"Engine Purrs Like a Cat" Kitten Travels 30 Miles in Engine Compartment

[onedef92]

Kitten Travels 30 Miles in Engine Compartment

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jun 30, 2014, 4:15 PM ET

A San Francisco Bay Area man had an unexpected passenger in his car during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house: a small, stray kitten that had somehow found a place to ride in the engine compartment.

Jim Michelotti (My-koh-la-TEE) says he heard meowing after pulling into a gas station on Saturday. A woman next to him said it was coming from his 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante, so he began checking around.

With the help of a flashlight, Michelotti found the black kitten on a bar between the engine and firewall, just inches from the ground. The cat was greasy and scared, but otherwise OK.

It had apparently ridden from Michelotti's home in the Silicon Valley city of Sunnyvale.

Michelotti says the cat appears to be abandoned.

[island14]

I had a dog follow me on to the ferry boat back over to the main island one time.

At the other side he just walked off like he knew where he was going.

I was just happy one left..

[Bill]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Kitten Travels 30 Miles in Engine Compartment

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jun 30, 2014, 4:15 PM ET

A San Francisco Bay Area man had an unexpected passenger in his car during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house: a small, stray kitten that had somehow found a place to ride in the engine compartment.

Jim Michelotti (My-koh-la-TEE) says he heard meowing after pulling into a gas station on Saturday. A woman next to him said it was coming from his 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante, so he began checking around.

With the help of a flashlight, Michelotti found the black kitten on a bar between the engine and firewall, just inches from the ground. The cat was greasy and scared, but otherwise OK.

It had apparently ridden from Michelotti's home in the Silicon Valley city of Sunnyvale.

Michelotti says the cat appears to be abandoned.

I guess there's no warm, fuzzy story ending here. If it was, it would have ended with, the cat found a home with either the car owner or the woman that heard the meowing, or with some friend of either one of them.