Missing cat navigates two miles of sewers to get home

A lost cat took ten days to find its way home by navigating two miles of sewers – and was found under a manhole cover just yards from its front door. Black cat Midnight got lost in a storm drain but used her incredible homing instinct to negotiate the maze of underground tunnels.

Her owner Jeanette Young, 39, had given up hope of find her when a neighbour heard faint meows from a manhole cover outside her home. She called water company Severn Trent which dispatched two workmen to rescue the bedraggled moggie – who was filthy but unhurt.



The workmen said the nearest place that Midnight could have entered the sewer system was two miles away. Delighted Jeanette said: ”It is absolutely amazing. She is so clever. How on earth did she find her way back home underground?

”She was just a few steps away from our front door so she did a brilliant job of navigating herself around. It is like a Disney movie, or a comic book story about a super cat. We are all delighted she is home. She is doing very well, although she was a bit smelly when she first came out.”