Missing Cat Found 5 Years Later, 1,600 Miles Away!
Sept. 15 2011, Published 2:45 p.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
A calico cat named Willow has been safely returned to her owners after being missing for five years, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
Willow disappeared from Jamie Squires’ Broomfield, Colorado home in the Rocky Mountains and was found on Wednesday -- 1,600 miles away on a Manhattan street in New York!
If you’re wondering how she was correctly identified after all that time, a microchip was implanted in her when she was a kitten and when NYC’s animal rescue and shelter system ran it, they called the Squires.
“To be honest, there are tons of coyotes around here, and owls," Squires said. "She was just a little thing, five and a half pounds. We put out the 'Lost Cat' posters and the Craigslist thing, but we actually thought she'd been eaten by coyotes."
Jamie and her husband Chris were “shocked and astounded” when they’d heard Willow was discovered safe and sound on East 20th Street by a man who took her to the shelter.