Sanny, the cat, was delighted to discover a new amenity in the home she shares with her owner in Hagen, Germany, last month.
It was a huge cardboard package with a hefty vehicle component that her father had ordered but intended to return.
That appeared like the ideal spot for an afternoon sleep to Sanny. So she tucked herself deep within and fell asleep.
But that’s when Sanny’s issues started.
Not realizing that the car part box now contained his beloved cat, Sanny’s owner sealed it back up and dropped it off to be shipped. And before long, Sanny was on the move — traveling by mail for hundreds of miles towards her unwitting destination.
Sanny’s desire for Dreamtime had been her downfall, leading to nothing short of a nightmare.
But thankfully, it didn’t stay that way forever.
The package was sent to the vehicle part maker, ATP Auto Parts, more than 300 miles away in the city of Pressath, about 48 hours after Sanny’s owner mailed it – car part, cat, and all. The package stayed there for another 30 hours before being opened by an employee.
Then Sanny appeared.
Fortunately, aside from being thirsty, hungry and scared, Sanny was otherwise healthy and uninjured in the shipping process.
Employees at the factory welcomed her with open arms, providing her the care she needed. Still, they found the whole thing quite baffling.
“Such returns with a cat in a box do not happen every day,” ATP Auto Parts wrote.
But where had she come from? The box she arrived in had all the clues needed.
The business added, “The owner would never have guessed [Sanny] had gone on such an excursion.”
Sanny was OK, much to his relief. And, happily, for the cat, the journey back home would be less uncomfortable.
Her relatives arrived to fetch her up.
With that, the misadventure that had been kicked off by Sanny’s love of boxes had finally come to an end.
And her owner couldn’t be more relieved to have her back, saying:
“I am very happy and very grateful to the ATP Auto Parts for taking such loving care of my cat and giving her a home for a few hours.”
