So glad the cat made it home to its thoughtful owner,
because without it’s being chipped, it might never have
made it home again.
Poor baby. So glad he’s ok.
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