'Pokémon hunt is officially over, the mission now is to get him home': Guy hears meowing while playing Pokémon Go only to find a lost void kitten, they make an instant bond

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
May 5, 2026 7:00 AM EDT

There's nothing better than mixing two things you love: games and cats. The guy in the story below got to experience the cat distribution system in the cutest way. 

Meet Dan! This guy was playing Pokémon Go; he was walking around a Chevron up the road from his apartment and listening to the nature around him, when suddenly he hears a little squeaking. He stops and listens, but he hears it again and again. He then hears the delightful "meows," from a little void kitten. The little guy was huddled against a retaining wall on the border of the woods and parking lot. He hops down and looks for a mama and more kittens, but there's nothing. He takes the void in his hand, puts him against his chest and the little guy tries to crawl into his beard! It seems like this kitten was immediately enamored with the bearded fellow simply in the middle of a game. 

He walks the whopping 5 minutes home with the kitten, determined to save him and adopt him. The little guy is so tiny, he can't even jump on the bed properly, he's probably only 2-3 weeks old. His eyes are open and he's very vocal, but still learning motor skills to walk properly. He borrows some money from his sister and goes to PetSmart for a bottle. He knows that the cat distribution system gave him Little Dan that day. Read the full story below to see all the details about how these two cuties found each other. 

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    The things you'll find playing Pokémon Go! I first found my current job that I've been at for
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    over 5 years, Ive found various small items and money, and now this little guy. So I was walking
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    around a Chevron up the road from my apartment, and Im catching Mons and listening to
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  • Sometimes the least likely thing happens when you least expect it. Finding a kitten in a forest while playing Pokémon Go seems like it was written in a movie. For me, I love these narratives that make it seem like the world is cosmically speaking to you. It could be how you met someone, could be how your trajectory changed, or it could be how you found your kitty. The cat distribution system works in very mysterious ways. I know that I met my little boy through something so bizarre. A rainy night, a late walk home, a box that seemed to be meowing at me.

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    the sounds of nature when I hear this squeaking that caught my attention. I stopped and Im
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    listening, but I only heard it once. So I keep walking on this path, and I hear it again, only closer. I
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    take a few more steps and I think he heard me because now Im hearing "Mew Mew Mew" coming from a position below me, not
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    above. I swear, at first I thought it was a weird bird noise. And I see this lone little guy huddled against a retaining wall on the
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    border of the woods and the parking lot. So I hop down to where he is, Im looking for more kitties, maybe a mama cat, but I
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    see and hear nothing but this guy. He's kinda stumbling around toward me, so I extend my open
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    hand and once he's on my hand, he scurries up my arm and Ive got him cradled against my chest.
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    Pokémon hunt is officially over, the mission now is to get him home. Luckily my home is about 5 minutes walking distance, so
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    we're going, and as Im walking he's mewing like 1,000 times a minute and crawling up into my beard. Im looking around
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    occasionally to see if maybe his mama hears him and comes running in tow, but didn't ever see her. I can't help but wonder
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    about how tiny this guy is. I can't tell for certain, but he's gotta be about 2-3 weeks old maybe. His eyes are open, he's very vocal, he
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    can walk but he stumbles around, and hes got no little teeth yet. I'm also wondering how he got to be
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    in such a weird location on his own. Because hes in the woods on this hill, theres thick pinestraw
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    around, it'd be very difficult for a little guy to maneuver on his own.
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    I get home, thank God my sister is there because I knew I was keeping the little guy, but I had to be at work in about an hour and
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    he was definitely hungry. She lends me some money, I go to Petsmart and get some formula. and a bottle, go home and she takes charge of feeding him while I go to work.
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    Ive heard at least 4 people throughout the day mention the "Cat Delivery System" and I guess that means I have been chosen by Little Dan to take care of him. I
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    feel blessed and honored woth such a wonderful responsibility. And I figured this is the place to share such a story. So without further ado... Meet Dan!
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