"It felt surreal and numb to live life without my cat, to know I might never see my handsome angel ever again": A grieving woman's despair over her lost senior cat is replaced by overwhelming joy when the beloved feline magically finds his way home

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 16, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Cats, they are like children, but if the children had been raised on the island where Lord of the Flies took place. They have no concept of indoor manners. They have no limits on their reactions to significant events. And you can bet your bottom dollar that they do not fully understand the concept of what a toilet is. Now, you might think that we are just groaning and moaning here, but the story we have for you today displays just that character that we have been talking about.

For today, we tell the story of a crazy cat child who due to some unfortunate circumstances had to move house with his pawrent. Now, he was not neglected, he was not pawned off to someone else, he was with the person he loved most in the world and who had done everything to care for him. But none of that stopped this clueless catto from losing its mind and running away to protest the move he was unhappy with. Causing his hooman days of distress, until one day shortly after, he decided to make a messianic return…
 

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    I have an orange senior cat, Copper. I've had him for about six years and in April, I returned from college and moved in with my grandparents. I
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    wanted him there with me, because he is like my soul cat. He has saved my life before. He has helped me so much emotionally, I don't think I'd be here without him. About four
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    days after the move, me and my grandma tried him outside on a leash and harness because I was scared of letting him outside and him running away. He slipped from his
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    harness. I felt my world literally shatter around me as my best friend disappeared into the woods. I have never cried
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  • Oof, there is hardly anything more heartbreaking than your worst fears coming to fruition. And for it to happen in such a way is simply terrifying. This woman did all she could to mitigate the worst, truly she could not have done much more. The heart hurts to hear of such an occurrence.

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    like I did that day before in my life. It was probably guttural. And as the days went by, it was creeping into my mind that he was gone. Something had got
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    him and he was gone. It felt surreal and numb to live life without my cat, to know I might never see my handsome angel ever again. Well, tonight, I
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    heard cat cries from my window and I thought for sure it was a distressed kitten. I immediately got my granny and we quickly went to investigate. The
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    meows were nonstop, loud and baby-like, and we called and called and finally... an orange cat appeared before me.
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    Everything really did seem to just slow down as I picked up the cat and heard it begin purring immediately. You all... my cat came back to me. He
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    could've went to his old house, my mom's house, right down the road. He grew up there. He was only here with me and my grandparents for like four days. But he chose to stop here. My missing cat found me today
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  • Ah, cats. Honestly, we are so lucky that they do not share traits with our hooman children because we would never be able to keep up. Could you imagine a hooman child kicking up such a strop about moving to a new place that they run away and come back a few days later? That kind of behavior would land a person in the place with the big white nets…

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    miscellane... My soul cat also went missing nearly a week ago :( I am so so so worried, we live in the mountains and have lots of wild animals out there.
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    I've gone into the woods to look for him every day, I really hope me seeing this is some sort of positive sign :C
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    Aggressive... I completely understand what you mean when you say soul cat. I've always had cats. I
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    have cats now and love them dearly but only two cats in my life have touched my actual soul. I just
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    gave one up to my vet because I love her so much and want what's best for her and I can't stop crying but my older cat hates her and everything I have tried didn't work. I
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    know she's there waiting for me to come back. I'm so happy for you and I wish you and your soulmate a wonderful life together.
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    Puzzled_In... I would get him a gps that you can put on his collar. This way if he goes missing again, at least you'll be able to find him. You can buy these from Amazon
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