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Cat Survives Stuck in Hyundai Grille for 9 Days and Over 80 Miles

Cats are said to have 9 lives. Well, Jacob must have used at least 7 of them to survive what turned out to be the biggest adventure of his life. It started when he got stuck in a car grille by accident.
Jacob the cat got stuck in a car grille, survived for 9 days 13 photos
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Jacob’s owner Sharon Stirling lives in Scotland. Late last month, she took her father’s car for a night, which is when the cat sneaked in, presumably to warm himself. The next day, Sharon returned the car, cat and all.

She started searching for Jacob when she got back from work and noticed he wasn’t there. Not in a million years could she have imagined he was back at her dad’s, stuck in the grille of his Hyundai SUV, she tells The Sun.

And that’s only the beginning of the story for Jacob. Sharon’s father parked the car with the front close to a wall, so he had no way of getting out from his hiding place. Then, the father went on an 80-mile trip back to his hometown, with the cat still there.

He never heard the cat meow, though he did recollect later seeing a lot of cats gathered round his car, which he found odd. When he did find the cat, he also found he had no way of getting him out.

So Sharon had to take the 80-mile trip as well, and then take the car to a Hyundai dealership, where technicians pried the bumper off and set Jacob free. A vet later said he only suffered a bruised nose and lost about 2 pounds in weight in the whole ordeal. He was also dehydrated, but he managed to survive on whatever rainwater seeped in.

As Sharon puts it, the people at the dealership admitted they had never seen something like this – or heard such an extraordinary tale of survival. Just goes to show that cats are ready (and physically fit) for world domination, whenever they want it to happen.
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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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