Mistaken cat-dentity: guy accidentally kidnaps neighbours cat, keeps hostage for 5 days
In a classic case of mistaken identity, a New Zealand man accidentally kidnapped his neighbour’s cat. Luckily for us, his mate Clarke Grayford was tweeting the entire incident.
The cat had been acting strangely (due to being a hostage) and so had a trip to the vet’s office where he was prescribed anti-anxiety medication and bed rest for 5 days, leading our kidnapper to lock the kitty in his bedroom. The vet didn’t notice, however, that the cat was actually a male and the original kitty was a female!
wait, hang on, it turns out rando cat is a boy and his is a girl, HOW DID THE VET NOT NOTICE THIS??
— Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) October 10, 2017It gets better. Apparently, the neighbour actually came by looking for her cat but by this point, the kitty is drugged and locked in a bedroom.
He just told me a neighbour had come looking for her missing black cat and he said ‘Na, sorry just my cat in here!’
I actually snort laughed
By the end of the ordeal, both cats were returned to their respective homes and the neighbour who’s cat had been nabbed was surprisingly cool with the whole situation.
The kitty might have had a slight case of Stockholm Syndrome from literally being cat-burgled but didn’t seem too upset by the whole situation. It turns out, this isn’t an uncommon experience. People have been replying to the Twitter thread with stories of their own accidental kidnappings!
One time our dog was in the street covered in mud. Dragged him inside, washed him, dried him, then discovered our actual dog in his kennel.
— Kate McDermott (@MsKateMcD) October 10, 2017ncG1vNJzZmiblaGyo77IrbCpnaSoe6%2Bx02ikoquklrimuoycmK1llJq7tbXTsmSgralirqSvyJ2cp6yRobm6ecqim6eZoKh6r7HIoJ%2Bbp6WnwG6vwK1kpJ2VpcButM6sq5qflWKCbrDAsqpo