My husband's uncle died a little over two months ago, and his son's indoor-only cat, Ben, accidentally escaped during the wake on September 15. S. did everything possible to find him, but no luck.
I woke up to the wailing of a banshee this morning - I'm hearing-impaired, so you can imagine how loud it was - and rushed out in my nightgown, because I thought a fox had Miezi cornered. She was cornered all right - by a big black cat. When I got a good look at him, I realized it was Ben, or a cat that had exactly the same weird facial markings (concentric black and white circles around his nose). I called him, and he came right to me.
S. lives on the other side of town. Ben might have been in our neighborhood for a while, but I doubt it, because he would have tangled with another cat or Miezi before now - she's always out and about, and constantly getting into scraps with other cats. Did fate lead him to our door? He's lost weight, but doesn't look bad for a cat that was missing for two months. S. couldn't believe it when I called and said I had Ben here, and cried when he came to pick him up.
This has made my day!
I woke up to the wailing of a banshee this morning - I'm hearing-impaired, so you can imagine how loud it was - and rushed out in my nightgown, because I thought a fox had Miezi cornered. She was cornered all right - by a big black cat. When I got a good look at him, I realized it was Ben, or a cat that had exactly the same weird facial markings (concentric black and white circles around his nose). I called him, and he came right to me.
S. lives on the other side of town. Ben might have been in our neighborhood for a while, but I doubt it, because he would have tangled with another cat or Miezi before now - she's always out and about, and constantly getting into scraps with other cats. Did fate lead him to our door? He's lost weight, but doesn't look bad for a cat that was missing for two months. S. couldn't believe it when I called and said I had Ben here, and cried when he came to pick him up.
This has made my day!
