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Man Accidentally Kidnaps Neighbour’s Cat Thinking It Was His, And It Escalates Hilariously
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Man Accidentally Kidnaps Neighbour’s Cat Thinking It Was His, And It Escalates Hilariously

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Cats can be pretty quiet creatures, minding their own business and generally just doing their cat thing. For this reason, I guess that mixing your own cat with another identical-looking kitty can almost be understandable, although you really should know better.

Check out this New Zealand man’s Twitter story about his friend, who did just that and thought that his neighbour’s cat was his own, and was just acting a bit weird lately. It’s a bizarre series of events involving a vet, drugs and a pretty freaked out neighbour, but all’s well that ends well. Scroll down below to follow the story and tell us what you think in the comments!

More info: Clarke Gayford | (h/t: Cheezburger)

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jillvillechildcare avatar
JillVille Child Care
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our cat has an open window policy - she's indoor but can go out on the one roof so she's not ground level. However, clever cat found out a way to get down, and also back up again, with friends. Every once in awhile we come home to multiple cats hanging out in the house and the poor dog going berserk. She brings home friends. She's fixed, so it's just a catnip party at this point, lol No mistaken identity other than I have no idea where these extra cats belong.

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sh
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would notice in .5 seconds if an animal wasn't mine. This blows my mind.

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Shirley Richard
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I came here to say this. My car is a bit of an a-hole of cat. I know him mannerisms and how he communicates. I would have noticed within an hour of tops.

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Crystal-Lee Houle
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just don't understand how you could not know. I don't think I've ever had a moment where I look at another animal and confuse it for my own. They all have their own very unique appearances to me.

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Shana
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was wondering the same thing. Appearance, sounds, character, behavior,.... Kinda weird if you don't recognize your own pet.

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Janet Clarke
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had a black lab that was an escape artist. A neighbor walked him back to our house one morning and was joined by an identical black lab also wearing a red collar. He had no idea which dog was ours. All ended well, fortunately. The new neighbors came to claim their twin dog from our yard.

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Wanda Queen
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a cat that took off (he was a real jerk, a total laundry pee-er and yes I took him to the vet, tried to re-train him,etc) for about 18 MONTHS! I thought he was surely dead. In the mean time we got another cat who was an orange tiger just like he was. SO....one day I heard scratching at the cellar door, I opened it up and saw an orange tiger and let him in, thinking it was our new, non laundry peeing cat.......then a few hours later our new cat came in and I realized that had happened! It was the cat from over a year before! (Oh, and this was confirmed the first time he peed in the (**&^&%$) laundry basket!

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DopethronePunkUK
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah i would know any of my pets in a heartbeat...f****n pay more attention to your animals....or this is just plain old b******t.

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Gaby Evans
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't just any guy's twitter feed - he's the partner of the potential prime minister of NZ.

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Lyone Fein
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have random street cats come into our house often. That is how we get new cats.

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Amanda Ferraz
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mom grew up with German shepherds. One day in her early teens she saw the female wandering the street (residential area) and followed her to a neighbor's house. Luckily she told the owners she was entering to fetch Ramona, as in reality it was theirs feral male. The owner told my mom to be still, got to her side and led her outside, both trembling, as the dog only respected her husband...

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Helen Burgess
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is funny! but am i the only one who doesn't think these two look all that much alike?

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Zori the degu
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, no, that's so embarrassing, poor guy must've felt really awkward.

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Vicki Havill Frewin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, Clark Gayford is the partner of NZ's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern lol. Funny guy.

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Linda Gulley
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please , please do not let your cat outdoors. They do not need to go out and it is not safe. They can get stolen, injured or killed. In addition, they kill birds. Please do not let them out!!

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Pat
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago, I had several pet cats. Had a black female named Spooky. Was putting food out, all cats there to eat. Another black cat wants in to eat, so let it in. The one that came in was Spooks. One already eating was the stranger. Realized the stranger had been there for a few days. She stayed and was aptly named Phantom, Phannie for short. She was with us 3 weeks when she had kittens. Spooks had a name change to Grannycat. Granny was truly MY first cat, all mine. I had her for 18 years.

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Sharon Parker
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also scraped a dead cat off the road and buried it thinking it was mine. Then my cat strolled up up and freaked me out!

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Allana Rose
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno. I think this guy may have been on drugs himself! How the heck do you mistake a girl kitty for a boy? They are always showing you their a*s! *L* I would think you would notice girl was missing some extra bits!

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Linda J Riley
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a pair of rescue cats that we fostered from newborns, then adopted. One is black/rust, and his brother is pure white with just a touch of dirty grey on his face. Our neighbors across the street also have a white cat, and several times I've yelled at Luke to get home, only to learn it was the other cat. I always knew if someone claimed Luke, that we could identify him by his one green and one blue eye, and smudged face. A few days ago, I was talking to my neighbor, and she commented that she loved that her cat has one green and one blue eye. I was flabbergasted. Her cat was from the litter their mama cat had; mine was abandoned by the railroad track. What is the likelihood of two white cats both having dual colored eyes living right across the street from each other. At least the neighbor's cat doesn't have a dirty face.

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Ronald Ferreira
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i burried my neighbores dead cat identical as mines next morning saw her in my front door freaked me out thought she crawled out of her grave no upturned grave mark

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Tamra Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously? I have 6 solid black cats. It wasn’t planned. I had 1 then rescued a litter of feral kittens and couldn’t part with them. They all look alike, but I know them well enough to tell them apart. They are my pets. Other people my have trouble telling them apart, but I know my pets.

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Dennis Cozzocrea
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend trapped a pesky skunk that had been terrorizing the neighborhood in a live trap. They went to release it on the Indian reservation and the neighbors cat ran out of the trap.

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Joshua Wierzbicki
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one freaked out by his 79 unread texts and his dangerously low battery life in the pic? Seriously, 79 unread texts!!

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JillVille Child Care
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our cat has an open window policy - she's indoor but can go out on the one roof so she's not ground level. However, clever cat found out a way to get down, and also back up again, with friends. Every once in awhile we come home to multiple cats hanging out in the house and the poor dog going berserk. She brings home friends. She's fixed, so it's just a catnip party at this point, lol No mistaken identity other than I have no idea where these extra cats belong.

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sh
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would notice in .5 seconds if an animal wasn't mine. This blows my mind.

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Shirley Richard
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I came here to say this. My car is a bit of an a-hole of cat. I know him mannerisms and how he communicates. I would have noticed within an hour of tops.

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amnell24 avatar
Crystal-Lee Houle
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just don't understand how you could not know. I don't think I've ever had a moment where I look at another animal and confuse it for my own. They all have their own very unique appearances to me.

shanake_ avatar
Shana
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was wondering the same thing. Appearance, sounds, character, behavior,.... Kinda weird if you don't recognize your own pet.

Load More Replies...
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Janet Clarke
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had a black lab that was an escape artist. A neighbor walked him back to our house one morning and was joined by an identical black lab also wearing a red collar. He had no idea which dog was ours. All ended well, fortunately. The new neighbors came to claim their twin dog from our yard.

wanda_queen avatar
Wanda Queen
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a cat that took off (he was a real jerk, a total laundry pee-er and yes I took him to the vet, tried to re-train him,etc) for about 18 MONTHS! I thought he was surely dead. In the mean time we got another cat who was an orange tiger just like he was. SO....one day I heard scratching at the cellar door, I opened it up and saw an orange tiger and let him in, thinking it was our new, non laundry peeing cat.......then a few hours later our new cat came in and I realized that had happened! It was the cat from over a year before! (Oh, and this was confirmed the first time he peed in the (**&^&%$) laundry basket!

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DopethronePunkUK
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah i would know any of my pets in a heartbeat...f****n pay more attention to your animals....or this is just plain old b******t.

gabyevans avatar
Gaby Evans
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't just any guy's twitter feed - he's the partner of the potential prime minister of NZ.

lyone_fein avatar
Lyone Fein
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have random street cats come into our house often. That is how we get new cats.

tutty_tita avatar
Amanda Ferraz
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mom grew up with German shepherds. One day in her early teens she saw the female wandering the street (residential area) and followed her to a neighbor's house. Luckily she told the owners she was entering to fetch Ramona, as in reality it was theirs feral male. The owner told my mom to be still, got to her side and led her outside, both trembling, as the dog only respected her husband...

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Helen Burgess
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is funny! but am i the only one who doesn't think these two look all that much alike?

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Zori the degu
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, no, that's so embarrassing, poor guy must've felt really awkward.

vickif avatar
Vicki Havill Frewin
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, Clark Gayford is the partner of NZ's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern lol. Funny guy.

mamma2molly avatar
Linda Gulley
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please , please do not let your cat outdoors. They do not need to go out and it is not safe. They can get stolen, injured or killed. In addition, they kill birds. Please do not let them out!!

pmanring avatar
Pat
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago, I had several pet cats. Had a black female named Spooky. Was putting food out, all cats there to eat. Another black cat wants in to eat, so let it in. The one that came in was Spooks. One already eating was the stranger. Realized the stranger had been there for a few days. She stayed and was aptly named Phantom, Phannie for short. She was with us 3 weeks when she had kittens. Spooks had a name change to Grannycat. Granny was truly MY first cat, all mine. I had her for 18 years.

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Sharon Parker
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also scraped a dead cat off the road and buried it thinking it was mine. Then my cat strolled up up and freaked me out!

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Allana Rose
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dunno. I think this guy may have been on drugs himself! How the heck do you mistake a girl kitty for a boy? They are always showing you their a*s! *L* I would think you would notice girl was missing some extra bits!

ljriley1149 avatar
Linda J Riley
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a pair of rescue cats that we fostered from newborns, then adopted. One is black/rust, and his brother is pure white with just a touch of dirty grey on his face. Our neighbors across the street also have a white cat, and several times I've yelled at Luke to get home, only to learn it was the other cat. I always knew if someone claimed Luke, that we could identify him by his one green and one blue eye, and smudged face. A few days ago, I was talking to my neighbor, and she commented that she loved that her cat has one green and one blue eye. I was flabbergasted. Her cat was from the litter their mama cat had; mine was abandoned by the railroad track. What is the likelihood of two white cats both having dual colored eyes living right across the street from each other. At least the neighbor's cat doesn't have a dirty face.

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Ronald Ferreira
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i burried my neighbores dead cat identical as mines next morning saw her in my front door freaked me out thought she crawled out of her grave no upturned grave mark

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Tamra Smith
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously? I have 6 solid black cats. It wasn’t planned. I had 1 then rescued a litter of feral kittens and couldn’t part with them. They all look alike, but I know them well enough to tell them apart. They are my pets. Other people my have trouble telling them apart, but I know my pets.

dennis_12 avatar
Dennis Cozzocrea
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend trapped a pesky skunk that had been terrorizing the neighborhood in a live trap. They went to release it on the Indian reservation and the neighbors cat ran out of the trap.

wierzb101 avatar
Joshua Wierzbicki
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one freaked out by his 79 unread texts and his dangerously low battery life in the pic? Seriously, 79 unread texts!!

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