Barbara Oliphant said that she began feeding this stray cat which she named Wollie last summer, but after her husband of 61 years suffered a stroke and she was no longer capable of feeding and taking care of the cat she had to take it to the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, which was almost 6 miles away.
Even though they couldn’t keep Barbara and her daughter kept thinking about her and once her husband started to get better her daughter secretly adopted the cat from the Animal Rescue League but the cat fled in the facility’s parking lot.
Oliphant and her daughter had to come back home without the cat but that wasn’t the last time they have seen Wollie.
To their surprise Wollie showed up in front of her home three and a half days later.
“I said, ‘That’s Wollie.’ I just knew it was him,” she said. “He was so exhausted, so tired, so hungry.”
“Generally speaking, cats have amazing smell and hearing, so when they’re lost they look for clues to pick up a slight scent or sound and go to what’s familiar for them.”
“This cat obviously knew where his home was and wanted to get back there as soon as he possibly could,” said Laura Montenegro of the Animal Rescue League.
