Brewer finds lost kitten wandering through ditches the week of Halloween, takes him home wrapped inside flannel shirt and praises the day they met: 'He is the happiest, friendliest, gentlest kitten'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jan 7, 2026 4:00 PM EST

In rain, sleet, snow, or hail, a kind brewer will save your tail! 

It's winter; it's post-holiday feelings of drab aesthetics, dark skies by 4 pm, everyone getting sick as a dog (or cat), and back to work. The weather doesn't help with the fact that we were just afforded so many holidays off, and suddenly, abruptly have to go back to the arduous grind of 9-5 work. Whether that work is an office, a bank, a restaurant, manual labor, or work from home, it's still work. 

For people who work in customer service, these next few months will probably be less busy due to the slated streets, the cold skies, and the overwhelming feeling everyone has to just hermit themselves inside and hibernate for the winter. But despite less customers or activity, we all still have to go back to work, even brewers. The story below features a brewer who's on his way home from work when he's met with the luck and fortune of the cat distribution system. He's chosen, just when he was going to the local farms to donate spent grain in the brewery dump truck, as he does every week. 

He finds an adorable lost kitten along the way, probably no more than 6 weeks old, just tripping around ditches on the side of the road. This kind brewer knew just what to do. He took that little kitten, afraid of its health in the cold winter months and being so alone, and he took him home. He and his wife named him Fig (Figgy for a nickname). And there you have it – the cat distribution system doesn't take holidays off either! So adopt your local stray today. 

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    His name is figs! my partner is a beer brewer and was on his way to local farms to donate spent grain in the brewery dump truck,
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    as he does every week. There are lots of barn cat colonies around this area. Figgy was found alone the week of halloween, likely ~6
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    weeks old, traipsing through ditches on the side of the road, clearly lost. It is already very cold
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    here by the end of October, and it was getting dark quickly. No mama or siblings were anywhere
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    nearby; it's possible he got separated by curiosity or a predator :(
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  • What an absolute beauty! I'm surprised the guy saw this little white kitten if he was dirty and amongst snow or sleet. It's always heartwarming to hear stories of kittens being brought in, it's not something just anyone would do. I will never forget when I rescued my little angel. It was Spring, I heard meowing from a community garden. I saw something move, and before I knew it a little stripped kitten was jumping out of a bundle of kale! I didn't just come home with freshly grown vegetables that day, and I'll never stop being so grateful for having the little guy. 

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    Coincidentally, on his route, he just so happened to pass a free pile on the curb with a cat carrier, pure kismet. Partner scooped him
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    right up, made him a purrito with his flannel shirt, and knocked on neighbors' doors, but no one
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    recognized the lil baby. His bright fur color in the farm fields did not camouflage him at all. It turned
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    out people had been calling local animal control to report a gray & white kitten, but the AC officer thought it was two separate
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    kittens - one gray, and one white. Nope! Just one Figs. The caller and the officer both tried to catch
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    him, but failed - however, he went right to my partner immediately! He then went back
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    for the convenient free cat carrier, brought him home, and he's been so loved ever since.
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    The first 2 pictures are from the day he was rescued. Pics 3 through last are recent – he's -
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    around 19 weeks old now, has received all his vaccines, and is all recovered from the snipsnip. He is the happiest, friendliest,
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    gentlest kitten who is now warm and cozy indoors forever. He loves making biscuits, and his favorite treat, chicken churu for
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    kittens. (Edited for typos and added more details <3) thanks for all the love!
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