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Kitten Survives 275-Mile Ride Next to Car Engine
Yahoo! News ^ | Reuters

Posted on 12/09/2004 7:07:59 AM PST by Tarpaulin

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German couple was shocked after a 275-mile car journey to discover a surprise stowaway cowering next to the engine of their car -- a 6-week-old kitten.

The meows of the tiny animal only became audible after Elisabeth and Dieter Gesehl had parked their car.

"First of all we called the police as we feared for a moment that we must have run over and seriously injured a cat," the 64-year-old woman from Eggenfelden told Bonn express newspaper.

After checking under the hood, however, they discovered the unharmed kitten. The animal, which the couple have since adopted and named "Pussy," was soon back to normal after a few minutes of petting.


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To: bk1000

Ohhhhhhh nooooooooo!


61 posted on 12/09/2004 8:03:29 AM PST by Petronski (...for when the Metal Ones come for you. (And they will.))
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To: sasportas

Too bad for that snake, seriously. No animal deserves that.


62 posted on 12/09/2004 8:06:02 AM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Lockbar

I felt the same way (sad to look at).


63 posted on 12/09/2004 8:06:30 AM PST by najida (Aunt to Miss Emily Ann- Cutest Baby in the World.)
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To: Tarpaulin
In the past 42 years of driving, I recall doing this to a couple of cats and even one pack rat.

Muleteam1

64 posted on 12/09/2004 8:06:31 AM PST by Muleteam1
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To: Tarpaulin

(Click the photo)

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65 posted on 12/09/2004 8:07:58 AM PST by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: Petronski

I once killed an entire family of kittens over the course of several weeks in this manner. Of course, it wasn't on purpose, and dealing with a kitten caught in a serpentine belt is not in the slightest bit fun, so now I make sure to honk the horn or bang on the hood before firing the truck up.


66 posted on 12/09/2004 8:08:10 AM PST by dware (Go then. There are other worlds than these.)
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To: Tarpaulin

When my Dad was a young man, he was a mechanic at a gas station just off an Interstate highway.

He'd find cats under carhoods quite often and take them home with him. I think Grandma had half a dozen cats in various states of dis-repair and healing at any given time, LOL!


67 posted on 12/09/2004 8:10:12 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: sasportas

That would be a "former" Ball Python. Python regius (also know as Royal Python) are a relatively small and docile specie of snake, which are native to Western and West-Central Africa. They are native to Togo, Benin, or Ghana. They are called 'Ball Pythons' because, when frightened, they coil around their head and into a ball.


68 posted on 12/09/2004 8:14:53 AM PST by Range Rover (Kerry is STILL a Fraud)
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To: najida
Nothing more disturbing than killing a cat in the fan belt

You can say that again. I came out one morning and started up my truck and heard a "BONG!",
and the truck just cut out. I lifted the hood and the belt was off, and a little brown, white, and black
calico kitten tail was sitting on the alternator.
She was below on the ground dead as a doornail.
I assume her tail got caught in the belt and whipped her around,
and knocked her brains out on the alternator. (thus the underhood "BONG!").

69 posted on 12/09/2004 8:15:43 AM PST by trickyricky
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To: Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim
(nudging t_s)

See? Literary.

(actually, "The debt to pleasure" is waiting for me at the library)

70 posted on 12/09/2004 8:17:31 AM PST by martin_fierro (Make a jazz noise here)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr
"I think it was James Bond who named the pussy."

Wasn't that name "Pussy Galore"...

71 posted on 12/09/2004 8:24:04 AM PST by el_texicano (Liberals are the real Mind-Numbed Robots - No Brains, No Guts, No Character...Just hate)
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To: el_texicano

Yes, here full formal name was Pussy Galore.


72 posted on 12/09/2004 8:25:39 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: Petronski

It's funny now(sort of), but it was a hideous disaster at the time. They kept it from the young daughter for quite a while. Everybody freaked out. Couldn't hear any meows, so nobody thought much about something in the dryer. Poor kitty!


73 posted on 12/09/2004 8:27:26 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

I remember hearing that in the movie the first time and nearly fell out of my seat....ppprrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


74 posted on 12/09/2004 8:33:40 AM PST by el_texicano (Liberals are the real Mind-Numbed Robots - No Brains, No Guts, No Character...Just hate)
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To: Conspiracy Guy; Arrowhead1952
After checking under the hood, however, they discovered the unharmed kitten. The animal, which the couple have since adopted and named "Pussy," was soon back to normal after a few minutes of petting.


75 posted on 12/09/2004 8:35:06 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP! ©)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Works every time.


76 posted on 12/09/2004 8:39:55 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I'm a monthly donor and all I get is this stupid tagline.)
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To: Tarpaulin

Similar thing happened to a friend's neighbor. They had to use a pressure washer to remove what was left of the the cat from the engine.


77 posted on 12/09/2004 8:45:10 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

78 posted on 12/09/2004 8:46:39 AM PST by Lady Jag (All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power)
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To: 4mycountry
:^D

79 posted on 12/09/2004 8:52:39 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP! ©)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
hehe! :^D

80 posted on 12/09/2004 8:53:18 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP! ©)
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