‘So there he was, sitting and waiting to be let inside by someone who was never coming back.’: Abandoned in house move, local residents saved this Seattle velcro cat and found him a furever home with hooman who revealed the cat to be a cuddly love monster

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 15, 2025 3:00 PM EST

The lives of cats are unfortunately much sadder than anyone would like to believe or be accountable for. At least for those felines who have not yet found their furever homes. Which was the case for the cat child featured in this story, who was abandoned like a piece of oversized furniture that couldn't make the house move when his pawrent had to change homes. Worse still, the cat was not made aware of what was happening and ended up spending days outside the door it once called home, crying for his pawrent to let him in.

Thankfully, a kind and caring couple of rescuers were on hand to step in and spare this poor catto from the cruelty that had been laid out before him and offer the forgotten feline a home that would never leave him behind. After two sleepless nights spent trying to convince the catto to come with them, the ordeal was over, and through a thorough vetting system, a new pawrent was found who would love this catto more than anyone else ever could.

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    in my apartment complex some guy just moved out and told my neighbor he was "moving somewhere with dogs that wont like the cat". As if
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    thats a valid reason to abandon someone who trusted you? Now he waits at his ex owners back door for someone who is
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    never coming back. My neighbor told me about this and i finally found him for the first time yesterday after his
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    ex-owners have been gone for a week. I got as close as he let me to give him food to build trust so i can catch him
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  • What a tumultuous mixture of maddening and mood-boosting hooman behavoir. To have one hooman simply discard their cat like they were a piece of furniture that would not fit in their new house is simply sickening. While having another who loves cats so much thye would be willing to save and support one they had just met.

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    KIRKLAND CHUNKS
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    and take him indoors asap. I have a cat and dog already so i dont know if he will get along with them.. im also moving cross
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    country soon. Anyone in Seattle area have room for this lil guy? I will take him indoors asap and get him to a no kill shelter if i cant find anyone...
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    it's heartbreaking that anyone could do this . i just cant understand it
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    Hi everyone, I wanted to give an update on the cat who was abandoned in my complex.
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    This cat had been trained to meow at the back door to come inside. So there he was, sitting and waiting to be let inside by someone
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    who was never coming back. An older woman in my complex stopped me with tears in her eyes as I was walking my dog on Saturday. She told
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  • Erm, yeah, we feel that older woman. We are also just sitting here with tears in our eyes wondering how someone could be so cruel. Honestly, though, this is a genius idea to do a reimagining of Home Alone but with cats instead. With the magic of artificial intelligence, we think it could happen, and it would be the most heartwrenching but also heartwarming movie of the century.

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    me that Gizmo had been abandoned - that her neighbor had moved out a week prior, but didn't take Gizmo with them. This slimeball told her
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    that he's moving in with his girlfriend, who "has dogs that won't like his cat," which is why he chose to knowingly abandon the cat. (as if there is a valid
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    reason for doing this...) When she told me about this i was P D!!! I couldn't stop thinking about this poor cat and
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    wanted to help immediately. So I made a post on Reddit about it, and Reddit agreed!!
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    NU!
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    One redditor met me here with a cat trap and helped me set it up. u/windowlicker93 came out here with her friend to help catch him! She is
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    also a hero of this story and capturing him would not have been possible without her help. Little man was EXTREMELY difficult
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    BOISE Paper with Purpose™ BOISE
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    to catch for 2 - sleepless nights we struggled. He managed to get in and out of the trap several times without stepping on the door-locking
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    pressure plate - eating all the food without an issue! when i shared our struggles in the comments, u/lisalys told us to try covering the
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    ལ་ ONLY STONE LLUK CA
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    bottom. THAT WORKED! He was extremely frightened (ofc) - when we picked up the cage to move it to the car, he ran
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    around in a mad frenzy, most likely scared because of the see-through bottom. In his terror he banged up his nose a little bit.:((
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    Thankfully, because the post went viral I had many, many people reach out offering to take him in, either to foster or adopt. I went through countless
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    comments, direct messages and chats on Reddit, asking the best candidates many pointed questions ("Do you have other pets? Have they been
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    around cats? What is your plan for introducing him to your other animals? Do you have a secure, isolated space for him to be at first? Do you live with
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    anyone else, how do they feel about this?) etc etc etc.) One person got pretty annoyed, saying "No, that's too much personal
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    info for a stranger! I'm trying to help the cat not you!" Well, too bad. I had to make sure I knew exactly where he was going, and I knew that people
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    who respected my reason for asking these questions would be good candidates. The best candidate was one who offered much of that
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    information without me even needing to ask first:
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    To my delight she had a beautiful private cat room set up for our little prince, with small covered places he could hide in set up. It's important to give
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    a new cat their own space first, especially before their first vet checkup. I'm told he's actually a "LOVE MONSTER" and wants to be
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    near her at all times!! According to his new owner," "He only eats and drinks when I'm sitting next to him and he's pressed up against my leg, and Im also
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    VIZIO
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    actively petting him." It's bittersweet to realize that this cat simply doesn't want to be left alone after his ordeal - "He's a
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    sweet, lovey boy who wants to be around people.""We're best friends now. I really can't tell you how different it is from what I thought at
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    first. I thought he was hiding because he was scared of people. I was so worried he wouldn't want to be around us and would take time to get close to.
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    But I think he's actually only feeling safe when I'm right with him."
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    A new name makes sense for his new life and fresh start. The cat has been given a GREAT name, Special Agent Dale Cooper. (coop or dale for short) and
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    an insta page under specialcatdale, i wont put the direct link as im worried about this post being removed again. they, like me, are
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    huge twin peaks fans, which is something we talked about a lot when we all met. This name just made sense, since he has a suit and all, lol! and
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    we're pretty close to the filming location in WA state. All in all, it looks like he is settling in well and is a lovable cat who was seen as disposable by an
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    irresponsible and cruel human being. His former owner treated him like a piece of old furniture to be left at a dumpster and forgotten. He
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    deserves so much more than that and I've done everything in my power to ensure he gets the happy & secure life he deserves - with big help from all of
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    you, Reddit. One thing I'd add is that for anyone who wanted to adopt him: This is a sadly common occurrence, and the
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    only difference between him and another cat local to you, is that I've shown you his photo, so you can see his grief with your own eyes. But
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    many cats like him are left behind every day, waiting in shelters for someone like you to give them a real home. Fostering can also save lives, as
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    can donating to your local shelter, and can make a huge difference. Consider visiting them and rescuing a cat who needs you just as much as he did. But
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    please remember too, that this is a lifetime commitment. Thank you so much for everything, reddit.
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