I hav a story about my cat- 3 actualy. Once a few years ago (Rainy is 14 now) my dad was getting something from under the house, which he never really does. Rainy got curious (it sticks with them even in their old age) and got herself stuck under the house. The underside of our house is not a basement, it's about a foot and a half high and you can only go about 15 feet deep into it because of the junk and, I swear, millions of spiderwebs. We thought she had gotten run over by a car, b/c she was gone for 4 days! poor meows But then we heard the telltale scratching and yowling from *somewhere* in the living room (over the part where she got stuck) and my mommy figured it out while we were at school, and we had a nice surprise.
SECOND STORY
A year later, I think, my cat was being chased by my 5yearold sister who didn't know better then and still doesn't now. Rainy Was running from her, and there was a pile of motor oil in the garage floor. The poor kitty was going so fast she didn't see it and couldn't stop anyways, and got DRENCHED in motor oil except her head. :O We tried washing her with soap a lot, but ended up having to take her to the vet, and they washed her 8 times with Dawn. Anyway, this was so traumatic for her that she ran away for a few days, and she eneded up stuck under my NEIGHBOR'S house! that scared us big too!
THIRD STORY
Well, my dad was putting some stuff in the trunk of our car, and the trunk was left open for about 10 minutes while my dad went inside. He came back out and closed the trunk, and my family got in the car to run errands. We went to Home Depot and had to load something else in the trunk, and the trunk was left open again. On the way home, I heard something like we had run over an animal or something :O and i said "Hey did you hear that??" and they hadn't heard anything but then it happened again and still nobody heard anything but me. Then something started bumping around in the trunk and THEN everyone heard it. When we pulled into our driveway to unload the trunk, MY CAT'S FACE WAS POKING OUT FROM THE SPACE WHERE THE HINGE FOR THE TRUNK GOES!!! That was the worst moment a cat lover could have. We were scared she could have gotten squished in the trunk hinge things, or she even could have run out when the trunk was open at Home Depot! My sister was small so she climbed in the trunk to figure out how Rainy got in there, and there was a slightly larger space in the back . We actually got her out through the opening that her head couldn't even barely poke through. And on top of that my kitty isn't senile, crazy or mean, she is just as loyal and friendly catty as a regular 14 yrold healthy outside cat!