Wayward kitty: Illinois mechanic finds van just purring under the hood
Wayward kitty: Illinois mechanic finds van just purring under the hood
Published: Thursday, June 28, 2007 | 10:04 AM ET
Canadian Press
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - A certain black cat was lucky someone crossed her path.
Mechanic Scott Bella, who works at an auto service shop in this south suburb of Chicago, thought he heard a cat's meow coming from a customer's van he was driving Tuesday.
"I asked the woman if she had a cat in her van, and she looked at me like I was crazy," Bella told the Daily Southtown newspaper.
When Bella returned to the auto service shop, he lifted the van's hood to find a kitten sitting next to the radiator on the steamy day.
Bella said radiators can generate heat over 175 Celsius, but the kitten came out unscathed. So he named her "Lucky."
Lucky she better be.
Bella planned to take the kitten home, where he hopes she will get along with his four Rottweilers.
