'How this little kitten survived 24 hours under the car and traveling at 70+ mpg speeds is beyond me': Resilient kitten escapes from country fair and finds his furrever home

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Oct 3, 2026 5:30 PM EDT

An escapee! Better catch this kitty while he's hot! 

This is from the story of a 44 year old man who's never owned a cat. How did he get to be 44 without having a feline companion? Well, that's just for everyone to find out in the story below. His son calls him and says he saw a kitten in the road down the street on his way to school. It was on the road and when he got out to grab the kitten, it ran under his car. He thought the kitten went under his car and out the other side, without realizing that the kitten didn't leave. It was in a field right next to a country fair. He drove to school like normal, and went on freeways and everything. The next morning his wife takes the dog outside for a walk and hears a kitten crying. It's coming from the car!

They both crawled on their backs under the car and saw the tiny kitten staring at them. A sweet kitten face. They're in utter shock as to how the kitten survived under the car for so long, but he must be a fighter, a tough guy, and resilient to life's tumults. They decide to take the kitten in, and know they've been touched by the cat distribution system. Enjoy this story, and remember that even little kittens can be tougher than they look. Looks can be deceiving, so don't judge a book by its cover. 

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    First time poster and cat owner. We own a cat now. I'm almost 44 years old and I've never owned a cat. Well it's basically my oldest sons cat.
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    My son calls me yesterday morning to tell me he saw a kitten in the road down the street
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    and on his way to school, it was in the road and when he got out to grab it the kitten, it went under
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    the car. He thought the kitten went under his car and inside the underside of his car. Had him pull
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    into a parking lot and looked underneath and didn't see anything so assumed it ran off
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    when he got out. Cats are fast so | just assumed it ran off into the field. This all happened right next to a massive field where they do the county fair.
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    Anyways he drove to school all day and to the movies last night all via highway that is 70mpg speed limit.
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    This morning my wife takes the dogs out and hears a kitten crying. You can hear it coming
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    from the car. We both crawled on our backs under the car and sure as sh I see a tiny kitten face staring at me. Just a really sweet little face.
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    It was fine and because it's so small I guess it was able to lay in this one area like a little metal
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    hammock. I don't even know what to call the part of the car he was laying on, it was like the rear
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    wheelhouse or something, right next to the tire.
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    How this little kitten survived 24 hours under the car and traveling at 70+ mpg speeds with no
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    injuries is beyond me. They took the little guy to a vet as soon as it opened at 7am while I was working and said he seems fine
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    and he's right past the bottle feeding stage. We have an official vet appointment for him/her in a
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    few days. Don't know the of the kitten, tried looking and it wasn't real obvious like it is with dogs ha.
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    I'll add that my son who was driving has been asking for a cat but I said lets wait until December. When he found out
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    the cat was crying under the car but we weren't aware what state it was in he collapsed on the flood and he was almost
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    inconsolable like a family member had d d. He was really upset but we worked thru it and the ending has been positive.
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    I just went to check on the kitten earlier today and they both were sleeping, the little kitten on his chest. The kitten is really sweet
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    and already knows how to use the litter box. Has been eating and drinking. But just seems really sweet and curious and very tired.
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    I've never owned a cat, my family growing up never owned cats that I can remember, just dogs and I've just owned dogs my entire life.
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  • To be a first time cat owner at 44 years old is something special. There's something tender about the relationship of a father to a kitten, because it's on the same wavelength as being a girl dad. There's a certain sensitivity that comes with the territory of being a cat pawrent. You have to be more intune with their emotions and needs, which are so different from that of a dog. Dogs are easy, they're friendly, they like pets, and play, and attention. Cats can be wildly more difficult to tame in their personality. That's why him being a 44 year old somehow also rings more adorable. 

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    I do take care of all the animals in the neighborhood though, raccoons, opossums, foxes, crows, stray cats, lost dogs come to our
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    house all the time. But that's different, I just feed them. everyday and night outside. Had
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    a little racoon family stop by to eat and got to see the babies playing on the camera which was fun.
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    Any advice on owning a cat? He will be an inside cat also.
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