Cat missing for 9 weeks found 200 miles away under floorboards of unfinished hotel in London

A missing cat was discovered living underneath the floorboards of a development site in north London – 200 miles away from his Yorkshire home. The black moggy, named Obi Wan Catobi, was found in an unfinished hotel in Euston Road last Thursday.

Construction workers were forced to stop work on the upmarket hotel as the cat would have become trapped inside the building. The RSPCA were drafted in to set a humane trap for the cat with food to lure him out.



When he was caught a check of his microchip revealed he had strayed all the way from Leeds and had been missing since his owners moved house in April. Owner Adam Williams was delighted when he received a call to say Obi was found. The 32-year-old, from Horsforth, said: “How he got himself down there I have no idea.

“Some people suggested a train, as the hotel was near Euston train station, but that would have meant him changing several times. The only thing we can think of is that he got into a contractor’s van which went straight there. But this amazes us as he hates getting in cars or any kind of vehicles - he’s quite a nervous cat. It might be the mystery we can never solve.”