Kitten Rescued at Convenience Store After Running Along 6-Lane Road

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In October 2014 while on my way to an appointment, I spotted a little kitten sitting by the gas pumps at a 7-Eleven. The light was red. I made a sharp left into the gas station and parked near the store.

When I approached the kitten, he got scared and ran into some bushes beside the busy road. To my horror, he then ran onto the busy 6-lane road. I turned away, but I heard someone yell, “He made it across!” I was so relieved, but I was late for my appointment.

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During my appointment, all I could think of was the kitten. When I made it out, I headed back to where the kitten had crossed the road. I looked in all the bushes, no kitten. Then, I rounded the corner of a building and he was clinging to the wall, about four feet up. I grabbed him off of the wall and he was so scared he bit me pretty hard, but I didn’t let go. I set him in a box I had in the back of my van.

I knew I couldn’t keep him because of my cat allergy, so I drove to the nearest vets. When I opened up the back of the van, though, the box was empty. I looked through the whole van and couldn’t find him. I told myself he must have gotten out somehow when I opened my door to get out. I drove to urgent care where I was given a tetanus shot and antibiotics.

At home, I parked in the garage, and an hour later, I went back to my van to get my medicine. There he was, on the dashboard. He then climbed up the opening in the bottom of the dash and disappeared; no amount of trying could get him out. We left food and water and rolled down the windows. Two hours later, we found him in the garage on the highest shelf.