Missing cat found more than 40 miles from home - behind a car's radiator grill
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cat which vanished from its home was found miraculously alive 40 miles away - behind a car's radiator grill. Terrified Charlie, a five-year-old tabby, was stuck for an hour in the motor after he crept out of his house and climbed inside it on Sunday morning (August 20).
His owner Laura Carroll, 40, was left worried sick when she first noticed him missing from their property, in Sunderland. But later, the moggy was found trapped in a care home nurse's car, who had driven from near her address to Warkworth, Northumberland, for work.
Staff at the old people's residence, who discovered the cat, spent more than an hour trying to retrieve him before handing him over to a local rescue centre. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. And remarkably, their volunteers managed to use social media to track down his owners, who then collected at 8.30pm the same day.
Mum-of-three Laura said: “He is a house cat so doesn’t go outside much or for long periods of time. I did think he might just come back later on the day, but the kids were really worried. “As soon as I saw the ‘found’ photo I knew straight away it was him.
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