Kitten goes for 100-mile ride on car bumper
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - A woman says a 6-week-old kitten hitched a ride on the outside of her vehicle as she drove about 100 miles over upstate New York roads.
Stacey Pulsifer tells the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh that she recently drove from her home in Plattsburgh to Elizabethtown in the Adirondacks, then back to her apartment. Along the way she stopped for coffee and heard meowing coming from her Jeep.
She asked two friends to help her search the vehicle. They finally found the kitten wedged behind a bumper and had to cut it free.
Pulsifer has since adopted the hitchhiker and named it Pumpkin. She estimates the lucky black cat was lodged in the car for about 22 hours and traveled some 100 miles. She suffered a broken paw during the ride.
Stacey Pulsifer tells the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh that she recently drove from her home in Plattsburgh to Elizabethtown in the Adirondacks, then back to her apartment. Along the way she stopped for coffee and heard meowing coming from her Jeep.
She asked two friends to help her search the vehicle. They finally found the kitten wedged behind a bumper and had to cut it free.
Pulsifer has since adopted the hitchhiker and named it Pumpkin. She estimates the lucky black cat was lodged in the car for about 22 hours and traveled some 100 miles. She suffered a broken paw during the ride.
Maybe they should have named her Bumper. So glad kitty is safe with a new home.
Just wondering if she checked the kitten at a vet for a microchip?? Â Did she put a found ad anywhere or check craigslists ads for the towns she stopped in for lost kitten ads?? Â this could be some childs pet and although I applaud her for keeping it and not giving it to a shelter, I also boo her for not thoroughly investigating who this kittens people are. Its obviously tame and someone is missing thier kitten and will be wondering for the rest of thier lives what ever happened to it. Â
Awww! I'm glad the kitten is ok and has found a home. Shoulda named the kitty Hitch or Traveler tho!
I'm going to assume that this kitten has been imprinted with the fact that cars are bad..... very bad.
Good for Pumpkin. Glad she found a loving home after surviving the ordeal.
Dawww. Glad this little one found a new home and got there safely. I'm paranoid about mine hitching a ride so I check every time I leave the house LOL.
Holy moly!! Soooooo glad this all turned out alright.Â
Lucky cute kitten. Amazing how we tend to end up with our little furries! :)
That is a ridiculously cute kitten. Way to hang on, little one!
I thought they meant she was driving 100 mph. Whew!