(((HUGS))) Laura! I know how scared you were! Actually, the engine in a car is not the concern ... but the large fan blade! Well, I don't know if cars still have those, but one of my cats (years ago when I first got married ... the 1st time)lol .... got up in my car and there was a huge open fan in the very front of it. I started my car and immediately heard and felt a clunk, clunk, clunk. I about passed out ... jumped out of my car and just knew that I had chopped him up in a million pieces. I ran in the house and called my Dad in hysterics.... he could barely understand me. I actually told him that I had killed my cat ... and he had to come and get him out of the car for me! Well, my Dad wasn't too thrilled about being nominated, and he was sweating bullets when he opened my hood. He said "he's not in here" and I was like "be SURE" as I didn't want to go over and look and find him myself! Well, anyway we found a very small trail of blood leading off the carport. I had to leave and so we left the door to the attached utility room open with a blanket. Thankfully, when we returned that evening, my dear Tigger was on the blanket, with a slightly shorter tail than usual! I was just so very thankful that it didn't get his head instead!

Well, sorry to ramble, but your story just brought back all those memories and feelings. For anyone reading this, cats are notorious especially in cold weather for getting under car hoods, to get warm by the engine. (After a car has recently been driven and parked, of course!)

Laura, give Corkscrew an extra huggie and a good lecture from me too!

Kim